On 22/11/2011 06:00, Savageduck wrote:
On 2011-11-21 21:33:49 -0800, Richard said:

On 11/21/2011 6:03 PM, Bob Moore wrote:
First, what qualifies an airport as an "international" airport? I've
seen or heard of some "international" airports that don't seem to be
able to handle worldwide flights. Maybe I'm wrong.

The availibility of "Customs and Immigration" services. It could be as
simple as a small grass strip on the boarder if there is a federal agent
on call to handle those chores.

Bob Moore


And, legend says, if the sign on the fence says "international", even
in jest, those services must be present.

Some legend! They only need to have the ICE services available for
scheduled flights. Throw in unexpected delays and added traffic due to
diversions and you have another bunch of problems.

Tell that to the 1,000 passengers held for 7 hours on the American
Airlines flight from Paris and the Canadian Airlines flights diverted to
Bradley International Airport, Hartford, Conn, who were told they
couldn't leave the AC because Customs and Immigration had left for the
day. That was on top of those trapped on three JetBlue planes because
the planes at the jetway couldn't be pushed back to make room for
getting the stranded passengers off because the scheduled departures had
not been cleared for departure to JFK and La Guardia..



That apart they had a very successful day, from the airport's point of
view, particularly with the landing fees!

;-)

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