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5 votes
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Finnair is now weighing passengers to update weight and balance calculations – identity of the volunteers remains anonymous
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Greta Thunberg marched with activists to protest against Farnborough Airport expansion, which mainly serves private jets – planned increase from 50,000 to 70,000 flights per year
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Russian who boarded flight from Copenhagen to Los Angeles last November without ticket, passport or visa has been found guilty of being a stowaway
20 votes -
Advice for returning to a frozen car at long term airport parking
I'm returning home from a trip and am on my 4th layover in a nightmarish series of delayed flights and last minute changes; when I get home it will be 5 degrees (F) which was not the forecasted...
I'm returning home from a trip and am on my 4th layover in a nightmarish series of delayed flights and last minute changes; when I get home it will be 5 degrees (F) which was not the forecasted temp when I left, so I did not make any kind of preparations and left my car in uncovered long term parking, a 5-ish minute walk from the airport. It dipped into negative temps while I was gone and I'm terrified that I'll get back to a car with frozen locks and no lighter, lock de-freezer, hair dryer, etc, anything to help me get in. I've searched for advice but everything I've read seems to assume you're at home, not at a airport. I'm already so drained and exhausted and it will be late when I get there so I'm just trying to find something, anything that might be helpful in advance before I'm stuck standing outside in unexpectedly, dangerously frigid weather with no plan in jeans, sneakers, and a hoodie. Apologies if something like this has been posted, I couldn't find anything and feel like I'm about to collapse. Any advice is appreciated, even obvious things, I'm sure I may have overlooked something that would be clear to someone else. Posting this before I board my next flight in the hopes there may be some replies by the time I get home. Thank you for reading
Update: made it back, took an Uber home and will pick up my car either tomorrow or the day after during the day. I should have thought of it myself and feel silly that I didn't. Thank you all so much for the feedback, really saved me some stress, I probably shouldn't have driven home even had it not been so cold out with how tired I was. Will definitely use all the advice here to be more prepared when leaving during the winter in the future, no matter the forecast.
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Planes collide and catch fire at Japan’s busy Haneda airport, killing five. Hundreds evacuated safely.
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There are two types of airport people : Some travelers love being late [2019]
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Waymo launches curbside robotaxi pickup at Phoenix airport
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Helsinki Airport clears runway snow in just eleven minutes – why do some airports cope better with snow than others?
11 votes -
Houston Public Library launches self-service book kiosk at Hobby Airport
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High-speed rail at O'Hare Airport in Chicago, Illinois
11 votes -
We’ve released 803 squirrels at an airport - here’s why
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Boarding planes could have been very different
15 votes -
Kansas City receives $15 billion in federal funding for mobility and infrastructure projects
13 votes -
Nearly 400 primate skulls headed for US collectors seized in "staggering" discovery at French airport
10 votes -
Finnish citizens traveling with Finnair between Helsinki Airport and the UK will be able to trial Digital Travel Credentials, using them to leave and enter Finland
8 votes -
How two brothers turned planespotting into YouTube gold
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Concerns about new facial recognition software implemented by TSA at US airports
42 votes -
Cause of Boeing collision at London Heathrow confirmed
7 votes -
Germany at a standstill as huge strike halts planes and trains
8 votes -
Every flight across US grounded due to computer system glitch
11 votes -
The maddening mess of airport codes
9 votes -
The simple secret of airport runway digits
11 votes -
Finland could become the first country in the EU to trial a mobile app with digital copies of travel documents
4 votes -
I made tourists think they landed at the wrong airport
9 votes -
Funchal Airport, on the island of Madeira, was too short for modern commercial airliners but there was nowhere to extend to. The solution is one of the greatest civil engineering projects of our time.
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My ex-father-in-law, the Japanese radical who opposed Narita Airport
4 votes -
The Sky Thief - How did Beebo Russell — a goofy, God-fearing baggage handler — steal a passenger plane from the Seattle-Tacoma airport and end up alone in a cockpit, with no plan to come down?
6 votes -
Sweden to increase airport fees for high-polluting planes – climate impact, such as use of biofuels, to be taken into account when calculating charges
8 votes -
Drone sightings caused Gatwick airport to close for two days in 2018, but despite a lengthy police investigation, no culprit was ever found. So what exactly did people see in the Sussex sky?
10 votes -
'Person in jetpack' spotted flying again near LA airport
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Inside the airline industry's meltdown: Coronavirus has hit few sectors harder than air travel, wiping out tens of thousands of jobs and uncountable billions in revenue
14 votes -
The farmer that lives in the middle of Tokyo Narita Airport
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Berlin Brandenburg (BER) airport to finally open after nine-year delay
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Oakland Airport wants to attract passengers with free rapid Covid testing
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Finland has deployed coronavirus-sniffing dogs at the Nordic country's main international airport – a four-month trial of an alternative testing method
9 votes -
Airline pilots landing at LAX report "a guy in a jetpack" flying alongside them
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TSA working on plan to check temperatures at some American airports
8 votes -
Where are all the unused planes right now?
5 votes -
Airport architect creates the ideal layout for LaGuardia airport
4 votes -
The airport chaos is the product of negligence
9 votes -
Air New Zealand concerned about Auckland International Airport's loss of 'aeronautical competency'
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Norwegian Air crew were shut out of hotel over cash fears – Gatwick hotel asked for upfront payment from lossmaking low-cost carrier
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Europe OKs suspension of strict ‘use-it or lose-it’ airline slot rules amid coronavirus outbreak
9 votes -
Airlines are burning thousands of gallons of fuel flying empty 'ghost' planes so they can keep their flight slots during the coronavirus outbreak
13 votes -
Controversial plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been thrown into doubt after a court ruling
8 votes -
Three US airports to check passengers for a deadly Chinese coronavirus
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Heathrow Airport installs anti-drone system to detect threats
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Finland's Helsinki Airport debuts toilet facilities for pets – more than 10,000 dogs travel through the international airport every year
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Sweden has seen a 4% drop in the number of people flying via its airports, as flight-shaming takes off
13 votes