News and updates from New Yorks’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA).
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Port Authority Appoints Panel to Study LaGuardia Mass Transit Options
Former New York and London transportation chiefs on panel, the group will study improved bus service, ferry, and light rail.
JetBlue Expands at LaGuardia With Presence at Two Terminals and Significant Growth Made Possible by Its Northeast Alliance
JetBlue announced effective this Sunday, October 31 it will expand its footprint at New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) across two terminals, operate more daily departures than ever before with up to 35 daily flights...
LaGuardia Airport’s New Skybridge Witnesses First Plane to Pass Beneath It
LaGuardia Airport has been the scene of many “firsts” throughout its world-class redevelopment. Passengers on Southwest Airline’s Flight 617 to Tampa participated in another milestone as they were on board the first plane to...
TSA Team at LaGuardia Airport Earns DHS Secretary’s Award for Pandemic Heroism
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) team at LaGuardia Airport was awarded the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Award for Pandemic Heroism.
The honor, which was announced today by DHS, was awarded to the TSA security...
Vintage Airport Made Anew
On June 14, 2016, two years after comparing LaGuardia Airport to a ‘Third World country”, Vice President Joe Biden stood at a podium beside New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to praise a $4 billion...
LaGuardia Gateway Partners to Open First Seven Gates of Western Concourse in Brand New Terminal B
LaGuardia Gateway Partners (LGP), the private entity operating and redeveloping LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal B, announced that it will open the first seven gates of the Western Concourse of the new state-of-the-art Terminal B on...
Lysa Scully Retiring After High Flying Years At Port Authority
After 33 high-flying years of Port Authority service, Lysa Scully, General Manager of LaGuardia Airport, will be retiring on September 6. Upon Ms. Scully’s retirement, Anthony Vero, current Deputy General Manager of John F....
LaGuardia Airport Terminal B Redevelopment Receives First Envision Platinum Award for Industry-Leading Approach to Sustainability and Resilience
Skanska, lead partner in the Skanska-Walsh construction joint venture for the LaGuardia Airport Terminal B Redevelopment, today announced that the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) has awarded the terminal redevelopment project the Envision Platinum...
Coalition Voices Support for LaGuardia Airport AirTrain Project
The following statement can be attributed to the three co-chairs of A Better Way to LGA: Angela Pinsky, Executive Director of the Association for a Better New York; Carlo A. Scissura, President and CEO...
Queens Residents Make Up More Than Half of New Hires at LGA’s New Terminal B
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Port Authority and Airport Developers are committed to local hiring as part of the ongoing $8 billion redevelopment of LaGuardia Airport. The project also issued nearly 850 contracts valued at...