About those baggage fees
For some carriers it seems that the general idea is that there is nowhere to go but up. United announced today that they are doubling...
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Short rest across the pond
I’m now somewhere over the Atlantic ocean at about 4:45 in the morning Amsterdam time. We left Newark a short 5 hours ago and are...
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If we were an airline you’d be dead
Yup. That’s the line I just heard from one of the attendants in the cabin on the Amtrak Acela train from Washington, DC to New...
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JFK T5 Opening Day Set – October 1, 2008
JetBlue has announced their planned date for the grand opening of their new terminal at JFK: October 1, 2008. There will be a ceremonial opening...
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More trouble for NYC airports
A few months ago the FAA announced that they would be implementing slot controls for the NYC airports to help reduce the systemic delays that...
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OpenSkies: New route and fewer seats
The BA subsidiary OpenSkies announced last week that they will launch their second route, New York – Amsterdam on October 15, 2008. And they’ll be...
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Standing room only on the NYC subway
The number of folks riding on the subway continues to rise and the MTA can’t actually put any more trains on the tracks because the...
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Plane Spotting at JFK
I was at the airport a bit early for my flight on Monday (which made the delay all that much worse). But I managed to...
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There’s a dent in my plane, Dear Liza
Dear Liza. There’s a dent in my plane, Dear Liza, a dent. And so here I sit at JFK, waiting to find out if the...
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New York Summer Streets
New York City is a great place for bicycling, as long as you don’t actually want to be on the streets. Whether it is a...