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Airports

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is introducing Secure Flight, a program designed to enhance the security of commercial air travel. As a result, additional information will be obtained from you the next time you book a flight. Starting now you will need to provide the following information as it appears on the government issued photo [...]

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You’re a business traveler.  You just want to get in and out of airports as fast as you can. Well, what if there’s a flight or some other delay? You’re stuck.  You can pass the time catching up on email and voicemail.  But you’re human and productivity fades in a noisy unfamiliar environment after a [...]

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I fly mainly out of JFK in NYC.  JFK is generally a mess, but getting better.  I have to say – the newish JetBlue terminal at JFK is a breathe of fresh air. The design is great.  I particularly like the marketplace, which was designed by Rockwell Group.  David Rockwell is known in NYC as [...]

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Congestion in the skies creates problems for business travelers.  But you already knew that. Well, bad news.  The congestion could get worse. According to the recently released Brookings Institution report, New York, Philadelphia, and 4 other cities have higher than average flight delays because of crowded airspace. Passenger traffic in those same cities is also [...]

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If you’re trying to reach rural destinations for business travel, you may be impacted by potential changes to the Essential Air Service Program (EAS). 152 rural communities have airline flights that are subsidized by EAS.  $123 million of taxpayer money will go to airlines to fly roughly 1 million passengers in and out of the [...]

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