Jfk Airport

JetBlues: Why I'd Rather Take The Train Over JFK's Terminal 5

Ed Zitron | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York


Ed Zitron

This was supposed to be the pinnacle of A) airline technology and B) coach-class comfort. This was meant to be different to the experience of the other airlines, but was just as bottom-shelf.

Mouse Grounds Plane At New York's JFK Airport

Telegraph | Posted 10.22.2009 | Technology


An aeroplane bound for Heathrow had to be grounded at JFK airport, New York, on Sunday after a mouse was spotted in the cabin before take-off. ...

The Stranger in Everyday Life

Reverend Billy | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York


Reverend Billy

The city-as-monoculture can only continue with surveillance, stop-and-frisks, eminent domain, developer tax windfalls and all the illegal activity brazenly called Progress and New York Greatness.

JFK Airport's Busiest Runway To Be Closed

Newsday | KEITH HERBERT | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York


Kennedy Airport's busiest runway will be closed for about four months next year as part of a $204-million, three-year makeover, a prospect that airlin...

Turtles Invade JFK Airport Tarmac

AP | Posted 08.09.2009 | New York


NEW YORK (AP) -- A runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport was shut down briefly Wednesday morning after at least 78 turtles emerged from a ne...

Traveling as Press vs. NGO Head: Same Adventure

Jim Luce | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media


Jim Luce

I have flown from Haiti to Peru to Guyana in the Americas, Hong Kong to Indonesia to Sri Lanka in Asia, and Togo to Ghana in Africa.

The Scariest Little Flight Attendant

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 06.26.2009 | Style


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

It's been a little while since I talked about the horrors of contemporary air travel. Either I've become so desensitized to the situation or it's gotten better in the last year or so, I don't know.

JFK Baggage Malfunction Delays American Airlines Flights

WNBC.com, Reuters | Posted 08.07.2008 | Business


Luggage stacked up at John F. Kennedy International Airport today as American Airlines' baggage system malfunctioned and forced manual screening of lu...

Second Near Collision Occurs At JFK Airport In A Week

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 07.20.2008 | Home


WASHINGTON — Two airborne planes _ one landing and the other taking off _ came within a half-mile of colliding at John F. Kennedy International ...

New York's Airports Are Country's Worst

New York | Michael Idov | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


It's not your imagination: Flying into or out of New York is the worst it's ever been. In fact, our airports are the worst in the country. According t...