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Airport news from here and there

Airport news from here and there

12/22/21
MKE’s Coat Check service, holiday decor, & Santa sightings Check your winter coat at MKE One of the smartest, best, and most reasonably-priced seasonal airport amenities has returned for a third winter to Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE): coat check service. Offered in partnership with Paradies Lagardère inside the pre-security SummerfestMarketplace, the service allows travelers […]
Put your name on Helsinki Airport. Plus more airport & airline news.

Put your name on Helsinki Airport. Plus more airport & airline news.

12/02/21
Want an airport named after you? It’s easy. In Finland Dulles International Airport. John F. Kennedy International Airport. Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. It’s a big deal to have an airport named for you. In Finland, though, anyone can have Helsinkin Airport named for them. At least for a few moments. Finavia Corporation, which manages […]
What’s in store at Pittsburgh Intl Airport’s new terminal?

What’s in store at Pittsburgh Intl Airport’s new terminal?

10/17/21
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) has broken ground on a new $1.4 billion new terminal building. The project is the first new airport to be built from the ground up in the post-pandemic world. And it would be a big deal even if we weren’t coming out of a travel-stopping pandemic. With the new facility, Pittsburgh […]
Airports, airplanes & Alexander Calder

Airports, airplanes & Alexander Calder

07/23/21
July 22 was artist Alexander Calder’s birthday, giving us an excuse to share some photos of his work in airports and on airplanes. The photo above is of Calder in 1957 inspecting the installation of his work originally titled .125, after the gauge of the aluminum elements in Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International […]
Pittsburgh Int’l Airport goes off the grid

Pittsburgh Int’l Airport goes off the grid

07/14/21
A few years ago, there were some major power outages at airports that wreaked havoc with air travel in those regions. The list of airports affected was not inconsequential. Power outages and equipment failures affected Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Washington’s Reagan National Airport (DCA), and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). New York’s LaGuardia Airport […]
Airports Hope for Infrastructure Help

Airports Hope for Infrastructure Help

06/16/21
(This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News) When low-cost carrier Avelo Airlines launched the first of 11 new routes to small cities and secondary airports from 14-gate Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) in April, it raised the airport’s profile as an alternative to Los Angeles International. And put a […]
Travel Tidbits heading into the weekend

Travel Tidbits heading into the weekend

04/29/21
The Kentucky Derby will take place on schedule this year on Saturday, May 1 and Louisville Muhammad International Airport (SDF) is decked out and ready to welcome Derby guests with lots of fresh roses. PHX has COVID-19 shots Airports everywhere are continuing their “keep clean things clean” campaigns. Touchless tech helps, and we see Pittsburgh […]
Vote for the airport amenity of the week.

Vote for the airport amenity of the week.

12/16/20
We used to think that putting roulette wheel numbers on the baggage carousel was the coolest thing you could do with that space. MSP’s new bag claim carousel But Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) has done something better. Instead of the annoying buzzer and flashing light that announces the arrival of bags at some airports, […]
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