Fans of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines who fly as Business Class passengers on an intercontinental flight look forward to choosing a miniature Delft Blue house from a cart rolled down the aisle towards the end of the flight. KLM has been gifting these miniature gin-filled houses representing special buildings in the Netherlands and beyond to […]
February 18th is “Elm Farm Ollie Day,” which pays tribute to the day in 1930 when a gentle Guernsey cow was flown 72 miles from Bismarck, Missouri to the International Air Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri aboard a Ford Trimotor plane. As if a flying cow isn’t unusual enough, the cow, also known as Nellie […]
If you fly on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as a Business Class passenger on an intercontinental flight, you’ll get to choose a tiny Delft Blue house from a cart rolled down the aisle towards the end of the flight. Don’t pass up the offer. KLM has been gifting these miniature gin-filled houses representing special buildings […]
Want a free house? KLM, the Netherlands’ flag carrier, gives them away for free. There are strings, of course. And more to the story. You need to be flying in business class on an intercontinental flight. And the houses are just 4 inches high. But they are filled with Dutch gin and are part of […]
Cool New Kids’ Play Area at Portland International Airport The family travel team at Stuck at the Airport knows that traveling with kids can be trying. That’s why we’re delighted to see airports adding or refreshing play areas with creative and engaging features. The latest on the scene is at Portland International Airport (PDX). There, […]
Fans of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines who fly as Business Class passengers on an intercontinental flight look forward to choosing a miniature Delft Blue house from a cart rolled down the aisle towards the end of the flight. KLM has been gifting these miniature gin-filled houses representing special buildings in the Netherlands and beyond to […]
February 18th is “Elm Farm Ollie Day,” which pays tribute to the day in 1930 when a gentle Guernsey cow was flown 72 miles from Bismarck, Missouri to the International Air Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri aboard a Ford Trimotor plane. As if a flying cow isn’t unusual enough, the cow, also known as Nellie […]
If you fly on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as a Business Class passenger on an intercontinental flight, you’ll get to choose a tiny Delft Blue house from a cart rolled down the aisle towards the end of the flight. Don’t pass up the offer. KLM has been gifting these miniature gin-filled houses representing special buildings […]
Want a free house? KLM, the Netherlands’ flag carrier, gives them away for free. There are strings, of course. And more to the story. You need to be flying in business class on an intercontinental flight. And the houses are just 4 inches high. But they are filled with Dutch gin and are part of […]
Cool New Kids’ Play Area at Portland International Airport The family travel team at Stuck at the Airport knows that traveling with kids can be trying. That’s why we’re delighted to see airports adding or refreshing play areas with creative and engaging features. The latest on the scene is at Portland International Airport (PDX). There, […]
We were pleased to see so many airports and airlines – and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation – Amtrak – having so much fun on April Fools Day. Aviation museums also got in on the fun. Here are some of the April Fools Day “news items” we encountered. Let us know if we missed some […]
If you’re a fan of airline collectibles, you may already have a handful – or perhaps dozens – of the gin-filled miniature Delftware houses KLM Royal Dutch Airlines gifts to passengers flying in the carrier’s long-haul business class cabins. KLM has been handing out these charming and, now, highly sought-after, souvenirs since the 1950s. And […]
Well-known airlines such as Pan Am, TWA, US Airways and Virgin America are long gone. And in just the past two years more than two dozen other airlines went from soaring to shuttered. So, it is noteworthy that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines turned 100 on October 7. The Dutch flag carrier is not only one […]
Dutch flag carrier KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is one of the world’s oldest airlines and the oldest airline still flying under its original name. The airline celebrated its centenary on Monday, October 7 with more than 3500 friends, frequent flyers and supporters at a party inside an airplane hangar at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. At the […]