All rules cease to exist the moment you step foot in an airport. Dressing like Lord Farquaad to catch a flight? No biggie.

A New Zealand airport has sparked global outrage after implementing a three-minute limit on hugs in its drop-off zone, telling travelers with a sour new sign: "For fonder farewells please use the ...

Oct. 21 (UPI) --A New Zealand airport posted a sign in its drop-off zone asking passengers and their drivers to limit their farewell hugs to a maximum of three minutes.Photos of the sign at ...

Travelers leaving the New Zealand city of Dunedin will have to keep their emotional farewells brief after a new three-minute time limit was imposed on goodbye hugs in the airport's drop-off area ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — For more than a decade, passengers at New Zealand's Wellington Airport have boarded flights below the figures of two giant, hovering eagles from the "Hobbit" films, one ...

A sculpture of an eagle from the Hobbit films, ridden by the wizard Gandalf, hangs over the food court area of Wellington Airport, in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday, May 5, 2025.

The new rule has attracted disproportionate attention, considering how few travelers pass through Dunedin, near the southern end of New Zealand’s South Island. The airport there reported ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — For more than a decade, passengers at New Zealand’s Wellington Airport have boarded flights below the figures of two giant, hovering eagles from the “Hobbit ...

This is one change passengers aren’t embracing. A New Zealand airport has sparked global outrage after implementing a three-minute limit on hugs in its drop-off zone, advising travelers with a ...

Passengers wait to board a flight at Wellington Airport below the sculpture of an eagle from the Hobbit films, in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay) ...

Airport to remove huge movie-themed sculptures after 12 years. For more than a decade, passengers at New Zealand’s Wellington Airport have boarded flights below the giant figures.