{"id":35,"date":"2009-06-23T08:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/united-delta-alaska-launch-new-flights\/"},"modified":"2016-12-17T11:29:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T17:29:45","slug":"united-delta-alaska-launch-new-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/united-delta-alaska-launch-new-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"United, Delta, Alaska launch new flights"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Business<\/a> By Joe Brancatelli<\/em><\/p>\n

NET NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Cost of Internet on the Road Is Coming Down<\/strong>: Without much fanfare, Boingo<\/strong>, the global network of 100,000 Wi-Fi hotspots, has slashed its monthly price by more than 50 percent. The basic domestic plan has been cut to $9.95 a month<\/strong>, down from $21.95. The domestic Boingo service covers hotspots operated by AT&T, T-Mobile and others inside thousands of hotels, Starbucks, McDonalds and bookstores nationwide. Boingo's move comes as residential-oriented broadband firms have begun bundling remote Wi-Fi access with their own monthly fees. Cablevision, for example, offers its users in the New York metropolitan area some Wi-Fi access on the road. Verizon<\/strong>, which sells DSL and fiber-optic Internet to residential customers, is readying an announcement that would give them some free Wi-Fi hotspot access<\/strong>, too. And T-Mobile<\/strong> has joined other big cellphone companies in selling 3G modem sticks<\/strong> that allow laptops to surf the Internet using mobile-phone networks.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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ROUTE MAP<\/strong><\/p>\n

Airlines Are Launching Niche Flights to Select Airports<\/strong>: Major carriers are furiously slashing service — last fall's 10 percent cuts have been matched by more deletions during the first quarter of this year — but they are also launching flights<\/a><\/strong> in select markets.<\/p>\n