This past weekend, JetBlue held a practice run of operations at its new terminal at JFK. We did so want to go, but by the time we heard about it, it was full. So we are going to summarize Jaunted’s coverage of the event, which can be found here. First of all, the new...
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Life Has No Complimentary Baggage Allowance
Monthly Archives: August 2008
JetBlue Terminal Test Run
Lightening the Load
Jazz, Air Canada’s regional airline, plans to reduce fuel consumption by dropping life vests from its flights, which equal about fifty-five pounds less on its 50-seater Dash-8s. Canadian regulations allow airlines to use floatation devices, such as the seat cushions, as long as the planes remain within 56 miles of shore.and a number of...
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United Eliminates Even More Frills
United Airlines concerns us. In a time when many airlines are trying to get their act together, United seems to be making decisions to decrease the quality of their customer service. We’ve previously stated that we understand cuts are sometimes necessary, but there is a good and a bad way to approach them. They’ve...
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Burden Your Shoulder?
Are shoulder restraints coming to an airplane near you? On the Freakonomics blog, Steven Levitt reported that he encountered shoulder restraints on a recent United Airlines flight. Dr. Levitt, who has previously reported on the lack of data supporting the assertion that child booster seats increase safety beyond seat belts alone, was skeptical of...
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Roundup Raw
Today is the fifth anniversary of 2003 Blackout, the worst in U.S. history. JetBlue will be adding daily nonstop service from Washington-Dulles to Tampa on December 18th and Saturday service to Cancun on December 20th. JetBlue will be launching twice daily service using its 100-seat Embraer 190s on October 18th between Long Beach and...
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American Airlines Speeds up 737 Delivery
Reuters reports that American Airlines has accelerated its 737 delivery schedule, accepting six additional 737-800s in 2010, allowing more rapid replacement of its fuel-inefficient MD-80 fleet. The new schedule means American will get 76 of the new aircraft, 36 next year and 40 in 2010. We applaud them for putting money into renewing their...
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JetBlue – Save up to 20% Promo
The Bargainist reports that when two or more travellers book a trip, you can save up to 20%. Coupon code JETTWO10 cuts 10% off each way for 2 travelers Code JET15THREE cuts 15% off each way for 3 travelers Code JET20FOUR cuts 20% off each way with 4 travelers. Book now for travel between...
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JetBlue Seeking Volunteers to Fly Nowhere
Reuters reports that JetBlue is looking for 1000 of its frequent fliers to show up at JFK on August 23rd for a trial test of its new terminal, set to open next month. The volunteers would be expected to check bags given them by the airline, go thorugh security, and wait at the assigned...
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Delta Roundup
Time to catch up with what Delta has been up to since we slowed our weekly roundups. Delta is adding a fifth daily flight between Atlanta and San Juan from November 22 Starting December 20th, Delta will add additional nonstop service from Atlanta to the Caribbean. A second daily flight to Aruba, a second...
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Delta to add In-Flight Internet
Delta is teaming up with Air Cell, one of the companies working to put Internet back on planes post Boeing Connexxion. The system, Gogo™, will enable Delta customers traveling with Wi-Fi enabled devices, such as laptops, smartphones and PDAs, to access the Internet, corporate VPNs, corporate and personal e-mail accounts, as well as SMS...
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JetBlue Roundup – Pillow Talk
It’s been a while since we’ve updated you on new routes. Life gets in the way. We’re trying to get back into the swing of things. Bear in mind, we don’t exactly do this for the money. The advertisements only pay for the web hosting. JetBlue is one of our favorite airlines. Despite their...
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