We’re not flying. But we’re going to the airport The StuckatTheAirport.com holiday team will be spending some time at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) this week. We have no plans to fly anywhere. But SEA, our home base airport, is one of 20 airports that offers day passes to non-ticketed guests. So we’ll be using a […]
(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 […]
Earth Hour, Earth Day and Earth Month may be over for this year, but the trend to go green is becoming a year-round thing at many airports. Rare is the terminals that doesn’t at least have recycling bins these days. And now many airports are embracing solar power and wind power. My recent column in […]
We’re not flying. But we’re going to the airport The StuckatTheAirport.com holiday team will be spending some time at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) this week. We have no plans to fly anywhere. But SEA, our home base airport, is one of 20 airports that offers day passes to non-ticketed guests. So we’ll be using a […]
(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 […]
Earth Hour, Earth Day and Earth Month may be over for this year, but the trend to go green is becoming a year-round thing at many airports. Rare is the terminals that doesn’t at least have recycling bins these days. And now many airports are embracing solar power and wind power. My recent column in […]
Big things are going on at Fresno Yosemite Int’l Airport . As part of a remodel project, four “forested locations” are being built (or should we say planted) inside the terminal. A recent arrival: this giant, walk-through Sequoia tree. More trees, as well as fallen logs, burned out stumps and other foliage are on their […]
An airport is like the front door to a city. So a city that wants to impress visitors could start by fixing up its airport. At California’s Fresno Yosemite International Airport, that sprucing up will take the form of fake sequoia trees. According to a story from the Fresno Bee, a grove of six fake […]