By Joe Brancatelli
AIRPORT REPORT
New Routes, New Clubs, New Troubles for Clear: Delta Air Lines is resuming some intra-Florida flights it dropped last year. Thanks to a .5 million subsidy from Florida taxpayers, Delta’s commuter operation will fly daily service from the state capital of Tallahassee to Tampa, Fort Lauderdale and Orlando. The nonstop routes, using 32-seat turboprops, resumed April 1. … The commuter operation of United Airlines is adding two new routes from Chicago/O’Hare. Beginning June 4, there will be daily flights from ORD to Bismarck, North Dakota, and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. … Priority Pass, the membership plan that allows travelers to access 600 airport clubs worldwide, has added a slew of new lounges. Among the new facilities: the Relax Lounge at LAX; lounges in Toronto/Pearson, Gothenburg, Sweden, and Manchester, England; eight TAM Airlines clubs in Brazil; a lounge in Chennai, India; three lounges in Indonesia; two clubs in South Africa; and two clubs in Vietnam. Read the rest of this entry »