Air Transportation

Related Search

News Home News Blog Michael Musto Nat Hentoff Ask a Mexican Dan Savage Archives Search Weekly Newsletter Get Mobile

Calendar Home Top Picks Submit an Event Events Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads

Music Home Music Blog Concert Calendar Bars and Clubs Submit an Event Music Newsletter Get Mobile 4Knots

Restaurants Home Food Blog Find a Restaurant Menus Happy Hours Deals Choice Eats Dining Newsletter Get Mobile Restaurant Ads

Arts Home Theater Arts Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads Obie Awards Books Dance

Film Home Showtimes Film Poll 2011 Film Festivals Film Newsletter Get Mobile Free Stuff

Best Of Home 2011 2010 2009 2008 Best Of Newsletter Get Mobile Best Of Ads

Promotions Home Promotional Events Street Team Free Stuff Promotions Newsletter Get Mobile Deals Web Awards Brooklyn Pour

Post an Ad Virtual Career Fair Real Estate Advertiser Index Deals Deals Newsletter After Dark Little Sexy Black Book

Blogs
November 8, 2011
Ryanair Finally Adds Standard Porn Amenities
The Ryanair cabin, where you'll be watching porn. Ryanair, "bus of the sky," preferred travel mode of student backpackers and tightfisted Europeans, is adding some new in-flight entertainment. Porn. Now, you can sit next to a skeevy old man and watch him watch porn while you fly. Another bonu ... More >>
Blogs
May 19, 2011
9/11 Flight Numbers Will Be Retired Forever
United Continental will "permanently retire" flight numbers 93 and 175, Bloomberg reports, in honor of the flights hijacked on September 11, 2011. Over the past decade, the numbers have not been in use, but an error earlier this week caused them to pop up again, much to the chagrin of pilots' ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2011
Virgin Galactic is Accepting Applications for Astronauts; We Applied
On the Virgin careers website, Virgin Galactic has posted a want ad for Astronauts. They have three positions to fill, and we have sent in our application for consideration. They informed us via auto-reply email that if they feel we are an appropriate candidate, we will be asked to interview. ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2010
Surprise! New York Area Airports Still Suck
In a groundbreaking new report [pdf], the U.S. Department of Transportation's Inspector General has discovered that flight delays at John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark Airports remain terrible and make New Yorkers -- and, indirectly, people throughout the rest of the country (yes, we're t ... More >>
Blogs
August 13, 2010
Uppity Flight Attendant Wants His Job Back
JetBlue's Steven Slater, who famously bailed through the emergency slide when he felt an unruly passenger had ticked him off, now wants to put on his fabulous uniform again. You see, he absolutely loves JetBlue. He adores being a flight attendant. He's aware of the inherent problems with th ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2010
The Newspaper Rack Victory: One Small Step for Print, One Giant Leap for Spare Change
Eat a dick, Hudson News.
Blogs
December 26, 2009
Air travellers face further restrictions after terror attempt in Detroit
In the wake of what the Obama administration is calling a terror attempt on a Northwest Airlines jet yesterday, the Transportation Safety Administration has announced, but not released, new restrictions on airplane passengers. Not released to us, anyway. Air Canada apparently got a copy.
Blogs
November 19, 2009
Computer Glitch Brings Widespread Flight Delays, Cancellations This A.M. (Update: Fixed!)
Boy, we hope you're not flying this morning: the FAA says it's having trouble with its computers, which will delay flights across the nation. The glitch, noticed around 6 a.m., has to do with flight schedules, which the agency's workers are at present doing by hand. The problem was originally detect ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2009
US Airways Cuts 1,000 Jobs, Ground Crew Base at LaGuardia
US Airways always comes up when we're looking for cheap flights, and there's a reason for that: like many airlines these days, it's not doing so hot. Today the troubled carrier announces it's going to cut 1,000 jobs and some flights to Europe, and close its ground crew base at LaGuardia and ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2009
Good News: More New York Jobs! Bad News: They Pay $16-$20K
This morning's Times story on an airline pilot who was busted down from captain to first officer so ExpressJet Airlines could pay him less draws a connection between his sad case and a "steep decline" in total weekly pay for production workers. The numbers are a little abstruse there. But another Ti ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2009
