Massapequa, NY
Business
Construction Set To Begin On $4.2B New Terminal At JFK, Here's What Travelers Can Expect Construction Set To Begin On $4.2B New Terminal At JFK, Here's What Travelers Can Expect
Construction Set To Begin On $4.2B New Terminal At JFK, Here's What Travelers Can Expect Faster TSA lines, touchless technology from check-in to gate, and reduced traffic congestion. Those are just some of the improvements that travelers can expect once a $4.2 billion new terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport is completed. Earlier Report: Construction Begins On $9.5 Billion 'New Terminal One' At JFK Airport Construction on the first phase of the 1.2 million-square-foot Terminal 6 is set to begin in early 2023, making room for an additional 10 gates, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday, Nov. 17. "JFK International - the nation's door to the world - will soon …

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by Michael Mashburn
Dorchester, MA
News
JetBlue Announcement Could Mean Lower Ticket Prices From Boston To Paris JetBlue Announcement Could Mean Lower Ticket Prices From Boston To Paris
JetBlue Announcement Could Mean Lower Ticket Prices From Boston To Paris JetBlue fliers in Boston will soon be able to make a day trip to Paris thanks to the carrier's new plan to offer more direct transatlantic flights.  The lower-cost airline announced on Wednesday, Nov. 16, that it would start with flights out of John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to Charles de Gaulle Airport in the summer of 2023 with flights out of Logan to begin soon after. Tickets will go on sale in the coming months, though the company didn't provide any specific dates.  “JetBlue is offering something completely unique to what you get from the big global legacy airlines on the…

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by Josh Lanier
Alexandria, VA
News
Travelers Should Expect Big Changes at Reagan National Airport Soon Travelers Should Expect Big Changes at Reagan National Airport Soon
Travelers Should Expect Big Changes at Reagan National Airport Soon Major updates are coming to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport this week that will change how travelers find their gates. Officials will install new signage throughout the airport beginning on Saturday, June 4, as a way to make navigating the terminals, parking decks, and new facilities easier. Airport authorities said they will roll out the changes over the next week.  The airport released this timetable:  Saturday — New directional signs will go up around the airport to lead passengers to their gates.  Sunday, June 5 — Airlines will switch over to using the new sig…

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by Josh Lanier
Mt. Kisco, NY
News
Video Captures Long Island's Bill O'Reilly Threatening Worker At JFK Video Captures Long Island's Bill O'Reilly Threatening Worker At JFK
Video Captures Long Island's Bill O'Reilly Threatening Worker At JFK Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly is going viral for the wrong reasons after being caught on video berating and belittling an employee at JFK Airport. A video surfaced of the 72-year-old right-wing talking head on social media after he was involved in a heated exchange with an airline employee, during which he cursed them out over a delayed JetBlue flight at JFK. “What you're gonna do ... it's three hours late," O'Reilly is heard saying in the video. When the employee responds, O'Reilly can be heard interrupting the worker and saying, "No, no, no. You're going to find out," while pointing…

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by Zak Failla
Newark, NJ
News
'People Are Fainting, Throwing Up': JetBlue Passengers Beg To Deplane On Newark Tarmac 'People Are Fainting, Throwing Up': JetBlue Passengers Beg To Deplane On Newark Tarmac
'People Are Fainting, Throwing Up': JetBlue Passengers Beg To Deplane On Newark Tarmac Panicked JetBlue passengers were captured on video begging crew members to let them disembark after spending hours trying to land in Newark due to bad weather keeping them from JFK. "I don’t care about JFK — it’s our lives," one passenger on the April 8 flight from Cancun can be heard saying on Sabrina Ettinger's video. "People are sick back there, people are fainting, people are throwing up. A little respect for human beings." Passengers can be heard pleading with crew members to let them off, despite having to wait hours in customs at either airport. "We're scared to fly we want to get …

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by Cecilia Levine
Pittsfield, MA
News
JetBlue Passenger Tries Storming Cockpit, Breaks Out Of Restraints On Flight From Boston JetBlue Passenger Tries Storming Cockpit, Breaks Out Of Restraints On Flight From Boston
JetBlue Passenger Tries Storming Cockpit, Breaks Out Of Restraints On Flight From Boston A JetBlue passenger tried storming the cockpit, grappled with half-a-dozen crew members, and then broke free from plastic zip ties during a flight from Boston to Puerto Rico earlier this week, FBI documents show. Khalil El Dahr tried to make a phone call toward the end of the flight on Wednesday, Sept. 22, and "became angry about the call's unsuccess," according to an FBI affidavit obtained by the Daily Beast. Approximately 45 minutes before landing, El Dahr rushed toward the cockpit yelling for someone to shoot him, while holding a flight attendant by his tie -- nearly strangling him, the …

