jetblue is doing what jetblue does we come into markets that suffered for a long time with very high fairsz and we change it we saw it in 2014. fares to london as you know were even higher. the other thing about business class fares to europe, it is not a level playing field. if you work for a large company, a big corporate, you get a special deal, everyone else has to spend thousands we are stepping up and we are going to level the playing field. >> the opening price, i was looking around booking, kinds of what would be busy weekend later in the year as opposed to mid-week flights, $2,000 or so return for business class. is that our opening salvo just to grab attention? or are you committing to that sort of pricing for the next three years or more? >> we can't talk about future pricing, obvious lesion but we are very committed to keeping fares low. what we did in los angeles, when we launched mint back in 2014, we had many of those low fares still in the market years later. this isn't is a publicity it stunt. everyone knows when we come into the market, boston/los angeles, boston la

we don't do these zero-tolerance programs very often. >> reporter: this past sunday, a jetblue flight from new york to san francisco was diverted to minneapolis after a passenger began making stabbing motions at flight attendants and others on board. >> it was also observed erratic behavior and snorting a white substance. >> oh, okay. >> reporter: the tense moments going viral. >> you are a liar. you're a liar! >> reporter: and on this southwest flight earlier this year, a woman was kicked off for refusing to wear a mask. other passengers applauding as she leaves. >> woo! >> reporter: more than 1300 cases of unruly passengers have been reported since february. >> we have seen an alarming increase in the rate over the last few months, and it's something that we need to get under control, so that's why we adopted the zero-tolerance policy. >> reporter: the number of people flying is also up significantly from a year ago. the tsa says 1.8 million people traveled on sunday, compared to only 250,000 on the same day last year. andrew, mona. >> all right, megan, thank you. here's a talker fo

. >> a jetblue flight to san francisco forced to divert midflight because of an unruly passenger, only on 7 other travelers tell us he was harassing women and possibly doing drugs. with that we say good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm dion lim. you're watching abc7 news live here on abc7, hulu live and wherever you happen to stream. well, taking a live look at sfo right now where that flight from jfk airport in new york finally landed tonight after being diverted to minneapolis. travelers tell us the unruly ab wsreporter j.r. tonight and talked with those passengers. it is a story you will see only on 7. j.r., this sounds like quite a nightmare. >> reporter: it certainly was, dion, and i spoke with the woman sitting right next to that unruly passenger. she was still shaken up over what happened, but just relieved like so many others to finally make it to san francisco. >> so we are as a team made a decision to come here. >> reporter: cheering from passengers on a jetblue plane the departed new york's jfk en route to san francisco international airport, one that had to be dive

helane becker of cowen joining us on the jetblue announcement. i will be speaking to the ceo of jetblue, coming up here on bloomberg television. alix: that's late for you, but worth it. those pictures, by the way, of business class, first class, whatever, they look really nice, and sick evidently cheaper. i was surprised. guy: but you don't have these big corporate platforms with the miles and everything else that you're able to collect, so it is going to be interesting to see whether this is a leisure market story, going head to head maybe with virgin atlantic. i think those are the two you are really going to compare. it will be interesting to see whether they get into iag and united and american in terms of those markets because that is a really high-margin business. alix: totally right. it is going to be really interesting. and that is if i ever fly again. i will let you know. [laughter] we are five minutes to the close. guy: what a day it has been. we are definitely off our lows. i think that is something that is quite significant. we were j