JFK Nation's Third-Worst Airport for Sleeping, Say Experts
Airport delays have become a way of life -- in fact, a new airline has made a massive delay part of its launch -- so you may be interested in The Guide to Sleeping in Airports and its just-announced best and worst airports for sleeping. As New York naturally figures in all superlatives, you will not ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2009
High Line Park Results in New Restaurant Row; Green Roofs Everywhere
Mere months after reports claiming the exact opposite, a new study suggests that living near a fast food outlet actually does not increase weight in children, and that living near supermarkets, with their fresh fruits and vegetables, does nothing to lower weight. Go figure. [Science Daily] A survey ... More >>
Blogs
June 2, 2009
What Scares You Most About Flying?
That awful Air France crash, after the plane went through thunderstorms and lightning, was horrific--as if I needed more anxiety about getting on an aircraft. Not that you asked, but in descending order, here are the things I'm most terrified of about flying:
Blogs
March 18, 2009
Quick Hits
Above: A map of sitcoms that take/took place in New York. If you liked our audio of Bill O'Reilly talking dirty, you'll also enjoy the slow jam remix. A soothing demo of Brian Eno's and Peter Chilvers' ambient music iPhone app. Nudes remain hard to come by, but here's 999 Brits wearing shamrock ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2009
Near-Bankrupt NY Waterway to Sue US Airways for Water Rescue Funds
We mentioned in January that there were signs that the heroic water landing and rescue of US Airways Flight 1549 might result in lawsuits. Now Crain's New York Business reports that NY Waterway, whose ferries helped haul Flight 1549 passengers out of the Hudson River, "is preparing a lawsuit again ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2009
Buffalo Plane Crash Cause Debated; "Gawkers" Haunt Site
The commuter plane crash in Buffalo continues to be examined. It has been confirmed that Continental Connection Flight 3407 was on autopilot before its fatal descent, which some suggest was a "deadly error" that shielded the pilot from the severity of the situation until it was too late. Once auto ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 2009
Continental Connection Flight 3407 from Newark smashes into Buffalo house; all 49 die, plus 1 on ground
Eyewitness footage A commuter plane from Newark, Continental Connection Flight 3407, smashed into a house near Buffalo at 10:20 last night. Everybody on the plane, and one resident of the house, was killed. Two people from the house escaped with minor injuries. Reuters: "Doomed plane suddenly los ... More >>
Columns
February 4, 2009
Outcry after a Whirlybirds Firm Gets Inside Edge for Heliport
Eyewitness footage A commuter plane from Newark, Continental Connection Flight 3407, smashed into a house near Buffalo at 10:20 last night. Everybody on the plane, and one resident of the house, was killed. Two people from the house escaped with minor injuries. Reuters: "Doomed plane suddenly los ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2009
In-Flight Hanging Apparently False, But Stephen Fry Really Stuck in Lift
American Airlines flight 834, arriving this evening from the Dominican Republic, was met by emergency personnel because of a medical situation with a passenger -- not, American Airlines spokespeople insist, because the passenger had tried to hang himself, as persistent twittering had reported. The ... More >>
Blogs
January 30, 2009
Passenger, Bill O'Reilly Spoiling "Miracle on the Hudson" Buzz
Remember when US Airways Flight 1549's heroic Hudson River landing made us all feel good about America and ourselves? Well, it's all going to shit. Earlier this week Chicago's Joe Hart, one of the survivors, told USA Today that he'd like to be "made whole for the incident," and we all know what ... More >>
Blogs
January 15, 2009
US Airways Crash? How About a Great Feat of Aviation
photo allegedly sent by rescued passenger via twitter If what we're hearing in preliminary reports is true, the pilot of a US Airways flight that left La Guardia bound for Charlotte this afternoon found himself in a terrifying situation: the plane ran smack into a flock of geese, which apparently ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2008
Gay Pride Was Our Umbrella Ella Ella...
photo allegedly sent by rescued passenger via twitter If what we're hearing in preliminary reports is true, the pilot of a US Airways flight that left La Guardia bound for Charlotte this afternoon found himself in a terrifying situation: the plane ran smack into a flock of geese, which apparently ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2008
