Posted on 02/20/2019 2:09:00 AM PST by C19fan
Meet JFK's first on-airport hotelcomplete with midcentury modern guest rooms, a 10,000-square-foot rooftop deck with pool, and a Jean-Georges restaurant.
An abandoned airport terminal at New Yorks John F. Kennedy International Airport has been reborn as the TWA Hotel, a stylish stay channeling the jet age. While the once-groundbreaking Trans World Airlines ceased operations in 2001, and the terminal closed in October of that year, the luxe hotel pays homage to the original architecture of the 1962 building designed by architect Eero Saarinen.
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Nowadays airlines have to compete with carriers that don’t have to pay their bills (bankrupt) for the Greyhound passenger. Tough business model.
She’s still there.
"...and smoked..."
"...arrive at terminal 20 minutes before departure..."
"...Tough business model..."
When I enlisted in the Air Force in 1955 we flew TWA from Phoenix to San Francisco (Basic was at Parks AFB) with a several hour layover in LA. While in LA, the stewardess actually took us home to her apartment on the beach.
I can make calls and get calls.
I am supposed to be able to move a switch and use the buttons for the ‘tree’ thingys when calling someone.
As of this time I am still unable to do that function.
LOL
It’s amazing how much clearer the line sounds to folks over the cell calls. Almost every person I call on my land line on that phone remarks how much clearer it is sounding.
Cannot figure out why it’s so much clearer; it works, though and I’m happy.
Best first class I ever flew was on a Braniff that was only one leg of my flight, but did not offer first class service.
So the stewardess seated me alone, then came and sat with me when she wasn’t serving other passengers, and when she provided meal and drink service, she took care of me first.
Hotcha!
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