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JetBlue to Launch Long-Awaited LAX Service

The wait is finally over for LA-based JetBlue fans. The airline said on Thursday that it will begin flying out of Los Angeles International Airport in June, making good on plans that were put on hold last summer due to high fuel prices. JetBlue has long served the smaller airports in Long Beach and Burbank, but its LAX flights mark its entry into the big leagues, competing head to head against legacy carriers like American and United for daily nonstop service to Boston's Logan Airport and the fancy new T5 terminal at JFK Airport in Queens. Whether they'll be successful in that brutal market remains to be seen, but the airline has certainly made its share of fans by offering amenities like 36 channels of DirecTV, Terra Blues chips, and Dunkin' Donuts coffee. The other airlines will have to trumpet their perks and minimize their prices to keep up with the stylish upstarts, a battle that we impoverished yet picky travelers look forward to with glee.

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