King’s Hawaiian will swap your clothes at O’Hare Int’l Airport
On Wednesday, August 27, and Thursday, August 28, travelers passing through Terminal 2 at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) will have a chance to sample King’s Hawaiian sweet rolls and soft pretzel bites – and get some new clothes.
The pop-up will be offering free food samples, travel pillows, eye masks and ‘softwear sets’ of sweatpants and sweatshirts.
The catch? Anyone who wants the clothing must be willing to take off the clothes they’re wearing and swap them for the new outfit. Private changing booths will be available and all the traded clothing will be donated to a Chicago charity.
Look for the King’s Hawaiian pop-up kiosk at O’Hare Terminal 2 that looks like this:
Dogs at the car rental counter
If you’re renting a car at the airport over the Labor Day Holiday, be on the lookout for the Hertz ‘Gold Squad’ of Golden Retrievers.
Taking a page from the teams of therapy dogs that visit airport terminals to hang out with and destress passengers, the folks at Hertz are bringing the Golden Retrievers and some free giveaways to the car rental centers at select airports across the country.
Travel chaos called. The Hertz Gold Squad answered. Join Hertz Gold Plus Rewards for free perks that make travel feel golden. Join now through link in bio. #hertzgoldsquad#dogsoftiktok#travel#goldenretriever
It IS beginning to look a lot like Christmas in airports and in the air. Here are some of the fun holiday items we spotted today.
Alaska Airlines’ Holiday Perks
Alaska Airlines has a new special-edition aircraft in the skies decorated with snowflakes, the words “Merrier Together,” and those festive red Starbucks holiday cups.
Through December 12, passengers on 50 of this aircraft’s flights will receive reusable holiday cups and some bonus treats. The airline will also be offsetting the carbon impacts of these flights.
On National Ugly Sweater Day – December 17 – the airline will be offering early boarding to any passengers wearing an ugly sweater.
Holidays take flight at Alaska Airlines
And throughout December, passengers wearing ugly sweaters may purchase a day pass to any of the airline’s eight lounges around the country for $25, which is 50% off the regular price. The lounges are located in Anchorage (ANC), New York (JFK), Portland (PDX), San Francisco (SFO), Los Angeles (LAX), and Seattle (SEA).
An Elf is Roaming Reno-Tahoe International Airport
We’re decking the halls and fa la la-ing throughout the terminals here at #ATLAirport 🎄 If you're traveling ✈️through #ATL this holiday season, grab a selfie or picture in front of our tree located in the Domestic Atrium 🤳📸 pic.twitter.com/yTXjtpDFsc
The holidays are around the corner and we’re looking forward to seeing how airports around the country – and the world – will celebrate the season.
TSA’s Canine Calendar for 2022 is available for download.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! 🎵 Today, we’re rolling out our paw-some TSA Canine Calendar! Enjoy 12 months of treats with pictures, facts & other bits of fun from Alona & her friends. Download your 2022 TSA Canine Calendar today! https://t.co/ot8tZQYbqT#CyberMondaypic.twitter.com/V4tDo1R92w
Do you have any Ikea products in your house? It’s likely you do. And it’s also likely you didn’t know that the funny names they give chairs, sofas, toilet brushes and other items come from real places in Sweden.
It was quite a Monday for some airports around the country. The day started out like this at Denver International Airport
Who else caught the dramatic sunrise in Denver today? Talk about drama! 🌄 Thanks to IG: denverdave1968 for capturing the beautiful colors over the airfield at DEN! pic.twitter.com/rd3wYBjUh0
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) announced that the SFO Wag Brigade, a team of certified stress-relief animals, is back on duty in the terminals after a 20-month absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The San Francisco SPCA certifies all participating animals through their Animal Assisted Therapy (ATT) Program. And, prior to returning to SFO, all Wag Brigade animals were recertified. We hope that means LiLou the airport therapy pig that used to visit SFO about once a month will return soon too.
Good news — the #SFOWagBrigade is back at the airport!!! Tristan is rolling out in Terminal 3 this morning — ready for smiles, pets, and to make your heart melt. 💙 🐾 pic.twitter.com/KVxA0BJJG6
— San Francisco International Airport (SFO) ✈️ (@flySFO) October 18, 2021
Fire at DFW, No Water at CLT Airport
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) had to deal with a water main break nearby today.
The City of Charlotte has experienced a water main break in the vicinity of the Airport. There is little to no water pressure in the terminal at this time. The Airport is in contact with Charlotte Water to assess the situation.
And at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), there was a fire in one of the parking garages.
🚨 Customer Alert: There is a small fire located in our Terminal D garage. Customers are being asked not to access the garage at this time and the parking lot is temporarily closed for incoming or outgoing traffic.
We will have more information here once we receive it.
🚨 Fire Update: The fire is under control in the Terminal D garage and there are no injuries. It is available for drop-off traffic ONLY, but we are still asking customers to avoid the garage. Additional details follow in this thread ⬇️
Several vehicles sustained damage from the fire. Our DFW Team is providing claim forms on site for anyone whose vehicle was damaged, and we will also add those forms to https://t.co/GhrbmhxCv8 tonight. We will also be reaching out to owners of damaged vehicles proactively.
5 Things We Love About Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA)
We’re back with another episode in our “5 Things We Love About…” series highlighting features and amenities at airports about the country and the world.
