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Sun Country is looking at flights between Minneapolis and Stansted Airport in London, Air Berlin cancels a portion of their Boeing 787 orders, airlines look for tarmac-delay exemptions at JFK rather than cut schedules

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Continental Airlines newest money making scheme: paid exit row seating
The next time you fly Continental Airlines and you want an exit row seat, you’ll have to pay a little extra.
On March 17th, passengers in coach can add 7 inches of legroom by purchasing an exit row seat up to 24 hours before their flight.
Prices for [...]

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JFK, already plagued by delays and tough connections between terminals is closing a runway March 1st for three months, if all goes well. Some news reports say it will be four months.

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Unrest at JFK’s Delta terminal, AA flight overshoots runway in Jamaica, O’Hare runway moves forward

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Aiming to be a greener airline, United Parcel Service, Inc. says that it will try “to cut its airline fleet’s greenhouse gas emissions 42 percent from 1990 levels during the next decade by using less fossil fuel in its jets.”

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Most of us in the business remember the pleas being made by airlines to airports over the past five years to help them through their trying financial times. For the most part, airports did what they could to help airlines. Now, Delta is big and tough and not returning any favors.

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On January 25, 1959, at a few minutes after 4 p.m., a Boeing 707 landed at New York’s Idlewild Airport (now known as John F. Kennedy International Airport). American Airlines Flight 2 from Los Angeles has just completed the first transcontinental jet trip.

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A U.S. Court of Appeals has agreed to halt the auctioning off the takeoff and landing slots at JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty airport, a move that was hailed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns and operates the three airports.

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What’s the difference between the new T5 terminals at London’s Heathrow airport and New York’s JFK airport? The Wall Street Journal is glad you asked. Although the new terminals are significant improvements, there are some drawbacks.

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American Airlines may be using faulty baggage scales out of New York’s Kennedy and LaGuardia airports. According to a report by the New York Post, the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) recently cited American Airlines for using 10 inaccurate scales at its check-in counters at JFK.

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