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You Can Now Exercise While Waiting for Your Flight at PHL
First, pop-up beer gardens. Now, pop-up gyms. If your flight’s been delayed at Philadelphia International Airport, there’s more to do now than just browse Brookstone […]
FAA Suspends Flights to Israel
Many U.S. airlines have canceled their flights to Tel Aviv, due to safety and security concerns. The FAA has now ordered all U.S. carriers to […]
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, […]
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 […]
What Not to Do at PHL Over the Holidays
You know when you’re flying in from overseas and the airline hostess hands you a little blue form where you verify that you didn’t touch […]
Ed Rendell Backing 300mph Bullet Train
Transportation fetishist Ed Rendell, no surprise, is backing a plan to bring an ultra-fast Japan-style magnetic levitation bullet train to the northeast corridor.
Alleged Gunman Kills TSA Agent at LAX (Updated)
Update: An earlier report was incorrect (see below)–the alleged gunman is not dead, but in custody. He is 23-year-old Paul Ciancia, of Pennsville, New Jersey. Update: The […]
Nutter Really, Really Gunning for That US-American Merger
In light of U.S. Airways’s declining profits–related to preparations for its proposed merger with American Airlines–Michael Nutter has co-signed a letter to U.S. Attorney General […]
All American Airlines Flights Cancelled Until *At Least* Noon
Yesterday’s rainfall–the rain that set a bunch of records we already told you about–has cancelled all American Airlines flights to and from PHL til at […]
So…Snoop Wasn’t at PHL Last Month After All
Department of Weeks-later corrections. Also, Department of Don’t Believe Everything on the Internet. In late June, I posted a Redditor’s photo that appeared to depict […]
Switchblade Enthusiast and Giants Linebacker Dan Connor Arrested at PHL
Leave it to a New York Giant to bring a knife to a city of gun fights. Giants linebacker Dan Connor, a Penn State grad […]
Utterly Terrified Passengers Sue Over US Airways-American Merger
Nervous travel agents and passengers–joining forces at last!–have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the proposed U.S. Airways-American Airlines Merger on antitrust grounds. The plaintiff’s […]
We Don’t Know Why, But Snoop Lion Was at PHL This Morning
A Reddit user reports that Snoop Lion, aka Snoop Dogg, was passing through PHL this morning. This photo, which does indeed depict PHL, and does […]
Quite Possibly Drunk Philly Guy Slaps Airline Pilot in DC
53-year-old Donald Gee, a Philly guy who appears to be seriously intoxicated, attempted to attack a pilot today at D.C.’s Dulles International Airport. (What is […]
PHL Nearly Doomed George W. Bush This Weekend
First there was the possibly specious New York Times Magazine story about the flight that almost crash-landed in Philly. Now #43 had a scare of […]