Without a doubt, Fort Wayne International Airport has one of the best airport amenities we’ve encountered: free cookies for all arriving passengers.
On our first visit to FWA, a seatmate told us that we’d get a cookie on arrival. We thought they were making a joke. But it turned out they were not kidding at all.
The cookies are baked at Ellison Bakery, just across the street from the airport. And FWA has been handing out these delightful welcome snacks for more than 20 years.
The cookies are clearly a hit: in June 2020 the airport handed out its “3 Millionth Cookie” and debuted a new style of cookie. Now, instead of one cookie, every arriving passenger at Fort Wayne International Airport is welcomed with a package that’s filled with several miniature cookies. The flavors include Birthday Cake and Chocolate Chip and several other varieties are rotated in.
2. Local brands at FWA
FWA puts an emphasis on local brands in the airport. Chapman’s Brewing Company out of Angola, Indiana serves a touch of Northeast Indiana with locally brewed beer on tap. And Conjure Coffee brings a sampling of Fort Wayne’s local coffee scene to FWA.
3. Customer service at FWA
We told you about the cookies that the Hospitality Hosts hand out to passengers at FWA. In any airport, that would check the box for customer service.
But FWA doesn’t stop there. The airport’s Customer Service Agents (CSAs) also provide complimentary curbside luggage service, wheelchair assistance, a parking lot shuttle, and other services.
4. Hospitality PAWS
Hospitality PAWS is FWA’s certified therapy dog program.
All the pups are highly trained and certified through the Alliance of Therapy Dogs and show up with their trainers at select times during the week.
5. More to come at FWA
Project Gateway is FWA’s expansion and improvement project. On the agenda: the Parking Lot Rehabilitation Project, East and West Terminal Apron Improvement Project, and the FWA West Terminal Building Expansion. That last piece will add additional gates, a new Mother’s Room, an upgraded Children’s Play Area, and expanded ticketing area, a modernized exterior façade, and more.
Did we miss your favorite feature of Fort Wayne International Airport? Let us know in the comments section below. And feel free to nominate the next airport to be featured in the “5 Things We Love About…” series.
On Monday, a Burning Man art exhibition and therapy dogs dressed in costumes will welcome arriving burners.
Local volunteers and airport docents
(perhaps in costumes as well) will be on site to help with information about
and directions to the Playa.
And airport shops will be stocked with Burning Man essentials such as water, snacks, camping equipment and apparel.
The airport is also prepping for when the Burners leave.
Everything that comes back from the festival site will be covered with dust from the Playa that can ruin the baggage systems. So airlines are ready with rolls of large plastic bags to cover suitcases and anything else Burners will need to check in and take home.
First up: a charming video to announce that the PIT Paws therapy dog team has joined others across the country hand out trading cards to fans.
Airport therapy dog trading cards? PIT recently hopped on the bandwagon, joining several other airports in releasing its own set of trading cards to feature the PIT PAWS therapy dog team. Read more about the latest aviation trend here: https://t.co/aF2HaOERK2#PITPAWSpic.twitter.com/UN11YdFq8k
— Pittsburgh International Airport (@PITairport) March 24, 2019
PIT Airport also shared a video about the more than 700,000 bees that reside on property:
PIT airport said goodbye – temporarily – to the statues of George Washington and former Pittsburgh Steeler Franco Harris.
— Pittsburgh International Airport (@PITairport) March 22, 2019
And the airport made room for a new – and somewhat large – piece of art.
It took a bit of extra effort to install the latest addition in the display case on Ticketing Level. See how the 24-foot-long oil painting made it from artist Mia Tarducci’s studio to PIT, and check out other new installations here: https://t.co/NxBiNIhn2Q#DestinationPITartpic.twitter.com/PR9VuRaFZw
— Pittsburgh International Airport (@PITairport) March 25, 2019
The Burning Man festival is underway and Reno-Tahoe International Airport is part of the experience for the more than 18,000 “burners” who fly in and out of the area for the event.
Last week, the airport helped move things along on some of the busy arrival days by offering free group yoga, Burning Man artwork displays and therapy dogs dressed up for the occasion.
On Monday, when the burners start to go home, the airport will also offer entertainment and assistance, including big plastic bags for wrapping suitcases encrusted with dust from the Playa, bins for disposing of all the garbage burners need to remove from the festival site and a drop-off spot for the bicycles many bring to get around the festival grounds. Those bikes get fixed up and donated to local groups.
All photos courtesy Reno-Tahoe International Airport.
Have you been to Burning Man? Share photos of your airport experience getting to and from the festival.
But on second look, it’s real. And it makes sense.
In the spirit of the therapy dogs that are showing up at airports nationwide to ease the journey for travelers, earlier this week Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) invited a local farm to begin bringing some miniature-therapy horses to the airport.
It’s Kentucky Derby season, so for the first visit the horses showed up in the main terminal dressed in Derby attire.
They’ll be back – in ‘street clothes’ twice a month.
Denver International is the latest to join the pack of airports with a team of therapy dogs on duty to help relieve stress and anxiety for passengers.
Denver’s crew is called CATS – which stands for Canine Airport Therapy Squad – and each one of the dogs is registered with the Alliance of Therapy Dogs and is trained, certified and insured.
CATS dogs will be easy to spot: they’ll be wearing “Pet Me” vests.
Want a preview? Denver International Airport has a gallery of pooch pictures on line.
