Tag: Hudson
San Jose International Airport celebrates opening of additional boarding gates
Chief Assignment Editor- June 14, 2019 23:20Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) reached an important milestone yesterday in commissioning a $58 million Interim Gates Facility, which was designed and constructed to support current and near-term passenger ... Read More
Autograph Collection to introduce 16 new hotels and resorts
Dmytro Makarov- June 3, 2019 19:21Autograph Collection Hotels, Marriott International's dynamic portfolio of more than 170 independent hotels and resorts around the world, today announced plans to welcome 17 one-of-a-kind properties to its global portfolio ... Read More
Passenger Safety: Boeing puts pressure on FAA to get Boeing 737MAX flying and worry later
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 16, 2019 00:08Airlines are desperate getting their fleet of Boeing 737 MAX flying again. The recertification process of the 737 MAX will require regaining the confidence of safety experts, pilots, and flight ... Read More
48 million Americans would skip a credit card payment over a vacation
Chief Assignment Editor- May 15, 2019 20:2048 million Americans say they would skip a credit card payment before they’d skip a vacation, according a new survey published today. Survey Key Findings: • 19% of people would ... Read More
Hudson River takes on another air crash
editor- May 15, 2019 20:04The Hudson River in New York has witnessed another aviation crash – this time a helicopter. The chopper crashed at approximately 2:30 pm today, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, in a ... Read More
Reforms needed at US airliners: Air travel delays
editor- May 14, 2019 22:41Most major US airports experience flight disruptions on a daily basis, with Chicago O'Hare International Airport leading the pack. Within the top 10 airports in major US cities, each airport ... Read More
EscapeMaker to host all women-led first-ever Virtual Agritourism Conference
editor- May 9, 2019 22:39Fourteen women industry experts join forces to create an evergreen educational resource for innkeepers, farmers, winemakers, craft beverage producers and ag-related destinations to grow their businesses. EscapeMaker.com, a guide to ... Read More
Drink like a New Yorker
Dr. Elinor Garely - editor in chief of wines.travel- April 20, 2019 21:04If you live in New York, work in New York or are doing business in New York – there is only one appropriate drink to order…New York State wines. New ... Read More
NY drinks NY wines: History and hybrids
Dr. Elinor Garely - editor in chief of wines.travel- April 13, 2019 21:05New York Wines: Disaster in the Beginning Historians have documented the fact that grapes were first introduced to New York by the Dutch (1647-1664); sadly, the crops failed. A few ... Read More
FlyersRights files lawsuit against US DOT for not enforcing flight delay compensation
editor- March 29, 2019 00:12FlyersRights.org has filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Transportation (DOT) in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals over its refusal to enforce the Montreal Convention mandate that airlines ... Read More
FlyersRights asking DOT to regulate airline change fees
editor- March 23, 2019 00:35When Congress deregulated airline prices, routes, and schedules in 1978, Congress preserved the DOT’s responsibility to ensure that international prices and fees remained “reasonable.” This little-known provision of U.S. law ... Read More
FAA reputation ruined while Boeing MAX 8 certification becomes a criminal matter
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 21, 2019 20:14FAA Nominee Steve Dickson formerly a Delta Airlines executive, should get a prompt confirmation hearing before the U.S Senate," stated Paul Hudson, of FlyersRights.org and longtime member of the FAA ... Read More
FAA urged to immediately ground all Boeing 737 Max in the United States
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 11, 2019 18:41After the second deadly airline crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8, the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States (FAA) was urged today to immediately ground all 737 Max 8 ... Read More
New exhibitions tell story of St Helena’s pioneering role in ending slavery
Chief Assignment Editor- February 26, 2019 20:15Two new exhibitions opening in 2019 on the south Atlantic island of St Helena will celebrate 200 years since children born into slavery on the British Overseas Territory were granted ... Read More
Bay Area’s No. 2 airport one of the fastest-growing in the US
editor- February 11, 2019 21:48Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) reached a new passenger record in 2018 by serving 14,319,292 million departing and arriving passengers, a 14.7 percent increase and a new record of ... Read More
Flying to Hawaii unsafe on a B737-800? Boeing declines to comment
Juergen T Steinmetz- February 7, 2019 00:58Is it safe flying a Southwest Airline B737-800 aircraft from North America to Hawaii? This is a question many experts are asking these days. A Boeing spokesperson responded: "We are ... Read More
Travel Edge names new Executive VP
editor- January 24, 2019 02:36Michael Johnson joined Travel Edge as Executive Vice President, Read More
Montreal Convention: United Airlines must pay 250 freezing stranded passengers $5700 each?
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 23, 2019 07:20United Airlines is speechless. The Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, also known as the Montreal Convention may cost United Airlines more than a million Dollars. ... Read More
Aliz Hotel Times Square welcomes new Director of Sales & Marketing
Chief Assignment Editor- January 8, 2019 18:05Aliz Hotel Times Square announced today the appointment of Maureen Murphy as the new Director of Sales & Marketing of the new property which opened this past October under the ... Read More
Donald Trump escaped death in helicopter crash: FAA ok with 50 unnecessary fatalities?
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 14, 2018 13:56The U.S. President Donald Trump should be advised promptly that despite an alarming report about U.S. helicopter safety issues, the industry is proposing another delay in helicopter safety standards for ... Read More
Avoiding dangerous vacations 2018
Hon. Thomas A. Dickerson- September 19, 2018 21:27This is the sixth year that we have posted dangerous vacations destination information collected from news articles and reported law cases. Read More
NTSB hearing on Hudson bird-strike crash to focus on bird radars
editor- June 11, 2009 09:26Commercial bird-radar systems are available to US airports, and DeTect, who specializes in remote sensing technologies and systems for aviation safety, is calling on the FAA today to improve aviation Read More
Survivors of Hudson River air crash consider suing airline
editor- February 27, 2009 05:42Some of the 150 passengers whose lives were saved in the “miracle of the Hudson” last month are considering suing US Airways for the emotional distress they suffered. Read More