Back in August 2001, New Orleans International Airport (MSY) officiall became Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in honor of the famous native-born musician’s 100th birthday, which is on August 4. (Not July 4 as Armstrong often claimed). To honor its namesake, today – August 4 – MSY Airport is hosting an airport-wide birthday celebration […]
Airport podcasts If you like airports and podcasts, then you should probably be listening to airport podcasts. We’re not sure we have them all, but we’re starting to put a list together. Let us know what we’re missing, Here’s what we have so far. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) is hosting a new podcast called the […]
Back in August 2001, New Orleans International Airport (MSY) officiall became Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in honor of the famous native-born musician’s 100th birthday, which is on August 4. (Not July 4 as Armstrong often claimed). To honor its namesake, today – August 4 – MSY Airport is hosting an airport-wide birthday celebration […]
Airport podcasts If you like airports and podcasts, then you should probably be listening to airport podcasts. We’re not sure we have them all, but we’re starting to put a list together. Let us know what we’re missing, Here’s what we have so far. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) is hosting a new podcast called the […]
I recently put together a USATODAY.com column highlighting some of the observation decks at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport (BWI), and other North American airports. Today I’ve got a column about plane-spotting sites outside airport terminals. The sites listed range from Millbrae, California’s Bayfront Park, which offers great views of […]
Last year, when North Carolina’s Raleigh-Durham International Airport had an open house to let the public see the new Terminal 2 building, they asked everyone who stopped by to sign their name to a sheet of paper. Artist Dunne Dittman later took those signatures and turned them into a piece of art – Signature Art […]
North Carolina’s Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) is having a party this Friday (October 9th, 2009) as part of the airport’s annual Customer Appreciation Day. On the agenda: free music, free gifts, and a chance to win free airplane tickets and other prizes. During the event, The Shops of RDU restaurants will offer samples of signature […]