My parents absolutely loved the new suites especially my mom, who hates flying. Every Upper Class passenger actually received a letter on their seat from Sir Richard himself talking about the suites and how excited the company is to be testing out such new technology and how problems are being worke...
Jump to post<b>In London</b> London was nothing less than amazing, exceeding every one of my expectations. Among other things, some of the things I had the opportunity to see were Harrods (we stayed two blocks away), the Tower of London, the Tate Modern, British Museum, London Transport Museum, National Gallery...
Jump to post<b>Background</b> My family and I decided to travel to Europe for our spring vacation, spending most time in London but also travelling to Paris via the Eurostar for one day. Due to some strategically collected Amex points, we were able to book on Upper Class and Premium Economy (my parents on the f...
Jump to postI'm about to embark on a trip to London and am wondering what to expect in terms of the air service. Here are the details: Virgin Premium Economy <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>-<acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / E...
Jump to postI really like NYC-CHI.
Most passengers are business and carry on, thus eliminating baggage problems which is more than nice.
Oh please, every culture has something equivalent to kvetching. I love the "I have a friend who's ___ race/religion comments too..." Anyway, yes, NYC-South Florida flights are AWFUL. Let me give everyone a tip though. On a recent trip from <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Id...
Jump to postJust to comment on <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym>'s <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> terminals... I just flew from <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA...
Jump to postJust a few selections: -The entire length of Manhattan Island including Ground Zero, Times Square, etc. lit up at night. -The Grand Canyon -Fireworks off the coast of Staten Island -The Chicago Loop after takeoff from <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</...
Jump to postWhat this pilot did is highly unprofessional. The job of a pilot is to fly the freaking plane, not to preach. And don't even try and say that this is the same thing as people saying "Merry Christmas." The two are completely different. And even without the religion aspect, the pilot was wrong in brin...
Jump to postI recently had a chance to visit the Song store in SoHo in Manhattan. I was extremely impressed. Even though the store was temporary (I'm pretty sure it just closed), it sent a strong message to New York City: There's a new hip carrier in town. NYC has become a JetBlue town and Song knew that they w...
Jump to postWhy do New Yorkers say that <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> is out of the way? Because it is! Except for a few locations, such as the south shore of Long Island and Brooklyn, <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy In...
Jump to postGreat story!
As for the race issue...who gives a shit?
I know this question has been answered before but I couldn't find it in the search: With international carriers out of the US, what is the drinking age on board. For example, Virgin out of <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>...
Jump to postThis is an encouraging development in what has become a case of ridiculous animosity between two neighbors. Nothing good will come out of a Bush veto, but then again, not much good has come out of the presidency so far. I have a question: If a US citizen "illegally" travels to Cuba via Mexico or Can...
Jump to postI can't believe how much this guy bashed the NYC airports. <acronym title="New York - La Guardia (LGA / KLGA), USA - New York">LGA</acronym>: Yes, the terminals are not exactly works of art and the delays can be really bad. But the airport has gotten a LOT better. The US Airways terminal is really n...
Jump to postI would, personally, fail to shed a tear if <acronym title="Tavrey (Ukraine)">T6</acronym> was torn down. Yes, it might have been architecturally grand at the time, but it is now a very outdated terminal, especially the airside portion. <acronym title="Turkmenistan Airlines">T5</acronym>, on the oth...
Jump to postWow...<acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> from Danbury is really far. <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> and the PA are crazy for not having alread...
Jump to postLaGuardia leads off my list. While the US Airways terminal is very nice, the Delta/NW Terminal needs a lot of work, as do the Central Terminal concourses, which have low ceilings, narrow passages and poor concessions. The Central Terminal airside, however, has been nicely renovated. <acronym title="...
Jump to postAccording to a report in Crane's, JetBlue's chief David Neeleman said that JetBlue will table its expansion plans at <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> if the Port Authority does not give the airline the go-ahead for a term...
Jump to postI met Dennis Scott (NBA player) on a flight one time.
Jump to postCome on. First Chicago tears up Meigs then they make Soldiers Field into a spaceship. I was recently visiting the city and saw the torn up airport. What a shame that one of the country's best general aviation airports had to be so thoughtlessly destroyed.
Jump to postCould JetBlue use these new a/c to move into smaller northeast markets currently served only by US Express? With US Airways in turmoil, could this be part of a strategy to create some competition in the traditionally US Airways dominated northeast market?
I have to disagree about Top Gun- Yes I know that there are some obvious issues like not being able to show the exact planes that should have been used, but for the most part, it is probably one of the most aviation-accurate movies out there. Also, Air Force One might be a bit cheezy, but at least t...
Jump to postWow, Song's route map looks just a bit like JetBlue's... I think that Song, on the surface, is a great idea. Passengers young and old, business and leisure, want flying to be a painless experience, and a multitude of diversions doesn't hurt. My doubt, though, is in the economic side of Song's operat...
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Jump to postMirrodie:
Figs is in the LGA Central Terminal in the "new" shopping area downstairs. There are some nice view of the tarmac and some very good food. Figs serves gourmet food that has been highly acclaimed.
