May. 7, 2025 By Athena Dawson A Toronto-based airline has officially landed at North America’s top-ranked airport. LaGuardia Gateway Partners, the manager and developer of LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal B, announced that Porter Airlines began operating from the terminal on Thursday, May 1. Porter Airlines, headquartered at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, is the third-largest…
Apr. 10, 2025 By Athena Dawson LaGuardia Airport has officially shed its former reputation, earning the title of Best Airport in North America for domestic and short-haul international flights, according to Skytrax, the global authority on airport rankings. The award was announced at the 2025 World Airport Awards ceremony, held during the Passenger Terminal…
Mar. 21, 2025 By Bill Parry Forbes Travel Guide named LaGuardia Airport as the nation’s best airport in October based on a survey of 5,000 hospitality and travel experts and the guide’s most well-traveled fliers. On Tuesday, Port Authority executive director Rick Cotton accepted the Verified Air Travel Award in the recently completed Terminal…
Mar. 18, 2025 By Bill Parry A potential crisis was averted at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday night after an air traffic controller alerted the flight crew of Endeavor Air Flight 4814 that its left wing had struck the runway upon landing, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). At 10:10 p.m., the pilot initiated a go-around…
Oct. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey proudly announced on Oct. 22 that Forbes Travel Guide selected LaGuardia Airport as the best airport in the United States a decade after then-Vice President Joe Biden likened the transportation hub to one that would be found in a…
Jun. 6, 2024 By Athena Dawson More than 1,000 airport service workers from JFK and LaGuardia airports, represented by the 32BJ SEIU union, rallied at noon earlier today at JFK’s Terminal 8. The workers are demanding higher wages and improved health and leave benefits from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. At…
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Mar. 6, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Revel, the electric vehicle company that focuses on EV transit and charging hubs, has inked a lease agreement in East Elmhurst to develop the nation’s largest airport EV fast charging station adjacent to LaGuardia Airport (LGA). The charging station is slated to go up at 90-10 Ditmars Blvd., where the Courtyard by Marriott LaGuardia hotel is located, and will feature 48 200kW charging stalls that will be available to the public. The stations will be accessible from Ditmars Boulevard and 90th Street and are expected to be operational in the first half of 2025….
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Feb. 27, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Drivers for Uber and Lyft joined together to engage in a 12-hour strike at LaGuardia Airport Sunday, Feb. 26, in response to the rideshare companies allegedly being reluctant to grant pay raises, with Uber filing a lawsuit last December to block a pay hike. This strike marks the third…
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