Press Release Article

MEDIA ADVISORY - LAGUARDIA AIRPORT TO MARK ITS 65TH ANNIVERSARY BY REDEDICATING MARINE AIR TERMINAL ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2

Date: Dec 01, 2004
Press Release Number: 146-2004

Officials will celebrate the 65th anniversary of the first scheduled flight at LaGuardia Airport by rededicating the newly restored Marine Air Terminal at 11 a.m. on Thursday, December 2.

The event will take place 65 years to the day that a TWA DC-3 with a seating capacity of 32 passengers flew from Chicago to Queens, N.Y. – the first scheduled flight in the airport’s illustrious history.

Media wishing to cover the event should arrive at the Marine Air Terminal’s rotunda by 11 a.m.

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Contact: Pasquale DiFulco
Port Authority
212 435-7777