Tag: LGA

• TSA chaos in New York

  Tara Terranova and Ellen Yan, reporting for the New York Times:

  The national shortage of Transportation Security Administration workers made for a miserable Sunday at New York City airports, where confusion, exasperation and impatience reigned as travelers waited in line for hours.

  The T.S.A. crisis, tied to a partial government shutdown that has meant thousands of employees have been working without pay, hit especially hard at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, where passengers were waiting at least three hours to go through security.

  Brutal tales from individual passengers in the piece, including this four hour horror story:

  Stephanie Kisgen, 44, an interior designer from Richmond Hill, Ga., and her husband, Patrick Kisgen, arrived at the airport four hours early for their 6:30 p.m. flight and weren’t sure if they would make it.

  This is the result of a dispute over policies and funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which includes the TSA. Democrats have offered a bill that would simply fund the TSA, but do not support legislation that would fund all of DHS.

  The US is the only developed country in the world where this regularly happens.

  2026.03.22

• Capital One has a new restaurant at LaGuardia

  Business Traveler:

  Capital One partnered with [José] Andrés and the José Andrés Group to open the first Capital One Landing in 2024, at Washington Reagan National (DCA). In February, the partnership opened a second tapas-style restaurant—more than twice as large as the first—within a fully refurbished, 12,500-square-foot space at LaGuardia Airport (LGA).

  The collaboration is far more hands-on than the average celebrity chef deal, according to Gary Leff, the industry watcher behind the View from the Wing blog. “José Andrés Group actually has staff on-site,” Leff says. “They’ve sourced plates and insisted on specific ingredients, such as the jamón ibérico.”

  That translates into a high-end experience inside Terminal B, just before the bridge to gates 11 through 31. Andrés said at a media preview that he enjoys serving business travelers.

  If you’re flying American at LaGuardia, you’ll get a glimpse of this space, and its exciting menu, on your way to the Admirals Club.

  2026.03.02

• Monocle: How New York airports are making US air travel great again

  Henry Rees-Sheridan:

  At $8bn (€7bn), LaGuardia’s redevelopment was one of the most expensive airport projects in US history. But it is dwarfed in cost and scale by the ongoing redevelopment of JFK, which is focused on two largely independent terminal refurbishments. A new Terminal 1 will cater exclusively to international passengers, while a redeveloped Terminal 6 will serve domestic and international routes.

  …For Barry Yanku of architecture firm Corgan, the project’s lead designer, the challenge is to create a sense of civic grandeur, as Saarinen managed, while meeting the technical requirements of a modern terminal. “This is our front door here in New York,” he says. There is hope that if the JFK project is successful, it will prove the effectiveness of public-private partnerships as a way of funding airports and provide inspiration for other long-maligned American hubs. 

  LGA is still hamstrung by poor ground connectivity, but deserves every award it’s been given. Meanwhile, the new JFK terminals look fantastic. One caveat: Cathay and Qatar travelers with a domestic connection will soon have to change terminals, since those airlines are moving out of T8, while American and the newly-moved-in Alaska are staying put.

  2025.12.30