Pigs, Pampering, and Putting, Entertain at U.S. Airports

Waiting for your flight is no longer about duty free shops and boredom at select U.S. airports.

American airports are making wait times less of a wait. Leonard Zhukovsky/Shutterstock

Molly Weems was nervous about taking her first flight at the age of 8. Her 11-year-old brother, Tom, had flown once before, but because it had been a bumpy experience, he feared a repeat performance. Then suddenly everything changed. Delighted by the antics of a friendly pig named LiLou, Mollie forgot her qualms. For Tom, it was a large rabbit that enabled him to replace fear with fun.

A pig from the Wag Brigade at the San Francisco International Airport entertains a passenger waiting for a flight. Photo courtesy of the San Francisco International Airport.