Virgin America Debuts New Flights to Orlando

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Oct 132010
 

Low-fare airline Virgin America officially launched its new nonstop service to Orlando International Airport (MCO) from both Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO) today. Although the airline’s Orlando service started on October 6, 2010, the official celebration of the service is scheduled for today. Virgin […]

Hidden Fees Can Raise Airline Ticket Price by 54%

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Jul 142010
 

A Consumer Travel Alliance analysis has found that hidden fees levied by airlines on popular routes can boost the base cost of an airline ticket by an average of 54% for a typical traveler with two checked bags and extra legroom, or by an average of 26% for a comparable […]

Southwest Starts Philadelphia-Boston Logan Service

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Jun 282010
 

Southwest Airlines on Sunday started its new nonstop service between Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) and Boston Logan International Airport (BOS). Southwest is starting with five daily nonstops between the two cities. On August 14, 2010, Southwest plans to add three additional BOS-PHL daily nonstops to the schedule, bringing the total […]

Buy Gogo Inflight Internet Access on Ground

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Jun 282010
 

Aircell is now letting flyers purchase a monthly subscription for its Gogo inflight Internet access service before they even get on the plane. The service may now be purchased at the Gogo web site. Previously, the service could be purchased on the flight only. To kick off the launch, Aircell […]

Delta/Northwest has Rudest Flight Attendants, Worst Food: Survey

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Jun 152010
 

A survey of 2,100 flyers found Delta/Northwest to be the worst performer when it comes to rude flight attendants and bad food. In the Airfarewatchdog 2010 survey, 23% of respondents felt Delta/Northwest had the rudest flight attendants followed by United (18%) and American (14%). Not surprisingly, Southwest’s flight attendants were […]

AirTran Launches New Fare Sale

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Jun 152010
 

AirTran Airways today launched a sale for travel to all of its destinations. Travelers may purchase these sale fares on AirTran’s web site, from their travel agent or via AirTran’s reservations system at 1-800-AIR-TRAN. For Spanish, call 1-877-581-9842. The special fares are available for purchase through June 29, 2010, and […]

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