Airport Theory the new TikTok trend « Euro Weekly News

‘Airport Theory’ is the latest mad trend to take off from TikTok, and people are missing their flights because of it.

Remember that TikTok trend called ‘raw dogging’? If not, check out this Euro Weekly News article if you want to learn more. Well, now there is a new game in town, and it is called Airport Theory.

What is the Airport Theory concept?

If you are the type of person who likes to play ‘Russian roulette’ with the low fuel light in your car (guilty as charged), then this could be something you might like to try.  However, I must be honest here; I wouldn’t recommend it.  So, the idea behind Airport Theory is that the ‘player’ limits their time to get through check-in and security to just fifteen minutes.  Yep, no turning up the recommended two hours beforehand for them and waiting around after easing their way through the security process.

In this world, time becomes an adrenaline buzz as contenders attempt to make their flight in a very short window of time.  As you might expect, plenty have failed and taken to TikTok to show how their flight has taken off without them.

However, several TikTok creators, like Michael DiConstanzo (@michael.dicostanzo), are enamoured with this concept.  He has documented many videos of himself dashing through busy airports like LAX and Atlanta International Airport in order to make his flight – even after the Super Bowl in New Orleans, which must have really been pushing it.

Airport Theory has gone viral on TikTok

While many cannot quite believe that this has become a ‘thing’, over 400 million views on TikTok confirm that it definitely has.  It seems that the promise of a heart-racing experience at the very start of your journey is far more appealing than arriving in good time and relaxing before the flight.

Has life become so mundane that we need to create high-risk situations such as this to make it more exciting?  Still, at least this one isn’t life-threatening, unlike some of the TikTok trends that have taken off over the years.

Naturally, the airlines are not interested in being part of this viral movement and maintain their policy of arriving at the airport two hours before a flight to ensure sufficient time to get through security.  Makes you wonder just how many Airport Theorists will need to miss their flight before common sense will prevail once more.

Over to you – would you try out ‘Airport Theory’… even if only once?

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