No cash, new baggage fees and other flight news

December 30th, 2009 admin

By Joe Brancatelli NEED TO KNOW On-the-road intelligence to help you travel smarter: Continental Airlines has temporarily shut down its fledgling service that offers live TV service on seatback monitors. The system, the same owned by and offered on all JetBlue Airways flights , still has a few installation glitches. Air France is now using an Airbus A380 configured with 538 seats on its Paris/CDG-New York/JFK route. The flights are AF 007 (JFK-CDG) and AF 008 (CDG-JFK). Business-class passengers on United Airlines p.s. service flights between…


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