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Mayor Bloomberg on Tuesday, announced the first direct flights between the United States and Ireland West Airport Knock in County Mayo, Ireland. Beginning on May 27, three weekly flights operated by the low-cost airline Flyglobespan will run between John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens and Ireland West Knock, opening access to the western counties of Ireland and helping to boost Irish tourism in New York City. The announcement comes as a result of Mayor Bloomberg's last visit to Ireland in August, when he promised to lobby the Federal government to approve flights between Ireland West Knock and the United States. Now that the routes have been approved, the Mayor will return to Ireland West Knock on Sunday, February 4, to celebrate this landmark achievement with local leaders and community ...
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I had to respond to the recent letter titled "Our airport is an embarrassment" (Aug. 4). I agree that Augusta Regional Airport needs to be updated, but exactly where does Mr. Maner think the money should come from to provide this "state-of-the-art" facility?
If, as suggested, we all go to other cities for our air travel, then we will never have the revenue or interest in Augusta Regional to make upgrades. The writer's suggestion would defeat the entire purpose of his tirade.
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In this berserk, time-bankrupt world, I believe I should be grateful for an opportunity to spend several peaceful, uneventful hours sitting on an airport runway with the seatbelt sign on. It provides me with time to look inward, toward my bladder. After an afternoon of controlled breathing, I feel as though I've gotten in touch with my inner child -- the child who used to wet his pants.
There's a reason pilots hold their passengers hostage for hours and hours: It's so when they announce they're finally returning to the airport, you'll applaud like they've just landed you in Maui. You'll knock over old ladies to get up that jetway and burst into the terminal grinning as though you've won at Powerball.
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Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport continued its record pace, setting an all-time high for June with 2.13 million passengers.
The 10.9 million passengers who used the airport in the first six months of 2011 were the most ever. The record start to the summer also capped off the busiest 12-month period in the airport's history, with 22.5 million passengers from July 2010 to June 2011, a 5.5 percent year-over-year increase.
... said he does not expect the shutdown to knock the airport of its pace to break the yearly passen...
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For the first time Wednesday, the state Lottery Commission met in its new $34.9 million home in City Center West.
The setting outshone the agenda, as commissioners met in a new, spacious 10th floor conference room, roughly twice the size of its predecessor at the Lottery's previous home on MacCorkle Avenue.
... to the Capitol dome and north to Yeager Airport in the distance. "It is just knock-down beautiful,...
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More than $4 million worth of knock-off Nike sneakers, North Face jackets, True Religion jeans and other clothes bearing fake designer labels were confiscated during a six-week operation at Los Angeles International Airport and the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport complex, federal authorities said Thursday.
Dubbed "Operation Holiday Hoax II," the mass seizure targeted counterfeiters attempting to cash in during the bustling Christmas shopping season.
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Susan Axelrod founded Love and Quiches Desserts in her kitchen nearly 40 years ago. She has remained at the helm as the Freeport- based business, which employs more than 200 people locally and has grown into a worldwide brand.
In honor of Women's History Month, the Nassau County Chamber of Commerce and County Executive Edward Mangano honored Axelrod and five other women entrepreneurs that have made history in the county during last month's "Made in Nassau County" event.
..."Early on, I would go to Manhattan and knock on doors, and then on the way home, I would stop ooff at JFK Airport to build the airline part of the business," she sa...
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...We knock on a door and enter a modest home where the walls ...They stormed Kanju Airport, blocked highways, and occupied the offices of the...
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... Ryanair to Introduce New Flights from West Knock Airport to Liverpool II-25 Jet Airways Commences F...