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JetBlue Airways Launches Hollywood-Hollywood Service

May 12, 2011
JetBlue Airways has begun daily nonstop service between Los Angeles International (LAX) and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL) airports. To celebrate the new service, JetBlue is offering a special $149 fare each way, for travel between May 25 and June 25. “We love the Hollywood-to-Hollywood connection,” said Hollywood, Fla., Mayor Peter Bober. Customers traveling into Fort Lauderdale can find seamless connecting service onwards...

Delta Upgrades Food Choices in Time for Summer Travel

May 10, 2011
Delta Air Lines is adding new selections to the EATS food-for-sale menu, upgrading spirits offered and offering customers the opportunity to donate to the American Cancer Society with their onboard purchases. The new menu includes a kids’ plate with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on whole wheat bread. Delta is also adding Ben and Jerry’s ice cream and Margaritaville Margarita mix.

These new items complement for-purchase...

American Airlines Begins Test of Streaming In-Flight Entertainment

May 4, 2011
American Airlines, a founding member of the oneworld Alliance, has begun testing the new in-flight streaming video product from Aircell which will offer the airline’s customers a new, innovative in-flight entertainment option. The new product will allow customers to wirelessly stream content such as movies and TV shows from an in-flight library to their personal Wi-Fi-enabled devices...

Last Chance to Join Steele Travel at the Life Ball 2011 in Vienna, Austria!

April 26, 2011

Delta Enables Passengers to Track Their Luggage

April 25, 2011
Delta now allows its passengers to track their checked bags and is adding self-service baggage kiosks at airports.  Travelers can find out the status of their bag online or at kiosks. There they can get information such as whether the bag has been loaded onto the plane.

The kiosks can also show on which carousel bags will arrive and allow passengers whose bags are delayed to file a claim. By the end of the year, Delta will have the...

Airlines must reimburse for lost bags, bumped flights

April 20, 2011

By Alan Levin, USA TODAY

WASHINGTON – The government is introducing sweeping protections for fliers today to bar long tarmac delays on international flights, require airlines to reimburse bag fees if luggage is lost and pay people double if they’re bumped off flights.

The rules, issued by the Department of Transportation, will take effect...