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the problem was traced back to a third-party check in system used by american, jetblue and alaska airlines. the issue is resolved and the company acknowledge the outage and says it would work to prevent it from happening again. if you find capital is frustrating, relaxed with an alcoholic drink on southwest airlines. the carrier says it is bringing back alcohol on some flights. starting later next month you can order a drink on a flight from here to hawaii and in july, that will ask and to include flights of more than 250 miles. those sales have been on hold during the pandemic. >>> elon musk says the tesla model s will be back in hetweeted the will be delivered beginning june 3rd. the shortage of computer chips and a redesign caused the nearly 5 month delay. he says the new version will go from 0 to 60 in under two seconds. >>> but amazon won't come it is getting benefits to our grocery delivery at. the company says the service will be folded into its main platform by the end of the year. customers will be able to buy groceries and other items and track their orders and contact customer s

the chaos began after a third party reservation system used by american airlines, jetblue and alaska, had an outage. the issue has since been resolved. >>> now to the a boards, stocks ending the week on a rebound. the dow jones isup ab180 points. >>> existing home sales have fallen for the third straight month, causing prices to reach new highs. according to the national association of realtors, sales fell 2.7% from march to april of this year. it jumped 30.9% since april of last year. at the end of last month, the inventory of unsold homes stood at a little more than 1 million 30.9% since april of last year. at the end of last month, the inventory of unsold homes stood at a little more than $1 million. >>> tax evaders will be washed with a new plan. it would widen irs payroll. the added manpower would bolster efforts to go after wealthy americans and corporations that are dodging their fair share. the treasury department says underreported income is the biggest contributor to the tac shortfall. >>> let's go live to the white house where president biden has awarded the medal of honor.

according to the fai, jetblue's airlines flight 915 was en route to new york to san francisco and it was diverted to minneapolis-st. paul. witnesses reported the 42-year- old suspect was walking up and down the aisle with a butter knife in his fist while snorting white powder. he had a back of powder on the train. after landing, airporpolice detained the man, tested deposit tested the powder and tested positive for cocaine. plastic county group of high school students is upset over a class photo. they say stickers they were wearing with conservative and patriotic messages were edited out of the photo. reporter heather janssen on the picture and the fallout. >> reporter: in this group photo, blake whitney among his leadership peers, where's his patriotism proud but he was surprised when he got the photo back. >> i noticed that all the stickers were missing. >> reporter: those stickers removed and edited off his peers shirts pick of the stickers, just like these, supporting america and free speech. some of his fellow club members are upset that they they were given no warning. >> ameri

. >> reporter: this past sunday a jetblue flight from new york to san francisco was diverted to minneapolissenger began making stabbing motions at flight attendants and others on board. >> it was also observed dramatic behavior and snorting a white substance. >> okay. >> reporter: the tense moments going viral. >> you are a liar. you're a liar. >> reporter: and on this southwest flight earlier this year, a woman was kicked off for refusing to wear a mask. other passengers applauding as she leaves. more than 1,300 cases of unruly passengers have been reported since february. >> we have seen an alarming increase in the rate over the last few months and it's something that we need to get under control so that's why we adopted the zero tolerance policy. >> reporter: the number of people flying is also up significantly from a year ago. the tsa says 1.8 million people traveled on sunday compared to only 250,000 on the same day last year. andrew, mona. >> meghan, thank you. and sticking with airlines, passengers may soon have to get weighed before they get on board as a safety precaution. overall

first on "cbs this morning," the jetblue ceo joins us from jfk.e very excited about your new flight plans and it's coming as there's a lot of talk about a surge in prices. but i heard you say that jetblue is going to figure out a way to lower the prices. how? and what does that mean, exactly? >> well, you know, what we do best is we fly to places that have really high fares, and we find a way of lowering them, and that's what we're doing today. as anyone knows who has flown across the atlantic over the last few years, airlines charge extremely high fairs, for business class and have been gouging people for a long time. as of today, we're announcing that we are going to put that right just as we've been doing for over 20 years in the u.s. and we've announced new fares in both our core and business class. our new experience which we think will reduce fares by up to 50% over what people have been paying in the past. >> when you say put that right, i love your accent, could you give us numbers so we know what we're talking about exactly? i've heard yo

the firm saver confirming it experienced outages impacting american and jetblue airlines. we've got video taken by a woman waiting at lax, she says that her travel plans will be on hold for hours. she's not alone. many passengers are tweeting their frustration. saver says the situation is fully resolved at this point but no doubt, there will be residual >>> an oakland tap room is vandalized after celebrating women in the beer industry. one of the windows shattered as the craft beer industry is dealing with its own me too movement. melissa myers heard her own stories about unequal treatment in the industry. >> some of the stories are oh, this guy said you can't possibly own the brewery you're female, all the way up to, i was sexually assaulted by the owner. >> this started when a woman asked on instagram if any other women experienced harassment, abuse or discrimination in the craft beer industry. in just a week, more than a thousand women shared their stories. >>> the mountain lion captured in san francisco this week is back in the wild this morning. he was released yester

