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By adamg - 11/8/21 - 10:02 pm
Msmariamad watched British Airways flight 213 on its final approach to Logan over Pleasure Bay this afternoon, the first day in 18 months that European travelers were allowed to land in the US (with proof of both vaccination and a negative Covid-19 test.
Copyright Msmariamad. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 9/21/21 - 4:47 pm
The US government, Massachusetts, several other states and the District of Columbia today filed an anti-trust suit against American and JetBlue - Logan's largest airline - alleging that a route-sharing deal between them will dramatically limit consumer choice and raise the cost of flying to and from Logan and New York-area airports.
In their suit, filed in US District Court in Boston, the US and the states charge: Read more.
By adamg - 8/2/21 - 8:34 pm
A woman who says she was forced to undergo a body cavity search each time after she and her daughter returned to Logan from trips to the Dominican Republic is now suing Customs and Border Patrol. Read more.
By adamg - 7/26/21 - 5:26 pm
JS3263 looked out from a Logan terminal around 5 p.m. and saw the sky was a hazy shade of Oregon - and British Columbia.
By adamg - 4/22/21 - 7:57 pm
Welcome to Boston! Michael Malyszko got a warm feeling at Terminal C today.
Update: A Massport spokesperson says: Read more.
By adamg - 4/21/21 - 11:06 am
Turo site now says no pickups at Logan.
The Supreme Judicial Court today upheld Massport's right to block an online company from arranging rental-car pickups and drop offs at Logan Airport terminals, in a ruling that hinged on a federal law intended to protect online forums from libel actions. Read more.
By adamg - 4/19/21 - 11:45 am
Update: Massport has deleted the tweet; the above is just a screen capture.
Ari Ofsevit facepalms at this Earth Day message from Massport.
By adamg - 2/10/21 - 10:26 am
A federal appeals court in Boston ruled yesterday that defending homeland security trumps privacy and free-speech rights at the border, so federal agents don't need a warrant or even "reasonable suspicion" to seize your phone or laptop on your return from a foreign trip, turn it on and see what pops up. Read more.
By adamg - 9/16/20 - 10:04 pm
On Sept. 17, 1970, Boston Mayor Kevin White and Brookline State Rep. Michael Dukakis boarded a small plane at Logan for a campaign trip around the state during White's run for governor and Dukakis's for lieutenant governor. Read more.
By adamg - 8/24/20 - 1:06 pm
Early on Aug. 24, 1990, Michael Spear, the president of the Rouse Co., which had redeveloped what is now Faneuil Hall Marketplace, his wife and daughter got into their Piper Cheyenne turboprop plane for a quick flight to Boston from Chatham. Read more.
By adamg - 7/28/20 - 10:08 pm
Matt Frank captured a plane landing at Logan from over Winthrop at sunset this evening.
By adamg - 4/27/20 - 12:05 pm
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled today that a woman locked up for more than a month after she was arrested at Logan Airport with two dozen bottles of shampoo and conditioner that were, in fact, shampoo and conditioner, won't get a dime from the state trooper who arrested her for cocaine trafficking because he followed the rules and legitimately thought at the time that she was a drug mule. Read more.
By adamg - 4/19/20 - 2:30 pm
Adam Balsam watched the sunrise this morning over Boston Harbor and Logan Airport.
Copyright Adam Balsam. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 4/2/20 - 6:17 pm
Patrick posted photos of the Patriots 767 carrying hundreds of thousands of N95 masks at 6:05 p.m.
By adamg - 3/13/20 - 12:35 pm
Gov. Baker today announced a statewide ban on public gatherings of more than 250 people to try to slow the spread of Covid-19. Read more.
By adamg - 1/22/20 - 11:50 pm
Live Boston reports that around 9:20 p.m., Boston EMTs and public-health official rushed to Logan Airport to meet an incoming flight from China on which nine people were reporting flu-like and stomach-ailment symptoms. But at 9:45 p.m., Boston EMS reported that once on the ground, all the patients were asymptomatic and first responders were clearing the scene.
By adamg - 1/20/20 - 9:35 pm
UPDATE: Removal stayed for 48 hours, although he remains in CBP custody; hearing in federal court tomorrow morning.
Mohammad Shahab Dehghani Hossein Abadi, who got a visa from the State Department a week ago so he could fly her to start as a freshman in an economics program at Northeastern, is now being held at Logan's Terminal E, where Customs and Border Patrol wants to put him on a flight back out of the country. Read more.
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