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Icelandair is pleased to announce the opening of its sixth North American gateway in San Francisco, California. This will be the airline's first direct service from the west coast, with current gateways in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Boston, New York-JFK, Baltimore/Washington-BWI and Orlando. San Francisco operations will be launched on May 18 and continue through October 15, 2005, with two weekly flights May 18 &endash; June 1 and September 1 &endash; October 15 (Wednesdays and Saturdays), increasing to four from June through August (Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays). Flights are scheduled to arrive from Iceland at 6:30pm and depart from San Francisco at 11:30pm. Oct 1, 2004

JetBlue, the rapidly expanding JFK based newcomer has added to its award winning courtesy in-flight entertainment system. With the addition this month of Bravo, Comedy Central, Fox Movie Channel, Fox News Channel, FX, Hallmark Channel, MTV, National Geographic Channel, SciFi, and USA Network, JetBlue will now offer up to 36 channels of satellite television at every seat. JetBlue was the first airline to debut in-seat satellite television for its customers. Later this year, JetBlue will introduce Fox InFlight Premium entertainment, offering first-run movies for a nominal price on select flights. In 2005, JetBlue will also add XM Satellite Radio, free of charge to its lineup, with up to 100 channels of digital satellite radio. Last week the airline introduced services between New York's LaGuardia Airport and Fort Lauderdale, FL, and on 1 October between JFK and Phoenix, Arizona adding to the 27 destinations served from New York. http://www.jetblue.com Sep 27, 2004

Jetstar Asia is the name of a new low-cost airlines launched by Qantas in Singapore last week. The carrier is an international regional extension of Jetstar, the low-cost carrier launched by Qantas in the Australian domestic market in May and is a partnership between Qantas, Singaporean businessmen Tony Chew and FF Wong and Temasek Holdings. Officials say Jetstar Asia will start service to popular tourist and business destinations within five hours of Singapore by the end of the year. The fleet of brand new Airbus A320 aircraft, which seat 180, is scheduled to start arriving in Singapore from next month. The airline plans to have four A320s by January, building to more than 20 over the next three years. http://www.jetstarasia.com Oct 11, 2004

LTU International Airways, one of Germany's leading airlines, announced the addition of New York as a new route beginning May 2, 2005. LTU will operate daily, except Wednesdays, from John F. Kennedy International Airport's Terminal 4 with nonstop service to Dusseldorf, Germany, LTU's hub centrally located in the heart of North-Rhine Westphalia. LTU also offers convenient connections to Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart and Frankfurt in addition to other European destinations. LTU is celebrating its 50th year of operation in 2005 and is adding New York in an effort to expand its North American route structure. LTU currently services Ft. Myers, Orlando and Miami in Florida, Los Angeles, California and Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary in Canada. Oct 13, 2004