3 people are facing $15,000 fines, 2 of them allegedly assaulted flight attendants on 2 separate jetblues. another brought his own alcohol on board. drank it and then yelled at the crew. 2 other $9,000 fines or for people who refuse to wear masks that includes a man who refused to wear his mask on a southwest flight southwest flight from oakland to houston. still ahead, community is getting ready for fire season. how more people can now get alerts about wildfires sent straight to their phones. this academic year has been, um, challenging. but i think there's so much success to celebrate. woman: it's been a year like no other. man: yet, for educators across california, the care, compassion, and teaching has never stopped. woman: addressing their unique needs... man: ...and providing a safe learning environment students could count on. woman: join us in honoring the work of educators. together, we will build a better california for all of us. >> with fires already starting in northern california. local emergency officials say they're working to better prepare their communities. >> now peop

in that incident a passenger on a jetblue flight in february refused to wear a mask. say she threw anty ae another. >>> and twitter rolled out a new tip jar feature. it will allow users with apple and android devices to send money directly to their favorite accounts to support their work. the feature supports a variety of payment options and links including paypal and venmo. twitter will not take a cut of the cash. the social media site says it will be available first to select creators and nonprofits. i guess this is an online -- don't forget to tip your waitress on the way out. >> yeah. totally. i have a name for it. i'm going to call it a twip. #twip, start a trend. >> let's do it. >> diane king hall in new york, thank you so much. >> you got it. >>> up next, beating the heat. a favorite at the oregon zoo takes a relaxing soak. ♪ you don't become a runner, who breaks eight world records... after age 65, without a serious support system. kathy martin has one in medicare from blue cross blue shield. she won't go a day without the right card. because she can't go a da

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. >> reporter: a crew member on this jetblue flight says an unruly customer cut this coast-to-coast flight it to land in minneapolis. >> gesturing stabbing motions towards the other passenger and was also observed erratic behavior and snorting a white substance. >> oh, okay. >> we want to be clear that anyone causing a disturbance onboard an aircraft or within the airport environment will be punished with fines and possible criminal charges. >> reporter: even, still, health officials are telling fully vaccinated americans to enjoy memorial day. aaa says the rush to return to travel is on, with 37 million people headed out this holiday weekend. only a 13% drop compared to 2019. airports that were a ghost town last year are now filling up. tsa figures show air travel has already hit 90% of pre-pandemic levels compared to 13% a year ago. >> it's been a stressful year and i'm just going to go by myself and have some fun in the bahamas. >> it can be a little crowded, but i feel pretty safe. i got membership vaccine and my mask, hand sanitizer. so, should be good to go. >> reporter: the latest f

jetblue plans to start its long-awaited flights between new york and london this august.s jumping into a pandemic battered market that remains largely struck down. fair started $519 round-trip in coach and 1579 for premium seats . global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> i think most agents have the sense of otherness, and i felt that, especially on the mainland u.s. i have had americans say things to me like where are you really from, even when i was wearing my nation's uniform with the american flag on my shoulder. tom: the lt. col. from illinois. david rubenstein with another important peer-to-peer conversation. david rubenstein joins us now on tammy duckworth. she is a politician but far more than that. it is an exceptional story. from the singapore, the bangkok school, father that moved around and moved around, and there were tough times, to her war duty. what did she say to you about the war duty and where she is now in 2

