Air Travel

Mad Men-Themed Cocktail Lounge To Open at Fort Lauderdale Airport

It seems as though booze and television mix as well as bourbon and bitters these days. First there was Duff beer, then nearly every Real Housewife came out with her own Pinot Grigio. Just recently, Ommegang Brewery teamed up with HBO to launch a series of brews based on the Game of Thrones series. ... More >>

Fake Pilot Arrested After Trying to Board A Plane To West Palm Beach

Philippe Jeannard, a 60-year old Frenchman, was looking to travel from Philadelphia to West Palm Beach. Unfortunately for Jeannard, he was unable to get a business-class upgrade on a US Airways flight. So, he did the next best thing. He put on a French airline pilot uniform and grabbed a seat i ... More >>

TSA Will Allow Small Knives and Sporting Gear on Planes

Come April 25, you will be able to carry a small knife onto a plane. Also, sporting equipment, such as a pool cue, and golf clubs and hockey sticks. That's because the TSA has announced that these items are no longer prohibited on board airplanes since they were banned after the 9/11 terrorist atta ... More >>

Nemo: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Announces Cancellations

If you haven't heard yet, there's a massive blizzard storm weather event snow thing that's about to engulf the northeastern part of the U.S. The Weather Channel has nicknamed the menacing storm Nemo, for some reason. In any event, thanks to Nemo, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport ha ... More >>

Hurricane Sandy: What's Closed, Canceled, Re-Scheduled and Operating in Broward-Palm Beach

That Hurricane Sandy is quite a nuisance.Even though the storm is hitting Cuba and the Bahamas directly, she's still sending her winds and rain all over our faces. And, as it usually goes with these kinds of storms, rumors of cancellations, closings, and re-schedules run rampant.So far, we've s ... More >>

TSA at MIA and FLL: 35 Guns, a Chainsaw, and a Cannonball Confiscated

Glenn Beck's Liberal Restaurant Hell (Video)

Something so heinous and insidious happened to conservative ranter Glenn Beck over the course of the Labor Day weekend, that he has been forced to not only boycott the company behind the incident...he is sharing it with the world, lest others be treated in this fashion.You see, what was intended to ... More >>

Dolphins Jet Hits Another Plane on Dallas Airport Tarmac

This friggin' team. In what is possibly the greatest metaphor ever produced by the fates, the Miami Dolphins charter plane apparently clipped another parked plane as it was backing out during takeoff. The incident happened at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport last night as the team prepared ... More >>

Tropical Storm Isaac Getting Closer To South Florida (Updated)

Update [5:30 p.m.]: Broward County has two shelters open for those living in low-lying areas and mobile homes.Update [2:50 p.m.]: Broward County schools will be closed on MondayUpdate [1:30 p.m.]: Miami-Dade schools will be closed on Monday. Palm Beach County schools remain openIsaac ain't ... More >>

Two Separate Suspicious Powders Found In Palm Beach International Airport

Palm Beach County Fire Rescue officials were called to Palm Beach International Airport on Sunday after two separate suspicious white powder incidents. The first powder was discovered on a baggage carousel after some luggage was opened and the mysterious stuff spilled out. The other was found on a ... More >>

BREAKING: Portion of Fort Lauderdale International Airport Evacuated for "Unknown Substance"

A section of Fort Lauderdale International Airport Terminal 2 has been evacuated and HAZMAT investigators are on the scene, according to Broward Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Dani Moschella. At least three four victims have reported respiratory issues after being exposed to an "unknown substance ... More >>

Bride Says Spirit Airlines Ruined Her Wedding

Rachael Barach and her fiancé spent months planning their dream wedding: a small ceremony on the remote Caribbean Island of Jost Van Dyke. Pulling it off would require some effort: flying from Fort Lauderdale to St. Thomas, then taking a ferry over to Jost Van Dyke; hiring a wedding photographer, a ... More >>

TSA Finds Guns, Razor Blades, Eels on South Florida Passengers

​Congress will be taking a closer look at the Transportation Security Administration this afternoon in a joint hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.Oversight Committee Chairman Darryl Issa said in a statement that ... More >>

Gailen David, American Airlines Flight Attendant Behind "Dear Sky Steward," Finally Fired

​Gailen David, a snarky, Miami-based American Airlines flight attendant behind several videos making fun of the company, has been fired, according to a post on his Facebook.David's website, DearSkySteward.com, is a mix of travel "jetiquette" (airplane elbow etiquette, anyone?) and American Airline ... More >>

Negotiations Are Under Way for Expansion of Fort Lauderdale Airport's Terminal 4

We told you last week that Broward County has broken ground on a $791 million runway expansion at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International that will send planes up a six-story ramp over Federal Highway and the FEC tracks.Broward County Aviation Department​In tandem with that project, Terminal 4 (ho ... More >>

"Boeing Boeing" at the Promethean: A Strong Ensemble Carries an Overrated Classic

Fort Lauderdale Airport Has the Third-Cheapest Average Airfare in the Country

airplanepicture.org​Hey, Spirit Airlines is good for something (probably) -- making the average airfare from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport the third-lowest in the country, at $266.The ranking was done by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, which found that only the a ... More >>

TSA Body Scanners at Fort Lauderdale Airport Targeted by Broward Commission

TSAImages from the "backscatter" machine.​The Broward Commission may request that the Transportation Security Administration go back to the old-school gropings pat-downs of passengers at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and ditch the use of body scanners.The item -- which was de ... More >>

Rick Scott Now Doing Damage Control for American Airlines After Bankruptcy Filing

movies.ign.comCaptain Mack of Nashawn Wade Airlines.​When you're the self-proclaimed "jobs governor," it's a little awkward when a major employer in your state files for bankruptcy.Recently, Gov. Rick Scott has either touted "new" jobs coming to the state or blamed jobs losses on other people, typ ... More >>

