Browsing: Editor’s Notebook
Each month, Metropolitan Airport News Editor-in-Chief, Julia Lauria-Blum, discusses issues affecting the New York area airport community.
On June 10, 2026, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) canceled its plans to purchase 40 acres of the former Lawrence Aviation Industries Superfund site in Port Jefferson Station. The land transfer was originally intended to…
I recently received correspondence from Geoffrey Arend Sr., who commented on my April 2026 Editor’s Notebook article, ‘An Art Deco Icon at Newark Liberty International Airport’. Geoffrey Arend Sr. is an aviation historian and author…
The QueensLink and QueensWay initiatives are competing blueprints for the transformation of the 3.5-mile Rockaway Beach Branch, an abandoned Long Island Rail Road line and landscape running through central and southern Queens. While both proposals…
Newark Metropolitan Airport was the first major commercial airport in operation in the United States. Its development began in 1928, and in the first years of its existence, one-third of the world’s air traffic ran…
Harriet Quimby was once described to me by her biographer, Giacinta Bradley Koontz, as “a woman moving forward with purpose.’’ In Koontz’s book, The Harriet Quimby Scrapbook: The Life of America’s First Birdwoman, 1875- 1912,…
The School Sisters of Notre Dame Educational Center (SSNDEC). located in Woodhaven, Queens empowers underserved women of all races and faiths to reach the fullness of their potential. In 2004, the SSNDEC opened its doors…
When traveling by air, nine times out of ten, I fly out of John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The main reason for my choice over LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is the ease of access to…
This past November, as the wheels of a JetBlue airliner left the runway at JFK International Airport, Donna Coughlin-Argeroplos breathed a sigh of relief as she settled into her seat for the three and a…
November is National Aviation History Month. The month-long observance honors the achievements and innovations in American aviation, including the people who made them possible. The celebration covers the entire history of flight, from its earliest forms, such…
Airports are energetic center of activity. They are filled with torrents of passengers on countless journeys amidst lounges, amenities, security checkpoints, service areas, and more. New York’s Port Authority airports, JFK International, LaGuardia, and Newark…