Nov 21st, 2009 at 1:00PM: Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and we're all dreading the thought of stepping on the scale the next day ... and making all kinds of empty promises about jogging and losing weight and not eating like that again next year. Some of us we'll even unleash a stream of profanities and accuse the device of lying. Out in Queens, however, a few scales have been tested, and they won't be fooling ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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The scale doesn't lie, at least not in New York
Nov 21st, 2009 at 1:00PM: Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and we're all dreading the thought of stepping on the scale the next day ... and making all kinds of empty promises about jogging and losing weight and not eating like that again next year. Some of us we'll even unleash a stream of profanities and accuse the device of lying. Out in Queens, however, a few scales have been tested, and they won't be fooling ...How did international visitors enter the U.S. this year?
Nov 21st, 2009 at 9:00AM: If you visited the United States from overseas, you probably hit the ground in one of 15 ports of entry. These top first stops accounted for 84 percent of all entries from overseas in the first eight months of 2009-- up almost 2 percentage points from the same period in 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. Traffic through the major ports is becoming slightly more concentrated. This ...US Helicopter suspends 8-minute service from airports to NYC
Sep 29th, 2009 at 11:00AM: New York jet-setters short on time got some bad news last week. US Helicopter, which previously offered 8-minute helicopter flights from two local airports to Manhattan, announced on Friday that it is suspending service.
The chopper company offered flights for $159 each way from JFK and Newark airports to the Wall Street or Midtown West heli-pads in New York City, but has ceased operations due ...Save time at checkin with elite status
Sep 26th, 2009 at 9:00AM: At 6PM on a Friday afternoon, New York's JFK airport is hopping. Part of it is, rather, just the check-in counter. The everyday, economy check-in counter, to be specific. Scores of passengers-to-be swarm the kiosks, some swiping credit cards, some punching buttions, some pulling their hair in distress. Those that successfully navigate the digital mayhem are funnelled into the luggage line, a mess ...American finds $2.9 billion: more routes added
Sep 17th, 2009 at 9:00AM: It's hard to see how the machinations of Wall Street affect the end consumer, sometimes. In the case of American Airlines and its recent pickup of $2.9 billion, you can draw a straight line from the money to the exit row.
The hefty infusion, a risky move because revenues are down and this is not a trivial amount of debt, has already prompted announcements of schedule changes ... for the better. ...JetBlue, United jump on Twitter for cheap tix
Aug 4th, 2009 at 3:00PM:
JetBlue and United Airlines are pushing the first taste of cheap fares out on Twitter. They hope to use what USA Today calls the "uber-trendy form of messaging" to push seats on flights that may have vacant seats prior to wheels-up. After deals appear, they don't always stick around long. JetBlue's first "Cheep" (a variation on "tweet") offered a $9 one-way fare from JFK to Nantucket. The model ...Top U.S. ports of entry
Aug 2nd, 2009 at 12:00PM: Eighty-six percent of international arrivals to the United States come through only 15 ports of entry, according to data from the Department of Transportation. This represents an increase of one percentage point over last year (measuring the first five months of 2008 to the first five months of 2009.
The top three ports of entry are hardly surprising: New York (specifically JFK), Miami and Los ...Diamondback Terrapin turtles shut down JFK airport
Jul 9th, 2009 at 10:30AM: Well, there go all our anti-terror measures. Forget dangerous bottled water, or nail clippers - all it takes to shut down an airport is a bunch of lost turtles. Yesterday morning, 78 of them decided to leave the bay and crawl onto an active taxiway. When an American Eagle flight noticed them, they notified the tower and the FAA halted all traffic for about 12 minutes. It took a crew 35 minutes to ...Seven mile airport van ride from hell ends with guns pulled
Jun 24th, 2009 at 2:30PM: In what is probably one of the worst ways to start your trip in the United States, five French tourists took a seven mile ride through several New York neighborhoods while being chased by cops. The tourists just arrived at JFK and had been directed towards a waiting van for hire by a "steerer", who waits for unsuspecting tourists arriving at the airport, sending them to unauthorized taxi cabs and ...British Airways plans to fly the tiny Airbus A318 across the pond
May 28th, 2009 at 4:00PM: British Airways has announced its plans to fly on the London City - New York JFK route starting this October. Now, news like this normally gets ignored by us, unless it involves cool and interesting locations, neither of which are included in this announcement. What makes this news worth writing about, is that the route will be serviced by the small Airbus A318 plane. This plane is seriously small ...Delta passenger busts open exit door at JFK
Mar 31st, 2009 at 3:00PM: Every passenger stuck on the ground fantasizes about busting open the door and liberating people on the plane. For me, it usually involves the battle cry, "I GRANT YOU FREEDOM!!!" Of course, I'm no Robert McDonald. He acted on these urges during a delay at John F. Kennedy International Airport (yep, no surprise there). The Glasgow, Scotland resident was charged with reckless and endangerment and ...The sky is falling!: Nope, it's just plane parts
Mar 12th, 2009 at 8:30AM: Imagine this. You're going about your busy day without much thought about what's going on above your head and then Bam! There's a bit of an explosion and pieces of metal start falling, some the size of a BlackBerry--others bigger. Not as big as a house, but bigger than a BlackBerry.