Brons2: EWR is a New York airport and is closer to NYC than ISP.
The NYC metro area has 6 commercial airports. There are <acronym title="New York - La Guardia (LGA / KLGA), USA - New York">LGA</acronym>, <acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym>, and <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlew...
Jump to postAs they are still taking delivery of new aircraft, JetBlue has no aircraft to my knowledge in storage.
Jump to postNot really a funny pilot announcement, but rather one from an flight attendant. On a <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> flight from <acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym>-<acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (L...
Jump to postThe <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> terminal is being mothballed? If that is true, which i doubt, it would be quite a waste since the midfield concourse is pretty much complete. In terms of convinience to most of the tri-state area, <acronym title="New York - La Guardia (LGA / ...
Jump to postOh. Whoops.
Yes, I mean Terminal C, assuming that that is the one that CO houses most of its flights in.
I'm going to be at <acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym> later this week and would appreciate some advice from anyone who knows Terminal 3 well on: -How it compares to other NYC terminals -Presidents Club locations/services -Shops -Restaurants -...
Jump to postJetBlue uses airstairs through the rear door at JFK only when flights are seriously delayed and the weather permits.
Jump to postHave an awesome time <i> en España </i>! I went to Spain (the northern half though) about 5 years ago. Barajas isn't the nicest airport I've ever been to, but it was adequate. I didn't notice many spotting locations in the terminal, but I'm sure that there are plenty around the perimeter. Spain is a...
Jump to postThis isn't surprising. We are under an orange alert. That means that a terrorist attack is very likely. So don't complain that airports are more secure. We all have to roll with the punches, and that might mean giving up some activities which could compromise national security. This is in the best i...
Jump to postWith Song making an appearance soon at all three major NY area airports, JetBlue will be at a serious disadvantage in New York in terms of location. LGA is much closer than JFK to Westchester County, Manhattan in general, much of Queens, some of Long Island, and Connecticut. EWR is (obviously) much ...
Jump to postJFK-FLL isn't much better (if at all) than LGA-PBI. Read my trip report, A Blue Christmas, to find out why (hehehe). RayChuang: You have a serious attitude problem. Before you make some dumbass racist comment like the one you just did, consider your audience. Jewish people aren't that bad NOWADAYS? ...
Jump to postThe CTA loop was to be open already?
I was just at JFK a month ago and the CTA stations were not close to 100% yet.
The AirTrain will, I'm sure, go on since so much time and effort has been put into the system already.
I get a fair amount of small traffic headed into HPN. Usually, there are quite a bit of US Airways Express Dash-8s, but the number has seemed to have dwindled lately. There are the occasional Comair CRJs and Lear Jets, but mostly small props. At night, there is traffic from EWR outbound to Europe ov...
Jump to postI don't consider myself a conspiracy theorist, but there are some alarming coincidences here. January 27, 19??: Apollo aircraft burns on launchpad January 28, 1986: Challenger explodes on launch February 1, 2003: Columbia explodes on descent All three of these took place during the Aquarius Zodiac p...
Jump to postJetBlue operates an almost strict hub and spoke system. There are two "focus cities," which are really hubs, at JFK and LGB. The only exception to the rule is IAD, which has several flights a day to and from FLL, OAK and LGB.
Jump to postI would like to respond to certain points made above. 1: David Neeleman does fly on JetBlue weekly (at least) and he also works every job basically except maybe for captain or first officer quite frequently. He is in tune with his employees. 2: There IS a union issue here. DL may not have many union...
Jump to postSong will in no way kill JetBlue. JetBlue has too strong of a reputation to be shot down by such a ridiculous business plan. Song is basically a carbon copy of JetBlue with one problem. As far as I know, all of the employees will be unionized and will, therefore, have certain demands such as pay sca...
Jump to postMy parents have done that before and will again. There's nothing wrong with having your kids sit back in coach. Why should young children be spoiled with First when they can't fully appreciate it anyway? When I went in First as a 10 year old or so I really didn't appreciate it. Now that I'm a hell o...
Jump to postI had heard from somewhere that JetBlue took a different routing over the Atlantic to FL because of some kind of money-saving thing, but I guess that isn't true.
Jump to postWhile normally I would laugh at you about the Eagles losing, I have no right to do so in this case since my Jets lost the week before. Doesn't it suck to be out of the playoffs? Nice report-I didn't know that airlines other than JetBlue used the routing to and from FLL that kind of hugs the coast an...
Jump to postSouthwest into Southern CT would be amazing. The New York area is probably one of their least-served regions (except for Islip) and a move into HVN would be HUGE for them.
Jump to postI know that JetBlue cannot operate LiveTV when they are over water en route to and from San Juan, so I imagine that service over the Pacific would likewise be impossible.
Jump to postBDR as a commercial airport won't work I live in Fairfield County, about halfway between BDR and HPN, an hour from NYC, and the people who live in those towns that Jcs17 mentioned would not use BDR over the New York airports. Service to BDR would obviously be with a very small aircraft to a hub airp...
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