Through the years, more and more people are discovering the joys of travel. And with more people on planes, it means more people are at airports. The response of some …
Airports
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As the TSA ups its digital game, it’s been slowly increasing the number of states whose residents can use mobile driver’s licenses (mDL) at checkpoints with digital ID readers. The …
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Airports
Ho Chi Minh City International Flights May Be Moved to Different Airport
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegThe main airport in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City (a.k.a. Saigon), Tan Son Nhat International Airport, has been facing overcrowding for years. With almost 40 million passengers in 2024, it’s …
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In the interest of safety, the TSA maintains a list of items that are banned from passengers’ carry-on bags, checked bags, or both. It contains several hundred items that are …
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Despite advertising itself as a way to “get through security faster,” it’s not surprising to hear that CLEAR doesn’t truly seem to have passengers’ time at the heart of its …
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Will Your Airport Biometric Data Still Work if You’ve Been On Ozempic, Had Bariatric Surgery, etc.?
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegRoughly 10% of American adults had been prescribed injectable weight-loss drugs – known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists- in the past few years. Most people know them by their …
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Why Do So Many Airports Have Rocking Chairs? And Which Airport Have Them?
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegAirports are probably one of the most high-tech structures in modern times. Depending on the facility, it could employ solar-paneled rooftops, energy-efficient everything, baggage carousels that reduce carbon dioxide emissions, …
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Some airports are famous for their quirks. Singapore Changi lets you speed down an optional giant slide on your way to the gate. We tried it and it’s as fun …
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18th Airport Now Allowing Unticketed People Through TSA Security
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegEvery time another airport announces that people without a flight that day can now go to the airside to meet/accompany their family, it makes me smile. Y’see, way back when …
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Airport Tells Female Lawyer to Change Her Sexual Harassment Ad or They Won’t Show It
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegMegan Thomas’ Syracuse-based law firm focuses on women who are being sexually harassed. And what better place to advertise to clients than the local airport? After all, Syracuse Hancock International …