Analysts view established carriers such as JetBlue Airways and Continental Airlines as winners - and smaller startups or any carrier looking to grow as losers - under the federal government's plan to limit the number of hourly flights at New York area airports. ...more

December 20, 2007

JetBlue Airway will start offering limited e-mail and instant messaging services free next week on Flight 641 from New York to San Francisco in the latest effort by airlines to offer in-flight Internet access. General Web surfing and e-mail attachments won't be permitted because of bandwidth constraints, and services on laptops and handhelds with Wi-Fi wireless access will be limited to e-mail and messaging from Yahoo. American Airlines is among the carriers planning to test broader, fee-based, in-flight Internet services in coming months. ...more

December 6, 2007