Aug
02
2019
If your flight does make it out there will be carry on bag restrictions and limited catering on many flights.
AVOID: London Heathrow Airport Strike Expected Monday and Tuesday
Airports
Category Archives for Airports.
San Francisco Airport Bans Sale of Plastic Water Bottles
Aug
02
2019
In a nationwide first, the San Francisco airport has banned the sale of single-use plastic water bottles effective August 20th.
Flavored waters are exempt from the rule, which applies to “restaurants, cafes and vending machines” throughout the airport.
TSA Confiscated a Missile Launcher at Baltimore Washington Airport Yesterday
Jul
30
2019
An active duty military member returning from Kuwait wanted to keep a missile launcher as a souvenir, so packed it in his checked luggage. It was hard to miss when the luggage was screened.
United Offering New Discounts for CLEAR (Airport Security) While American Blocks Expansion
Jul
29
2019
United has entered into a partnership with CLEAR for expedited security screening. This is surprising because CLEAR is owned, in part, by Delta however United will be taking an equity stake as well. This will mean (1) expansion for CLEAR and (2) discounts for United elites and credit card customers.
Why So Many Passengers are Flying Out Of Small Texas Airports – And Not Coming Back
Jul
26
2019
It’s not people packing up and leaving Texas, heading back to California. It’s asylum seekers. They arrive over land, but once their asylum claims are processed they sometimes depart by air.
Why is Berlin Brandenburg Airport Taking 23 Years to Build?
Jul
24
2019
The punch list for the airport ballooned to 550,000 items. The original $2.6 billion project is now projected to cost $8.25 billion.
In the meantime the train station runs one ghost train a day “to keep the air moving.” The airport hotel has had staff for years “forlornly dusting rooms and turning on taps to keep the water supply moving.”
London Airport Workers Call Off This Weekend’s Strike
Jul
24
2019
Airlines were making contingency plans to keep their employees away from London airports Friday and Saturday, and some were letting customers change their travel plans without a fee. It’s Wednesday and folks didn’t know whether they’d be able to fly in two days because of a strike by airport workers.
Fortunately the strike for this Friday and Saturday has been called off. Workers will vote on a new contract.
American Airlines Appears to Be Entering a Death Spiral at New York JFK
Feb
12
2019
American today could have been a real player in New York. Instead the world’s largest airline doesn’t seem to know what to do – or if they should do anything at all – with the nation’s most important air city.
They don’t serve New York JFK – Zurich. They don’t serve Frankfurt. Or Munich. Or Amsterdam. Or Tel Aviv. Or.. Denver. And they keep cutting markets.
Milwaukee Renames Its Airport, Stripping Father of the Air Force of His Rank (Again)
Feb
08
2019
Putting Milwaukee in the airport name emphasizes where it is but I don’t think anyone was confused about the Milwaukee airport’s location. The idea that this rebranding is going to “help[..] more people recognize MKE as an option” when they want to fly to Milwaukee seems to me patently absurd.
Meanwhile the irony of an airport named for General Mitchell – who had his title of General stripped by the military — having his title stripped from the airport that honors him is a bit too much.
oneworld Alliance Planning Its Own Network of Airport Lounges
Feb
01
2019
Currently both Star Alliance and SkyTeam run their own lounges at some major airports.. This is a different management model rather than a new customer benefit, although it may lead to there being a single larger lounge in a major airport where alliance member airlines co-locate in the same terminal, versus multiple smaller lounges operated by individual carriers.
oneworld hasn’t done this to date but that’s changing.
