Daily Roundup--February 29, 2012

The TSA’s pre-screening program, “TSA Pre,” has begun at JFK airport in NY. So far it’s limited to Ameican Airlines.

The Dept. of Transportation is lifting its 1250 mile limit on flights into and out of Washington’s Reagan Airport (DCA). Starting later in the spring, the DOT will allow up to eight flights a day to go past this limit. AA has already announced a nonstop to LAX and United has one to SFO. Wide body aircraft are still not allowed so those flights will be on a 757 and 737 respectively.

Airbus is looking into widening the aisle seats on some of its Airbus A320 aircraft to help accommodate larger passengers. In turn, the middle and window seats would be made smaller. Is that really the reason or is yet another way for airlines to make money by selling aisle seats at a premium price?

How many of these rules regarding international food etiquette did you know?