Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Paris-Beauvais, France and Laguardia in New York City top (or is it bottom?) the shame list for airports in the world, Europe and North America this year on a recent survey. At the other end of the scale, congratulations to…
How much of your fare goes for taxes and airport fees? Photo: Alexander Nieswandt / Wikimedia If you’ve been vexed by all the charges the airlines add on top of your ticket for baggage, changes, seat choices and just plain…
New York’s often-mocked but close-in and convenient Laguardia Airport will get a total make-over within the next six years, under plans announced yesterday by Gov.
Lots of planes, little competition. Scene at Newark Liberty, where United controls nearly 70% of the traffic As the U.S. airline industry has consolidated, competitive options at U.S. airports have shrunk. With 80% of U.S. domestic air traffic…
Queen Elizabeth opens Heathrow’s Terminal 1 in 1968 Amazingly to many of us, London’s Heathrow has been named best airport in Europe, picked from among
Private lactation rooms for nursing and pumping mothers would be required in all large- and medium-sized commercial airports under a bill introduced in Congress this week by Rep. Tammy Duckworth and 13 co-sponsors. Duckworth, a first-time…
You’ve probably never heard of a μtug (yes, that’s a Greek letter) but you might, soon. It’s a class of tiny robot that borrows abilities from gekkos and inchworms to pull weights 2000 times its own weight on any surface it can stick…
It’s hard for a traveler to tell what’s going on sometimes in the pot-calling-the-kettle-black wars of the air travel industry. We’ve covered elsewhere the dispute between the legacy airlines and the Gulf carriers over subsidies and “Open Skies.”…
We’re getting mixed signals again from the airlines, on the snack front this time. On the one hand, sweet Valentine’s Day chocolates, on the other an offer of fresh healthy fruit. First the chocolate: The topper is a chocolate lava cake offered…
You’d think the airlines had never heard of a fee they didn’t like, but now they’ve found one. Maybe what they don’t like about it is that the money goes to airports, not airlines. The charge, which the airlines call a “tax” is the Passenger Facility…
Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Paris-Beauvais, France and Laguardia in New York City top (or is it bottom?) the shame list for airports in the world, Europe and North America this year on a recent survey. At the other end of the scale, congratulations to…
How much of your fare goes for taxes and airport fees? Photo: Alexander Nieswandt / Wikimedia If you’ve been vexed by all the charges the airlines add on top of your ticket for baggage, changes, seat choices and just plain…
New York’s often-mocked but close-in and convenient Laguardia Airport will get a total make-over within the next six years, under
Lots of planes, little competition. Scene at Newark Liberty, where United controls nearly 70% of the traffic As the U.S. airline industry has consolidated, competitive options at U.S. airports have shrunk. With 80% of U.S. domestic air traffic…
Queen Elizabeth opens Heathrow’s Terminal 1 in 1968 Amazingly to many of us, London’s Heathrow has been named best airport
Private lactation rooms for nursing and pumping mothers would be required in all large- and medium-sized commercial airports under a bill introduced in Congress this week by Rep. Tammy Duckworth and 13 co-sponsors. Duckworth, a first-time…
You’ve probably never heard of a μtug (yes, that’s a Greek letter) but you might, soon. It’s a class of tiny robot that borrows abilities from gekkos and inchworms to pull weights 2000 times its own weight on any surface it can stick…
It’s hard for a traveler to tell what’s going on sometimes in the pot-calling-the-kettle-black wars of the air travel industry. We’ve covered elsewhere the dispute between the legacy airlines and the Gulf carriers over subsidies and “Open Skies.”…
We’re getting mixed signals again from the airlines, on the snack front this time. On the one hand, sweet Valentine’s Day chocolates, on the other an offer of fresh healthy fruit. First the chocolate: The topper is a chocolate lava cake offered…
You’d think the airlines had never heard of a fee they didn’t like, but now they’ve found one. Maybe what they don’t like about it is that the money goes to airports, not airlines. The charge, which the airlines call a “tax” is the Passenger Facility…
