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Boeing is Hard at Work Cooking Up a Whole New Flavor of 777

You know we get all worked up when there's anything new to report in the saga of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, but eventually we’re going to have to shift our focus—and airplane love—towards a new aircraft. It looks like Boeing has something up their sleeve already, and if things go according to plan the world’s longest-range passenger jet may roll off the assembly line sooner rather than later.

Sure, it’s technically not a totally new aircraft, as we’re sure the engineers at Boeing are copying and pasting some stuff from one set of blueprints to another. Nonetheless, the Boeing 777X is a totally revamped and renovated option from airplane manufacturer.

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How to Avoid Frontier's New $100 Carry-on Bag Fee

Travelers know Frontier as the airline that paints cute wild animals on the tails of their airplanes, but they may have more in common with those animals than ever thought. Cute from afar, Frontier bares their teeth up when it comes to one-on-one interaction.

Case in point: the news this week that Frontier would punish travelers who do not book directly on Frontier's own website. Fares remain attractive—starting around $69 each way from Denver to Chicago and $49 from New Jersey to Florida—but the ugly truth is that accidentally booking your Frontier flight on Expedia or Kayak means extra fees of $100 per carry-on bag and only 25% of the frequent flyer miles for your trip.

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First Lipstick and Now Booze, As Turkish Airlines Considers Yet Another Ban

Just the other day we heard about Turkish Airlines and their problem with red lipstick, and now it looks like the carrier is getting ready to ban even more in-flight stuff. Apparently the airline is not too keen on serving alcohol to Russian passengers, because apparently they’re a little too thirsty when it comes to up in the air beverage consumption.

The news is trickling out from a couple of sources, as the reports appear to have started over in Russia. If things are true the carrier would move to stop serving alcoholic beverages on flights to and from Russia, as Turkish Airlines isn’t really up for dealing with potentially unruly passengers.

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New Route News Thanks to JetBlue, United, and Alaska Airlines

Sometimes it’s hard to stay on top of all the new route announcements that come our way, so we’ve complied a little bit of a rundown below. As long as you can afford the fares, this should definitely help add to your passport stamp collection.

· United:
It’s time to head down to Central America, as United is getting ready to boost and improve some service to and from the area. A couple weeks ago they started weekly service between Washington-Dulles International Airport and both Guatemala City, Guatemala, and San Jose, Costa Rica.

Things will run all year long, but the carrier didn’t stop there. They’re also doing the nonstop thing between Chicago-O'Hare and San Jose—again it’s in Costa Rica. Boeing 737-800s will be operating these flights, which means plenty of room in United Business, Economy Plus, and regular ol’ United Economy as well.

· Alaska Airlines:
More flights are coming to Portland—the one in Oregon—as Alaska Airlines is getting ready to send their planes and people to both Atlanta and Dallas-Ft. Worth. The new flights will start up on September 16, and it’ll be Boeing 737s doing the heavy lifting between the new city pairs.

These flights will operate throughout the year, and the plan is to do one one-stop flight in each direction every day of the week. If you’re intrigued by these new flights head over to Alaska Airlines’ website and start booking, as they’re offering up one-way flights for as little as $129.

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Throwback Thursday: Virgin Atlantic's Flight Attendant Uniforms of 1984 and 2014

Sure, we love all the speed and comfort of modern travel, but it didn't that way overnight. Every Thursday, we're going to take a look back at travel the way it used to be, whether that's decades or centuries ago. This is Throwback Thursday, travel edition.

The year was 1984 and the place was London-Gatwick International Airport. A 747-200 named "Maiden Voyager" taxied on the tarmac for a virgin flight to Newark, on a virgin airline. The airline's name? Virgin, or, well, Virgin Atlantic.

Virgin's flight attendants weren't yet known for their cherry red lips, or their scarlet pencil skirts and chic up-dos, but they were on their way.

Fast forward to today, as Virgin Atlantic continues to fly 747s—the fleet and destination list are much larger now—and they're again ready to show a fresh face with new flight crew uniforms designed by Vivienne Westwood.

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Freebies and $4 Lunchboxes for New Yorkers at Delta's T4X Pop-Up

All logos should be made of mini cupcakes

On May 24, Delta debuts the massive extension of Terminal 4 at New York-JFK International Airport to travelers. No need to wait that long to peek at brand-spanking-new space and its staggeringly massive 24,000-square-foot SkyClub (with first ever SkyDeck!), however; last night the airline opened a pop-up space in Soho to show off ahead of time.

The spot—called "Delta T4 Xperience," or "T4X" for short—will be open to the public Tuesday thru Sunday from 11am to 3pm, from now until May 22. The first level boasts exhibits to virtually "tour" the new terminal, plus a vending machine churning out Delta-branded freebies (a mirror, luggage tag, passport holder or cold drink cup). Head up to the second story for some Nespresso caffeination and a preview of the highly anticipated SkyDeck.

Now, for the really good part:

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Use Your TrueBlue Miles with a Limited-Time 30% Discount

As the week fades into the weekend, we’re always looking for something to do. Thanks to JetBlue our attention has been turned towards finding and planning a bit of a getaway, and that’s especially the case now that they’re throwing a little bit of a sale. We know you’ve been stashing away those TrueBlue points in your frequent flyer bank, but with a 30% discount—now’s the time to book.