Eat Up: The Top Five Airline Food Fails

​Eating a bad meal on a flight is adding insult to injury. Thanks to the post-9/11 security increases, you've already waited in a security line in your socks, slipped on urine in the restroom, and rushed across four different terminals to make it to an early flight... only to find out it had been ... More >>

TSA Agent Caught With Passenger's iPad in His Pants; Allegedly Took $50,000 in Other Goods, Cops Say

Update: TSA agent Nelson Santiago is not the first agency employee to be arrested on theft charges.verydemotivational.com​While most Transportation Security Administration employees are busy groping people or taking naked pictures of them, the cops say one of those employees was putting fliers' el ... More >>

New Yorker Accused of Slapping a Flight Attendant at Palm Beach International Airport

examiner.comBryan Garnett allegedly did not have this coupon handy.​There's something to be said about a man slapping another man, but when the recipient of that slap is a JetBlue flight attendant -- that's going to be a legal problem.Police say 48-year-old Bryan Garnett, from Utica, New York, was ... More >>

Five Reasons Why Your Flight Attendant Hates You

flickr.com​When America's newest folk hero, Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater, quit his job in one of the great workplace exit scenes in modern history, people had mixed feelings. Some smiled, fantasizing about how they might one day make a similar over-the-top departure. Others wondered wha ... More >>

UPDATED: Fat Joe Returns to Palm Beach After Sexual Assault Detainment in Wisconsin (a Noir Tale)

Flickr: TopStreetWearFat Joe's crew members may have gotten him in hot water Sunday night.​Scene: Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Monday, something like way-too-early o'clock in the American Airlines terminal. I had just plotted out the finer details of the nap I was going to take on my flig ... More >>

Morning Juice: A Plan for Protecting Coast Without Relying on BP; Waterslides May Be Next Tourist Trap

​The news this Wednesday morning in Broward and Palm Beach:Palm Beach County doesn't trust BP to protect its sensitive marine life. The county is looking to hire a private contractor to install booms that can soak up oil along 14 miles of waterway. BP will be expected to pick up the tab. [Palm Bea ... More >>

Morning Juice: As Pilots Strike, Spirits Cancel Flights; Dog Fight in Broward Over Kill Policy

​Here's what's happening in South Florida this Monday morning:With its pilots on strike, Miramar-based discount airline Spirit has canceled flights through Tuesday, forcing local air travelers to scramble for another way to get to their destinations. [CBS4]In a much more uplifting story about air ... More >>

Nickel and Dimed by Spirit Airlines

Flickr user: Shirley Two FeathersWith all the hidden fees, maybe it's better to fly nude.​I'm new to South Florida, so I've never had the pleasure of flying on Miramar-based Spirit Airlines before. But as a die-hard bargain shopper, I was thrilled to discover last night that Spirit was offering a ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale's Four-Legged First-Class Travelers

FlickrFido flying first class​At Pet Airways, man's best friend flies first class -- even the ones who are homeless. The exclusive airline played a central role in the "Pup My Ride" rescue mission over the Thanksgiving holiday, transporting more than 50 dogs from parts of the country inundated wit ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Flight Did NOT Crash in Puerto Rico... Or Anywhere for That Matter

BNONews.orgThe explosion in question.​This article on a breaking news website claimed that Spirit Airlines Flight 837 originating in Fort Lauderdale crashed near San Juan, Puerto Rico, and that it was the source of an explosion that firefighters are still putting out.I just got off the phone with ... More >>

New Airline in Delray Has First Crash; No Pets Were Injured

Flickr User: the gentleman's gameNot an actual Pet Airways flight, but an approximation of what the airline's popularity has done to its server.Oh, the humanity! Or, technically, the lack of humanity -- because, technically, the passengers were pets and... oh... actually, the "crash" that caught my ... More >>

An Awful Father's Day

Our condolences to the Forkey family of Boca Raton, which was planning to have a belated Father's Day celebration this week. Kenneth Forkey was the passenger in a cab that crashed into an idling semitruck on the way to La Guardia International Airport. Forkey, 25, who lived in Manhattan and was catc ... More >>

Spirit Airlines: Run by Red Sox Fans?

Flickr user: maestraThe Miramar-based airline notorious for an ad that shows a post-coital cuddling session between a young man and a cougarish lady that advertises an innuendo-thick "three way" deal to its customers and treats its flight attendants as billboard space has -- if you can believe this ... More >>

Booze Hound - San Juan and Halo

The Wrongway Expansion At FLL

Ride 'Em, Cowboy

Hell for Leather on Flight 48

Butts in Seats

Mile High Michy’s

Robo-Invasion!

Robby and B-9 Take Boca

Bro 18F

We Are Airborne Family

Err America

A plane crash in Afghanistan has a Florida company defending its mercenary profits in court

Circular Logic

The people watching the airlines should have and could have taken action... but didn't

WorldWide Negligence

An airport security company received a surprise visit from the FBI. Here's why.

Crash Landing

Delta blew it when someone phoned in a bomb threat. Then the airline tried to cover it up.

Critic's Pick

Burning Airlines

Admitting Terror

The immigration service's own describe how America failed to protect its borders from the September 11 terrorists

Red Alert

Terrorism on the East Coast: It was predicted

A Flight of Fancy

Broward commissioners are spending big bucks on an unlikely airport-growth scheme

A Plane Case of Quid Pro Quo

Commissioner Lori Parrish opposed a rent increase for small airlines. A major supporter is a lobbyist for the airlines. You figure it out.

Best Place To Breathe Exhaust And Hear Engines Roar

Air Dania

Planespotting