Air Travel

Homeland Security Finally Pays Off

Mile High Michy’s

The Wrongway Expansion At FLL

Booze Hound - San Juan and Halo

Planespotting

Best Place To Breathe Exhaust And Hear Engines Roar

Air Dania

Short Cuts

Air Dania

Letters for January 24, 2002

More bunny debate

Hurry to Get in on Tobacco Suit, Flight Attendant Aprons Ruin Beer Surprise, James Taylor to Dress Up

A civil suit that goes to trial in Fort Lauderdale today is expected to be the first of a wave of lawsuits against Big Tobacco in Florida courts. The widow of Stuart Hess, a locksmith from Cooper City, sued Phillip Morris after his death in 1997, claiming the cigarettes he bought were defec ... More >>

Butts in Seats

A civil suit that goes to trial in Fort Lauderdale today is expected to be the first of a wave of lawsuits against Big Tobacco in Florida courts. The widow of Stuart Hess, a locksmith from Cooper City, sued Phillip Morris after his death in 1997, claiming the cigarettes he bought were defec ... More >>

Ride 'Em, Cowboy

Hell for Leather on Flight 48

Buy Your Mom or Abuela a Ticket to See Julio Iglesias This Saturday at AAA

There are few hispanophone ladies and gents of a certain age who have not been reduced, at some point, to misty eyes by the ballad stylings of the suave Spaniard Julio Iglesias. While Iglesia's true crossover peak came mainly in the 1980s, he has hardly receded from the international spotlight, cran ... More >>

Robo-Invasion!

Robby and B-9 Take Boca

Bro 18F

We Are Airborne Family

Beach Blanket Beeyotch

Memorial Day mayhem in Miami

Critic's Pick

Burning Airlines

Err America

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

Security Collars

Be careful when you pack your carryon bag. You might end up in the calaboose.

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.

Red Alert

Terrorism on the East Coast: It was predicted

Admitting Terror

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

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.

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Lauderdale Airport's Newest Carrier Announces Special Service to Customers Who've Never Had Sex

Screen grab: PCMag.com​ Can't get laid? Well, maybe some free WiFi will cheer you up. Google is teaming up with the newest airline to serve Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport so that virgin travelers can have free internet.Oh wait, maybe that's Virgin travelers? Haha. This is just a ... 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 >>

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 >>

Chef Allen to Add Location in Fort Lauderdale Airport

If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here's a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe.Expected to debut just in time for anyone flying out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport for the holidays is ... More >>

It’s All About Keeping Flash

If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here's a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe.Expected to debut just in time for anyone flying out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport for the holidays is ... More >>

Rapping for Roxicet

If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here's a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe.Expected to debut just in time for anyone flying out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport for the holidays is ... 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Howard, the Cross-Dressing, Cross-Country Traveler, Causes Stir at Fort Lauderdale Airport

Jill TarlowHoward at the Fort Lauderdale airport.​A man known only as Howard who's been seen at airports across the country clad in women's underwear, see-through shirts, knee-high stockings, and women's wear of the like, is the center of some controversy after his recent flight out of Fort Lauder ... 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 >>

TSA Agent Nelson Santiago Not the First Agency Employee to Be Arrested on Theft Charges

sodahead.comInvasive and sticky.​Our news yesterday of 30-year-old Transportation Security Administration worker Nelson Santiago's being arrested after apparently being caught stuffing a passenger's iPad in his pants and allegedly stealing $50,000 worth of electronics from luggage went around the ... More >>

Gulfstream Airlines Unfairly Fired Employee for Reporting Safety Concern, Jury Rules

Wikimedia Commons​A former Gulfstream International Airlines pilot won his whistleblower lawsuit today after a jury decided he had been unfairly fired for complaining about a fellow pilot flying a 19-seater with his knees.The jury spent about two days deliberating, but in the end, they ruled in fa ... 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>