Airports

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China’s ‘Most Ghetto Airport’: Handwritten Flight Info & $1.37 Tickets

by Gary Leff on October 31, 2023

Oct 31 2023

The Foshan Shadi airport, located near Guangzhou and Shenzhen, recently gained notoriety on Chinese social media platforms like WeChat and Weibo for being dubbed “the most ghetto airport in China,” with features like handwritten flight information and lack of gender-separated toilets. Despite its reputation, the airport, which serves as a secondary hub for China United Airlines, offers incredibly low flight prices, with tickets to Inner Mongolia priced as low as ¥10 ($1.37).

U.S. Airports: Best Security or Best at Selling Expedited Service?

by Gary Leff on October 27, 2023

Oct 27 2023

The blog post challenges the claim that the U.S. has the best airport security and immigration, highlighting the convenience of paid services like Global Entry, PreCheck, and CLEAR but also emphasizing TSA’s inefficiencies, flawed procedures, and lack of external regulation. It contrasts U.S. practices with more lenient yet effective measures in countries like Australia, the U.K., and Hong Kong, questioning the true efficacy and purpose of the U.S. security system.

Airline Shake-Up: How Frontier is Upending the Elite Status Game (Most Of You Can Get It Super Quickly)

by Gary Leff on October 24, 2023

A small number of free miles in your choice of programs

Oct 24 2023

Frontier Airlines is doubling down on elite status benefits for 2024. Those who have matched status already, and those who do it now, are getting an even better deal than we thought.

U.S. State Senator Brings A Gun To Hong Kong, Now He Can’t Leave

by Gary Leff on October 23, 2023

Oct 23 2023

Washington State Senator Jeff Wilson unintentionally carried a gun in his carry-on bag through TSA in Portland, only realizing mid-flight when reaching for gum. Upon landing in Hong Kong, he declared the gun to customs, was arrested, released on bail, and had his passport confiscated with a hearing scheduled for October 30th.

Jetsetters’ Edge: The Profile Tweak Every Frequent Flyer Should Use for Dating Success

by Gary Leff on October 22, 2023

Oct 22 2023

There’s one tweak to your online profile that could turbocharge your right swipes and get potential dates sliding into your DMs.

A meme for the Tinder and Hinge era started this year that you can replace the screening that used to happen through close connections with government vetting. Just demand that your dates have TSA PreCheck because the government has already done a background check.

Five Months to Decades: How Red Tape Paralyzed Oakland Airport’s Expansion

by Gary Leff on October 18, 2023

Oct 18 2023

Oakland’s airport took a mere five months to build. Now adding 16 gates could take decades, if it’s ever able to happen.

Today Southwest Airlines controls the vast majority of traffic at the airport that was dedicated by Charles Lindbergh in 1927 and was the site of Amelia Earhart’s final trip departure. It hasn’t seen investment in fifteen years. And locals are going to use all of the levers of process to make sure it doesn’t see any, any time soon.

There Were Just Stabbings At Atlanta’s Airport And A Bomb Threat At BWI

by Gary Leff on October 11, 2023

Oct 11 2023

At Baltimore Washington International airport a man who claimed to have a bomb in his vehicle was arrested. There were also multiple stabbings at the Atlanta airport this afternoon. One of the three victims was a police officer.

Tel Aviv’s Airport Declared An Official Target For Hamas

by Gary Leff on October 8, 2023

Oct 08 2023

Hamas has announced Tel Aviv airport as an attack target. This continues the effort to directly target civilian non-combatants. After attacking a music concert for peace, and raiding homes and killing some while abducting others for use as human shields, they continue to literally target peace for attack.

Airport Self-Serve Kiosks Now Demand Tips When Buying Snacks

by Gary Leff on October 5, 2023

Oct 05 2023

Nearly everyone on a flight has paid a different price for an identical seat going to the same destination. Different people have different willingness to pay. Airlines have become good at figuring out how much they can charge each customer for each flight.

Why shouldn’t airports get in on some of the action. And the simplest way to do it is just to ask a customer, did we charge you too little? Would you like to pay more?

DFW Airport’s Renovations Start To Take Shape With Renderings Of New Terminal

by Gary Leff on October 2, 2023

Oct 02 2023

Four years ago American Airlines and Dallas – Fort Worth airport came to agreement on terminal improvements that included piecemealing a new terminal F and refreshing terminal C for about $3.5 billion. This was put off during the pandemic.

Now it’s moving forward and renderings are available. They look great, and offer more detail around what the airport has planned.