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This LaGuardia Airport Restroom Cleaner’s Pride In His Work Is Everything

Apr 13 2023

Restrooms are often the most important place in an airport for passengers. They’re the first place many people visit when they’re departing on a trip, and even more often the last place they stop before departing the airport when they land. But they’re often run down and dirty. Nowhere has that been more the case than airports managed by the Port Authority of New York New Jersey. Yet LaGuardia has had a massive facelift.

And in a real turnaround, prior to the pandemic a restroom in New York LaGuardia’s terminal B was called the best public restroom in America. Now that Delta’s terminal C is open, it has the advantage of being both a little bit newer – and of employing this man who takes pride in his work keeping it clean and sharing his confidence in cleanliness with passengers.

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Passengers On These Delta Flights Are Only Permitted to Spend 35 Minutes In The Lounge – Or Less

Jan 20 2023

The new Delta Sky Club at New York LaGuardia is now only open until 7:30 p.m. But did you know that 7 Delta flights from New York now only allow lounge access for 35 minutes – or less?

To limit lounge crowding Delta won’t allow passengers into a lounge until 3 hours prior to departure of the first flight on their itinerary. In addition, several additional limits on club access go into effect next month as well.

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Watch: Tug Get Stuck Underneath An American Airlines Boeing 737 At LaGuardia Airport

Aug 02 2022

The American Airlines Boeing 737-800, came in from Miami on Monday night. It was scheduled to fly as American Airlines 2036 from New York LaGuardia to Charlotte on Tuesday morning. That didn’t quite happen.

Instead, a tug got caught underneath the aircraft. It’s amazing and cringeworthy to watch at the same time. Thankfully everyone involved is ok.

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United Airlines Will Run 32 New York-DC Flights A Day To Squat Their Slots

Oct 26 2021

New York LaGuardia, New York JFK and Washington National airports are ‘slot controlled’. That means there are limits on the number of takeoffs and landings at each airport, and the right to use those have been given (free!) to incumbent airlines as a property right. That’s a huge subsidy to incumbent carriers.

Normally slots come with ‘use it or lose it’ rules. If an airline doesn’t make use of their slots 80% of the time, those slots can be reassigned to another carrier. As a result you’ll see airlines flying more or less ghost flights, service designed to hold the slot rather than meet any economic need.

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American Express Will Begin Re-Opening Lounges October 5, On Track For 5 New And Expanded Clubs

Sep 16 2020

A couple of weeks ago I called on Centurion lounges to open or at least for American Express to speak to its plans for re-opening. They’ve now done so. American Express tells me that on October 5 they will re-open their Philadelphia and Seattle lounges “with more locations to follow.” They’ve also detailed plans for 5 new and expanded lounges.

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