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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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Please Explain The Airport Taxi Lines At Logan

Late last night our JetBlue flight landed on time at Boston's Logan airport. However, little did we know the real waiting was about to begin, not not for our baggage, that arrived just fine -- it was the taxi stand line that was unbearable.

Now we expect the taxi line outside McCarran Airport, in Vegas, which is twenty stalls deep, with the queue organization of a popular Disney ride, to be a bit of a wait, but what is Logan's excuse? The taxi line was well over fifty people deep and it took a good ten minutes for the first fleet of cabs to even arrive on the scene. Want more? When you get the cab you are immediately charged a $6.50 airport fee -- guessing it helps subsidize those folks that keep the taxi line moving at a snails pace. Seriously, if anyone knows why BOS has such a taxi line issue, please let us know.

In the meantime:
·   Water Taxi May Be A Viable Option Here [City Water Taxi]
·   The Official BOS Taxi Rules [Massport]
·   Bill Simmons Should Try His Home Town Airport Taxi Line -- Add Humidity [ESPN]
·   Shun The Taxi, Embrace The T [Typecon]
·   No Wonder BOS Is On The Most Miserable Airports List [U.S. News]