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
News
Feds: Angry JetBlue Passenger Rushes Cockpit, Chokes Attendant, Begs To Be Shot Feds: Angry JetBlue Passenger Rushes Cockpit, Chokes Attendant, Begs To Be Shot
Feds: Angry JetBlue Passenger Rushes Cockpit, Chokes Attendant, Begs To Be Shot A JetBlue passenger who was upset when he had trouble making a phone call had to be restrained after he tried to storm the cockpit and choke a flight attendant who intercepted him, federal authorities said. Flight 261 from Boston to Puerto Rico was 45 minutes or so from landing late Wednesday when Khalil El Dahr “became angry" about a phone call not going through, an FBI affidavit on file in U.S. District Court in San Juan says. El Dahr, who was sitting in the sixth row, rushed the cockpit, yelling in Spanish and Arabic for someone to shoot him, it says. A flight attendant tried to stop El…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Brentwood, NY
Lifestyle
COVID-19: Newlywed Healthcare Couple From Long Island Headed To Super Bowl In Tampa COVID-19: Newlywed Healthcare Couple From Long Island Headed To Super Bowl In Tampa
Covid-19: Newlywed Healthcare Couple From Long Island Headed To Super Bowl In Tampa Newlywed healthcare heroes and Tampa Bay super fans Maciej Mazurkiewicz and Kimberly Smith are headed to Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida after Northwell Health arranged for the couple to receive two tickets to the big game on Sunday, Feb. 7. Mazurkiewicz, a physician assistant at Lenox Hill Hospital, and Smith, a pediatric oncology nurse at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, have served on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic and put off their honeymoon after being wed during a simple service on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. The couple from Farmingdale got engaged on Clearwater Beach during S…

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by Daily Voice
Newark, NJ
News
WATCH: Entire Newark Flight Ousted From Plane After Toddler, 2, Refuses Face Mask WATCH: Entire Newark Flight Ousted From Plane After Toddler, 2, Refuses Face Mask
Watch: Entire Newark Flight Ousted From Plane After Toddler, 2, Refuses Face Mask An entire Newark-bound flight was forced off the plane after a 2-year-old girl refused to wear a face mask, reports say. Chaya Bruck of Brooklyn, NY, was flying alone from Orlando Wednesday with her six children when her youngest, Dina, refused to keep her mask on, she said in a Facebook post. Flight attendants warned Bruck if her toddler didn't keep her mask on, they'd be kicked off the plane. Other passengers encouraged Bruck to stand her ground -- even arguing with the flight attendants over their face mask policy and the age of the child. Bruck pleaded with flight attendants to let he…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
News
TONIGHT: JetBlue NYC Flyover Salutes Healthcare Workers TONIGHT: JetBlue NYC Flyover Salutes Healthcare Workers
Tonight: JetBlue NYC Flyover Salutes Healthcare Workers Three JetBlue planes will take flight over New York City Thursday evening to salute healthcare workers on the frontlines of coronavirus. The planes will start at JFK Airport and fly over Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx at approximately 7 p.m. The flight path will overlap with part of the route taken by the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds that took flight last week. Photos and videos can be sent to [email protected].

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
JetBlue Pilots Drugged, Raped Airline Workers Before Flight To Newark, Lawsuit Alleges JetBlue Pilots Drugged, Raped Airline Workers Before Flight To Newark, Lawsuit Alleges
JetBlue Pilots Drugged, Raped Airline Workers Before Flight To Newark, Lawsuit Alleges Three female airline workers claim a pair of JetBlue pilots drugged and raped them the day before a flight to Newark. A lawsuit filed by the women contends the incident occurred May 9 in San Juan, after they met pilots Eric Johnson and Dan Watson on a beach, the New York Post reports. The pilots apparently gave the women beer laced with a drug, turning the rest of the night into a blur, the lawsuit alleges. All five people ended up back at a hotel where Johnson raped two of the women, it claims. “Johnson was on top of [Jane Doe 1] raping her,” the New York Post report quotes the…

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by Cecilia Levine