Category Archives for Airports.
French air traffic controllers have won the right to show up for work three hours late and knock off work three hours early; a raise of more than $19,000; 18 more days off each year; and retirement pensions at age 59.
Porto Alegre–Salgado Filho International Airport first suspended takeoff and landing operations Friday as heavy rains created flooding in the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil. The airport eventually submerged, with boats being used to move between aircraft.
Osaka Kansai airport takes pride that it has a 30 year record of not losing a single piece of luggage.
Airport rankings for least mishandled bags – attributable to the airport itself are as follows.
The Senate and House each developed FAA Reauthorization legislation, which includes four years of new funding and a number of policy changes.
Senator Joe Manchin, though, says he’s ready to try to blow up the process over the 5 new flights that are being authorized for Washington’s Reagan National airport in the bill.
Friday’s Denver to Omaha United flight 1279 landed at around 4:45 p.m. – but appears to have been on the ground for over an hour before making it to the gate. The flight landed during a tornado warning. While it sat on the tarmac, a tornado hit the ground at 5:08 p.m.
The airport was temporarily shut down to evaluate the extent of the storm’s impact. The main terminal remained intact, but general aviation on the eastern side of the airport suffered damage.
You’re not allowed to bring bottles filled with water through airport security. Bottled water is often much more expensive at the airport. If you want to avoid the single use plastics, or just save money, airports frequently have filling stations.
At the Detroit airport these water filling machines solicit tips.
American Airlines lost $312 million in the first quarter, which is historically the toughest quarter for an airline. Delta made money, and United only lost money because of the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX 9. Still, American Airlines is initially trading up on these results because of projections for the quarter ahead.
A Canadian tourist was charged $1,000 to transfer from terminal 4 to terminal 3 at the Cancun airport. He took a taxi, rather than the airport’s free shuttle, and the taxi driver tried to steal his luggage when the passenger protested the fare. Eventually the police got involved.
The Montreal resident was expecting to pay $5, but his credit card was overcharged by 200 times the usual amount.
Los Angeles International Airport is planning to change the numbers of its terminals and also rename its gates. Terminal 3 will be a different terminal than the current terminal 3. They’re going to call the planned future terminal 9… terminal 8. The airport isn’t confusing enough for most passengers!
A bipartisan California bill would ban CLEAR in the state’s airports. Sponsors view the service, which identifies passengers through their biometrics and escorts them to the front of security queues in exchange, as anti-egalitarian.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
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