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One – not so good – way to lighten your load at the airport

02/20/09

As you set out for weekend adventures…here’s a reminder to keep an eye on all your stuff at the airport. And another reason why carry-on only is a good option. From the Portland Business Journal: Two Northwest Airlines baggage handlers have been charged with stealing more than 200 items from passenger luggage at Portland International […]

Sculpture exhibit at Portland International Airport (PDX)

02/03/09

Work by a dozen artists associated with Pacific Northwest Sculptors (PNWS) is on view at Portland International Airport (PDX) through mid-June. Look for the show in Concourse E (post-security). The sculptures feature a wide variety of media – cast and fabricated metals, ceramic, stone, mixed media – and represent a broad spectrum of sculptural styles […]

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Portland Int’l Airport needs a superhero

02/01/09

The Oregonian is reporting that Portland International Airport (PDX) is back in business after diverting 18 flights Saturday night due to fog and a problem with a malfunctioning computer-operated navigational tool. As the impressive photo from the Oregonian’s article shows, fog isn’t all that rare in Portland this time of year. But broken navigational systems […]

Free Stuff

Problems at PDX

02/01/09

Got this release this around 11 pm Saturday night from Oregon’s Portland International Airport. I’m not sure what they mean: “the removal of a key navigational aid…?” Is it out for service? Stolen? PDX Arrivals Currently Being Diverted Due to a combination of weather conditions and the removal of a key navigational aid used to […]

Weather

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Head to an airport for sales, Santas and songs

11/19/08

(Yummy stuff from Phoenix Sky Harbor Int’l Airport) It may seem unnatural to blend a holiday shopping excursion with a trip to the airport, but this season many airports are working overtime to court you and your gift-buying dollars with prizes, promotions, festive décor, and lots of top-notch entertainment. (A TSA choir -really- will perform […]

Win tickets and go tax-free shopping at Portland International Airport

11/17/08

Just in time for the holiday shopping season comes word that yet another local favorite has opened up a shop at Oregon’s Portland International Airport. The airport already has a pre-security shopping street populated with branches of Powell’s Books, Made in Oregon, the Oregon Pendleton Store, Nike, and the Real Mother Goose. Now Portland-based Columbia […]

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Birds come and go at Portland International Airport (PDX)

11/06/08

Travelers arriving at Oregon’s Portland International Airport (PDX) on international flights now get welcomed to the arrivals area by a flock of birds. Not real birds, but life-size images of birds representing 34 species of birds seen in the Portland area. A new art installation, “Flight,” has a blue-sky back drop, white clouds and copies […]

Art
/Exhibits

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Greetings from Portland International Airport

09/16/08

I got a chance to visit Oregon’s Portland International Airport yesterday and ventured just beyond it to be on hand for the opening ceremony at the new aloft Portland Airport at Cascade Station. aloft is Starwood Hotels’ new uber-hip, high-tech line of hotels. This one has a cool bar complete with weekend DJs, loaner bikes […]

Hotels

Bikes and free tickets at Portland International Airport

07/29/08

At Oregon’s Portland International Airport, (PDX) travelers can enter a contest to win a pair of round-trip tickets from Portland to any Southwest Airlines destination. The contest is part of the airport’s Summer Splash celebration and runs until Labor Day. You can enter the contest in person at the airport or on-line here. If you […]

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