Major New York City-Area Airports To Reopen On Monday
Officials say the three major New York City-area airports will resume most flights Monday morning after shutting down because of Tropical Storm Irene.
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Officials say the three major New York City-area airports will resume most flights Monday morning after shutting down because of Tropical Storm Irene.
A Wall Street Journal survey hows that 40 out of the 100 most delayed flights in the country are from Newark Liberty.
Continental Airlines canceled 24 flights Wednesday, most of them out of Newark Liberty International Airport, due to "crew availability'' problems.
Manhattan resident Xiang Xun Shao, 39, was charged with defiant trespass and a weapons offense following Saturday night's incident at Newark Liberty.
Flight 1179 had flown to Newark from Logan Airport in Boston at 10:00 p.m. last Friday. Officials were unclear where - or how - the stun gun made it on the plane.
While the Port Authority takes in proposals to do an airport capacity study Newark, JFK, and LaGuardia, one local aviation advocate says the first thing to do is upgrade the air traffic control system.
Taxi drivers staged a five-hour shutdown at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday, refusing to pick up passengers to protest the arrest of a fellow cabbie Ahmed Deraz.
Port Authority spokeswoman Sara Beth Joren said Terminal A was evacuated for about an hour Wednesday evening.
The new licenses have been tried out over the past few months, but starting Wednesday, everyone who gets a license will get one.
The federal Transportation Statistics Bureau said Atlantic City International Airport offered the lowest average domestic fares.
Three hundred travelers on two Caribbean Airlines flights from Trinidad were diverted to Newark instead of John F. Kennedy Airport, due to fog. The Port Authority offered no official comment about the incident.
Three hundred travelers on two flights from Trinidad were diverted by the bad weather to Newark instead of their original destination -- John F. Kennedy Airport.
Three breaches in just five days involved passengers slipping through security without being fully screened.
According to published reports, "understaffing, complacency and lack of focus," along with a lack of direction, poor communication and checkpoint design contributed to the decline in security.
Departures were held for about 20 minutes until the fire alarm sensor was replaced and operations resumed.
Airports across the nation, including Newark Liberty International, are paying close attention to passengers coming in from Japan. They're worried about radiation contamination.
A committee at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey gave the airline preliminary approval Thursday to begin operating three gates and 18 daily flight slots previously used by United.
A number of security lapses at Newark Liberty International Airport in just the last month have many questioning if the airport is safe.
Law enforcement officials have called the stretch between Port Newark and Newark Liberty International Airport the most dangerous two miles in America.
The power outage impacted 20,000 customers - including three terminals at Newark Liberty - around 2:30 p.m. and was restored about 90 minutes later.
Be prepared for delays if you're planning on catching a flight from JFK, Laguardia or Newark airport. The ice storm frosting the region is also freezing some flights.
With more bad weather on its way to the Tri-State, area airports cancelled thousands of flights and public transportation systems were advising commuters to leave extra time for travel.
The Regional Plan Association also calls for upgrades at LaGuardia Airport, which doesn't have room to expand.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says by late morning, flights had resumed taking off and landing at John F. Kennedy airport.
Continental Airlines says a cross-country flight from Newark, N.J., had to return there a few minutes after taking off when smoke was reported in the plane's cabin.
