The major airlines may be cutting back on everything from food to pillows, but a couple of low-cost carriers actually are adding some perks.

On Febuary 8, 2005, AirTran Airways will roll out the first of its planes equipped with free XM Satellite Radio, which carries 100-plus channels, most of them commercial-free. The airline expects to have service on board all aircraft by the end of summer. To publicize it, AirTran is sticking giant decals of singer Elton John's mug on a handful of its planes.

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