Jacksonville International Airport Archives

Travel Tidbits from airports near you

05/09/22

Please tune in Tuesday to part 2 of my ‘appearance’ on the Dallas Love Field podcast, Love Field Stories. We’ll be chatting about the great art collection at the airport and learning the stories behind some of the pieces. Airport traditions are back: Flowers on Mother’s Day Since 2009 (except for a pandemic pause) Jacksonville […]

Happy Valentine’s Day

02/14/21

Happy Valentine’s Day We hope your day is filled with flights of fancy. And, of course, chocolate and flowers. Sadly, this is the first Valentine’s Day in 10 years that Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) won’t have its ambassadors out in the terminal giving carnations to traveling lovebirds. “Our ambassador program is currently suspended but we […]

Holidays

Deals, discounts & treats for travelers + moms

05/10/19

Travel Tidbits: Mother's Day at airports, free Wi-Fi from Delta and a deal from Amtrak.

JAX airport handed out 1000 free Mother’s Day carnations. Again.

05/14/18

They did it again. Jacksonville International Airport handed out 1000 carnations on Mother's Day.

New aviation history gallery at Jacksonville Int’l Airport

06/15/17

A new exhibit at Jacksonville International Airport tells the story of the area's early aviation history and displayed seven cases of memorabilia.

Tidbits for travelers: JAX getting jazzed

05/24/10

The 2010 Jacksonville Jazz Festival takes place Friday, May 28, through Sunday, May 30, in downtown Jacksonville, Florida. With Patti Labelle, Tito Puente Jr., the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Buckwheat Zydeco on the line-up, it looks like it will be a fine event. But today, May 24th, before the official festival even gets started, […]

Events
/Music

Airports and airlines recycle some surprising stuff

05/13/10

For my At the Airport column in USATODAY.com this month I offered a fun round-up of items being recycled by airports and airlines in an effort to be help save the earth and, in some cases, to save some serious money. You can read the full column, For airports and airlines, creative recyling brings cost […]

Jacksonville Airport feeds zoo animals

03/30/10

Recycling is all the rage at airports these days. Colored bins marked glass, paper and trash are lined up in most gate areas. Used cooking oil from many food courts is transformed into fuel. And at airports in Seattle and Portland, composted coffee grounds become part of the landscaping. Now the Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) […]

Airports

Airports celebrate Valentine’s Day

02/12/10

Valentine’s Day pops up on a Sunday this year, and that gives everyone a full weekend to celebrate the holiday. This year, even airports are getting in on the action. Today, Friday, Feb 12th, the Food and Shops at New York’s LaGuardia Airport will be handing out free chocolate kisses in the Central Terminal between […]

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