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Air Travel

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Flying High: Happy Hour to Arrive at Lambert at 4 a.m.

    The airline industry needs cash in a major way. Overall profits were down some $3 billion last year, and so airlines have started rolling out well-publicized, much-maligned fees for things like checked bags and carry-on luggage. (Enjoy using that armrest for free while you still can.) Thankfully, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Security Screenings At Lambert Will Be Expedited

    ​The Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Commission announced today that TSA Pre, its passenger pre-screening program, will expand to more airports in 2012 -- including Lambert, a.k.a., TSA's Airport of the Year.TSA Pre allows passengers to provide information about the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    TSA Names Lambert "Airport of the Year"

    Lambert Field weathered the storm this year -- and came out on top!​We know what you're thinking: Lambert Airport is the airport of the year?! The judges must really like plywood windows!Whoa! Easy now. Those blown-out windows from the tornado last April are being replaced, thank you very much. An ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    "L-Word" Star Allegedly Kicked Off Flight In St. Louis for Same-Sex Kiss

    TwitterLeish Hailey was not laughing yesterday at Lambert Field.​Update 3 p.m. Leisha Hailey and her girlfriend, Camila Grey, released a statement today saying that they "were not making out" or creating any spectacle. "It was one modest kiss." The couple plans to file a formal complaint with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    "Security Concerns" Force US Airways Flight to Land in St. Louis

    ​A US Airways flight form New York to Phoenix this morning made an unexpected stop at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. Jeff Lea, spokesman for the airport, tells Daily RFT that the plane landed at 7:50 a.m. because of a "security-related concern." Passengers were taken off the plane. An in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Fake Air Marshals Reportedly Kicked Off St. Louis to D.C. Flight

    ​Update 10:45 a.m.: The Transportation Security Administration today released a statement saying there was no security threat on United flight 3681 last night and no fake federal air marshals. The flight returned to the gate at the pilot's discretion. Original story follows...We're taking this sto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Former Blues Player Pavol Demitra Among Hockey Players Dead in Russian Plane Crash

    ​A former Blues player is among the 43 people dead following the crash of an airliner Wednesday carrying the KHL hockey team, Locomotiv Yarslavl. The Russian-built airliner crashed in western Russia shortly after liftoff. Just two people survived the accident.Pavol Demitra was not one of the survi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    TSA's Full-Body Scans Will Now Look Like Gingerbread Men

    tsa.comThe new "gingerbread" scanners at airports.​The Transportation Security Administration announced last week that it's rolling out "privacy" enhancement for its controversial full-body scanners. The software upgrades mean that the scanners will no longer reveal a realistic, semi-nude image of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    St. Louis Aerotropolis Partner Arrested for Child Porn

    kveo.comRobert Hedrick was denied bail, so maybe he still has available that $50 million for St. Louis Aerotropolis.​Wow. Rough couple weeks for St. Louis officials hoping to turn Lambert Field into a major cargo hub with China and Latin America. First, industry experts assail the project (Exhibit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Lambert Gets "Airport Experience" Restrooms

    courtesy of Lambert-St. Louis International AirportThe airport's bringing sexy back.​OK, so they're not quite as glorious as the bathrooms at the Fountain on Locust -- which famously won an award last summer for having the best damn loo (or two) in the nation.But the new bathrooms at Lambert-St. L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    F-Bombs Get Man Tossed From Plane After KC Wedding

    Luckily the attendants on this flight didn't have such virgin ears.​A fella flying home to New York City from a wedding in Kansas City says he was ejected from his flight after he complained in a tirade that would earn an R-rating.The Detroit Free Press reports that Robert Sayegh was on a layover ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    St. Louis Gets New Airline Only For Pets

    What will they think of next? petairways.com​Today Lambert - St. Louis International Airport announced that Pet Airways will add the city to the 14 other destinations currently served by the airline. Pet Airways offers to ship your pet in style for fares starting as low as $99. According to the ai ... More >>

  • News

    December 9, 2010

    Under the Radar: Why do AeroMexico flights take off in any kind of weather and Mexican mistranslations go uncorrected?

