After a frightful day of snow and wind - and then more snow and more wind - New York area airports finally reopened on Monday afternoon. Now the 'fun' begins as planes begin to fly and airlines try to clear out the backlog of passengers.
Within five minutes of landing at LAX and beginning my four hour layover, I was in the shops at the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) looking for items to feature for Stuck at the Airport’s Souvenir Sunday feature. You’ll have to come back Sunday to see all the fun, inexpensive, local items I found, but […]
I’m a big fan of Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. The amenities there – from the play areas and the first-class art collection to the plentiful lounge chairs, the casino and floating branch of the Rijksmuseum – make long layovers more of an adventure than a chore. Now they’ve turned their attention to the departure gate experience […]
Ash from Iceland’s volcano put the kabosh on a lot of flights yesterday and a lot of people spent a lot of time stuck at the airport. Those, like me, that were lucky got to spend their time at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, where there’s not only a branch of the Rijksmuseum, but a collection of […]
Each Sunday here at StuckatTheAirport.com we take a look at some of the fun, inexpensive, souvenirs you can pick up in airport shops. This week, we’re taking what may end up being a several-week side-trip into souvenirs sold by airlines. Going alphabetically… Poking around the AirTrain Airways website I found an AirTran Airways Airport Play […]