10 Airports Where You’re Likely to Arrive Late
Eight of the 10 are in the Northeast including three in/around New York There’s an awful lot to like about the greater Denver area, and one of them is the (relative) ease of air travel. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics recently listed the 10 worst airports in the US for on-time arrivals in 2011, and I don’t imagine [...]
Pamphleteering Pilots at Nine Airports Today
Disgruntled United pilots take complaints to flying public If you are passing through any of nine US airports today (Chicago O’Hare, Denver International Airport, Washington Dulles, Los Angeles International, Lexington Blue Grass Airport, NYC LaGuardia, Greater Rochester Airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and San Francisco International Airport), you’ll probably see United Airlines pilots in full uniform [...]
T+L’s Best/Worst Airport Lists
The Big Apple is the big winner in the “Worst Airports” category Travel + Leisure just revealed its list of the country’s Best and Worst Airports. When it comes to the worst, the Big Apple’s three airports earn rotten apple honors by occupying three of the top (or is it bottom?) spots on the magazine’s Worst [...]
Bare-Butt (and Everything Else) Passenger at DIA
I’ve often commented that if the Transportation Security Administration became any more intrusive, we’d all be going through security buck-naked. An unnamed passenger went through security at Denver International Airport this morning without incident, but she reportedly experienced a meltdown on Concourse B when she was told she couldn’t smoke in a non-smoking area. Her reaction? She [...]
Berlin Readies Its New Airport
Berlin opening new state-of-the-art airport in June On June 3, when Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) opens nearly 20 years after German reunification, Germany’s capital will finally have a single international gateway airport worth of its 21st century status a a world city and forward-looking creative hub. The new €2.5 billion replaces Tegel and Schönefeld, and also Tempelhof, which was closed in [...]
Little Rock Airport Renamed to Honor Clintons
New name for old airport serving Arkansas capital Little Rock National Airport is now officially called Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in honor of the former First Couple. The Clintons were Governor and First Lady of Arkansas before Bill Clinton was elected President and Hillary Clinton went on to serve as First Lady, a U.S. [...]
TSA Testing Looser Screening of Seniors at DIA
Under-12 or 75-plus get a bit of a pass at airport screening Last fall, the Transportation Security Administration announced, with considerable self-congratulations and fanfare, that it would no longer require youngsters aged 12 and under to take off their shoes and light jackets when passing through security screening areas. Now, the agency is testing “modified” screening [...]
Two Airlines are Now Fused
United-Continental merger now completed Today is the long-awaited, or long-dreaded, day when the United-Continental merger is being completed with the integration of United’s MileagePlus and Continental’s OnePass frequent flier programs. In other ways, United Continental Holdings, the current corporate parent, has bringing the fusion of these two legacy carriers to its ultimate conclusion — a huge [...]
PreCheck to Ease Airport Security Lines
Accept some red tape now to cut security lines when you fly The security infrastructure at airports and the staff to monitor, supervise and sometimtes stand around is enormous and costly. After a decade-plus of annoying travelers at great national expense ($8.1 billion in 2011) and reportedly without ever stopping a terrorist incident, the Transportation [...]
Cancun, Here Comes Colorado!
AirTran adding US-Mexico flights Just in time for mud season in the mountains, Southwest Airlines’ wholly owned subsidiary AirTran Airways announced plans to operate new service between Denver International Airport and Cancun International Airport. Daily roundtrip service is to operate April 16 through July 7. Beginning on July 8 thorugh August 12, flights operate on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Saturday and [...]
