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Deal halves tourist helicopter flights
New York Times, Published on 02/02/2016
» NEW YORK: After decades of complaints about noise and air pollution from the tens of thousands of tourist helicopter flights that circle Manhattan each year, New York City announced a deal Sunday that would cut their number in half by January 2017.
American airports geting into the hotel business
Business, New York Times, Published on 14/10/2015
» New York: For years, the TWA Flight Center at Kennedy International Airport in New York City, with its stark white concourse and plush-red lounge area, served as a reminder of a more romantic era of luxury air travel, before cramped seats, overstuffed bins and add-on fees became routine.
Utilitarian no more, airports go five-star
New York Times, Published on 08/05/2015
» As major airports around the world scramble to brand themselves as luxury entities rather than mere transportation centres, some have adopted a star-ranking system, like hotels. It was inevitable.