Category Archives for Airports.
The executive director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton Little Rock, Arkansas airport was shot in a firefight with federal agents on Tuesday as they served a warrant on his home.
Bryan Malinowski was injured around 6 a.m. with gunshot wounds sustained from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and transported to a local hospital. He had shot back, and hit an ATF agent.
Uber and Lyft have announced that they’re leaving Minneapolis May 1, 2024 in response to new city rules on driver pay. Uber is clear this will mean no airport pickups or drop offs. Lyft’s statement leaves open some ambiguity about the airport, although if they continue with airport service it may be only for out of towners.
The Bangor, Maine airport is going to close Monday mornings through Wednesday afternoons this spring, and customers that have already booked tickets are out of luck. So are any flights that need to divert – Bangor is a regular diversion point.
Most people living near airports moved in after the airport was built. They, like, knew the airport was there when they bought or rented the place! And today’s planes are far quieter than they were decades ago. Airport noise is less of a thing than it used to be.
So I don’t have a lot of sympathy when people complain and try to restrict flights in and out of airports, complaining about the noise. But it turns out that not many people actually complain.
The FAA had gone to off-the-street hiring to meet diversity goals but the problem was there weren’t enough training slots, and qualified controllers were being passed over when we need controllers. Whitaker’s approach lets the agency train controllers from a variety of backgrounds without sacrificing onboarding those that have gone through training privately already.
But what if New York TRACON refuses all new controllers to keep their overtime hours up?
Wendy’s is trending because of their plan to raise prices at peak periods, like the lunch rush, in a plan that’s been likened to Uber’s surge pricing. When demand for burgers is high, Baconators get more expensive.
According to one study, 28.3% of major U.S. airports feature a Wendy’s. And a reader asked me whether Wendy’s surge pricing would roll out to airport locations?
I have to admit I’ve never been inside an airport chapel. I walk right past them. I’ve read plenty of articles suggesting that they’re peaceful refuges in crowded airports, a place of peace and quiet to relax religion aside. And I suppose that at least usually the case. But I’ve always felt strange just walking in.
A woman skipped the TSA ID checker at the Nashville airport, since she didn’t have a boarding pass to fly that day. She went through regular screening, and proceeded to an American Airlines gate – where she got on a flight to Los Angeles without a boarding pass.
Southwest has a government-granted near monopoly at Dallas Love Field airport. The airline, which fought tooth and nail for the right to be allowed to fly there as an upstart, and now uses the machinations of government to keep out competitors. With only two gates at the airport usable by competitors, no one can build a customer base to make flights work.
Congressman Matt Gaetz was stopped at a Dallas – Fort Worth airport TSA checkpoint, where he was found to be carrying a taser. He said he forgot he had it on him, and it was taken and thrown away.
According to the Congressman, he “thanked the TSA agent who found it” and then he gratuitously (and perhaps rather creatively) adds that the TSA screener gave him a “first bump” and told him “to secure the border.” and that he was carrying the TSA because he “can’t afford to hire Cori Bush’s husband.”
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.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
