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American Airlines Brings Back “5@5″ In-Flight Happy Hour
Cheers! The American Airlines “5@5 Happy Hour” – the same in-flight drink deal it offered in December – returns for May, this time as a thank you to customers for flying on the airline. Beginning May...
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American Airlines Launches Year-round Non-stop Service to Budapest
Earlier this month, American Airlines debuted non-stop service from JFK to Budapest, currently the only year-round flights to the Hungarian capital from the U.S. (Delta has seasonal non-stop flights)....
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American to Equip Premium Cabins With Samsung Galaxy Tablets
Well this is spiffy: American Airlines announced it will outfit some premium cabins with its own branded version of the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the first U.S. airline to do so. The sleek gadgets...
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United First Foreign Airline to Resume Regular Sendai Flights
Here’s a sliver of good news for Japan tourism: United announced today that it will resume twice-weekly flights to Sendai, Japan – the city closest to the March 11 earthquake’s epicenter – beginning...
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Hurricane Irene: Six Airlines Issuing Ticket-Change Waivers
It’s deals season in the Caribbean, and with good reason: Hurricanes and tropical storms swirl through the region this time of year, squashing many bargain-hunting beach-goers’ plans. This week,...
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American Airlines Adds Streaming Video to 400 Planes
Another win for in-flight entertainment: American Airlines is adding streaming video to an additional 400 planes by the end of 2012, and more than 90 of those machines will already have that...
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New ID-Scanning Technologies to Enhance Security
Sorry, underage drinkers: Air travelers will have to leave their fake IDs at home starting early next year, as the TSA plans to introduce 30 document-scanning systems that will make it easier for...
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The Party Starts at Costa Rica’s New Airport, but It’s Not Yet Open for Business
On November 17, JetBlue threw two parties. The first was at JFK’s Terminal 5, just before 9am, with cupcakes, coffee, smoothies, and a three-man steel band. The second was six hours later in Liberia,...
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American Airlines Files for Bankruptcy: What it Means for You
Swirling rumors of American Airlines pending bankruptcy proved true this morning, when the parent of the carrier, the AMR Corporation, filed for bankruptcy protection. The airline – the last major...
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The Gift that Keeps on Giving: More Airline Incidents
When we set out to document the Top 10 Airline Incidents of 2011, we had no idea some of the biggest newsmakers were still to come. Obviously, the snafu with the highest exposure and level of absurdity...
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