You only have a few more hours to decide on where you want to go and when you want to takeoff, as the fun ends today—April 26. Travel is valid between May 2 and June 26, and there are some certain restrictions buried down in the fine print. It looks like eligible flights are only those doing their thing on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Your discount can be quite a savings, but discounts can’t take the total points total below 5,000 TrueBlue points, so just plan wisely.

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JetBlue, Virgin America and Air France Lead This Week's New Route News

Sometimes it’s hard to stay on top of all the new route announcements that come our way, so we’ve complied a little bit of a rundown below. As long as you can afford the fares, this should definitely help add to your passport stamp collection.

· JetBlue:
The government seals and stamps are still pending, but if all goes according to plan JetBlue will be adding some new options sooner than later. They’re looking to head from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport down to Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima, Peru. Daily flights are scheduled to start on November 21, and if you act quickly you might be able to score a one-way seat for as low as $139. Adding Lima to their map will be destination number 81 for JetBlue, and it’s their fourth destination down in South America.

· LOT:
In case you haven’t heard the good news it’s finally time for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to head back into the skies. The battery problems have been reviewed and approved, and it’s finally time for the planes to do what they do best—fly. Plenty of airlines are working to shift their schedules to bring back the new planes, and one of them is LOT Polish Airlines. It sounds like June 5 is when they’ll bring back the 787 service between Chicago and Warsaw, and shortly after that they’ll start to link Poland with Toronto as well.

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Alaska Airlines Slims Down Seats, but Beefs Up In-flight Power

The folks over at Alaska Airlines are cashing in all the spare change they find between the seats, as they’re looking to spend around $100 million to upgrade the interiors on some of their planes. Unfortunately they’re not adding wider more comfortable seats, but at least the upgrades they are making should give the airplane cabins a nice refresh.

Upgrades are coming to all of the carrier’s Boeing 737-800s, 737-900s, and 737-900ERs, as they replace the old seating surfaces with some new designs from Recaro. The new seats have a much slimmer design, so traveling butts might be a little less comfortable. However, the slimmer seats add more space for more travelers, and that’s a good thing when you’re an airline trying to make money.

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No Germany for You: One-Day Strike Cancels 1,700 Lufthansa Flights Today

Today could be a rough day at the airport, so we recommend charging up those electronic doodads and maybe even grabbing a magazine. Lufthansa is having a little bit of a problem with their worker bees today, and as a result they’re canceling all kinds of flights.

In total it sounds like they are proactively canceling around 1,700 flights; however, most appear to be shorter flights in and around Europe, as well as domestic options. It’s all part of a one-day strike finalized late last week, as a group representing around 33,000 Lufthansa employees hopes to show the carrier that they need a little more cash in their paychecks.

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Hawaiian Airlines, Icelandair and American Airlines Lead This Week's New Route News

Sometimes it’s hard to stay on top of all the new route announcements that come our way, so we’ve complied a little bit of a rundown below. As long as you can afford the fares, this should definitely help add to your passport stamp collection.

· Hawaiian Airlines:
It’ll be a little bit of time before things start flying back and forth, but Hawaiian Airlines is once again eager to get over to Asia. This time they’re planning to fly all the way over to China, as if things go according to plan the nonstop flights will run back and forth between Honolulu and Beijing.

Things should start in April of 2014, so you certainly have some time to get the funds in order if you’re looking to take advantage of this new route. This is international destination number 10 since November 2010 for Hawaiian Airlines, and this new flight should do its thing three times per week. Sounds like more tourism dollars will be arriving in the Aloha State, or it’s just a great stopover on the way back from China—Beijing, Waikiki, and then home.

· Lufthansa:
Here’s a little bit of an aircraft announcement, as it looks like Lufthansa and one of their A380s is on the move once again. Beginning on September 26, Lufthansa will be connecting Frankfurt with Shanghai five times per week, and it’ll all be done thanks to the Airbus A380.

The world’s biggest passenger aircraft will leave Germany around 5:20pm or so local time, and will arrive over in China at 9:55am—fancy. There’s room for 526 passengers across three different cabins, so we’re pretty sure there’s a seat that’s perfect for you. That’s not it when it comes to new airplane news either, as the latest Boeing bird—the 747-8—will now be doing its thing between Frankfurt and Los Angeles thanks to Lufthansa.

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Whoops: American Airlines System Glitch Grounds All AA Flights

A famous still from the movie "Airplane"

Update 5:15pm: American Airlines confirms that their systems are back up and running and the rest of the day will progress as normally as possible. Of course, over 700 flights have been hurt by the outage, so don't expect AA phone lines or customer service counters to have short waits.

Just after 2pm, our omniscient friends at NYCAviation tweeted "Ground stop in effect for DFW, LGA and ORD for @AmericanAir only due to computer issues, affecting many flights." Little were we to know that was only the start of major hiccups, as the severity of a system glitch ended up grounding all American Airlines flights from around 3pm EST until what is expected to be 5pm.

That's only two hours, but two hours is two hours too many for a major international airline, and American had been experience intermittent issues since just after noon. For example, USA Today reports that "more than 520 flights on American and regional affiliate American Eagle had been canceled as of 3:15 p.m. ET, according to flight-tracking service FlightStats."

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