When it comes to bad airports, New York is number one! At least that's what a story in Frommer's would have us believe. In a list of the ten worst airport terminals in the world, the travel company singled out all three of New York's major airports for consideration. Why? "In large part because they're run by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a hideously mismanaged money sink that does a poor job of responding to air travelers' needs." more ›

We hope he drank the scotch before adding the H! On New Year's Eve customs officials stopped Miami man Wilfer Bohorquez Rojo, 53, as he allegedly tried to smuggle 25 pounds of heroin from Medillin, Colombia, to Newark Airport. At first authorities just thought he had smuggled the drugs in "packages of plastic flags and between glued photographs" but further inspection found he'd filled four Chivas Royal Salute scotch bottles with "packages of a substance that also tested positive for heroin, according to the agency." more ›

Last week was a good one for our local Customs agents. Not only did they find $300,000 in fake bills at JFK, agents at Newark confiscated about 6.1 pounds of cocaine in two separate incidents. The Italian woman who hid her coke in a false bottomed bag is pretty run of the mill, but give credit to the Peruvian guy who tried to smuggle his drugs in deflated soccer balls and inside four pairs of sandals. No hiding coke in coloring book pages, but not bad. more ›

Yesterday, a Continental flight headed to Newark Liberty Airport had to make an emergency landing after taking off from Panama City's airport because of a bird strike. WCBS 2 reports, "According to airline officials, Flight 1022, a Boeing 737-900 with 176 on board, took off from Tocumen Airport at 10:05 a.m., but quickly ran into a trouble when the bird strike caused the left engine to catch fire." more ›

The city's three major airports are resuming and rescheduling the hundreds of flights cancelled by Hurricane Irene, though officials warn that not everything is hunky dory just yet. more ›

It's all the rage to overanalyze every single thing that has to do with traveling via airplanes, so it's a bit surprising to learn that New Jersey authorities let a man board a flight after they discovered a hidden knife in one of his bags. more ›

Tweet and ye shall (sometimes) receive: a hungry man who jokingly Tweeted Morton's Steakhouse asking for a porterhouse when he arrived in Newark Airport was shocked when he was greeted by just that when he landed. And Peter Shankman, a social media entrepreneur, swears on his "entire professional reputation and all I hold dear to me that the story below was in no way staged, planned in advance, or in any way faked." more ›

A 65-year-old New Jersey man today was sentenced to a year in federal prison for molesting a sleeping woman on a flight to the States from Hong Kong. Between pissing skiers and groping geezers (not to mention the TSA) our skies really don't seem that friendly these days! more ›

A Florida family is "fuming" over a $300 fine they received after they got caught bringing an apple, a tomato, and three cucumbers from Israel through Newark Liberty Airport on Thursday. CBS 2 reports that Suri and Peter Steinberger are "livid" over the incident, which they chalk up to an honest mistake. When preparing for the long flight home from Israel, Mrs. Steinberger put the produce into her son's backpack as a snack, reasoning, "Let them eat it on the plane instead of eating garbage." But she didn't tell her husband about it, and for some mysterious reason the boys never ate those raw cucumbers or the fruit! more ›

Great! Just over a week after it was revealed that a man without a valid ID (or valid boarding pass) managed to get on a JFK-LA flight, now it's reported that a stun gun was found in a seat on a Jet Blue plane that landed at Newark Airport on Friday. My Fox NY "obtained" the Striker 1800 stun gun from sources who "say they suspect that the stun gun got through screening at Logan Airport in Boston." This really bodes well for body bomb screening. more ›

Those federal rules that will prohibit international airlines from keeping passengers on tarmacs for more than four hours can't come soon enough: A Caribbean Airlines flight from Trinidad was stuck on the Newark Airport tarmac for six hours yesterday. Apparently the flight's destination was diverted from JFK Airport to Newark, but in the six hours passengers waited, they could have gone to JFK and come back to Newark again! more ›

TSA agents are unsure why a man decided to bring the body of his dead dog with him in a cardboard box on a flight from Newark Airport to Los Angeles on Tuesday, but he reportedly didn't seem too suspicious. During check-in, he informed workers of the contents of the box; the workers then told him that it would need to be screened at the Continental cargo facility. However, once the plane was in the air TSA workers realized that the box hadn't been screened, and feared it could contain a bomb or a disease. more ›

The storm has really brought out everyone's creative side. Yesterday we saw an Oscar-worthy short documenting the blizzard, and its more lo-brow counterpart—now someone has sent along the below video, where somehow inspiration was found in Newark Airport. Can you really go wrong with a 5D Mark II and a soundtrack by The National, though? more ›

[UPDATE: Video of an angry mob below] The FAA isn't telling us the whole truth. Their website says that all local airports are operating with departure and arrival delays of "15 minutes or less," but seems to be ignoring the fact that many flights have been stuck on the tarmac for 12 hours at JFK. The Post reports that Jeff Chong was "left to rot" with passengers on a flight from Vancouver because there weren't enough open gates at JFK. But that doesn't compare to the man at risk of missing the Prince show at MSG tonight because he's been stuck at O’Hare since Sunday. more ›

