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We’ve had the pleasure of using Gogo in-flight internet on a number of flights across different airlines, and at this point we get a little bummed out when it’s not available. However, we’re a little afraid of commitment and haven’t selected the monthly subscription just yet.

Now’s the time to be thinking these thoughts anyway as their monthly subscription price just got a bump in the right direction—down. If you sign up for a monthly plan, in-flight WiFi magic will cost you only $19.95. The only downer is that the $34.95 price kicks back in once the second month rolls around, but the discount might be enough for some to skip the Gogo Flight Passes and think long term. At least the subscription works across all carriers where the service is available.

Whoa. Just when we start to get used to using In-Flight WiFi on our cross-country USA flights and think that’s way cool, more connectivity announcement come out to blow our minds. We’re talking about long-haul in-flight WiFi, like using the internet while flying at 40,000 feet somewhere over the Pacific between New York and Tokyo, and it’s totally coming soon to airlines.

The latest carrier to jump onboard the long-haul WiFi bandwagon is Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific, who plan to roll out broadband internet onboard all of their regular and Dragonair fleet starting in early 2012. They’ll be partnering up with the same folks working to make long-haul internet on Virgin Atlantic and Lufthansa a reality too—and that’s Panasonic. But the fun won’t stop at just the internet…

The Department of Transportation said Tuesday it affirmed its tentative approval of three U.S. airlines to start service to Tokyo’s downtown …

Airlines arm agents with handheld devices to help passengers and eventually sell them something.

Summer travelers just can’t get a break. First, the airlines slap on surcharges for the season, and now the U.S. State Department is raising passport fees and imposing a new fee for extra visa pages.
The new passport prices take effect next week, on July 13. So you’ll save money by applying or renewing this [...]

Summer travelers just can’t get a break. First, the airlines slap on surcharges for the season, and now the U.S. State Department is raising passport fees and imposing a new fee for extra visa pages.
The new passport prices take effect next week, on July 13. So you’ll save money by applying or renewing this [...]

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Greyhound is a bus line service that takes people all around the US with more than 2,000 bus terminals. This is a great option for those that want to travel for the holidays and not drive there themselves. You will find the lines at the Greyhound terminal to be less hectic than at the [...]

Our recent view from the JFK runway

Hooray! The main runway at New York’s very busy JFK International Airport has just reopened after being closed for repairs since March 1. In that time, the Government passed the hotly debated Tarmac Law and airlines that fly into JFK pouted at it, but ultimately had to follow the ruling that passengers couldn’t be kept onboard a plane sitting on the tarmac for over three hours, lest the airlines face a hefty fine.

During the three months that JFK limped along without their major runway, travelers faced minor delays resulting from longer waits. But in the end it was all worth it, since now renovated runway 13R-31L—all 14,572 feet of it— has emerged from its $204 million dollar makeover with fewer bumps.

Since it seems like Jetblue practically runs JFK these days, the airline’s Flight 65 to Tampa was the first to take off from the rebuilt runway on Tuesday. We wonder if the passengers onboard even gave a crap?

[Photo: Jaunted]