he seeks corporate partners, like jetblue, and he discourages higher taxes on the wealthy.ame time, he proposes a basic income for the poorest new yorkers of $2,000 per year, and a city-run people's bank for those with limited to no access to banking. >> he has more creative ideas, one that made headlines. he wants to bring tiktok hype houses, basically creator collectives, to new york city. >> trevor: yes! a tiktok hype house. this is the per policy for everyone in new york going, "i love this city. i just wish my neighbors were louder. now, for our older viewers who may not know what a tiktok hype house is, it's basically a place where influencers make videos sort of like on "the real world." and for our younger viewers, "the real world" was a popular reality show back in the 90s where people lived together in a house, and it's now making a comeback. and for our viewers who play for the jets, a "comeback" is when a team is losing, but then they actually win the game. now, it might not come as a surprise that andrew yang has been dominating this race. after making a name f

tom: the points guy talking about jetblue being aggressive about one flight, and in the second flight as well. it links writing, i'm sorry, madame lagarde with ecb is actually watching vaccination and mask policy. jonathan: do you think we are thinking about the wrong central bank when we consider the source of a taper tantrum later this year? tom: we will have to see. it's going to be a surprise along the way. a terrific chart this morning showing the federal reserve system is really an unbalanced if you versus the other sense -- unbalanced view versus other central banks. the guy from deutsche bank states, no one will want to buy u.s. bonds. we are getting into balance sheet dynamics off of the rates story. jonathan: you have been talking about this for a while, either yields need to climb are the dollar needs to move the other way. lisa: this is something people have been looking at and wondering what's going to happen. the reopening trade in europe seems to be going strong. if you take a look at high-frequency data, it is already bleeding into second-quarter data. it is not necess

. >> reporter: a crew member on this jetblue flight says an unruly passenger cut this coast to coastto land in minneapolis. >> gesturing stabbing motions towards the other passenger, and there was also observed erratic behavior and snorting a white substance. >> we want to be clear that anyone causing a disturbance onboard an aircraft or within the airport environment will be punished with fines and possible criminal charges. >> reporter: even still, health officials are telling fully vaccinated americans to enjoy memorial day. aaa says the rush to return to travel is on with 37 million people headed out this holiday weekend. only a 13% drop compared to 2019. airports that were a ghost town last year are now filling up. tsa figures show air travel has already hit 90% of pre-pandemic levels compared to 13% a year ago. >> it's been a stressful year, and i'm just going to go by myself and have some fun in the bahamas. >> it can be a little crowded but i feel pretty safe. i got my vaccine and my mask, hand sanitizer. so should be good to go. >> reporter: the latest forecast from the u.s.

jetblue announcing it'll now fly to europe for the first time with two new flights to london.stay at home mom one of the millions looking to get out of the house. >> my husband, my son and i have spent 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the last 365 days together. we are not sick of each other yet. >> what can you do to make sure that you are getting the best deal >> booking three weeks in advance will be your best bet and staying flexible with where you go is often times the best approach. >> and experts say that you should book your flight no later than memorial day so you have a few days left. that's when you will get the best deals. remember, we do not have any change fees right now so if you end up buying a ticket and then you find a cheaper one later on you can still go head and change it and then have extra credit leftover for future flight. >> good tip that. was gio reporting. back here at home let's take a live look at the san jose international airport this morning. there's big buzz over what's being added inside terminal b. our media partner the mercury news repo

one report alleges a passenger on a february jetblue flight threw everything from insults to food totles of illegal booze, causing the flight to turn around. he is now facing a $32,000 fine. >> i know we all do some messed up things. alcohol gets in us -- >> reporter: a california woman apologized after video surfaced of her jumping the ticket counter in miami. the faa says reports of unruly passengers used to come in every few days. now it's it says flight crews are calling in issues multiple times a day. faa administrator steve dixon instituted a zero tolerance policy in part because of problem passengers traveling to the capitol riots. >> we will not address these cases through warnings or counselling. >> reporter: the faa is even investigating an alaska state senator who was banned from alaska airlines for refusing to wear a mask. though she claimed to have an unspecified exemption. in another new case, the faa fined a combative passenger on a january flight $16,000 for allegedly hitting one of the flight attendants with his bags. the head of the largest association of flight att