Newark Liberty International's Terminal A is shut down now as authorities inspect a possible explosive. According to ABC News, "The possible device was discovered behind a counter, officials from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey told ABC News. Employees alerted Transportation Security Administration Bomb Appraisal Officers, who began their investigation." Vehicular traffic was halted before 8 a.m. and the bomb squad is investigating. Update: Now it turns out the package was just a computer monitor. The terminal has reopened. more ›

Who let the dog out? Apparently its owner: A US Airways flight headed from Newark to Phoenix made an emergency landing in Pittsburgh after a dog bit two people. According to MyFoxNY, "US Airways spokesman Todd Lehmacher says the flight left Newark, N.J., on Monday morning. Lehmacher says a passenger carrying a dog let the animal out of its carrier and it bit a passenger and flight attendant. The severity of the bites was not known. Lehmacher says the pilot decided to land in Pittsburgh to make sure everyone was OK." more ›

The FAA is currently probing over a dozen claims made by pilots that lasers were being pointed at planes landing at Newark Liberty Airport. All the reports came from planes landing from the north, where pilots said there were green laser lights in their cockpits as they were on final approach. more ›

Police have arrested three current and former Continental airline employees in connection with a massive cocaine smuggling plot. Authorities seized over 125 kilograms of cocaine cumulatively over the course of their investigation, smuggled into the country in Newark Airport by the three. Jeez, why did we buy that brand new coke-smuggling sub if it's just going to sit in the garage untouched all summer? more ›

Hey, you may not be allowed to carry more than 3 ounces of liquids in your carry-on items, but some TSA screeners are apparently cool about letting a smoke bomb go through screening—and missing a hunting knife on a passenger! According to MyFoxNY, both incidents happened at Newark Liberty International Airport. more ›

Got your Flying Pasties? In September the full-body imaging scanners will arrive at last at JFK, La Guardia, and Newark airports. And along with the knowledge that a TSA worker is leering at your naughty bits, you can also expect the security screening process to take even longer. At a meeting with reporters yesterday, a TSA spokeswoman acknowledged that "there could be" longer waits to get through the checkpoints. more ›

A New Jersey man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a sleeping woman on Continental's Hong Kong-to-Newark flight last week. The AP reports, "Authorities say [Ramesh] Advani reached under her blanket and sexually abused her... Two passengers seated behind the pair observed what was happening and kicked the woman's seat to wake her. The woman awoke and alerted the flight crew." The 63-year-old Berkeley Heights resident was detained by FBI agents when the flight landed last Friday and charged with abusive sexual conduct. more ›

Two security screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport are in trouble after someone ratted them out for throwing a bag of pot in the trash. After receiving an anonymous call, TSA investigators viewed security camera footage that allegedly shows screeners Jean Francois and Alayah Morris discarding a bag of marijuana found on the floor on the secure side of Checkpoint 1, inside Terminal C. more ›

Yesterday, Port Authority Executive Director Chris Ward said at a Crain's event, "La Guardia Airport should not be the gateway for domestic flights into New York City. It should fundamentally be torn down and rebuilt again," and called the facility "chaotic." Of course, it's not like there's any money to do that right now, which is why Ward later told reporters, "The capital necessary to rebuild La Guardia is not there. But the planning capacity is and we're working with the consulting industry to reimagine what La Guardia could, in fact, look like when it gets completely rebuilt." more ›

A JetBlue flight headed to Fort Lauderdale from Newark Airport returned to Newark after part of an engine cover fell off. According to MyFoxNY, "Runway 22 Right was shut down at about 6 a.m...several emergency vehicles trailed the plane." Apparently the air traffic controller and pilot discussed the debris fall, and the engine cover could be seen on the tarmac.There were no injuries and the passengers were transferred to another flight. more ›

Are Canada geese fighting back at the NY Post? The plucky tabloid reports that a flock of the birds struck a Boeing 777 that left Newark for Hong Kong on Wednesday: "The pilot told controllers the geese hit the left wing of the craft, which was fully loaded with fuel for the 16-hour flight." And among the 301 passengers—a Post reporter! more ›

The latest Newark Airport security breacher? A kitty! The 25-pounder lodged itself under a bomb-detection machine yesterday morning, causing other passengers to be directed to a different security screening area. more ›

The Transportation Security Administration says that a security breach that closed down Newark Airport for one hour on Monday was caused by a passenger with suspicious objects in his bag who managed to bypass a second round of screening and apparently board his plane. The Star-Ledger reports, The man, who was never located, had what appeared on the X-ray to be wine bottles." more ›

The “romantic” New Jersey grad student who caused massive delays at Newark airport when he ducked through security to kiss his girlfriend will receive legal help from the Chinese consulate. “Consular official Wang Bangfu said the consulate has been following the case of 28-year-old Haisong Jiang closely since he was arrested and charged with trespassing January 3rd ,” reported the AP. The Chinese citizen's act of love caused delays to over a hundred flights and stranded thousands of passengers in the airport for hours. He faces up to thirty days in prison and will be arraigned on January 28 in Newark. more ›

Remember when that guy shut down a terminal at Newark Airport after entering a secure area unauthorized... and then caused thousands upon thousands to be trapped there with delayed flights? Would it make you feel better if it all happened in the name of love? more ›