On the Road: New flights, pet policy, bag fee

By Joe Brancatelli

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Southwest Airlines has ended its no-pets policy and now permits small cats and dogs in the cabin for a $75 one-way charge. The pets-welcome policy was effective on June 17.
Separately, Southwest raised its third-bag fee to $50; Southwest still permits travelers to check two bags free of charge.
Bankrupt Frontier Airlines, which has been profitable for the past six months, is expanding again. It will resume regional-jet flights to Tulsa from its Denver hub on August 2.
JetBlue Airways will launch flights between its hub at New York’s Kennedy Airport hub and Kingston, Jamaica, on October 30.
The big airline alliances continue to expand. Star Alliance is adding Aegean Airlines of Greeceand Oneworld will add S7 Airlines, a fast-growing Russian carrier.
The Transportation Security Administration has barred Delta Air Lines from launching its flights to Nairobi, Kenya, and Monrovia, Liberia. The agency says the destinations are too dangerous and there are demonstrable threats to civil aviation. The TSA has not said when or if it will allow Delta to begin its flights, which were announced last year and stopped just days before their scheduled inauguration.