    What will they think of next? petairways.com​Today Lambert - St. Louis International Airport announced that Pet Airways will add the city to the 14 other destinations currently served by the airline. Pet Airways offers to ship your pet in style for fares starting as low as $99. According to the ai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Backscatter: Much Ado About Nothing

    ​All the buzz about stepped-up airport security during the Thanksgiving travel-palooza seems to have been much ado about nothing. Media reports stoked fears of huge delays, gropings, protests and all-around mayhem, but it didn't really happen, here in St. Louis or in other airports around the coun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Lambert Field Gets Full-Body Scanners; Prepare to Get Virtually Naked

    Sexy? Maybe if you're Terminator 2.​The Transportation Security Administration has been rolling out full-body imaging machines at the nation's airports for the past couple years. Now the scanners have finally arrived in St. Louis (a.k.a. terrorist target #499 on a list of 500 cities). The X-ray de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Claire McCaskill: Champion to Flight Attendants

    image via​American Airlines announced today that it would rehire 545 furloughed TWA flight attendants, and Sen. Claire McCaskill is pumped. TWA and American Airlines merged in 2001, and 2,500 flight attendants, many of them employees for the former TWA, were laid off with the right to reclaim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    The TSA Gets Put on Notice -- And Yes, Removing Your Shoes at the Airport is Idiotic

    It is high time the TSA get its comeuppance for  airport screening indignities.​On March 29, 2009, Steve Bierfeldt was detained in a small room at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and interrogated for a half-hour by the Transportation Security Administration. Bierfeldt's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Alaska Airlines Coming to St. Louis, Won't Fly You to Alaska

    Alaska? She'll take you there.​Lambert-St. Louis International Airport announced today the addition of its 14th commercial carrier: Alaska Airlines. The company will begin service in September with a once a day flight to Fairbanks, Juneau, Anchorage, Nome, Ketichikan, Seattle. That's Seattle, Wash ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Holiday Travel Horror Stories -- Or, How A Complete Stranger Vomited On Me on an Airplane Last Night

    Wikimedia Commons​According to AAA, travel during this Memorial Day weekend is slated to be up five percent over last year. Personally, I decided to get out of town this weekend - in fact, I'm already in Cleveland visiting my parents and my boyfriend, while tying up loose ends for my RFT work ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    St. Louisan Goes Apeshit on Southwest Flight

    Image sourceThe skies aren't so friendly anymore.​And it wasn't even Annie! On a completely different Southwest flight last night, this one from Seattle to Lambert, a St. Louis man went batshit crazy and started pounding on the cockpit door. The plane had to be diverted for an emergency landin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    The International Society of Women Airline Pilots Convention Lands in St. Louis

    About 50 members of the International Society of Women Airline Pilots landed at the Four Seasons hotel this week for their annual convention. The society was founded in Las Vegas in 1978 to provide moral support for women in a heavily male-dominated field. (It still is; in the U.S., less than five p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Recalling that Near-Disastrous Flight From St. Louis to Chicago on September 28, 2007

    Should this plane have been grounded? According to a new study, more than 65,000 flights should have been over the past six years.​Since 2003, at least 65,000 U.S. airline flights should never have been permitted to leave the ground because shoddy repair work and improper maintaina ... More >>

  • News

    June 10, 2009

    We try to calculate the Rams' worth, catch up with Kenny Hulshof and remember the good old days of air travel

    Should this plane have been grounded? According to a new study, more than 65,000 flights should have been over the past six years.​Since 2003, at least 65,000 U.S. airline flights should never have been permitted to leave the ground because shoddy repair work and improper maintaina ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    St. Louis Aviation Expert Remembers a Time When Air Travel Was Exotic

    flickr.com/photos/The Picture HouseIn 1957, amid the true glory days of air travel, Frank Sinatra came out with a hit song, "Come Fly With Me," which evoked the glamour and exhilarating anticipation of climbing aboard an airplane.Come fly with me, lets' fly let's fly awayIf you can use s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Branson Entertainers Visit U.S. Troops Overseas (As If They Haven't Suffered Enough)

    This just in from the media arm of Mansion Theatre, home of "Branson's biggest shows."A junket of Branson-based singers and a few Branson favorites (i.e. Tony Orlando) just returned from a trip to Iraq and Germany to visit and entertain U.S. troops. The group also handed out Crocs sandals to the Ira ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2008

