What Happens at JFK Doesn’t Stay at JFK
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 07.10.07 | 12:10 PM ET
Delayed in London? Blame JFK. Stuck on the tarmac in Dallas? Blame JFK. Eat a tasteless, overpriced sandwich in Orlando? Blame JFK. Maybe not everything miserable about air travel is JFK’s fault, but a lot of it seems to be. “JFK, one of the nation’s most storied airports—and the most popular for flights into and out of this country—is choking on delays, creating a ripple effect throughout the U.S. aviation system,” writes USA Today’s Alan Levin, who takes a long look at the “vexing problems” surrounding New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Among those problems: Overcrowded skies, expanded competition among airlines, preparation to accommodate the oversized Airbus A380 and tension between the Federal Aviation Administration and air controllers.
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