Get off a plane at Indiana’s Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) and there’s a good chance a local volunteer will be standing there to welcome you with a big smile and a small package of bite-sized cookies. No volunteer on duty? No worries. There’s a cute kiosk made from a pile of vintage suitcases with […]
Fort Wayne Int’l Airport celebrates passengers with food treats Year-round, Hospitality Hosts at Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) welcome passengers with a (wrapped) cookie from a nearby bakery. But this week, during Customer Appreciation Week, the airport has been going above and beyond by treating passengers to a different free, fun food each day. So […]
5 Things We Love About Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) We’re back with another episode in our “5 Things We Love About…” series highlighting features and amenities at airports about the country and the world. Today we land at Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) in Indiana. 1. Free cookies at FWA Without a doubt, Fort […]
Since 2000, volunteer hosts at Fort Wayne International Airport in Indiana has been welcoming arriving passengers with free individually wrapped cookies. The cookies are made fresh by the nearby Ellison Bakery. And when the volunteers are off-duty, cookies are still available from a self-serve cookie kiosk at the security exit. Over the years, FWA Airport […]
Get off a plane at Indiana’s Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) and there’s a good chance a local volunteer will be standing there to welcome you with a big smile and a small package of bite-sized cookies. No volunteer on duty? No worries. There’s a cute kiosk made from a pile of vintage suitcases with […]
Fort Wayne Int’l Airport celebrates passengers with food treats Year-round, Hospitality Hosts at Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) welcome passengers with a (wrapped) cookie from a nearby bakery. But this week, during Customer Appreciation Week, the airport has been going above and beyond by treating passengers to a different free, fun food each day. So […]
5 Things We Love About Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) We’re back with another episode in our “5 Things We Love About…” series highlighting features and amenities at airports about the country and the world. Today we land at Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) in Indiana. 1. Free cookies at FWA Without a doubt, Fort […]
Since 2000, volunteer hosts at Fort Wayne International Airport in Indiana has been welcoming arriving passengers with free individually wrapped cookies. The cookies are made fresh by the nearby Ellison Bakery. And when the volunteers are off-duty, cookies are still available from a self-serve cookie kiosk at the security exit. Over the years, FWA Airport […]
(photo courtesy Daniel Incandela) My column on USATODAY.com this month, Are airports ready for the 3-hour rule?, takes a look at how airports are gearing up for the April 29th roll-out of the new Department of Transportation (DOT) rule to upgrade protections for airline passengers. We’ve been hearing a lot from airlines – they’re not […]
Free is good. And these days many small and mid-size airports are trying to build loyalty by offering travelers free amenities. In my At the Airport column this month on USAToday.com, I write (again) about the free cookies they hand out at Indiana’s Fort Wayne International Airport as well as some of the fun freebies […]
Google’s “Free WiFi for the Holidays” program – the one that made wireless Internet access free at a boatload of airports – ends on January 15th. But don’t fret. Too much. Plenty of airports had free Wi-Fi before the promotion and continue to offer it. And once the Google airport promotion ends, you’ll find a […]
It’s Souvenir Sunday. The day we unpack our bags and look at some of the fun, local , inexpensive stuff you can pick up when you’re stuck at the airport. Today we’ve got a few items from Indiana’s Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA), which this past week handed one lucky arriving passenger the millionth complimentary […]