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JSX Just Unlocked Access To NYC’s Forbidden Private Jet Airport—Here’s The Secret To Booking A Seat

Aug 01 2025

Teterboro, 12 miles northwest of Midtown Manhattan, is the primary private jet airport in the region. It has two runways, with runway 1/19 7,000 feet. There are around 200 takeoffs per day, making it the busiest airport for purely private operations in the U.S. About 55% of airport traffic is private jets, with the rest light jets, turboprops, and helicopters.

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Why Do We Trust Passengers Not To Steal Bags From Baggage Claim?

Jul 31 2025

Why is it that we don’t trust airlines to get our checked bags to their destination – the old saying is that “there are two kinds of luggage, carry on and lost” – but we totally trust fellow passengers not to take our bags from baggage claim?

“Many bags look alike” and your bag could easily be taken by mistake, even assuming other passengers aren’t nefarious. When you don’t find your bag on the belt at baggage claim, you assume the airline lost it, rather than someone stole it.

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Did You Know: You Don’t Actually Have To Show ID At Airport Security

Jul 31 2025

The requirement of an ID to fly began as a ‘do something’ policy after the explosion of TWA flight 800. President Clinton demanded to be able to immediately announce new airline security measures, and told his National Security Council team to come up with some.

But it’s not clear that there’s any legal basis to deny air travel without first showing an ID.

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Passenger Steals Golf Cart For Drunken Joyride Down Buffalo Airport’s Moving Walkway, Smashes Through Glass Before Police Takedown

Jul 31 2025

Just before 1 a.m. on Monday, a man drove a golf cart on the moving walkway inside the terminal at Buffalo airport. He found an unattended airport cart with keys left in it. And he took it to use as if it were an amusement ride. He was arrested at the end of the walkway, once the ride was over.

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Elite Singles Are Using Airport Lounges And PreCheck To Filter Dates—But Crazy Still Gets Through The Door

Jul 28 2025

Flying once used to be the province of the wealthy, and business men (definitely mostly men, United Airlines even used to have ‘Men Only’ flights) but now it’s become far more democratized. Airline deregulation brought lower fares, and the U.S. has become far wealthier. At the same time, being able to fly is an immense privilege.

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Leaked Slides: United CEO Mocks American Airlines Performance At O’Hare As Chicago Hands Over Gates to Limit Competition

Jul 23 2025

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby loves to tout his airline’s superior performance to American Airlines. He became United’s President 9 years ago after being fired from American. In a set of slides he rubs salt in the wounds over his airline’s relative growth in size and financial performance at Chicago O’Hare, where both airlines operate hubs.

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