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Followup – The Great ‘Religious Device’ Scare of ‘10
We did want to followup on last week's story, where a religious Jewish teen caused a plane to be diverted by praying using his tefillin. In case you missed it the first time, the above is an Associated Press video of the initial announcement. Note the police referring to the device as an...
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Ridiculous – Plane Diverted over Praying Jew
This is not the first time this has happened, and that is sad. Today, a US Airways regional flight, flight 3079 operated by Chautaqua Airlines, from New York's LaGuardia Airport to Louisville, Kentucky was diverted to Philadelphia over a religious issue.
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US Airways Cuts off Some Limbs
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US Airways announced it would lay off 1000 people, approximately 3 percent of its workforce, and focus on four cities and the shuttle service. Here are the details:
Reducing Las Vegas from 64 to 36 daily departures – No one is really surprised by this. Las Vegas was a big hub for America...
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Southwest to Add New Saturday-Only LaGuardia Service – But For How Long?
Southwest announced today it would add Saturday only service from New York-LaGuardia Airport to Denver International Airport. The rest of the week the service will be offered on a one-stop basis.
Saturday-only service is the only option as Southwest is not securing any additional slots at LaGuardia, but Saturday service is not slot or perimeter...
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Do TSA Agents Even Know the Rules?
And that is the question. Do TSA Agents even know the rules their department has enacted? Or do they make them up as they go along? Or perhaps local supervisors impose rules on top of department-wide policy?
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St. Louis loses Hub Status
American Airlines has given up on St. Louis’s Lambert Airport.
Back in the day, TWA had an extensive hub operation at the airport. American has gradually reduced service and now after these cuts, the airport will have only 36 flights a day to nine cities, LAX, Chicago-O’Hare, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Miami, New York-JFK, Boston, New...
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Cities Losing Service to New York-LaGuardia
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Due to the discontinuance of US Airways Express service(Wilmington, NC excepted) from New York’s LaGuardia Airport, the following routes will be discontinued unless Delta picks them up.
Albany, NY
Hyannis, MA
Raleigh / Durham, NC(Served by Delta and American)
Baltimore, MD(Still served by Southwest)
Indianapolis, IN(Already served by Delta, soon by Airtran)
Richmond, VA
Bangor, ME
Ithaca, NY(Although they will...
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Monopolizing the Fortress Hub
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So, now Continental has gotten AirTran out of Newark in exchange for slots at LaGuardia and National, where they are hardly a powerhouse. Delta is taking over US Airways extensive regional slots at LaGuardia, and US Airways is getting international route permissions and greater dominance at Washington National.
It allows Continental,...
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AirTran and Continental to Mix and Match as Well
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AirTran Airways made a deal with Continental Airlines yesterday to stop flying to and from Newark Liberty Airport in exchange for slots at Washington National and New York’s LaGuardia Airports.
AirTran will cease operations at Newark on October 25th. AirTran will give its 10 slots, its single gate, and a jetway at Newark...
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LaGuardia’s Marine Air Terminal
The saga of LaGuardia Airport began when Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia struck a blow for all proud New Yorkers when he refused to call Newark Airport New York. LaGuardia was flying on a TWA flight which arrived into Newark, and pointing out his ticket said New York, refused to leave the plane until he was...
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Delta and US Airways Swap for Fun and Profit
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US Airways will be transferring 125 pairs of slots currently used to provide US Airways Express service at LaGuardia to Delta Air Lines. They will be getting 42 pairs of slots at Washington National. The plan will allow US Airways to expand service at National Airport and acquire the rights to fly...
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LaGuardia Airport Set for National Aviation Week
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To celebrate National Aviation Week from August 19th through 22nd, LaGuardia Airport will have an Amelia Earhart impersonator, as well as an exhibit featuring a replica fighter plane that previously flew from the Intrepid. The exhibit can be found in The Food & Shops in the Central Terminal.
The airport is also offering...
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What People Bring To the Airport
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On Saturday morning, an emotionally disturbed man named Scott McGann showed up at LaGuardia Airport with a ticket on United to Chicago and onward to Oakland, purchased by family. He also showed up with a duffel bag contained an item that was not, but appeared to be a bomb.
The Central Terminal, where...
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Video: Southwest at LaGuardia
We are continuing our series of posts on our Southwest Experience. We got a lot of wonderful material and pictures, and we haven’t even talked about our time onboard yet. To any other airline tempted, if you send us somewhere, we’ll take just as many pictures and talk to as many people as we...
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Boarding the Inaugural Southwest Flight
Flight #614 was scheduled to depart New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Chicago-Midway Airport at 8:45AM with an arrival time of 10:40AM.
Customers lined up in typical Southwest fashion, by boarding letter and number in front of spaced steel columns.
The first passenger, holding Boarding Group A, Position 01, was Darrell Johnson, who had purchased a Business...
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Southwest at LaGuardia – Part II
In Part I, we discussed the new Southwest Airlines check-in counters at New York – LaGuardia, and their unique(for LaGuardia at least). We had a lot of fun in Chicago.
Southwest has taken over Gate B4 at LaGuardia. We use the word take over because of the modifications necessary to operate a gate as...
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Southwest at LaGuardia – Part I
We arrived at LaGuardia two hours before our flight. We wanted to see off the Baltimore flight as well.
Southwest had generously awarded us a free roundtrip flight to Chicago and an overnight at a downtown hotel.
Everything at LaGuardia airport from Southwest is different than what we see from any other airline using the...
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Southwest to Serve LaGuardia
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Previously announced service by Southwest Airlines out of New York’s LaGuardia Airport will begin June 28th. Southwest’s current gateway to the New York area is Long Island MacArthur Airport in Islip, where the airline operates 26 flights a day. The airline added a flight there in November, but plans to cut two...
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Post-Inauguration Roundup
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Ray LaHood is now the US Secretary of Transportation. Mr. Hood is opposed to the slot auctions at New York airports, dedicated to a new generation of air traffic control equipment, and we’ll see how he is for the country’s transportation network.
3M has issued a press release that it...
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Delta to Downsize Shuttle Operations
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Delta announced it would be phasing out full-sized jets on its shuttle routes between New York-Laguardia Airport and Washington-National Airport in March.
It will replace 148-seat MD-88 aircraft with 76-seat Embraer regional jets operated by Shuttle America, configured with 12 first class seats. Delta insists that otherwise, the product will remain the same....
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Mailbag: Customer Service
Our recent Customer Service Stories from other blogs netted this comment from Joanne.
I arrived in Newark airport Sunday, April 17 at 6:45 from Paris to take a connecting flight on USAir from Newark to Rochester, NY. I had booked the ticket on Cheap Tickets back in December. When I and my 2 traveling companions...
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