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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

Airports

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Airport and Airline Resources

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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

News from Air Canada + Korean Air + More

Norm! We missed you

06/19/08

Each weekend during cruise season (November – April), the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) fills with hundreds of travelers who have nowhere else to go. During a cruise, it’s all about “Sit back, relax, take a swim, have a drink.” But when the cruise is over, passengers are rushed ashore early in the morning so →

Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

Tour DFW’s art program – from home

06/18/08

The folks at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) have been busy beautifying their Web site with spiffy new tools for travelers. Highly useful: The interactive maps (check out the panoramic tour of -an empty -Terminal D) and the updated at-a-glance list of services (note that there’s free power and free wired Internet at Gates A20 →

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

It would be funny if it wasn’t true

06/17/08

The Tonight Show is on way past my bedtime, so I’m really glad that Terry Maxon at the Airline Biz blog makes a point of posting the jokes and jabs Jay Leno makes about airports and air travel. All those extra charges and service cutbacks the airlines are announcing are making it way too easy →

Don’t fire this Air Canada flight attendant

06/17/08

Like many other airlines grappling with record high fuel prices, Air Canada has announced flight and staffing cutbacks for the fall and winter. According to an airline press release, “This will result in a decrease in staff levels of up to 2,000 positions across all levels of the organization.” I hope one talented Air Canada →

Air Canada

Crackdown on carry-on bags

06/17/08

United Airlines and US Airways recently announced they will join American Airlines and start charging passengers to check a first bag. That means a lot more people will start packing a lot more stuff into their carry-on bags. “Not so fast” say the airlines. They’re cracking down on over-sized carry-on bags by posting staff at →

Finding a place to smoke at Memphis International Airport

06/16/08

For smokers, finding a place to smoke at an airport can be a vexing proposition. As more cities and states pass laws that prohibit smoking in public places, even airports that once had specially-designed smoking areas in restaurants and bars have been forced to tell smokers on long layovers to take it outside. Not all →