    Boeing vs. Airbus: The Winning Bird Might Be Too Big

    This just in from the media arm of Mansion Theatre, home of "Branson's biggest shows."A junket of Branson-based singers and a few Branson favorites (i.e. Tony Orlando) just returned from a trip to Iraq and Germany to visit and entertain U.S. troops. The group also handed out Crocs sandals to the Ira ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2008

    Does It Offend You, Yeah? at the Fader Fort

    This just in from the media arm of Mansion Theatre, home of "Branson's biggest shows."A junket of Branson-based singers and a few Branson favorites (i.e. Tony Orlando) just returned from a trip to Iraq and Germany to visit and entertain U.S. troops. The group also handed out Crocs sandals to the Ira ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2007

    What's Wrong with This Picture?

    This just in from the media arm of Mansion Theatre, home of "Branson's biggest shows."A junket of Branson-based singers and a few Branson favorites (i.e. Tony Orlando) just returned from a trip to Iraq and Germany to visit and entertain U.S. troops. The group also handed out Crocs sandals to the Ira ... More >>

  • Music

    May 31, 2006

    Up in Here

    DMX gets a wake-up call at an airport, and the Pussycat Dolls are more pre-fab than you think. Plus: the debut of St. Louis scene trading cards!

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 29, 2004

    Best Boondoggle

    The Lambert Airport expansion

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 29, 2004

    Best Alibi

    Stranded in Ghana

  • News

    February 25, 2004

    Cash Landing

    With bills coming due at Lambert, St. Louis considers drastic change

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 24, 2003

    Best Boondoggle

    The Lambert Airport expansion

  • News

    September 10, 2003

    Tailspin

    Lambert's billion-dollar expansion hangs on a wing and a prayer: The numbers no longer add up

  • News

    July 23, 2003

    Porn Storming

    Porn star parties, broken promises and layoffs at Lambert: there are so many ways for St. Louisans to get screwed!

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    He Can't Blight City Hall

    Bridgeton Mayor Conrad Bowers fails to persuade Lambert Airport officials to buy him out

  • News

    March 13, 2002

    If You Build It, They May Fly Elsewhere

    High-dollar airport expansion rolls on despite fewer flights, loss of TWA

  • News

    February 6, 2002

    Busywork

    Stepped-up airport security is more sizzle than steak

  • News

    January 16, 2002

    When Pigs Fly

    On this flight, the biggest threat seemed to be a gassed-up, grabby pilot

  • Music

    October 31, 2001

    Chronic Town

    Afroman's hit ode to chemical stimulation has him high on life in Mississippi

  • Music

    August 8, 2001

    Burning Airlines with Shiner and Aina

    Thursday, Aug. 9; Rocket Bar

  • News

    January 10, 2001

    The Foggy Flight Of TWA

    The only thing St. Louis can count on is uncertainty

  • Dining

    December 13, 2000

    Air Fare

    Once reviled as a last recourse, airport food has gone upscale

  • News

    November 8, 2000

    Losing Altitude

    The number of flight operations at Lambert drops, raising new doubt about W-1W

  • News

    May 24, 2000

    How Would You Describe Your Fashion Sense?

    The number of flight operations at Lambert drops, raising new doubt about W-1W

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    Gremlin on the Wing

    Why TWA keeps losing money and how Carl Icahn keeps cashing in at the airline's expense

  • News

    December 29, 1999

    Grab Bags

    Don't try to sneak home, or TWA will take your luggage hostage

  • News

    November 24, 1999

    MAYDAY, MAYDAY, TWA UNION EXEC GOING DOWN

    Did Tom Brown's tough stance against the W-1W Lambert expansion plan cost him his union position?

  • News

    August 4, 1999

    IF YOU WANT LOYALTY, TWA'S NOT YOUR DOG

    Did Tom Brown's tough stance against the W-1W Lambert expansion plan cost him his union position?

  • News

    December 16, 1998

    Terminal Illness

    Twenty minutes from downtown, the $300 million MidAmerica Airport is ready and waiting for business -- any business. Trouble is, Lambert is killing its chances of attracting commercial traffic.

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