Category Archives: Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
Spirit’s Latest Innovation: Seats that Don’t Recline
April 22, 2010 — 8:18 am PDT
Updated April 22, 2010 — 2:13 pm PDT
Spirit Airlines' planes on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale (credit: Darren Popik)
Spirit Airlines, the carrier that just recently announced plans to charge for carry-on bags, has found a new innovation — seats that don’t recline.
Spirit is installing the new non-reclining seats on two new Airbus A320 jets, says the Palm Beach Post.
One of the jets is operating between Fort Lauderdale and Washington, D.C. The other jet is being used between Fort Lauderdale and New York-LaGuardia.
Regional Carriers Keep Growing
March 10, 2010 — 3:36 pm PST
Updated March 24, 2010 — 3:40 pm PDT
Did you know that among U.S. airports with commercial air service, 75 percent are now served solely by regional carriers?
In fact, these airlines, which fly on behalf of familiar big name carriers like United Airlines and Delta Air Lines, now operate 53 percent of all commercial flights across the nation, says the Regional Airline Association.
Just 10 years ago, that number was 40 percent.
LAX Among 11 Airports Receiving New Full Body Scanners
March 5, 2010 — 8:56 am PST
Updated March 26, 2010 — 2:43 pm PDT
New full body scanning machines are now arriving at 11 major U.S. airports.
It’s part of the Transportation Security Administration’s plan to deploy 1,000 machines over the next two years.
Airports receiving the new equipment: Los Angeles International, Boston Logan, Chicago O’Hare, Charlotte Douglas, Cincinnati, Columbus, Fort Lauderdale, Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego, and San Jose, Calif.
JetBlue Celebrates 10 Years of Flying
February 12, 2010 — 10:51 am PST
Updated March 29, 2010 — 2:50 pm PDT
Thursday was a big day for JetBlue.
It was on that day 10 years ago – February 11, 2000 – that the airline’s first flight took to the skies.
The inaugural flight was from New York-JFK to Fort Lauderdale.
To mark the airline’s 10th anniversary, …
Allegiant Air: Flying High
January 27, 2010 — 4:28 pm PST
Updated March 29, 2010 — 4:13 pm PDT
Allegiant Air (Credit: Darren Popik)
While most of the attention in the airline industry goes to the big legacy and low-fare carriers, another airline has managed to quietly position itself in the market.
It’s …
All You Can Jet: South Florida (Week 2)
September 21, 2009 — 9:17 am PDT
Updated April 1, 2010 — 2:58 pm PDT
Miami Beach (Credit: Darren Popik)
For my second ‘All You Can Jet’ experience, it was off to South Florida.
As with my previous flights, there were no empty seats on this trip.
The airport was different this time though. Instead of Los Angeles International, this flight departed from Long Beach Airport, JetBlue’s main Southern California hub.
Long Beach offers the most unique airport experience in the LA area. Its ‘streamline moderne’ style terminal building dates to 1926. And in another throwback, you have to walk out on the tarmac and up a jetway to board your plane.
