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Tidbits for travelers: Free Wifi at Toronto airport; fresh art at SNA; contraband at JFK

08/05/10

Here at StuckatTheAirport.com we’re a big fan of free wireless Internet at all airports. Slowly but surely we’re moving in that direction. In July, Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) began offering free Wi-FI to all travelers and now comes word that Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) began offering free Wi-Fi at the beginning of this month […]

Dig in at JFK and DFW

03/05/10

Today marks the grand opening of The Palm Bar & Grille in the pre-security area of Terminal 4 at JFK International Airport , the airport where an air traffic controller is in hot water over letting his kids on the mike in the control tower. This is the first airport location of the famed New […]

Even more airport freebies for Thanksgiving travelers

11/25/09

In addition to the airport freebies I wrote about yesterday here at StuckatTheAirport.com, we have a few more airport events and giveaways to seek out during your Thanksgiving trek through the airport: If you’re traveling through Boston’s Logan International Airport or Seattle-Tacoma International Airport today (Wed. Nov 25, 2009) look around for the “Fareologists” from […]

Airplane food: apples, honey, & honeycake on El Al

09/18/09

To celebrate Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year), which begins at sundown on Friday, El Al Airlines is serving apples and honey – a New Year’s Tradition – and honey cake to travelers departing JFK and Newark airports in the U.S. and Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. The treats will be served the day before […]

Food

Next time you’re stuck at the airport, don’t get bored: get vaccinated.

09/17/09

The vaccine for the H1N1 vaccine isn’t available quite yet, but there are plenty of regular, seasonal flu shots around. And this year there are also plenty of airports where you can get a flu shot on the fly. I tracked down the details for my At the Airport column on USAToday.com: Airports ready for […]

Airport security: what’s with people?

09/14/09

According this New York Post article, last Friday, on the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Port Authority officials at New York’s La Guardia airport arrested a 40-year old man who was catching a Delta flight to Atlanta while packing a fully loaded 9mm Smith & Wesson handgun in his carry-on bag. Security officials reported […]

Get a downloadable guide to JFK’s AirTrain – in Chinese or Russian

08/27/09

It makes a city seem so civilized when there’s a fast, easy, inexpensive way to get to and from the airport. The Port Authority of NY & NJ insists that the 24-hour AirTrain JFK puts JFK airport into that smart and classy category, even though taking the system is a tad complicated for an out-of-towner. […]

Transportation

Undies unveiled at JFK airport

07/28/09

Stuck at JFK? Now you can while away the hours shopping for undies at the new Victoria’s Secret store in the pre-security shopping mall area of John F. Kennedy International Airport’s (JFK) Terminal 4. There’s a Victoria’s Secret store at Pittsburgh International Airport. And there used to be A Victoria’s Secret store at Washington’s Reagan […]

Shopping

Tidbits for travelers: Pet park at JFK, Books at BWI

07/15/09

Pet Relief Area at JFK The Department of Transportation now requires airlines to make sure that the airports they serve have accessible pet relief areas. The law went into effect May 13, 2009, but some airlines and airports are just now finishing up the task. Last week, American Airlines officially opened a pet relief area […]

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