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Soon you’ll no longer have to stop playing Candy Crush during take-off. Airplane travelers will soon be able to watch videos and play games with their electronic devices throughout their entire flight — and not just above a certain altitude — the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday in a long anticipated announcement. But don’t expect to be chatting on your …

The airline held New Zealand’s first-ever “same-sex marriage in the skies” yesterday and is promoting this clip with a sponsored hashtag on Twitter. (Tipped by JMG reader Russell)

Billions of dollars in recently imposed baggage fees and charges for reservation changes are the only thing keeping airlines in the black. The nation’s 15 largest carriers collected a combined $3.5 billion in bag fees in 2012, up 3.8% from 2011, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Fees for changing a reservation totaled $2.6 billion, up 7.3%. The airlines …

Sort of. Gawker thinks this is creepy.

Last night the boards of American Airlines and US Airways agreed to merge and create what will become the world’s largest airline. The new company will bear the American name and will be headed by the current CEO of US Airways. American has been restructuring under bankruptcy protection since late 2011. AMR creditors and possibly its shareholders will own 72 …