Passenger Air Transportation

Mile High Michy’s

The Mile-High Snub

Weekly News Wrapup - Grounded Flights, Clinton Pollster Resigned, and Threats At The Olympics

Weekly News Wrapup - The Pope, Merging Airlines, and Canceled Concerts

The Mile-High Snub

Mile High Michy’s

Last Night: Wisin Y Yandel at the American Airlines Arena

Over the Weekend - SummerFest, Wisin & Yandel, Irie Golf Tournament and Laidback Luke

Booze Hound - San Juan and Halo

A Feast Through Eastern Europe, Part 1

Overheating Toilet Diverts Miami Jet

Exactly what happened. Not that there's ever a reason for diverting a flight that makes you feel good as a passenger. But an overheating toilet? That's just unfortunate. That's exactly what happened to 350 passengers in the wee hours this morning on a Miami to London Virgin Atlantic Flight. ... More >>

Rodonna Thanksgiving Saga Continues

If Google News search results are any indication, yesterday's biggest locally relevant story after the gay adoption ruling was the Turkey Day scandal involving Madonna and her A-Rod. Roddy was reportedly planning to ditch his kids to spend the day with the Ciccone youth. People is reporting that Ale ... More >>

Mixed Mensajes

If Google News search results are any indication, yesterday's biggest locally relevant story after the gay adoption ruling was the Turkey Day scandal involving Madonna and her A-Rod. Roddy was reportedly planning to ditch his kids to spend the day with the Ciccone youth. People is reporting that Ale ... More >>

Dead On Arrival, 119 Times Over

Indonesian crab-eating macaques are favored by medical researchers. But if Miami primate dealer Matthew Block's late-August shipment was bound for the lab, it never got that far.

Swelter 33

Indonesian crab-eating macaques are favored by medical researchers. But if Miami primate dealer Matthew Block's late-August shipment was bound for the lab, it never got that far.

Toxic Runways

Years of neglect have poisoned the land and contaminated the water under Miami International Airport. Investigators are just now beginning to grasp how bad it is. It's very bad.

Hugh Had to Be There

He's inexperienced. He's hefty. He's the First Brother-in-Law. And he's coming soon to a ballot near you.

First Class All the Way

You're a very important person. Someone with influence. A big-shot bureaucrat. A friggin' Dade County Commissioner! And when you travel, you expect those airlines to understand that you want to go first class all the way.

Fanny Lu to Perform at Bongo's Cuban Cafe

Do you recognize the super-sexy blond cutie in the picture you see at left? You should. This little Colombian bombshell is Fanny Lu. Her 2006 release Lágrimas Cálidas won her all sorts of acclaim, including a nod in the Latin Grammy, six for the Billboard Awards and two in Premios Lo Nues ... More >>

Ghost Repeater

Ecstasy swoons on the radio, plus pimp documentation and flag desecration

Vaselina Smiles

Ecstasy swoons on the radio, plus pimp documentation and flag desecration

MIA: A User's Manual

Is our airport the most user-unfriendly in America? No, just one of four really unhappy landing sites.

Air Fare

Serving up crap at MIA - it doesn't have to be so tasteless

Ramp Rats' Revenge

Checking luggage? Think long and hard before answering yes to that question at MIA

Dredge Dirge

Authorities are in a pickle over where to dump the toxic sludge soon to be scraped from the Miami River

Best Magic City Icon

Miami International Airport

Cuba Ordinance 101

A New Times guide to busting the county's Cuba law

DeFede

Y2K Disaster Strikes Miami

Deadly Cargo

Big payoffs. Gruesome murders. Nosy feds. Life as a cargo handler at MIA just ain't what it used to be.

News of the Weird

Big payoffs. Gruesome murders. Nosy feds. Life as a cargo handler at MIA just ain't what it used to be.

A Merciful Court of Public Opinion

If you think being under federal indictment might have hurt Humberto Hernandez, you don't know the fine folks of District 3

News of the Weird

If you think being under federal indictment might have hurt Humberto Hernandez, you don't know the fine folks of District 3

News of the Weird

If you think being under federal indictment might have hurt Humberto Hernandez, you don't know the fine folks of District 3

Wings and Prayers

Most big airports come equipped with round-the-clock clerics -- but for some reason MIA has lost its religion

News of the Weird

Most big airports come equipped with round-the-clock clerics -- but for some reason MIA has lost its religion

News of the Weird

Most big airports come equipped with round-the-clock clerics -- but for some reason MIA has lost its religion

Getting Wasted at 35,000 Feet

Airlines that service Miami International Airport throw away up to 600 uneaten meals every day

Letters

Airlines that service Miami International Airport throw away up to 600 uneaten meals every day

Smeared for Takeoff

American Airlines officials want to know why the Miami Herald is covering old news as if it were a breaking story

Carybé Murals Unveiled at MIA

P. Scott CunninghamWhere's the rum, Miami?Last night, Miami International Aiport in cooperation with American Airlines and Miami-Dade County (and thanks to the efforts of the Odebrecht Corporation), unveiled two 50-foot long murals by acclaimed Brazilian artist Carybé.Despite the ceremony feeling l ... More >>

A Concert with Wings

P. Scott CunninghamWhere's the rum, Miami?Last night, Miami International Aiport in cooperation with American Airlines and Miami-Dade County (and thanks to the efforts of the Odebrecht Corporation), unveiled two 50-foot long murals by acclaimed Brazilian artist Carybé.Despite the ceremony feeling l ... More >>

Cuban spy Juan Pablo Roque's jilted ex-wife won $27 million for his deception

P. Scott CunninghamWhere's the rum, Miami?Last night, Miami International Aiport in cooperation with American Airlines and Miami-Dade County (and thanks to the efforts of the Odebrecht Corporation), unveiled two 50-foot long murals by acclaimed Brazilian artist Carybé.Despite the ceremony feeling l ... More >>

MIA Loses Local Travelers, is Still the Soap Opera of The Skies

Open Air Via Flicker CC​At Miami International Airport, somehow, there is always a couple fighting in Spanish. That such a fiery passion wells up alongside colorless cargo packages and old ladies in wheelchairs seems almost magical. It's one of the reasons we recommend arriving early with a box ... More >>

Fashion Week Fandango

Open Air Via Flicker CC​At Miami International Airport, somehow, there is always a couple fighting in Spanish. That such a fiery passion wells up alongside colorless cargo packages and old ladies in wheelchairs seems almost magical. It's one of the reasons we recommend arriving early with a box ... More >>

Ritz-Carlton South Beach Executive Chef Bernd Schmitt Focuses On Quality Ingredients

Ritz Carlton​Executive chef Bernd Schmitt recently joined SoBe's Ritz-Carlton as the voice behind the hotel's entire culinary enterprise -- from in-room dining to the banquet program, to Bistro One LR, DiLido Beach Club, and the Lapidus Lounge.We sat down with Chef Schmitt to find out what his pla ... More >>