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JetBlue: 'Carmageddon flights' across L.A. sell out

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JetBlue has a suggestion for Los Angeles-area residents looking for a way to get across town during this weekend's feared Carmageddon event. Fly, of course. JetBlue announced on Wednesday that it would add two special round-trip flights between Long Beach and Burbank on Saturday (July 16), but fliers had to act fast to snag them. (travel.usatoday.com) Mehr...

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QuickBurn
QuickBurn 0
Any idea which aircraft they are using? A320 or E-jets?
WeatherWise
WeatherWise 0
Beech 18's...tight fit but beats sitting in traffic...
skidbuggy
alexander brooke 0
A320s. The E190s aren't flown to the west coast anymore by Jetblue due to reliability and support issues.
tomsullivan
Tom Sullivan 0
Yep. All of the flights are A320's.
dhood84
Derek Hood 0
Alexander, for now. Rumor is they will be back on the west coast soon.
2flyers
Barry Mays 0
How about the Wright Flyers? Faster than being stuck in traffic.
travelmaster
Mark Panitz 0
i think they should done lax-burbank too
HBFlyer
HBFlyer 0
I was thinking about offering this service when I first hear about the 405 closure a few weeks ago. I fly private out of KLGB and if I had my commercial ticket, I would offer the same. I'm surprised it took them this long to offer something.
Skye777
Skye777 0
I think it should be a regular thing! Long Beach to Burbank on a regular day still takes longer than 45 mins!
Wingscrubber
Wingscrubber 0
Looks like a new business model for cross city transit. Somebody should try it with little GA airplanes or helicopters.

jshark00
jonathan sharkey 0
lessee, 45 min gate to gate, an hour to get to the airport, an hour in security .... yep, a real time saver!
AC197
James Coady 0
Except they'll have express check ins no doubt.
Moviela
Ric Wernicke 0
Jet Blue did this to get millions of dollars worth of publicity. It worked. The traffic in LA is actually extra light because Metro did such a good job of scaring everyone. Los Angeles had a rotor wing and light twin airline to deliver passengers within 30 minutes of landing at LAX to anywhere in the LA metro area. CAB rules ment the addition fare was included in the ticket on long haul flights, and less than a cab on short hops. They could do this because of smaller passenger loads, intelligent baggage handling, and no intrusive security. When Jimmy Carter turned in his turd of a presidency, he signed the Airline Deregulation Act that signaled the start of the spin the industry is in now. This pounded the last nail in the coffin of the commuter airlines in LA. Now we are paying for bags, printing boarding passes, and soon you will need a chit to cover the toilet cleaning fee. Hopefully coach chits won't work in first class loo's.
pthomas745
Pa Thomas 0
A group of cyclists beat a passenger on this route today....

https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23flightvsbike
cavuto
cavuto 0
love jetblue they are the best thing that ever happened
chiphermes
Chip Hermes 0
How does this work? You fly across the city to avoid driving and then have to rent a car?

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