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...utterly without cinematic precedent. As the film's executive producer, Jean de Tregomain, says, "It not only gives you a bird's-eye view, it lets you become a bird." Under the direction of Jacques Perrin, its many crews mounted cameras on helicopters, gliders (some of them remote-controlled), delta-wing planes, even balloons, so they could fly amid the migrating flocks, often eyeball to eyeball with the birds. You see the world beneath as they see it--stunningly spacious, gorgeously hued and sometimes dangerous, for we are with the birds as they skim beneath the bridges of the Seine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goose Pimples via Geese | 6/16/2003 | See Source »

...small airlines are trying to prove that flying can be enjoyable again. JetBlue offers 24 free channels of LiveTV. Delta's low-fare Song subsidiary promises it will have pay-per-view movies and MP3 players by October. AirTran lets you upgrade to business class for only $35 above full coach fares and gives you Mrs. Fields cookies. Hooters Air's hostesses orchestrate humorous in-flight quizzes and pass out free hats and T shirts. "We're just trying to bring a bit of fun back to flying," says Mark Peterson, chief operating officer of Hooters. "It doesn't have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Niche Airlines: Fly Luxe. Fly Cheap. Fly Naked! | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

...valuable airport facilities they aren't even using, and they are strong-arming airport managers to keep out rivals. Some of those rivals suspect that the major carriers are working together to beat them back. In early May, within days of one another, the Big Six (American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, United and US Airways) said they would impose a new $10 round-trip fare hike on June 1--a move that triggered an investigation by the Department of Justice. Under a 10-year consent decree, the airline industry forbids coordinated fare increases. The investigation continues. A spokesman from American, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Niche Airlines: Fly Luxe. Fly Cheap. Fly Naked! | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

...type of charter lets clients fly on a sleek private jet without having to buy one--or having to buy into a so-called fractional-ownership program. These services do, however, make customers prepay for blocks of flight time. Among the biggest carriers of this type are Delta AirElite Business Jets, a wholly owned Delta subsidiary based in Cincinnati, Ohio; Marquis Jet Partners of New York City; Sentient Private Jet Membership of Norwell, Mass.; and Bombardier Skyjet, based in Fairfax, Va. Through Delta's AirElite service, which launched in February, customers pay a minimum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Niche Airlines: Fly Luxe. Fly Cheap. Fly Naked! | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

...strong, especially on high-volume feeder flights to major international carriers like El Al. Allegiant Air, based in Las Vegas, specializes in discount flights to Sin City and has announced three new routes in the past two months: to Lansing, Mich.; Des Moines, Iowa; and Denver. Song, owned by Delta, is just off the ground, flying from New York City's J.F.K. to three points in Florida: West Palm Beach, Tampa and Orlando. Spirit has been around since 1992 and specializes in low fares to 14 destinations. The privately held carrier hasn't divulged financial details but claims it recorded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Niche Airlines: Fly Luxe. Fly Cheap. Fly Naked! | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

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