US: La Guardia may add a bunch of long-distance flights to pay for renovations
The Port Authority's extreme makeover of La Guardia Airport is coming in way over budget — The Wall Street Journal reports the redesign, estimated in 2014 to cost US$3.6b, is now coming in at $4.2b — and now the agency is looking at ways to make up the difference. One of which is packing more and longer flights into its already-choked schedule. Right now, a 1984 regulation called the “perimeter rule” means that flights to destinations more than 1,500 miles away are permitted from only JFK and Newark. Lifting the perimeter rule would allow airlines at La Guardia to get in on longer flights with higher fares and more passengers. Never mind that delays at La Guardia are the worst in the country — nearly a quarter of its flights are late. <br/>
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US: La Guardia may add a bunch of long-distance flights to pay for renovations
The Port Authority's extreme makeover of La Guardia Airport is coming in way over budget — The Wall Street Journal reports the redesign, estimated in 2014 to cost US$3.6b, is now coming in at $4.2b — and now the agency is looking at ways to make up the difference. One of which is packing more and longer flights into its already-choked schedule. Right now, a 1984 regulation called the “perimeter rule” means that flights to destinations more than 1,500 miles away are permitted from only JFK and Newark. Lifting the perimeter rule would allow airlines at La Guardia to get in on longer flights with higher fares and more passengers. Never mind that delays at La Guardia are the worst in the country — nearly a quarter of its flights are late. <br/>