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. >> reporter: a crew member on this jetblue flight says an unruly passenger cut this coast-to-coastusing it to land in minneapolis. >> gesturing stabbing motions toward the other passenger and it was also observed erratic behavior and snorting a white substance. >> we want to be clear that anyone causing a disturbance on board an aircraft or within the airport environment will be punished with fines and possible criminal charges. >> reporter: even still, health officials are telling flue vaccinated americans to enjoy memorial day. a, a says the rush to return to travel is on with 37 million people headed out this holiday weekend, only 13% drop compared to 2019. airports that were a ghost town last year, are now filling up. tsa figures show air travel has already hit 90% of pre-pandemic levels compared to 13% a year ago. >> it's been a stressful year. i'm just going to go by myself and have some fun in the bahamas. >> i got my vaccine and mask an hand sanitizer so i should be good to go. >> reporter: the latest forecast from the u.s. travel association says 77% of americans will take

the firm saver confirming it experienced outages impacting american and jetblue airlines. i want to show you video taken by a woman waiting at lax, she says that her travel plans will be put on hold for hours because of this snafu. many passengers taking to twitter to express frustrations. there will be some residual flight delays because of all of this delay. >>> developing now, after two weeks of bloodshed a cease-fire has been called between israel and hamas. [ cheers and applause ] >> palestinians of east jerusalem gathered overnight to celebrate as a cease-fire took effect. fire crackers lit up the sky, people waved palestinian and hamas flies, in gaza city cheers and whistles rang out as a cease-fire began today. israel and hamas accepted an egyptian proposal to end the violence. over nearly two weeks more than 200 palestinians have died, at least 13 israelis have been killed in the violence as well. last night president biden pledged to salvage the devastated gaza strip and the united nations urged renewed israeli/palestinian dialogue. >> my conversations with presi

one report has a passenger on a february jetblue flight from everything from insults to food to bottlesgal booze causing the flight to turn around. he's now facing a $32,000 fine. >> i know we do some messed-up things when alcohol gets the best of us. >> reporter: a california woman apologized after video surfaced of her jumping the counter in miami. the faa says reports of unruly passengers used to come in every few days and now it says flight crews are calling in issues multiple times a day. faa administrator steve dixon instituted a zero tolerance policy in part because of problem passengers traveling to the capitol riots. >> we will not address these cases through warnings or counseling. >> the faa says it's even investigate an alaska state senator who is banned from alaska airlines for refusing to wear a mask though she claimed to have an unspecified exemption. in another newcates faa finds a combative passenger on a january flight $16,000 for allegedly hitting one of the flight attendants with his bags. the head of the largest association of flight attendants says help from the fe

. >> reporter: a crew member on this jetblue flight said an unruly passenger cut this coast-to-coast trip short, forcing it to land. >> and it was also observed erratic behavior and snorting a white substance. >> we must be clear, anyone causing a disturbance on board an aircraft or in the airport environment will be punished, fined and possible criminal charges. >> reporter: even still, health officials are telling fully vaccinated americans to enjoy memorial day. triple a said the rush to return to travel is on, with 37 million people headed out this holiday weekend, only a 13% drop compared to 2019. airports that were a ghost town last year are now filling up. tsa figures show air travel has already hit 90% of pre-pandemic levels, compared to 13% a year ago. >> it's been a stressful year and i'm just going to go by myself and have some fun in the bahamas. >> it can be a little crowded but file safe. i have my vaccine, mask, hand sanitizer. should be good to go. >> reporter: the latest forecast from the u.s. travel association said 77% of americans will take at least one trip this

