US Senate Votes to End ATC Furlough Washington, DC – April 25, 2013 (FlyersPulse.com): The US Senate passed a bill which will end the air traffic control furlough. However, the bill, known as the Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013, must now proceed to the US House of Representatives. If approved in the House, [...]
February 20, 2013 – (Louisville, KY): The merger won’t begin until the 3rd quarter of this year, but once the wedding cake is cut, forget the honeymoon and fasten your seatbelt low and tight across the waist. Today I spoke with Mike Benjamin, CEO ofFlightView Inc., about the American Airlines and US Airways merger. When [...]
Boston-Logan (BOS), Hartford (BDL), and New York City Airports Open January 10, 2013 – (Louisville, KY): Airports across the northeast United States are now open for business after monster storm Nemo dumped between one and three feet of snow across the region. Flights are once again operating at Boston-Logan Airport (BOS) which received nearly two [...]
Flights to Slowly Resume at NYC Airports January 9, 2013 – (Louisville, KY): New York City airports are open and flights will slowly resume at New York-Kennedy (JFK) and New York-LaGuardia (LGA) this morning. Flights at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) will resume after 12:00 noon. The Port Authority New York-New Jersey, the bi-state agency [...]
One to Two Feet of Snow to fall across Northeast United States UPDATE-1: February 8, 2013 (Louisville, KY): Travel will come to a halt across parts of the northeast United States as two low pressure systems merge to form a Nor’Easter. Dubbed Winter Storm Nemo, the storm will dump one to two feet — perhaps [...]
Winter Storm Luna Delays and Cancels Flights January 28, 2013 – (Louisville, KY): As Winter Storm Luna hits the east coast, airports from Philadelphia to Toronto are facing adverse weather conditions. At the moment, the FAA has ground delay programs in effect for New York City area airports. To avoid delays and the possibility of [...]
Busy Thanksgiving Travel Season by Air This year an additional 150,000 people are traveling by air over last year and the busiest day for air travel is set to be Sunday, November 25th. The second busiest will be the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, November 21st, followed by Monday 26th. Expect full airplanes and packed airports. If [...]
Traffic at Northeast Airports to Return to Normal Just a week after Hurricane Sandy walloped the east coast causing significant damage, Philadelphia, New York, and points north took a double punch with a Nor’Easter. Several inches of snow combined with high winds snarled air traffic across the east coast yesterday and last night. The high [...]
United to Suspend Some Flights to and from New York Area – Travel Waiver An impending snowstorm associated with a Nor’easter is forecast to clip the east coast this week. United Airlines has announced they will suspend some flights, primarily domestic operations*, to/from New York area between noon Wednesday, November 7, 2012, and noon on [...]
LaGuardia Airport Re-Opened 7:00am EDT – November 1, 2012 New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is now open for limited air traffic as the flood water which had covered the runways, runway lighting, and navigational equipment recedes. It is being reported only one runway is open under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and will only operate during [...]