Airport Sleepers are not welcome at Christchurch Airport. On May 6, the airport adopted a harsh policy of closing and “clearing” its international terminal between the hours 12am-5am, leaving travellers to sleep in bus shelters, car parks and on the streets in freezing temperatures as they await their early morning flights. The reason for the [...]
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Pet Me Pups Roaming LAX To Soothe Stressed Travellers
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
207 Pounds of Dead Caterpillars Found in Luggage
Its amazing what customs agents find in luggage nowadays. The latest bizarre airport seizure occurred at London Gatwick Airport, where authorities discovered 207 pounds (94 kilograms) of dead caterpillars in one traveller’s luggage! I repeat – 207 pounds! The 22-year-old man, travelling from Burkina Faso, claimed the caterpillars were intended as food for personal consumption. [...]
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 [...]
Women Caught at JFK Airport Wearing Cocaine Diapers
When it comes to airplane dress code, some people prefer to wear yoga pants and flip flops for a comfy flight. Others, however, prefer to slip into diapers packed full of cocaine. We realize that more of you go for the first option, which is why when someone opts to go with the second – [...]
Spanish Tourist Pulls a Tom Hanks, Lives in Chilean Airport for Two Months
This isn’t so much about sleeping in airports as it is about living in airports. For more than two months, Radrigo Ben-Azul has been stranded at Chile’s Santiago de Chile Airport after he ran out money. He can’t afford to get back to Spain, so he decided to live in the airport until he can [...]
