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Airport Frustration Index breaks down most, least frustrating airports in N....
Bloomberg Businessweek has surveyed 3,000 frequent travelers to compile the Airport Frustration Index, an interactive look at the frustration level of thirty-six North American airports. The...
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Eating healthy while traveling is possible - at least at these airports
Let’s be real: the allure of McDonald’s – or, if it’s DFW’s Terminal C, Taco Bell – on an empty stomach and a tight connection can be irresistible. Thankfully, airports are wising up to nationwide...
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A New York-to-LaGuardia train may finally be on the way
Photo by Angelo DeSantis on flickr Someone tell Joe Biden: A rail connection may soon link the Vice President’s least favorite New York airport to the city it serves, bringing it one step closer to...
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You can now take a helicopter to NYC airports for a shockingly reasonable price
Gotham Air Bell 407 Helicopter For New Yorkers taking public transport, rarely does a single day pass without requiring yogic postures to fit into a crowded car, Tetris style. Getting to the airport...
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Thanks, Juno! Canceled flights cost U.S. economy $230M
Photo: Flickr User Gui Seiz The not-entirely-super storm Juno wasn’t as severe as the original forecasts predicted, but dang, it was expensive. According to calculations from the U.S. Travel...
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You can now fly business class to London for $1K
Photo: La Compagnie The words “budget business class” sound like an oxymoron, on the same list with things like “plastic glasses” and “good Adam Sandler movie,” but that’s exactly what La Compagnie is...
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Did United really operate a route solely so one man could spend weekends with...
Photo credit to Ms. P on flickr At this stage, it’s still not known. But a lot is hanging in the balance. What is known, thanks to some expert reporting by NorthJersey.com, is that the Port Authority...
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Newark airport terminal promises not to suck after $120M renovation
Rendering of the Lobby Bar in Newark Terminal C. (Courtesy of OTG/The Rockwell Group) You rarely get to use words like “cutting edge” and “Newark” in the same sentence, but the airport that puts the...
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United Airlines employee busted on camera (allegedly) stealing cash from...
Not the wallet involved (Photo: Flickr) You get to the airport security screening area and automatically empty your pockets, putting your watch, your wallet and your cell phone into one of those giant...
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Explanations behind 7 confusing three-letter airport codes
If you’re from Sioux City, Iowa, you’ve no doubt seen your airport listed on boarding passes, and in queries on Google Flights, etc. as SUX. To the world, in IATA permanence, your airport (is) SUX. You...
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Wolverine isn't thrilled about being in Newark, chews out of its crate at...
This is not Kasper, but he was probably just this angry. (Photo: JPMatth/Flickr) Man, nobody likes being stuck in Newark. When a 40-pound wolverine named Kasper found out that he was going to have an...
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$100,000 watch lost at airport rescued by honest TSA agent
photo by Ben Popken via Flickr In just one month last year at Los Angeles International Airport, 3,700 items, including 154 laptops, 98 cellphones, 18 iPads and 32 wallets, were collected by the TSA....
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6 reasons why LaGuardia should be closed (7 if you count the coyotes)
Photo: Rose Trinh/Flickr When you’re trying to describe the unpleasantness of air travel, you can rank your experiences on a scale from 1 to LaGuardia. I’d forgotten how terrible it was to travel...
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New cockpit communication system could cut down on airport delays, save fuel
Photo: Andy Mitchell/Flickr When severe weather – or even the average summer thunderstorm – approaches an airport, attempting to reroute a plane is a tedious, time-consuming analog-only process. Air...
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The best new international flight routes
Photo by Corey Leopold With the recent announcement that American Airlines is going to begin going Down Under in December, we decided to round up some of the newest and most noteworthy international...
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These are the best and worst airports, airlines and routes in America for...
Photo: Brian/Flickr Nate Silver, the brilliant mathematical mind behind FiveThirtyEight, took a break from writing about the Golden State Warriors and how Google predicts hockey ticket sales to update...
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Man arrested at airport after cops find marijuana inside Mary Jane candy...
Photo: TSAmedia_LisaF/Twitter Oh, Gregory Murphy, we see what you did. The 49-year-old New Jersey man was arrested at Newark International Airport last week after Port Authority police officers found a...
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LaGuardia is America's worst airport when it comes to flight delays
Photo: Ken Yee/Flickr What does a broken watch have in common with a flight arriving at LaGuardia Airport? There’s a good chance that neither one of them will be on time. According to the latest...
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Amidst Newark Airport drone crisis, airport stores asked to stop selling drones
Photo: Richard Unten Drone sightings by pilots are on track to increase 400% over last year, with 650 drones spotted by commercial pilots in 2015 so far, according to the Federal Aviation...
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10 pounds of cocaine found in passenger’s food at Newark Airport
photo by US Customs Returning from a trip to Peru, William Anthony Sanchez landed at Newark airport and was caught attempting to smuggle 10 pounds of cocaine hidden in food, according to U.S. Customs...
View ArticleLegendary club CBGB is coming back as an airport restaurant because...
If you thought that Punk officially died when Virgin Money released Sex Pistols-branded credit cards, you’d be wrong. Instead this is what put a plastic bag over Punk’s head, gathering it tightly...
View ArticleWhich airports could leave you stranded during winter weather?
Even though it seems like every airport concourse is just a slightly reconfigured collection of the same Starbucks, Hudson News shops and unavailable wall outlets, not all airports are created equal —...
View ArticleForget Las Vegas: could passengers start gambling in these airports?
If you thought there couldn’t be anything worse than seeing CBGB’s iconic white awning hanging above a Newark airport restaurant, you’d be right. But a proposed plan that might bring the incessant...
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