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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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Setting air fares by weight

06/13/08

Folks were intrigued to learn about Derrie-Air, a new “carbon-neutral luxury airline” that charges passengers by the pound. It turned out to be a publicity stunt, but it got folks talking about the concept of treating passengers more like freight. The folks at NAAFA, the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, found it “sort of →

Quebec City: new terminal for 400 year-old city

06/12/08

Quebec City turns 400 this year and this Friday, just in time for summer festivities, the city plans to open a brand new terminal at the Jean Lessage International Airport. I had a chance to visit the terminal a few weeks back as finishing touches were being put on the baggage system and gate areas →

Jean Lessage International Airport

Tie the knot at the airport

06/11/08

It’s June and wedding season is officially underway. Look around and you’ll start noticing folks getting hitched in churches, formal gardens, backyards, courthouses and hotel function rooms. And once in a while, in airports. In my USATODAY.com “At the Airport” column posted today, are some tips on how to get married at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, →

Aerospace Art at Seattle’s Museum of Flight

06/11/08

Seattle’s Museum of Flight, just up the road from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), is a pretty cool place to spend an afternoon or a long layover. In addition to the first jet Air Force One and a British Airways Concorde, the museum is home to an incredible collection of historic aircraft, spacecraft, and aerospace artifacts. →

Museum of Flight

Art meets science at San Diego International Airport

06/10/08

More than 4,000 people work in the life science industries in and around San Diego, conducting research and figuring out ways to cure diseases and help save the environment. We may not be able to understand exactly what they do or how they do it, but an exhibition at San Diego International Airport (SAN) offers →

San Diego International Airport

Airport weddings

06/09/08

It wedding season and time for those news stories about people getting married on roller coasters, underwater and in other unusual places such as… airports? Of course! For my next column on USATODAY.com, I’ve been gathering stories about couples that have tied the knot at airports. The column should be posted soon, but in the →