. >> this past sunday, a jetblue flight from new york to san francisco was diverted to minneapolis andan making stabbing motions at flight attendants and others on board. >> it was observed erratic behavior and snorting a white substance. >> the tense moments going viral. within 1300 cases of unruly passengers have been reported since february. >> we have seen an alarming increase in is something we need to get under control. >> what do you guys think is going on? is everyone more stressed out and unable to cope with all of the situations we are having to deal with? >> i think there is a lot of tension. covid is a part of it. there are a number of things that seem to elevate the level of tension in so many walks of life. i applaud the faa. enough is enough. we have got to crackdown. i hope they find them enough that it really hurts. we have to have some type of social order. it is getting a little per preposterous. these incidents that seem to happen with greater regularity we cannot tolerate them. otherwise, things get out of control. flying is already a bit of a hassle and stressful

a disturbance on this jetblue flight from new york to san francisco. the flight had to be diverted to minneapolis where an unruly passenger was arrested. more on the quote erratic behavior people saw. >> i have thoughts about all of that but good morning on this monday, may 17. you are watching abc 7 mornings live on abc 7 hulu live in wherever you stream. we will start with mike. it is a tiny bit wet on the roads this this this this this >> just a little bit of drizzle out there. absolutely. especially in the higher elevations. will be the case for the next several mornings as the seabreeze is going to take any threat of summer heat and fire danger. hopefully that puts you at ease on this monday morning and you can see the gray out there. let me show it to you. you can see a solid set of clouds all the way into our inland east bay neighborhoods where temperatures are pushing into the double, winds are pushing into the double digits right now so that is what is going to keep us in the 60s for the most part around the bay and inland. we have a few 70s l

united adding 400 additional flights in july, jetblue announcing it will now fly to europe for the firstlson, a stay-at-home mom, one of the millions of travelers looking to get out of the house. >> my husband, my son and i have spent 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the last 365 days together, and we're not sick of each other yet. >> reporter: so what can you do to make sure you're getting the best deal? >> booking at least three weeks in advance is going to be your best bet and staying flexible with where you go is oftentimes the best approach. >> reporter: and experts tell us you should book your flight no later than memorial day so you have a few days left. that's when you're going to get the best deals. but, remember, we do not have any change fees right now, so if you end up buying a ticket and then you find a cheaper one later on, you can still go ahead and change it and then you'll have some extra credit left over for a future flight. guys. >> gio benitez, always a font of practical wisdom. thank you. >>> anot industry that is looking to stage a comeback, cruise lines, norwegian

a disturbance on this jetblue flight from new york to san francisco.o minneapolis where an unruly passenger was arrested. more on the quote erratic behavior people saw. >> i have thoughts about all of that but good morning on this monday, may 17. you are watching abc 7 mornings live on abc 7 hulu live in wherever you stream. we will start with mike. it is a tiny bit wet on the roads this this this this this >> just a little bit of

alaska american and jetblue where some of the airlines reporting computer outages would say most allergiesust before three o'clock this morning. still airports across the country reported long lines and significant back ups. it's unclear what caused the initial outages. southwest airlines has announced it is bringing back alcohol service on its whites. alcoholic beverages. sales were suspended on southwest during the pandemic, but the airline now plans to bring back alcohol as well as coffee. this coming summer, southwest said it will start selling beer and wine on flights to hawaii, june 24th and then on july 15th it will begin selling drinks on flights longer than 250 miles within the states. google is opening its first physical retail store, the google stores opening the summer in new york. people will be able to try a pixel phones, nest products fitbits, the store will also offer customer support and troubleshooting. google hasn't said if there will be more of these stores. what my favorite san francisco thanks to do. the stern grove music festival is returning starting june 20th just

breeze was created by the same person who started jetblue airways.said today that it will start with short trips around the southeast. beginning may 27th and then expand other cities on the east coast and the midwest by late july. well new life for an old property. the port of redwood city has been reinventing itself over the course of the pandemic, trying to get the community a gathering spot as ktvu is, and rubin explains by day, it's still mostly focused on maritime industrial businesses, but nights and we can you will find music shows and even the circus. the port of redwood city used to be quiet. a lot of the residents in the community didn't even know it existed. now that's changing. the port has spent the pandemic reinventing itself. they started with drive in movies, then graduated to the zombie family circus, which brought night after night of entertainment. the circus brought horses to the port. and when you think about it, we haven't had horses at the port. since the gold rush next up, dragon productions variety show running weekends throu

