Phoenix Sky Harbor International Ai

Travel tidbits from BDL, PHX and IAH airports

Shiny new concourse at Bradley International Airport

We’re loving the look of this concourse at Bradley International Airport (BDL) in Windsor, CT, which is an extension of the existing Terminal A and part of an 80,000 square-foot facility add directly behind the airport’s Sheraton Hotel.

The new concourse adds three additional gates, new restroom facilities, a second nursing room for mothers and new dining and retail option.

The new concourse is part of a larger terminal expansion that has been underway since March 2023 and includes a new inline baggage screening system below the concourse which opened in fall 2025.

A mile-long conveyor belt now carries bags from the airline ticket counters directly to the new screening facility, which houses the explosive detection machines that once took up a lot of space in the airport lobby.

Porter Airlines’s 1st transborder route from Western Canada

Toronto-based Porter Airlines‘s new seasonal nonstop service between Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) is notable for being the airline’s first transborder route from Western Canada.

Flights will operate daily until April 19, 2026 on the airline’s Embraer E195-E2 aircraft, which have a 132-seats configuration with no middle seats.

This is Porter’s third route to Phoenix, joining year-round service from Toronto Pearson and seasonal Ottawa flights.

If you fly to PHX, be sure to check out this new pre-security exhibition.

New foosball table at IAH Airport

Airport entertainment doesn’t need to be complicated.

These new foosball tables at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) will surely be very popular with travelers.

Phoenix Sky Harbor has a holiday gift catalog

I’m a big fan of doing all my holiday shopping at airports and this year Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has made it super easy and ultra-enticing to head there to get presents for everyone on my list.

The airport has created its own holiday catalog featuring items available in the shops at Sky Harbor. Flip through the catalog and you’ll see the price, airport shop name and location listed with each gift idea.

Arizona-centric and local gifts are featured and you’ll find items from local retailers such as Bunky Boutique and Roosevelt Row, holiday cookies from Tammie Coe and growlers of local craft beer from O.H.S.O Brewery.

There’s even a page featuring cactus candy and a variety of Arizona-themed chocolate ‘poop’.

It is only Tuesday, but this airport holiday catalog is definitely in the running for Airport Amenity of the Week.