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American Airlines Plans Changes to American Shuttle Schedule

American Airlines Plans Changes to American Shuttle Schedule

American Airlines announced changes to its American Shuttle operation. The American Shuttle operates between New York’s LaGuardia, Boston Logan International, and Ronald Reagan Washington National airports.
The Fort Worth-based airline will drop one round-trip flight in the evening reducing the number of round trips between Boston and New York to 15, while the New York-Washington, D.C., route will cut back to 13 round trips eliminating two mid-day round-trip flights and one …

Watergate Hotel Reopens After $125 Million: ‘No Need to Break In…’

Watergate Hotel Reopens After $125 Million: ‘No Need to Break In…’

The storied Watergate hotel, located on the banks of the Potomac River in Washington D.C., reopened after a six year, $125 million renovation.
Known as much for being a part of the complex where a break-in to Democratic campaign headquarters, which resulted in the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon in 1972, as for its cotemporary design and sophistication, the number of rooms was increased to 336 from 251, including 32 …

House Tries to Block DOT Approval of Norwegian Air Flights to the U.S.

House Tries to Block DOT Approval of Norwegian Air Flights to the U.S.

A bipartisan group of congressmen introduced legislation last week to block the U.S. Department of Transportation’s approval of Norwegian Air’s expansion in the United States.
In April, the agency gave the green light to plans for Norwegian Air International, the Irish-flag subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, to operate flights to the United States from Ireland and other parts of the European Union. After consulting with the Justice and State departments, transportation …

American, Alaska to Increase Codeshare Partnership

American, Alaska to Increase Codeshare Partnership

American Airlines announced that it plans to expand its codeshare agreement with Alaska Airlines later this month.
Starting April 28, American will place its code on 11 additional routes operated by Alaska Airlines, while Alaska will place its code on 127 American Airlines-operated flights beginning May 15.
Alaska flights with an American code will include service from Los Angeles to destinations such as Baltimore and Salt Lake City, as well as from Seattle …

Amtrak Rolls Out Free Wi-Fi on More Routes

Amtrak Rolls Out Free Wi-Fi on More Routes

Amtrak announced it is expanding its free cellular-based Wi-Fi service, AmtrakConnect, to several eastern long-distance trains. The railroad service also said that it is beginning a new multi-year program to overhaul its current Wi-Fi offerings.
Eastern trains that AmtrakConnect is now available on include the Cardinal, which offers New York-Washington, D.C.-Cincinnati-Indianapolis-Chicago service; Crescent, which serves a New York-Atlanta-New Orleans route; Lake Shore limited, which connects New York/Boston-Albany-Chicago; and Silver Service, which runs on …

Southwest, Lyft Partner to Offer Rapid Rewards Points

Southwest, Lyft Partner to Offer Rapid Rewards Points

Southwest Airlines announced a new collaboration with Lyft to offer members of the airline’s frequent flyer program points for rides with the ride-hailing service.
The partnership allows first-time Lyft customers who are members of Southwest’s Rapid Rewards program to earn a one-time reward of 1,000 points for their first ride with Lyft.
The offer is valid at 11 markets where Southwest operates through the end of the year, including: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, …

United Proposes New Flights to Cuba from Four Major U.S. Cities

United Proposes New Flights to Cuba from Four Major U.S. Cities

United Airlines expanded on its previous announcement concerning the launch of service to Cuba. The airline reiterated that it would offer non-stop flights from four cities in the United States, namely Newark, Houston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.
The carrier submitted its final procedural filing to the U.S. Department of Transportation for authority to begin flights from the four cities on Monday. The airline said its application has garnered over 17,000 letters …