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Indonesian Man Tried to Board Plane in Philly With Concealed Homemade Knives

From the Department of Things You Didn’t Hear About But Probably Should Have comes the case of Achmad Bachri, an Indonesian man who allegedly attempted […]

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Fog Delaying Flights at PHL Airport

UPDATE:The FAA has lifted the ground stop, but we are currently experiencing arrival delays averaging 75 min.Contact your airline for status — PHLAirport (@PHLAirport) December […]

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Philadelphia International Airport Ranked Among Healthiest Airports in the Country

I have never thought of the Philadelphia International Airport as a healthy-food destination. I always eat before heading to the airport, but if my flight […]

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Delta, American Add Flights Between Philly and London

Good news, international travelers: Delta and American are adding flights between Philadelphia and London.

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Baggage Handlers Picket at PHL Airport

#picketline #PHLstrike #hyperlapse #PHL #Philly #Philadelphia #povertydoesntfly #goodairports #1u #PrimeFlight A video posted by 32BJ SEIU (@32bjseiu) on Nov 11, 2014 at 9:32am PST A […]

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United Leaving Atlantic City Airport After Just 7 Months

Just seven months after it began running flights to and from Atlantic City International Airport, United will cease serving the South Jersey airport. The airline […]

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Passenger: I Was Kicked Off Flight at PHL for My Tweets

Philyflight760. Still grounded as authorities board plane for pilot sobriety test pic.twitter.com/8qOU6UaYqB — Drinkwater Marketing (@DWPmarketing) October 8, 2014 All Lisa Carter-Knight wanted to do […]

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And the Germiest Thing You Touch on an Airplane Is …

I caught the segment below on the TODAY show this morning and almost gagged on my cereal. The NBC morning show sent a team of researchers […]

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Dog Poo Forced Emergency Landing of Philly-Bound Plane

NBC 10 reports that a Philly-bound plane was forced to land in Kansas City on Wednesday because of … dog poo.

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13 More Bizarre Philadelphia International Airport Moments: A Timeline

This past Tuesday night, the pilots of a US Airways flight heading from Philadelphia International Airport to London were forced to make good on their […]

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City Raises Minimum Wage for City Contractors to $12 an Hour

@Michael_Nutter signs Exec Order on fair minimum wage for City contractors & sub-contractors: $12/hour starting Jan 1 pic.twitter.com/vBaS2LazRv — City of Philadelphia (@PhiladelphiaGov) May 6, […]

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Qatar Airways’ Philadelphia Flights Set to Begin

Qatar Airways, the state-owned airline of the small, rich Middle Eastern country, has started its flights to and from Philadelphia. The Inquirer‘s Linda Lloyd writes […]

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NYT Features Philly Airport Library

The New York Times features the newest branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia—at the airport:

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One-Off Movie Screenings in Philly This Week: Wizard of Oz, The Goonies and More

Every week we round up the one-off film screenings playing in Philadelphia. Click film names for trailer when available. 

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Philly Planes Are Later Than You Thought

The New York Times reports today that Philly leads the nation in unreported flight delays—64 percent of them have gone unreported, distorting the airport’s publicly-reported […]