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Smaller airlines demand air (and ground) space

Laguardia taxiway, lined up for take-off: Is there room for more? Photo: Port Authority of NY&NJ A coalition of smaller airlines is stepping up pressure on the Department of Transportation to open up some landing and take-off ‘slots’ for them at New York’s crowded airports, dominated by the ‘Big 3’ legacy carriers. Alaska, Allegiant , Frontier, Spirit and Virgin America call themselves “new entrants” in the business and the area, and are…

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JetBlue chips in to grow blue potatoes at airport

  When an airline is as fascinated with its colorful name as JetBlue is, down to serving blue-potato chips on every flight, it might be a surprise to find that they’re also obsessed with green. But  JetBlue, which already installed an open…

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Landmark TWA terminal at JFK to be a hotel

Eero Saarinen’s iconic 1962 TWA terminal at JFK, one of the landmarks of the then-new jet age, will live into the future as the entrance and lobby for JFK’s first on-airport hotel. The project, to open in 2018, got formal approval today from the Port…

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American adds Caribbean, Mexico routes

American Airlines is adding service to more Caribbean points from Los Angeles, Charlotte, Chicago and Dallas, and is restoring direct flights between New York and Caracas.   Most of the new routes are aimed at leisure travelers, although one,…

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JetBlue at JFK: A most unusual rooftop lounge

JetBlue likes to keep up its passenger-friendly image (despite imposing baggage fees this week) so it’s not a big surprise that they’ve blazed a new path in airport amenities: a rooftop lounge on top of their Terminal 5 at JFK.   The space is…

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Smaller airlines demand air (and ground) space

Laguardia taxiway, lined up for take-off: Is there room for more? Photo: Port Authority of NY&NJ A coalition of smaller airlines is stepping up pressure on the Department of Transportation to open up some landing and take-off ‘slots’ for them at New York’s crowded airports, dominated by the ‘Big 3’ legacy carriers. Alaska, Allegiant , Frontier, Spirit and Virgin America call themselves “new entrants” in the business and the area, and are…

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Landmark TWA terminal at JFK to be a hotel

Eero Saarinen’s iconic 1962 TWA terminal at JFK, one of the landmarks of the then-new jet age, will live into the future as the entrance and lobby for JFK’s first on-airport hotel. The project, to open in 2018, got formal approval today from the Port…

Read More

American adds Caribbean, Mexico routes

American Airlines is adding service to more Caribbean points from Los Angeles, Charlotte, Chicago and Dallas, and is restoring direct flights between New York and Caracas.   Most of the new routes are aimed at leisure travelers, although one,…

Read More

JetBlue at JFK: A most unusual rooftop lounge

JetBlue likes to keep up its passenger-friendly image (despite imposing baggage fees this week) so it’s not a big surprise that they’ve blazed a new path in airport amenities: a rooftop lounge on top of their Terminal 5 at JFK.   The space is…

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