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The final product is a hyperefficient 26-gate, Y-shaped hub. According to Rich Smyth, head of redevelopment for JetBlue, the terminal is located in a 78-acre corner of Kennedy airport, a swath large enough to allow for the optimal "placing of aluminum" - industry slang for maneuvering airplanes. There...
Any traveler who has flown recently need not be told that air travel can be rough. With airlines systematically eliminating the niceties that once made flying bearable - free checked luggage, in-flight meals, complimentary headsets, the entire can of soda - it's only gotten rougher.
But Alan Joyce, the smart, energetic CEO of Qantas' discount subsidiary Jetstar, who will take over as CEO from Dixon, who is retiring in November, recently suggested that simply cutting costs might not be enough to keep the company viable. Qantas, he said, might have to merge with another airline...
It all started in 2006 when Ryanair introduced fees for each checked-in piece of luggage. Now a slew of carriers - including, most recently, American Airlines, Continental and Delta - are charging for checked bags. And with airlines facing record lost-luggage levels, there's still no guarantee your suitcase will...
''The downward spiral has stopped.'' So said Sally McElwreath, a Trans World Airlines official, as she described faint but encouraging signs last week that the dramatic drop in U.S. tourist travel to Europe had at last bottomed out. Most airlines were reticent about releasing figures, but British Airways reported that...