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Senator asks airlines to drop seat fee for kids
NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra. The New York Democrat is reacting to an Associated Press story last week detailing how families this summer are...
Tags: American Airlines, Inc., United Air Lines, Delta Air Lines, Chuck Schumer, Frontier Airlines Inc.
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Bomb scare halts Fla. plane; Search finds nothing
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a plane about to take off from a South Florida airport was returned to the gate after a passenger found a bomb threat scribbled in a magazine. A search of the plane turned up nothing suspicious....Tags: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Air and Space Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Broward County Sheriff's Office
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Your boarding pass, sir. That will be $5.
MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) — The only U.S. airline that charges for carry-on luggage is creating a new fee. Beginning Nov. 1, Spirit Airlines says it will charge $5 if a gate agent has to print out your boarding pass. Passengers can avoid that by...Tags: Florida
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JetBlue launches Lauderdale-Medellin route with festivities
Some passengers arriving Thursday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to board JetBlue Airways Flight 541 to Medellin, Colombia, were wondering what all the commotion was about. The balloons, music, folk dancers, refreshments and giveways...Tags: Marketing, Broward County, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Miami Beach
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Drunk Woman Disrupts Flight En Route To Rehab
This woman figured she would knock back some booze as a last hurrah before checking herself into a Florida treatment center. Problem is, that last hurrah occurred mid-flight. Heather Lynn Dykman, 40, was arrested after consuming “vodka beverages&...
Tags: Racism, Fort Lauderdale
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Spirit's flights to offer Dr Pepper in June
Dr Pepper and Diet Dr Pepper will take flight with Spirit Airlines this month, the Miramar-based carrier announced Tuesday. A new deal reached with Dr Pepper Snapple Group will add the soft drinks to its in-flight beverage service, Spirit said. It...Tags: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Miramar
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Woman accused of disrupting flight while en route to rehab
FloriDUHPerhaps she thought that an airline named 'Spirit' would serve her an unlimited number of spirit drinks. Heather Lynn Dykman, who is accused of disrupting a flight, told aBroward County judge that she was visiting South Florida to attend a 30-day...Tags: Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Spirit Airlines' newest offer: wine in a can
Spirit Airlines Chief Executive Ben Baldanza recently compared his Florida-based airline to a fast-food restaurant--cheap, with no frills. So it's no surprise that Spirit announced Wednesday that passengers can now relax on a flight with cheap, no-...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Wines, Air Transportation Industry
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Woman accused of disrupting flight while traveling to rehab
A woman who told a judge she was visiting South Florida to attend a 30-day rehab program was arrested after authorities said she consumed alcoholic drinks and disrupted a Spirit Airlines flight Tuesday night. "It apparently didn't start off on the...
Tags: Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Broward County, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Federal Aviation Administration
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Tax on airline flights could increase
The cost of flying might be going up, but this time it's not the airlines raising prices. The Obama administration has proposed raising the taxes on air travel by about $14 per flight, a move airlines strongly oppose. Higher taxes are needed to help...Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Transportation, Starbucks Corp., Trips and Vacations, CBS Corp.
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Spirit Airlines and American Airlines execs put on the hot seat
Life is not always smooth flying for airline executives, even with relatively stable profits and growing demand. Take Ben Baldanza, chief executive of Spirit Airlines, the no-frills carrier based in Florida. He had been scheduled to appear on CBS’...
Tags: American Airlines, Inc., CBS Corp., Air Transportation Industry
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Spirit Airlines keen on domestic growth
Spirit Airlines remains keen on growth as airline mergers and rising airfares continue to create opportunities for the Miramar-based low-cost carrier to expand its network, executives said Monday during the airline's 2013 Analyst Conference. "The same...Tags: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Transportation, Miramar, Air Transportation Industry, Travel
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