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...tired of her wicked case of cabin fever, Calleja has gone on a "crazy rampage." She saw a $500 flight for a weekend in Paris and snapped up the ticket. "And of course, you need to buy a new outfit for Paris," she says. She has even convinced some friends to go with her. "I just said, 'Screw it - I'm going to go here.' " She is also going out more and spending a bit more on basic staples. "I got tired of being poor," Calleja says. "At some point, you have to get back your sanity...
...July to four U.S. cities - Toledo, Ohio; South Bend, Ind.; Lansing, Mich.; and Melbourne, Fla. The new venture is starting small, flying just one Boeing 737-800, with plans to add new aircraft by July 2010. For now, the big draw is JetAmerica's fares: depending on the flight, the first nine to 19 seats will sell for just $9 each, with the rest of the seats sliding up in price to $199, depending on how quickly you book. No matter how low your base fare, there will be - surprise - add-on fees: $20 to secure an assigned seat...
Extra Miles on Shuttle Flights. Delta is offering Delta SkyMiles and Northwest WorldPerks members 2,500 bonus miles for each one-way flight on the Delta Shuttle between New York City and Boston or Washington, D.C., on top of the standard 500 miles for shuttle flights through July 26. To get the goodies, SkyMiles members need to register here. WorldPerks members can register here. Last week Delta also began offering 60% off walk-up prices on the Shuttle, so it's doubly good news...
...France Flight 447, a twin-engine A330, took off from Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro at 7:30 p.m. local time and was last heard from three hours later, when the cockpit crew radioed to tell Brazilian air controllers that the plane would enter Senegalese airspace at 11:20 p.m., according to a statement from Aeronautica, the body in charge of Brazilian airspace. (No message from Senegalese airspace was ever received.) Speaking at a press conference, Air France CEO Pierre-Henri Gourgeon said the plane encountered stormy weather and strong turbulence at 11 p.m. and shortly...
...With no physical evidence and no witnesses, identifying the circumstances of Flight 477's disappearance will take time. For Julien Gourguechon, international secretary-general of the SNPL French pilots' union, the current hypothesis of an electrical-systems failure leads to more questions than answers. "If Air France mentioned they received a message of short circuit, we can conclude it was a rather serious one," he says. "But in the case of an A330, even the most serious type of short circuit - known as an emergency electrical configuration - is something absolutely manageable for a trained team. So at this time...