including at&t and jetblue number three discord.hrough live social audio. it attracted sports fans and music groups and crypto traders. not to mention microsoft which explored a $10 billion acquisition earlier this year. number two, stripe the powering platform from amazon to shopify to uber. it has seen growth in the pandemic the biggest private company with the reported valuation of $95 billion. and number one is robinhood. on the mission to access to financial service in the stock market the no-fee trading platform made its mark on wall street and empowering a new generation of investors. robinhood trading was at the center of trading in january drawing lawsuits from users and questions from congress. >> prices are day-to-day and hour to hour >> reporter: still, invest ors put in 3 $3 billion to keep robinhood in business. now headed to an ipo now fintech is the most companies on the list. there are 34 disruptors this year that are unicorns and 10 of the 50 are worth $10 million. nearly half of the companies are first timers incl

people could not check in for their flight and this came as american and jetblue were starting mor pleading with aier speang informa a they shuck ould be doing. saber acknowledged the oudage saying we will take all necessary measures to prevent recurrence. think of the reservation as the foundation of the agent. if they can't check in they can't do boarding passes, bags or close it out for departure. it basically puts the airline on pause until the system starts working again. sabre is a decades-old computer system but the cost to replace it would be substantial, and that could cause disruptions in and of itself. sabre is working again but expect residual delays for the next few hours this morning as airlines are now playing catch-up. >> chris, thank you. this t at aten santa barbara before the staff very narrowly escaped the flames that spread last night andrers to put out the flames and put out any serious damage. the loma fire threatens homes and other businesses in the area northwest of los angeles. this is the second wildfire in that region this week. the experts say that climate chang

in march, jetblue flight, it was diverted after a man refused to wear his mask. the other passengers on his way out. >> there's a story right now. southwest airlines got into it with a passenger. punched the flight attendant. she lost two of her teeth. two of her teeth were knocked out. it's the type of thing -- we either have a flight attendant in our family or know a flight attendant we like. they are not there for that. they are there strictly for your safety. >> the logical question is, please, we are so close to being through with this. let's just -- there's a federal law that says you have to wear a mask. just do it. >> don't give them grief because they ask you to do the right thing. >> we're seeing an uptick in this type of incident. more violent incidents on planes. a cause of concern. >> and the options of masks -- masks are like bikinis, you have one that covers up a little bit or everything. don't treat your face like a nude beach and have everything hanging out. >> respect the plane. >> a young woman who graduated from college in massachusetts got be

. >> reporter: the jetblue plane forced to defer to minneapolis. passenger.is. >> we made a decision. that's what happened [ applause ] >> reporter: this morning l autd behavior on board planes has the faa now investigating 2,500 dangerous behavior just since january 1st. 1,900 of those involving passengers who refused to comply with federal face mask requirements a staggering jump from a typical year with just 150 confirmed cases. the faa's zero tolerance policy now taking action against passengers nearly every week a passenger fined $15,000 for assaulting a flight attendant on a flight from miami to l.a another passenger fined $15,000 for assaulting a flight attendant going from dc to seattle when asked to wear a mask an orlando to new york passenger fined $10,500 for refusing to wear a mask and verbally abusing the crew. >> the faa is strictly enforcing a zero tolerance policy. >> reporter: the faa chief steve dixon a former pilot. >> this isn't just about face masks. we've seen incidents with alcohol, violence toward attendants. >> reporter: interfering c

