Airport restaurant operators are testing their latest gambit to sell more food and drink: getting their offerings within closer reach of passengers. They’re working with airports to get space closer to gates — or, in some cases, occupying entire holding rooms at gates — to cater to travelers who are reluctant to wander too far [...]
Passenger-rights advocates won a major victory Monday when the Transportation Department announced a rule to let passengers stuck inside stranded planes disembark after three hours. The rule, which will take effect in late April and applies only to domestic flights, prohibits airlines from letting an aircraft remain on an airport tarmac for more than three [...]
Tiny airport sleeping rooms — similar to the cubicles that Asian travelers use to catch a snooze in between flights — have arrived in America. Atlanta, the world’s largest airport, opened five Minute Suites this month where tired passengers can doze for $30 an hour. The rooms — 7 feet by 8 feet, or about [...]
Citing escalating construction costs, airports have been lobbying Congress to raise the cap on the “passenger facility charge” that fliers pay as part of their airline tickets. The charge – now at $4.50 for each leg of the trip, up to $18 per round trip – funds the building of runways, terminals and gates. Airports [...]
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