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Flooding at EWR Airport Awful flooding images from the Northeast Wednesday evening. This one shows flooding inside Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). More airports getting robots to help deliver meals Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) now has a two-wheeled, semiautonomous robot named NomNom helping to deliver food and beverage ordered online as part of the […]

At PHL: Grab and At Your Gate now partners It is officially called an ‘integrated food service.’ And it is part of the growing trend of digital food delivery in airports. But we say it is a ‘this makes perfect sense’ amenity that is one part convenience and two parts sign of the social distance […]

We adore the rolling little “Ask me!” robots some airports have hired to answer questions and help passengers find their way around. But they seem more entertainment than essential. But thanks to the pandemic, robots are getting a promotion at many airports – as super cleaners. Robots clean up before we fly Airports and airlines […]

Airports are empty. And hurting. Airports Council International now estimates a drop of more than 4.6 billion passengers globally for all of 2020. The airport trade group also estimates that total airport revenues worldwide will drop by more than $97 billion for 2020. Still, airports are making plans for welcoming back travelers. Orlando International Airport […]

What will the airport of the (near) future be like? My current story in AFAR has some predictions.

Flooding at EWR Airport Awful flooding images from the Northeast Wednesday evening. This one shows flooding inside Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). More airports getting robots to help deliver meals Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) now has a two-wheeled, semiautonomous robot named NomNom helping to deliver food and beverage ordered online as part of the […]

At PHL: Grab and At Your Gate now partners It is officially called an ‘integrated food service.’ And it is part of the growing trend of digital food delivery in airports. But we say it is a ‘this makes perfect sense’ amenity that is one part convenience and two parts sign of the social distance […]

We adore the rolling little “Ask me!” robots some airports have hired to answer questions and help passengers find their way around. But they seem more entertainment than essential. But thanks to the pandemic, robots are getting a promotion at many airports – as super cleaners. Robots clean up before we fly Airports and airlines […]

Airports are empty. And hurting. Airports Council International now estimates a drop of more than 4.6 billion passengers globally for all of 2020. The airport trade group also estimates that total airport revenues worldwide will drop by more than $97 billion for 2020. Still, airports are making plans for welcoming back travelers. Orlando International Airport […]

What will the airport of the (near) future be like? My current story in AFAR has some predictions.
San Antonio International Airport is welcoming NCAA Final Four fans with fresh art and robots.
More robots are showing up as workers at airports. And some speak French.
A collection of toy robots are on display at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California - and there's a new robotic check-in kiosk that may soon show up at your airport.

We’re coming up on Halloween and the anniversary of the Orson Welles-directed radio show of War of the Worlds. So it’s a perfect time to schedule a trip to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) just to see a wonderful exhibition filled with more than 300 classic space-related products ranging from the “fantastically silly to the […]