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Airport Napping Rooms Let You Sleep Your Layover Away
Tiny
airport sleeping rooms - similar to the cubicles that Asian travelers use
to catch a snooze in between flights - have arrived in America. Atlanta
opened five Minute Suites where tired passengers can doze for $30 an
hour. The rooms - 7 feet by 8 feet, or about the size of two office
cubicles put together - are equipped with a daybed sofa, pillows (with
disposable covers), fresh blankets, a small desk, Internet access and a
flat-screen 32-inch monitor with DirecTV and flight information. They
have systems to mask noise.
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· Continental Joins Inflight Wi-Fi
Bandwagon
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Continental
Airlines plans to outfit its fleet of 21 Boeing 757-300s with wireless broadband
capabilities, making it the last domestic legacy airline to embrace
inflight Wi-Fi. The carrier expects to begin rolling out the service in
the second quarter of 2010 through inflight connectivity provider
Aircell, which provides similar services for American Airlines, Delta Air
Lines, US Airways and United Airlines, among other carriers.
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· The Complete WiFi Cheat Sheet
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Will your flight
have WiFi? How much will it cost? Click here for the complete WiFi cheat
sheet as of December 2009.
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· Delta-Northwest Integration Update
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The first phase of
full integration occurred January 9, 2010. NW flights were replaced with
DL flights in schedules encompassing the time period of September 5, 2010
and beyond. Passenger records will be migrated from the NW system to the
DL system, and new DL record locators will be created with DL flight
numbers. There will be no need to reissue tickets. Revised itineraries
with DL flight numbers will be forwarded. Confirmed seat assignments on
NW flights will automatically be transferred to the new DL flights. After
the passenger record migration, travelers may check in on Delta.com, from
their mobile device, or at any airport kiosk with their original NW
record locator, new DL record locator, SkyMiles number or E-ticket
number. The new DL flight information will be displayed and customers may
complete their check in process. Additional integration dates to be
announced in the near future by DL.
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· Winging It: Getting Tough On Tarmac
Delays
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The Obama administration
surprised many with its Dec. 21 announcement of tough new rules requiring
airlines to let passengers off planes if they face a three-hour delay on
the ground. Under the new rules, if an airline doesn't get a plane back
to an airport gate within three hours the carrier could be fined $27,500
for each passenger on the stranded flight.
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· DOT: Carriers Reach All-Time
Timeliness, Baggage-Handling High
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The 19 largest
domestic airlines in November collectively recorded their best-ever
monthly on-time performance and set a record for the lowest rate of mishandled
bags, according to U.S. Department of Transportation data released.
According to DOT figures, 88.6 percent of flights arrived within 15
minutes of schedule in November, the highest on- time rate since DOT
began collecting such data in 1995, besting the previous 88 percent high
reported for September 2002.
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· Air Travelers Value Security Over
Privacy, Poll Finds
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Nearly 8 out of 10
travelers approve of full-body scanners in airports, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup
poll. Though some civil-liberties advocates have condemned the technology
as an invasion of privacy, most fliers think the alternative is worse:
Only 22% of respondents in the poll said they would prefer a pat-down
search over a full-body scan.
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· Continental Matches Delta Baggage Fee
Increase
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Continental
Airlines has matched Delta Air Lines' recent checked-luggage fee
increase. Delta and Continental passengers paying online for checked bags
will be charged $23 for the first bag and $32 for the second; if checked at
the airport $25 for the first bag and $35 for the second bag. Travel
Destinations expects other airlines to follow in the near future.
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· Amtrak Adding Free Wi-Fi On Acela
Express Trains
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Amtrak's Acela
Express trains, which run from Washington to Boston, will soon be getting
wireless Internet access. Installation of wireless Internet access on the
high-speed trains would be complete in March and initially free to
passengers. Amtrak made the announcement as part of a 2010 preview of its
activities.
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