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Virgin America to Launch New Portland Service, Offers Deals, Contest
Virgin America has announced that, starting June 5, it will begin daily service to Portland International Airport with two-non-stops daily flights from Los Angeles International Airport and one non-stop daily from San Francisco International Airport. Portland will be Virgin America’s eighteenth destination.
The airline is introducing the new routes with a fare sale. Prices start at $99 for PDX-SFO or PDX-LAX. Tickets are now available for purchase at www.virginamerica.com.
Virgin America is …
Virgin America to Inaugurate San Francisco and Los Angeles Flights to Philly
Virgin America announced new transcontinental flights from the west coast to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The airline has started selling tickets for its new Philadelphia service, which is scheduled to begin in April.
Virgin will offer two flights from Philadelphia to San Francisco, starting on April 10, and three flights from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, starting April 4. Philadelphia will be Virgin America’s seventeenth destination.
JetBlue and Singapore Airlines Partnership Announced
JetBlue Airways and Singapore Airlines announced an interline agreement that allows passengers to book a single ticket for flights to and from the U.S. to Frankfurt, Singapore, and connecting destinations. Passengers will have a single check-in for their flights and bags will be automatically transferred at the connecting airport.
Singapore offers daily non-stop flights from Newark (EWR) to Singapore with an all-business-class service to its hub at Changi International Airport in …
Boeing 777 Loses Long-Range ETOPS Limitations
Aircraft Gets Green Light to Fly 5 ½ Hours From Nearest Airport
Boeing and airlines flying the 777 have received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly 330 minutes (or five and one-half hours) extended range operations (ETOPS) flights. The approval covers certain Boeing 777 aircraft, including 777-300ER (extended range), 777-200LR (longer range), 777 Freighter, and 777-200ER.
The approval will allow more direct routing of flights that are currently routed to …
The Transcontinental Flight Turns 100
The transcontinental flight, or transcon, turned 100 today. The Vin Fiz Flyer (pictured), a Wright EX biplane, was named after a grape-flavored soft drink of the time. It departed Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn at 4:30 p.m. on September 17, 1911 and landed in Long Beach, California on December 10. It was piloted by Calbraith Perry Rodgers, who navigated across the U.S. by following a train, the Vin Fiz Special, which …
Seoul, Singapore, Stockholm Three Top Networked Cities
The Ericsson/Arthur D. Little Networked Society City Index ranks Seoul, Singapore, and Stockholm as the top three cities according to “their ability to transform ICT (information and communication technologies) to social, economic, and environmental benefits.”
The remaining cities in the top 10 are London, New York, Paris, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Beijing, in that order.
The study cites ICT-based applications such as e-government and smart transport systems as ones that can …
