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20 airports you can visit without a plane ticket

01/05/26

Airport guest pass programs allow non-ticketed guests to go through the security checkpoint and access the secure side of a terminal to dine, shop, see the art and spend more time with family and friends. Currently, about 20 airports offer this service. And each airport has its own set of rules for how many guests →

Harriet Baskas

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Cathay Pacific returns to SEA after 6 years

News from 1 airline, 1 airport + a hotel lobby

Alaska Airlines’ big, bold Boeing plane order

Planes to fly, places to go & cool things to see

Holiday videos from Icelandair and Austrian Airlines

Despite headwinds, global airlines expect a profitable 2026

Updated airline policies for change/fee waivers due to flight reduction mandate

Shutdown fallout: FAA will reduce air traffic by 10%. Starting Friday

Wee Delft Blue house marks KLM’s 106 birthday

Travel tidbits from airlines, airports & the U.S. governnment shutdown

Souvenir Sunday: 2010 Olympics Souvenirs from YVR

02/28/10

The 2010 Winter Olympics will soon wind down and the media, the sports fans, the athletes, and those cute mascots will be clearing out. Everyone will certainly want some souvenirs to take home and what better place to get them than at the airport? Several Olympics-only stores at the Vancouver International Airport (YVR) have been →

Snack Saturday: Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Machine at New Bedford Regional Airport

02/27/10

Souvenir Sunday is coming up tomorrow, so if you’re at an airport today and find a great souvenir that’s under $10, “of” the city or region, and sort of offbeat, please snap a photo and send it along. In the meantime, today is Snack Saturday, in honor of something unique I came across while researching →

Improving the odds of having your baggage arrive when you do.

02/26/10

My Well Mannered Traveler column – Mishandled baggage: Mission Accomplished? – on MSNBC.com this week is all about the odds of having your checked baggage arrive at your destination airport when you do – and the airlines’ efforts to improve those odds. The good news is that those odds have been improving. According to statistics →

For National Clam Chowder Day: free chowder at SEA

02/25/10

Today, Thursday, February 25th, 2010, Ivar’s Seafood outlets in Washington and California are celebrating National Clam Chowder Day by offering a 2-for-1 deal on cups of chowder. Happily, the deal extends to the Ivar’s Seafood Bar at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). “The airport Ivar’s is open way longer than the Ivar’s in town,” an →

Ladies-only lavs on All Nippon Airways

02/24/10

When I toured one of Boeing’s test 787 Dreamliner planes recently, I was pleased to see that the lavatories feature touchless faucets and flushers, as well as a nifty feature that automatically puts down the toilet seat lid. (Photo by Jerome Tso) And back in November, 2009, I was intrigued by the news from ANA →

Pet-free planes?

02/23/10

Here’s an issue just beginning to bare its teeth: In this article in the New York Times, Roni Caryn Rabin points out that a group of Canadian doctors is raising concerns about pets in airline passenger cabins. Allowing pets on planes, say the doctors, means more pet dander and more chance of setting off asthma →