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...opening scene of director Wayne Wang’s new film “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers,” suitcase after suitcase slides slowly down an airport conveyer belt in a methodical, mundane rhythm. The scene’s sparse style illuminates the beauty and bleakness of everyday life. And while Wang’s film, which quietly examines a strained father-daughter relationship, is no plot-thriller, it does lull the audience into a peaceful state with its calming, metrical scenes and restrained, spare dialogue. “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers?...
...other day I got a call from a friend in Europe. He was both frantic and furious. He had just been turned back at New York's JFK airport and sent home on the first flight. He missed his son's wedding - the son is an American citizen. The FBI at JFK was courteous but would only tell him he was on a terrorist list. Nothing the man could say helped. Was he on Maryland's list, now an undesirable alien and permanently excluded from the United States? Probably not, but in this era of secret evidence, who knows...
...Complaint: Last year, Carol was flying to New York City's Kennedy Airport from Ft. Lauderdale on Spirit Airlines. She was traveling with her daughter and two young grandchildren. The family arrived at the airport an hour before departure and got in line to check in and check their luggage. By the time Carol reached the counter, 20 minutes had passed. At that point, the Spirit employee told her that her flight was closed and that she would not be able to board. Carol pointed out that there were still 40 minutes until departure and that her ticket specifically required...
...landing outside London is not convenient enough, London City Airport, which is right in the thick of the city's financial district serving destinations in the U.K. and Europe, is also expanding. It has been given permission to increase traffic by 50%. British Airways is considering a long-haul flight from City Airport to New York City's Kennedy International...
Midwest Hop. Southwest Airlines will begin service between Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and Chicago's Midway Airport in March...