In-flight service has quite possibly never been worse, due in large part to several continuing labor disputes.
Its no-frills mandate--no meals, no in-flight service, no travel agents--is popular with both budget-seekers and jet-setters.
In-flight Internet service provider GoGo announced Wednesday that it has reached a deal to expand service aboard US Airways fleet of Airbus A319, A320 and Embraer 190 aircrafts.
It is getting harder to find good excuses for being offline: this week the European Union allowed airlines to offer in-flight mobile-phone service, and several carriers have Wi-Fi.
More than 800 Delta aircraft, including all Delta Connection two-class regional jets, are equipped with in-flight Wi-Fi service offering more than 400, 000 customers per day access to the internet above 10, 000 feet.
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Delta Airlines recently announced it was partnering with Amazon to provide passengers with free access to shop the online retail giant's website onboard all of Delta and Delta Connection flights with in-flight Wi-Fi service.
Aircell says it has hosted more than two million in-flight Wi-Fi sessions since turning on the service in 2008, but has never released revenue figures or revealed subscriber numbers.
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It was not the most adept early adopter of online ticketing, self-service airport kiosks or in-flight technology and entertainment.
Coach usually requires only a drink service, while flight attendants in the other cabins work almost nonstop serving meals and drinks.
Venezuela's national prosecutor's office said a judge had ordered Tracy held until further notice in a jail run by the national intelligence service in the capital, Caracas, because he presented a risk of flight.
Students earn credit by doing community service, and cash it in for flight time and lessons.
Just because Boeing decided to pull the plug on its Connexion service doesn't mean in-flight broadband has been grounded for good, with a company called ASiQ now promising to step in and fill the wireless void.
Alaska Airlines landed more than nine out of ten flights on-time in February, according to global flight and airport information service provider FlightStats, which tracks the performance of over 150, 000 flights per day from hundreds of airlines worldwide.
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When flights were delayed, the average delay was 55 minutes, down from 57 minutes in 2008, according to FlightStats, a flight-tracking service that collects data from airlines, airports and the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Unfortunately, a rule proposed by the Internal Revenue Service would overturn this practice and likely result in the flight of hundreds of billions of dollars from U.S. financial institutions.
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After the lifting of the restrictions, the first British Airways flight to touch down from Heathrow was a service already in the air from Vancouver, which landed shortly before 2200 BST.
Washington (CNN) -- As competition expands among airlines to offer passengers the latest in-flight entertainment options, intercontinental routes have been slow to add Internet service.
The Vulcan made its maiden flight in 1952 before acting as a deterrent during the Cold War and seeing active service in the Falklands War.
The new Executive VP is in charge of flight operations, technical operations, operations control center, safety, security, airport customer service and Delta Global Services.
People across the country are using the data captured in CRM to improve the ways they interact with the pilots, passengers, and flight crews who use their service.
Unlike the name-your-own-price auction service at the US version of Priceline, GetGoing gives you the exact times of your flight in advance.
United's text analyzer looks for particular words and themes and can pick up on a customer reporting a seat where the in-flight entertainment didn't work, for example, said Martin Hand, senior vice president of customer service.
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