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Washington Airspace Power Outage Prompts Delays Across the East Coast
At noon on August 15, many were looking forward to a beautiful weekend with nice temperatures across the board but were rudely awakened when their travel plans were interrupted by a power outage in the Washington Center Area (ZDC). The FAA reported an En Route Automatic Modernization (ERAM) issue prompting ATC Zero which is an […]
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Cables Cut at LGA Causing 119 Delta Flight Cancellations
“Crazy morning” is an understatement for what travelers experienced trying to depart LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal C early July 24, 2015. The madness began at approximately 4:30 a.m. when an on-site contractor mistakenly cut feeder cables that were serving Delta’s Terminal C. The Port Authority contractor was at LaGuardia due to the continuous airside construction at […]
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JetBlue’s Terminal 5 at JFK Has a Rooftop Garden?!
JetBlue, the airline that dares to be different like its hometown city, has done it again. On July 1, JetBlue kicked off the summer with the grand opening of their rooftop garden at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The world-class airport is the airline’s home, and part of what makes JFK so great is JetBlue’s […]
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United Abandons JFK While JetBlue Grows
Just two days after United Airlines announced plans to cease all operations out of John F. Kennedy International Airport, JetBlue Airways took advantage of the opportunity by jumping in and quickly announcing plans of adding more flights out of JFK. These are the exact transcontinental flight routes that United will be terminating. JetBlue plans to […]
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Living in the Age of Airplanes: An #AvGeek’s Review
When a movie can move you, inspire you, and at the same time make your life better, you know it’s greater than good. You know it’s elite. Movies, documentaries especially can sometimes fail to relate to the people that are passionate about their subject area. “Living In The Age of Airplanes” was a movie that […]
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Engine Sparks Fly from United Jet, Delays Newark Air Traffic
Late Sunday evening, the crew of United Flight 5796 was preparing for takeoff out of Newark Liberty International Airport when the captain noticed sparks coming out of the number one engine. Port Authority officials tell AirlineGeeks.com that the captain decided to lean on the side of caution and abort the takeoff. As seen in a […]