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long lines at airports across the country flooded social media the outage affected person airlines, jetbluee back up and running. >> i have an american airlines flight to catch, so i'm glad they've fixed that. >>> also, a hiker missing for five days in a california forest has been found alive take a look at this wild video it's of george being lifted to safety by an l.a. county sheriff's department helicopter. he disappeared last saturday in the angeles national forest. after an extensive search he was spotted from the air and rescued. he is said to be in good spirits and health, only suffering minor injuries. >> good news. >>> also this morning, fallout is growing over an investigation's findings that deceitful methods were used to secure princess diana's most infamous interview. >> leading that reaction, her sons, princes william and harry, who say the interview left their mother damaged ultimately, they believe it contributed to her death nbc's molly hunter is on the story for us in london molly, good morning. >> reporter: hey, guys good morning from a windy, rainy london, morning. overn

jetblue announced 39 $flights, no middle seats either. secondaryline to launch this year.e pandemic. >> well, that's right, but it's the perfect time for low-fare airlines to expand and to lunch for a couple of reasonsment one is the big carriers are still having to watch their cash really closely so they can't be quite as aggressive on them. second, there's more access in airports right now as more things have opened up with fewer flights and airplane prices are really good right now because manufacturers want to put more product out to market. to it's actually not a bad time and anyone who has bet in the past would have lost money so i don't think we should bet against him this time either. maria: look, it's all supply and demand as you said. ben baldanza, thank you very much for being here. great to see you. ney is a tool,. and with the right guidance, you can get the financial clarity you need, and live a life rich in meaning, and gratitude. to learn more, text thrive to 444555, or visit thrivent.com. ♪ ♪ ♪ maria: welcome back. time for the morning buzz. larry hustler

jetblue has a service to london in august, $600 round-trip, jfk london but all the airlines are down. their ipo. when will they go public? >> looking at june according to bloomberg reporting, the latest rounds, robin hood was valued at $40 billion according to some reports, that is higher than a raised cash just at the end of last year, 11-$13 billion but in this hot ipo market, you have a quintuple things sometimes, they had to raise $3 billion in emergency cash at the height of the saga, that was to the $13 billion so in a matter of months, the trading volume in crypto trading, robin hood going out at a more expensive level than some anticipated. it is funny to look under the hood, what are the business models for order flow over to citadel and the like. that is interesting for investors to look through. stuart: we will look through it. back to bitcoin. hard to get a firm quote, when they have trouble filling orders. we understand that bitcoin has bounced up, quoted at 36,600. that is a valid quote, we have different quotes from all over the place, 36-7 is what we have now. steve ir

you plan to expand over time in the past it was -- for a startup, you know this from your days at jetblueou because the big boys are ignoring you. this time around some of the executives for the veteran airlines are saying, oh, no, we're not letting the upstarts come in. how do you convince the public we're going to be here and we are the airline you want to choose >> we've got a great management team we've done this so many times. this is my fifth airline i've started. you know, i mean, covid's been tough on our industry, but we've been able to take advantage of low aircraft prices. so we have really low prices we have -- we're flying in routes that, you know, haven't been flown non-stop really ever and with really low trip costs we can move around if somebody decides they want one of our routes, we can move somewhere else we have hundreds of markets on our list it's really time we have a great team we have great technology i don't know why this earpiece keeps flipping out of my ear >> that's okay >> ear's bigger than the earpiece everything's set up for -- one thing i heard yesterday. o

$445 million and amended our policies here's the rest of the rankings, united, hawaii, american, jetbluellegiant, there's 5 through 2, and then southwest. and the reason southwest is number one is in large part because it handled the crisis in terms of refunds and complaints far better than their competitors. in fact, the complaint rate for southwest airlines, about one fourth of what it was for the rest of the airlines and when you talk with the researchers who have been putting together this report since the early '90s they said it's very clear the culture of southwest came through back in april and may when millions of people were cancelling flights and a lot of those people want reeed a refun. there you have the rating of the worst to best airlines last year guys, back to you. >> phil, i thought all you got was the ability to use that amount of money within the next year on some other flight. you could actually have money -- >> no -- >> -- money credited back to your account i guess, is that relatively new or since the pandemic? >> no, it's always been there. >> joe is back >> you ca