a building with a large hole in the ground
Photograph ©2025 by Matthew Cohen.

What Is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 308

This does not seem like it’s going to fly — despite being at an airport.

For this edition of this popular game, can you guess what you believe is wrong — or, at least, seemingly quite bizarre — with this photograph part 308?

While traveling during a recent business trip, Matthew Cohen took a photograph of a sign at Charlotte Douglas International Airport and asked me “What is wrong with this photograph?”

What Is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 308

a building with a large hole in the ground
Photograph ©2025 by Matthew Cohen.

Please submit your answers in the Comments section below — and I enjoy reading creative answers.

Thank you in advance. As always, I cannot wait to read your answer and feedback.

Answer to What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 307

a screenshot of a website
Source: Frontier Airlines.

Frontier Airlines recently advertised basic fares which started as low as $19.00 one way, of which I received an e-mail message. The airline does not provide service to the country of Australia — or anywhere in the eastern hemisphere, for that matter. Why does this advertisement feature a koala?!?

Favorite answer and comment by derek: “It’s very odd that Frontier twice uses spellings based on the word ‘Koala’ and has a photo of a koala but it has nothing to do with any destination in Australia, the only country where koalas are native.

“Another odd part of the ad is that the low prices are ‘found by others’. Perhaps Frontier doesn’t want to locate low fares for passengers but have to rely on the passenger to find them? Koalas are known to sleep a lot, possibly 20 hours a day. Maybe that is the link that Frontier wants to emphasize, the ‘found by others’ because they, the koalas, are sleeping?”

Access to Past Articles in the What is Wrong With This Photograph? Series

You can refer to this definitive list of past articles of the What is Wrong With This Photograph? series of articles, which also includes articles which reveal the answers. That list will be continuously updated as additional articles are written and posted here at The Gate With Brian Cohen to ensure that future articles in this series are not encumbered with a long list of links — especially when viewing and reading them from a portable electronic device.

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Final Boarding Call

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    1. Please accept my apologies for not delivering more obviously salacious content filled with artificial intelligence, misinformation, and “click bait” here, Robert Reinhardt.

      I also apologize for replying to the most boring comment that someone can leave…

  1. CLT was my home airport for many years, so I think I know exactly where this photo was taken. Since none of the moving components are pictured, I can’t tell whether they’re planning to repair this travelator (which didn’t work most of the time, anyway) or give up and replace it with solid floor. Which raises a question I’ve often had cause to wonder about…why is it that travelators (especially in U.S. airports) are so often out of order?

  2. **”Nothing says ‘budget travel’ like Frontier’s $19 fares… and apparently nothing says ‘Australia’ like slapping a koala on an ad for an airline that doesn’t even fly there! ✈️ Maybe it’s their subtle way of saying ‘our prices are so low, they’re practically exotic’ – or just a confused graphic designer’s inside joke. Either way, I’ll take the $19 fare… just don’t promise me kangaroos on board!”**

  3. It’s an illusion but seems crazy, anyways. There is a pit for the moving sidewalk but the supports seem to suggest they are being filled with a flat floor. However, there are two conflicting signs. One says to prepare to step off, despite nothing to step off from. The other is the sign giving conflicting information, saying “stop” (not step off), though this is an illusion as the stop sign is actually outside the window.

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