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Man opens airplane door: can ya’ blame him?

03/31/09

According to this article, Robert McDonald, a passenger on a Delta flight heading from JFK to Las Vegas on Sunday after arriving from Rome, is in big trouble after trying to open an emergency exit door while the airplane waited out a delay at JFK airport. Flight 149 pulled back from the gate just after […]

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So that’s where they went: Carbyé JFK murals moving to Miami

02/16/09

Maybe you remember the two giant murals by the Brazilian artist Carybé that used to be in the American Airlines terminal at JFK airport in New York. At 16.5 X by 53 feet they were hard to miss. The murals (below), titled Discovery and Settlement and Rejoicing and the Festivals of the Americas, were installed […]

Anniversary of Beatles touch-down at JFK

02/07/09

On this day, February 7, back in 1964 the world changed dramatically: The Beatles, those adorable moptops, came to New York. (Photo: The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey) The History.com newsletter describes the momentous day this way: On February 7, 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 from London Heathrow lands at […]

Sweet Baby James to the rescue at JFK

01/24/09

I love this story and now I love James Taylor (even more). According to this story, officers (and I bet they’ll turn out to be fake officers – or soon-to-be unemployed officers) at JFK airport convinced a tourist to give her $140 iPod to a cab driver in lieu of payment for the $49 fare […]

Ethnic profiling at airports

01/16/09

Here is the text of my Well-Mannered Traveler column that posted on MSNBC.com on January 15, 2009. It’s gotten an incredible amount of feedback. Much of it shocking – and signed. Recent incidents raise questions about TSA and airline policies One thing is for sure: You will be detained and arrested if you pull a […]

Safety

Boingo at JFK: surf, charge-up and print for free – for a while

11/05/08

If you’re passing through Terminal 7 (British Air and others) or Terminal 8 (American Airlines) at NY’s John F. Kennedy Airport in the next few weeks, be sure to check out the free services being offered at the Boingo Hotspot kiosks. From now through November 20th and again from December 1- December 4th, the kiosks […]

“Cheap” helicopter rides between JFK and Manhattan on Delta

09/10/08

I usually pass right over announcements about helicopter service from any city to any airport because the ticket prices seem so outrageous. But today, perhaps because I’ve just written a column for USA TODAY about cheap excursions from airports, this notice caught my eye. And while $45 is not cheap, an eight-minute helicopter ride between […]

Transportation

The Beatles, Jimmy Durante and more … at JFK

08/26/08

The New York Times has a great slideshow celebrating the earliest days of John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Built on “six square miles of swampy sand, part of it the site of a once-fashionable golf course…” in its first few years the airport welcomed everyone from Gregory Peck and Pope Paul VI to, of […]

Buy a piece of airport history

05/29/08

According to this Newsday story, pieces of the iconic red, white and sapphire-blue stained glass window by Robert Sowers that once greeted travelers in Terminal 8 at New York’s JFK airport are not up for sale. Sad.

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