JetBlue pushes back new JFK terminal debut
JetBlue is postponing the inauguration of its new Terminal 5 at JFK until October 22 from October 1.
American Airlines, JFK get bogus travel agent awards
It’s difficult to find a traveler who thinks always-congested JFK is the best airport in the country or that always-late American Airlines is the top air carrier — let alone a competent travel agent. But not according to the World Travel Awards, which has given JFK and American its top honors.
Airline “Darts and Laurels” from latest DOT report
The U.S. Department of Transportation released its monthly Air Travel Consumer Report yesterday, and it’s time once again for David Burns’ list of awards — some good and some not-so-good — for the nation’s airlines.
Newark slot auction test facing stiff opposition and getting support
The pending auctions by the FAA slots at Newark is raising the hackles of the Air Transport Association, the New York Port Authority and the normal gaggle of members of Congress who are experts at saying no, without any suggested short-term solutions to the problems of crowded NYC airspace and perpetual delays.
JetBlue at JFK — Is this any way to test a terminal?
The new JetBlue JFK terminal is scheduled to open in September. The airline is not taking any chances. Acutely aware of the British Airways Terminal 5 fiasco, JetBlue is looking for frequent traveler guinea pigs to fully test their terminal systems.
Good at squabbling. Bad at solving problems.
The controversy continues over whether or not the Department of Transportation should cap the numbers of flights in the New York airspace. Now the obviously overwhelmed New York Port Authority has joined the chorus of “Let’s do nothing.”
Pursuing Passengers’ Bill of Rights is a waste of time and money
Monday, July 28, was not a fun day to be an airline passenger departing from virtually anywhere in the northeastern U.S. So much so, that some of the long airline delays even made news headlines, as in the case of from JFK to Las Vegas.
Avoiding Heathrow and JFK — it’s a lifestyle
Many of the article written these days about the soaring costs of oil are about how these increases will prompt American to change their behavior and drive less, buy smaller cars and think about mass transportation. In the travel world other factors can change behavior as well.
Can anyone design a nice airport?
Airports are the lynchpin for our transportation system, however the news is filled with failures at Heathrow and at JFK to name a few. Can they work to make traveling life easier?