I was the first person in my immediate family to ever take an airplane trip. My father may have flown at some point in his military service during World War II, but he was in the Navy, so maybe not, ...

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In 1962, Idlewild Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) opened its centerpiece building: architect Eero Saarinen’s TWA Flight Center. The sexy, curving structure, meant to ...

In the late 1950s, at the height of the Jet Age, architect Eero Saarinen designed two airport terminals that would come to define an era: the TWA terminal at Idlewild Airport (later JFK) in New York; ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laurie Werner is a New York-based writer covering travel and food. It’s not unusual for airports to include special features to ...

It's the early 1960s. The Jet Age has begun. The de Havilland Comet and Boeing 707 are revolutionizing travel, making the world a smaller place and opening up air transport to more people than ever.

When the New York’s Municipal Airport opened in 1939, Trans World Airlines (TWA) was one of the first carriers to sign up for space on its runways. The airport was soon renamed LaGuardia Airport, and ...