Ah, Entitlement! Contrasting Two Airport Stories
photo allegedly sent by rescued passenger via twitter If what we're hearing in preliminary reports is true, the pilot of a US Airways flight that left La Guardia bound for Charlotte this afternoon found himself in a terrifying situation: the plane ran smack into a flock of geese, which apparently ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2008
Court Strikes Down NY's Airline Passenger Bill of Rights
photo allegedly sent by rescued passenger via twitter If what we're hearing in preliminary reports is true, the pilot of a US Airways flight that left La Guardia bound for Charlotte this afternoon found himself in a terrifying situation: the plane ran smack into a flock of geese, which apparently ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 26, 2008
13th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema
photo allegedly sent by rescued passenger via twitter If what we're hearing in preliminary reports is true, the pilot of a US Airways flight that left La Guardia bound for Charlotte this afternoon found himself in a terrifying situation: the plane ran smack into a flock of geese, which apparently ... More >>
Blogs
January 10, 2008
Status Ain't Hood Podcasts 18 & 19
photo allegedly sent by rescued passenger via twitter If what we're hearing in preliminary reports is true, the pilot of a US Airways flight that left La Guardia bound for Charlotte this afternoon found himself in a terrifying situation: the plane ran smack into a flock of geese, which apparently ... More >>
News
October 17, 2006
Trouble in the Air
Reagan's mass firing of air traffic controllers made American skies much less safe in the 1980s. Is Bush's flight plan the same?
News
October 17, 2006
Out of Control
When air traffic control shares blame for fatal crashes
News
March 14, 2006
Moussaoui's Guilt: Less Profound Than Airline's Own Incompetence?
When air traffic control shares blame for fatal crashes
Blogs
December 21, 2005
Pensions: Why All You Whipper-Snappers Are Walking to Work
When air traffic control shares blame for fatal crashes
News
November 29, 2005
Running From the Truth
9-11 Commission dealt with several issues by simply ignoring them
News
June 7, 2005
FAA's Security Measures Won't Fly
9-11 Commission dealt with several issues by simply ignoring them
News
June 7, 2005
Hijacking the Facts
FBI worked hard to cover up a 9-11 cover-up—and then hide it some more
News
February 8, 2005
Fear of Flying
Whistle-blowers say the FAA ignored a decade of pre–9-11 warnings
News
February 8, 2005
The 9-11 Gun
Whistle-blowers say the FAA ignored a decade of pre–9-11 warnings
News
February 8, 2005
The Rushdie Connection
Whistle-blowers say the FAA ignored a decade of pre–9-11 warnings
News
December 21, 2004
Yoo-hoo, Osama!
Whistle-blowers say the FAA ignored a decade of pre–9-11 warnings
News
September 7, 2004
Kerry and 9-11
Jersey Girls support him, but a pre-attack warning could haunt him
News
August 31, 2004
Ex-Feds Blast 9-11 Panel and Bush
Government agencies roasted for screw-ups in war on "terror"
News
July 27, 2004
The Dayton Discord
'Undefended': A senator finally takes the government to task over the 9-11 findings
News
May 11, 2004
Why Were We on Our Own?
9-11 inquiry merely hints at the feds' inaction on the fatal day
News
April 6, 2004
Plane Truth
Among Questions Still Up In The Air Is Why Our Jet Fighters Weren't
News
November 18, 2003
Higher Calling
Why Do Airlines Ban Midflight Cell Phone Calls?
News
November 11, 2003
9-11 Questions Still Circling
Where Was the FAA? Where Was NORAD?
News
November 5, 2002
Nation
Where Was the FAA? Where Was NORAD?
News
May 21, 2002
Knowing Much, Bush Did Little to Protect America
Where Was the FAA? Where Was NORAD?
News
November 27, 2001
Pilots’-Eye View
The Crash of Flight 587 Raises Questions About Training and Air Traffic Control
News
November 13, 2001
What Color Is Your Parachute?
Her Boss at United Got $3.2 Million. She Got Shoved Out the Door.
News
September 18, 2001
Airline Safety Remains Slack
Her Boss at United Got $3.2 Million. She Got Shoved Out the Door.
News
August 17, 1999
Airport '99
Get Ready For Takeoff as the Rucker Tourney Heads For Its Final
More >>

Air Transportation

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Columns

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Voice Choices

Blogs

News

News

News

Blogs

News

News

News

News

News

News

News

News

News

News

News

News

News

News

News

News

News

News

News

News

Most Popular Stories

for free stuff, news info & more!

Now Click This