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Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) is receiving over $5.4 million from the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program and Airport Infrastructure Grant Program. Over $63.6 million in new federal funding has been awarded to upgrade airports in Upstate New York. $5,487,182 is going to ROC for various facilities and equipment upgrades. The funding is broken […]
Two people were killed and several others badly hurt when an Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on a runway while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night, officials said. The pilot and copilot were killed in the collision, which crushed the nose of the aircraft, while 39 passengers and crew […]
The longer the government shutdown drags on, the more it’s starting to hit where Americans really feel it: the airport. Across the country, travelers are facing security lines that stretch for hours. The problem isn’t just higher traffic—it’s fewer people working the checkpoints. Employees at the Transportation Security Administration have now missed paychecks, and some are quitting […]
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has a message for Americans: Stop wearing pajamas on planes. While speaking at Newark Airport in New Jersey on Monday, Duffy said he had noticed “a degradation in civility” among air travelers — and launched what he called a “civility campaign” to encourage courtesy and patience during the crush of holiday travel. Duffy […]
New York’s REAL ID law takes effect today, meaning travelers 18 and older must show a REAL ID-compliant license or another approved form of ID, like a passport, to pass through TSA checkpoints. Those without it can still fly but should expect delays and extra screening. TSA officials at Rochester’s airport are handling non-compliant travelers’ […]
Planning air travel to Charlotte? Service workers for their airport voted Friday to strike Thanksgiving week due to low wages and they demand respect on the job during the holiday travel season. Some of the workers’ job duties are to clean airplanes and take care of trash and help transport customers in wheelchairs. The airport […]
New federal funding is coming to the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport. It’s part of a massive federal package for airports across the state in which $4 million of the nearly $60 million provided will be distributed locally. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand say the funds will help improve safety, capacity and security. […]
9 vehicles have been stolen from the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport since the beginning of the year. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says eight vehicles stolen from the airport are rentals, and one is an employees that was parked in the rental lot. Authorities told 13WHAM that people acting like rental car employees […]
Last week we had a story about a flight coming from the UK to New York had to turn around because one of the pilots told the staff that he wasn’t qualified to fly the plane. I came across another story where another person wasn’t qualified to fly a plane but had no choice to […]
A JetBlue flight from Buffalo to Florida had to be delayed after a co-pilot registered a .17 BAC. A TSA worker noticed that the co-pilot seemed to be impaired The copilot was immediately taken off the plane and was given a breathalyzer test which he failed. The co-pilot was identified as James Clifton of Florida […]
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