Major airlines could lose LaGuardia landing slots
Gothamist: This is good to know as well as spooky stuff from Senator Charles Schumer: JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark air traffic control towers are understaffed by 30% . Newark has 29, when it should have 40 air traffic controllers; JFK and LaGuardia each require 36, but JFK has 30 and LaGuardia only has 27. ...more
LaGuardia Landing Rights to Highest Bidder?
Gothamist: Could travelers out of LaGuardia Airport soon see some new airlines or increased service from smaller airlines? If the Bush Administration has its way, there may be some changes ahead for the airport in northern Queens. A law passed by Congress in 2000 attempted to change how landing slots were allocated ...more
Sitting at the counter, having an encounter...
Althouse: I'm blogging from LaGuardia airport, waiting for the day's one nonstop flight from NYC to Madison. This morning, I tossed my bags in a cab and made it uptown to the Metropolitan Museum where I took a hundred photographs and then got in line at the restaurant to order up my one meal of the day. I ...more
Major airlines could lose LaGuardia landing slots
NewYorkology: A New York Travel Guide: The major airlines could lose some of their landing slots at LaGuardia Airport under a Bush Administration proposal that could give smaller and newer airlines a chance to expand service there, according to the New York Times. The Times explains:La...more
