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FAA furloughs hitting New York, Los Angeles and Dallas hardest
TransportThe Federal Aviation Administration warned on Monday that air travelers should expect “wide-ranging delays” because of staffing cuts at air-traffic control facilities, and the agency is using traffic management plans at airports around the country to address the problem. The delays “will change throughout the day depending on staffing and weather,” the agency said in [...]
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Sequestration cuts will hit New York City airports harder than others
TransportThe U.S. air-traffic system will operate normally for at least a month before controller furloughs raised by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood would begin, assuming automatic budget cuts take place March 1. Even if they take effect, some reductions will furlough employees at towers that haven’t lost controllers as quickly as the airports have lost [...]
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Sandy scuttled NYC airports’ chance to reach passenger record in 2012
TransportPassenger traffic at the New York area’s four commercial airports increased in 2012 despite closures caused by Superstorm Sandy. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says traffic at Newark Liberty, La Guardia, John F. Kennedy and Stewart airports rose by 3.3 percent last year compared to 2011. More than 109 million travelers [...]
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America’s largest airports were first farms, golf courses and race tracks
TransportMany of today’s airports stretch across vast tracts of acreage that don’t hold much interest for anyone but plane-spotters and aviation geeks. But before they housed commercial airports, some of these lands had colorful, non-aeronautical pasts. Going way back to the last ice age, there’s evidence that large creatures roamed the land now occupied by Seattle-Tacoma [...]
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The effect of airline mergers on New York City and other U.S. markets
TransportHigher airfares, crowded planes and added baggage fees are here to stay as the decade-long airline merger trend reduces jobs at the region’s three major airports, industry experts say. American Airlines’ reorganization plan and proposed merger with US Airways could be the latest in a series of airline consolidations that includes AirTran merging with Southwest [...]
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Fear of gas shortages prompts airlines to carry extra fuel on flights to NYC
TransportFears of a jet fuel shortage at New York’s airports have led some airlines to take the unusual — and costly — step of putting extra fuel on inbound planes. The worries follow Superstorm Sandy, which has disrupted Northeast fuel supplies and power. US Airways, Southwest Airlines, and Republic Airlines are among the carriers loading [...]
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New York City’s three airports are back in business with limited services
TransportAll three major New York airports are open again after Superstorm Sandy shut them down. LaGuardia reopened Thursday on a limited schedule. Its bigger international counterparts, Kennedy and Newark Liberty, had already reopened on a limited basis. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the first plane landing at LaGuardia was a [...]
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Travel in the northeast U.S. is slowly heading back to normal, with some caveats
TransportTravel in the Northeast creaked back into motion Wednesday as Superstorm Sandy receded, allowing workers to check runways and railroad tracks for water damage. It was a grinding, patchy recovery that made it clear that stranded travelers will struggle to get around for days to come.
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New York’s JFK and Newark airports to open on Wednesday, LaGuardia still closed
TransportJohn F. Kennedy International and Newark Liberty International airports, two of the three main flying hubs for the busy New York City area, will reopen on Wednesday morning with limited service, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said on Tuesday. LaGuardia Airport remains closed, the Port Authority said on its website. The [...]
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Pics: New York area airports flooded with water, especially LGA
TransportAnd while we’re all still assessing damage from Hurricane Sandy, looks like La Guardia will not open for a few days, maybe rest of the week, though NY governor Andrew Cuomo says JFK will open by tomorrow. Some pics from Twitter and elsewhere, on the airports in New York/New Jersey area: 1) LaGuardia airport: (via TheFlyingPinto, Facebook) [...]
