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Weekly UpdatesMay 24, 2009
AirTran Airways
AirTran Airways announced its expansion to additional gates at General Mitchell International Airport, increasing to six gates on Concourse C. These gates will be used to support 34 peak-day flights, a 57 percent growth in the airline's Milwaukee operations since last year, making AirTran Airways the fastest growing airline at the airport. Earlier this month, the carrier began flights to Branson, Mo., and Minneapolis/St. Paul. The carrier will also begin nonstop service to Denver and St. Louis on May 21. Additional nonstop flights from Milwaukee to New York (LaGuardia), Baltimore/Washington, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma, and Tampa/St. Petersburg are planned for the summer. These new gates will be used to accommodate this significant increase in flights. May 20, 2009
AirTran Airways
AirTran Airways launched a sale for travel to all the airline's destinations with fares starting as low as USD 39. These special fares are available for purchase through May 21, 2009 and are good for travel through October 30, 2009. Like all AirTran Airways fares, prices included in this sale are available for one-way travel and do not require a roundtrip purchase or an overnight stay. Travelers may purchase these sale fares at http://www.airtran.com or via AirTran Airways' reservations system at 1-800-AIR-TRAN. For Spanish, call 1-877-581-9842. May 19, 2009
JetBlue Airways
Jet Blue has resumed service to Nantucket from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, offering travelers the convenience of daily nonstop flights to the island through Sept. 8, with additional flights on weekends throughout the season. Tickets start at USD 79 each way for midweek travel between New York and Nantucket. JetBlue also offers easy connections between Nantucket and dozens of other cities from coast to coast including Washington, Charlotte, Palm Beach, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, Los Angeles (Burbank, LAX , starting June 17, and Long Beach airports), and San Francisco (Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose airports). www.jetblue.com. May 22, 2009
JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways has announced plans to begin new service to Kingston, Jamaica -- its 14th international destination -- this fall. The airline expects to serve Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport with daily nonstop service to/from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, with onward connecting service available to cities across the United States. JetBlue's flights to the Jamaican capital are expected to go on sale in June at www.jetblue.com, subject to receipt of government operating authority. Kingston will be JetBlue's second destination in Jamaica; it just kicked off daily nonstop service between New York (JFK) and Montego Bay. www.jetblue.com. May 22, 2009
JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways announced a partnership with Angels Baseball, Major League Baseball's defending American League Western Division Champions, to become the Official and Exclusive Airline of the team. To further celebrate the launch of its partnership, JetBlue is hosting a "FANtastic" giveaway on Wednesday, May 20 at 12 p.m. PT at the main entrance to the Angel Stadium, where the first 346 fans (the total number of Angels hits through Sunday, May 17) will receive a free roundtrip travel certificate. www.jetblue.com. May 19, 2009
JetBlue Airways
New York based value airline JetBlue Airways today announced the extension of The JetBlue Promise Program for customers booking air travel or Getaways vacation packages by Dec. 31, 2009. The Program allows customers to book through the busy summer and holiday travel seasons with confidence by honoring a full refund to anyone who experiences involuntary full-time job loss prior to their trip (a). It also allows customers to take advantage of great advance travel deals like JetBlue's 300,000 seat Summer Sale, with sale fares available for as low as USD 29 and USD 49 (b) to destinations across the country. Travel must be booked online at www.jetblue.com by 11:59 p.m. MDT on Thursday, May 21, 2009. May 18, 2009
Mokulele Airlines
Mokulele's entry into the Hawaiian inter-island market in late 2008 has once again triggered discounting in the region, reminiscent of Mesa's strategy when it arrived in 2006. Through its go! subsidiary Mesa brought inter-island fares to lows of USD 19, a factor in the demise of rival Aloha's passenger operations in April 2008. Now Mesa's former codeshare partner Mokulele is challenging both go! and Hawaiian Airlines on inter-island flying. Hawaiian Airlines says Mokulele has discounted inter-island fares to a low of USD 29. May 18, 2009
Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines today announced its intent to begin service from Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport (MKE) late this year. The carrier has not released specific service details, but said it will offer multiple destinations from the airport of choice for business and leisure travelers who work and live across the vibrant and growing region. The new Southwest service from MKE will commence after already-announced new service to New York LaGuardia (June 28) and Boston Logan (August 16). May 19, 2009
WestJet
WestJet today announced its flight schedule to Vancouver and Abbotsford for February and March, 2010. The airline is adding more flights from its 55-city network to the Vancouver and Abbotsford airports, bringing the number of flights to the lower British Columbia mainland to more than 350 for the two-month period. May 20, 2009
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