Flying can be stressful. But you know what makes that anxiety disappear? Petting a puppy! And Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has brought in the big dogs (and little dogs, too) to help calm passengers before take off. Launched just last week, LAX is working with the Pets Unstressing Passengers program (PUP), in order to create [...]
About Amy Tokic
A huge fan of free Wi-Fi in airport lounges, Amy Tokic usually fills the 3-hour wait time before her flight leaves by catching up on her writing assignments. She misses those little packages of peanuts they used to give out on flights and doesn’t mind sitting in the aisle seat. Amy likes writing about the sordid underbelly of airport intrigue with strange and usual stories that probably won’t make the 6 o’clock news.Author Archive | Amy Tokic
Abu Ahabi Airport GoSleep Pods Turn From Chairs To Beds For Sleepy Travellers
You’ll be a just like a pea in a pod when you need to get sleep at Abu Dhabi International Airport. That’s because this airport has just launched “GoSleep” Sleeping Pods for weary travellers passing through. Being touted as a “world first,” the GoSleep pods are state-of-the-art chairs that transform into a private flat bed. [...]
Perverts on the Plane: Reports of Sleeping Women Being Groped on Fights
We’re hoping that this report can serve as a warning to women travellers planning to take a nap during their flight. There have been a few recent reported incidents of women being groped as they slept on the way to their destination. The latest alleged groping took place on a flight from Miami to Ronald [...]
Delta Hosts Pizza Party for Passengers Stuck On Tarmac
It really sucks being stuck on a plane that’s not going anywhere. Sitting for hours on the tarmac, not knowing when you’re going to take off. It can make you pretty angry. And Delta Air Lines knows this – that’s why they decided to throw a pizza party for passengers who were waiting on the [...]
Woman Tries To Smuggle Tadpoles In Her Mouth
Chug! Chug! Chug! That’s just what a South Korean woman did – with a glass full of tadpoles – before boarding a flight at Guangzhou Airport in China. The woman was waiting in line for her plane when customs officials noticed that she was carrying a bottle of what they assumed was a beverage. They [...]
Holy Crap! Frozen Airplane Poop Crashes Through British Woman’s Roof
You know you’re in for a really crappy day when a pile of frozen poop from an airplane crashes through your roof and wreaks your home. Last Saturday at 7 a.m., Brit Caroline Guy thought she was being burglarized when she heard a loud crash. Imagine her surprise when she saw chunks of brown and [...]
Berlin Brandenburg Airport Spends £4,000 A Day Because It Can’t Turn The Lights Off
It’s bad enough that the Berlin Brandenburg airport is years behind schedule and millions of dollars over budget. Now officials can add a freaking huge electrical bill into the mix, because it turns out this airport can’t turn off the lights. The lights are staying on at BER 24/7 because, as the airport planner says, [...]
Flight Passengers’ Take On Harlem Shake Could Mean Trouble For Airline
The Harlem Shake meme is taking over the Internet. And now, after a plane full of people got in on the craze, it could put an airline into some hot water with the Federal Aviation Administration. According to the LA Times, the FAA is less than impressed with Frontier Airlines after a video of passengers [...]
Chinese Official Freaks Out After Missing His Flight
You know what you should do at an airport when you miss your flight? You should freak out and go on a rampage, destroying everything in your path. Okay, that’s not what you should do. But a Chinese official thought that was the right thing to do after missing his flight recently. Yan Linkun, a [...]
Crafty Thieves Pull Off $50 Million Diamond Heist at Brussels Airport
We think that the script for the next “Ocean’s 14” just wrote itself. Eight masked men drove through the security fence at Brussels International Airport and stole $50 million worth of diamonds from a Swiss-bound plane – all without firing a shot. These men, dressed as police, kept airport works at gunpoint while they unloaded [...]