"Was Chicken Little right?" you might ask yourself and whoever else is close by, providing those people weren't ...March "lion" slams east coast
Mar 2nd, 2009 at 5:30PM: From New Hampshire to the Carolinas, March came in, as the saying goes, like a lion. Snow, sleet and wind gusts reaching 30 mph have lead to for motor vehicle deaths, school closings and chaos at airports.
More than 900 flights have been canceled at New York area airports (JFK, Newark and LaGuardia). Hundreds more at Logan International Airport in Boston never left the ground, where the airport ...Heathrow annoying, Americans rude according to some social network
Feb 22nd, 2009 at 5:00PM: The members of social network Where Are you Now? have spoken! Heathrow is the worst airport in the world, according to voters, thanks to passport control lines and baggage problems. The Brits don't get all the glory, though. JFK in New York and Los Angeles picked up spots #2 and #3, respectively. The good news, for Heathrow and JFK, at least, is that both were at the top of the list for security. ...Delta adds 7,000 seats to Augusta, GA for Masters
Dec 30th, 2008 at 3:00PM: Every April, golf fanatics descend on Augusta, GA to sneak a peek at the best-manicured lawn in the country. The Masters Tournament fills hotel rooms and keeps local bartenders busy. If you haven't been through the airport down there, then you have no idea why Delta has decided to add 7,000 seats between Augusta and its Atlanta hub, not to mention daily service to LaGuardia and JFK in New York. ...Many inexpensive last minute holiday airfares do exist
Dec 19th, 2008 at 9:30AM: You've probably noticed the stories about how airfares have dropped and air traffic is down. Two weeks ago, I flew from Copenhagen to Columbus on two airplanes that were not full. The Continental flight from Copenhagen to Newark was empty enough that most people had seats between them.
The flight from Newark to Columbus was even more roomy. The row in front of my daughter and me was empty, and ...7 fantastic airport restaurants from around the world
Dec 10th, 2008 at 11:00AM: When I started traveling as a young kid, I was perfectly content with one of the bad cheese sandwiches served on Air UK. Nowadays I'm a little more spoiled, and am often on the lookout for good food on the ground, as many airlines have stopped serving anything decent (or anything at all) once you are on board. Here are 5 airport restaurants from around the world that stand out amongst the usual ...A handy guide to help you wade through airline rules and restrictions
Dec 2nd, 2008 at 9:30AM: While I was packing yesterday for my daughter's and my trip to Denmark, I asked her if she wanted to take a lightweight shawl to use as a blanket on the airplane.
"Don't they give you blankets?" she asked.
Maybe. Some airlines charge extra for a blanket and pillow. Jet Blue already does. U.S. Airways is going to start soon.
In another conversation yesterday, this one on the phone, my father ...Welcoming home total strangers at JFK: ImprovEverywhere
Delta flight diversion doesn't save conjoined twins
Nov 21st, 2008 at 2:30PM: After writing the Winona post another flight diversion story came out. Winona's seemed trivial in comparison, although I'm always interested to sift through vagueness of words like "sick," and who gets what treatment.
The latest diversion story that I read at CBCnews.com has a sad ending. Yesterday, a Delta plane taking Liberian conjoined twins from Brussels to New York had to make an emergency ...
