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Boeing completes “high blow” test on 787 Dreamliner Airframe
The Airliner Blog | September 29th 2008 by airlinerblog
Boeing announced recently that it has finished the high-pressure test knows as “high blow” on the airframe of its 787 Dreamliner at its Everett factory on Saturday September 27th 2008. The test takes two hours and is one of the three test read more
Update: Alitalia Rescue Back On!
The Airliner Blog | September 26th 2008 by airlinerblog
After last week of canceling flights and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s comments, everyone was waiting for the final shutdown. But yesterday, the airline’s largest labor union reversed course and agreed to concessions containe read more
Good News Everyone: Ethopian Airlines to start new flights
The Airliner Blog | September 24th 2008 by airlinerblog
Ethopian Airlines announced that it will commence 6 weekly flights to/from Ouagadougou from October 26th 2008. The new flights will connect Ouagadougou (capital and largest city in Burkina Faso) to all the major Asian capitals. It will operate Boeing read more
Good News Everyone: Singapore Airlines recieves its 6th A380
The Airliner Blog | September 18th 2008 by airlinerblog
Singapore Airlines announced that on Thursday September 18th 2008, it received its 6th Airbus A380 from Airbus. The airline is supposed to use the super jumbo jet for a second daily flight between Singapore and London.It is good news for Airbus and A read more
Good News Everyone: Singapore Airlines slashes fuel surcharges
The Airliner Blog | September 8th 2008 by airlinerblog
From the days of $149 per barrel of crude oil to $106-$108 per barrel, none of the airlines seem to have passed the fuel savings yet. (I do admit that one of the reasons is that oil is still very expensive from its cost of $60-$80 a barrel an year ba read more
Good News Everyone: United drops plan for meal charges on oversea…
The Airliner Blog | September 3rd 2008 by airlinerblog
United Airlines had earlier announced plans to stop providing complimentary meals on transatlantic flights in economy class. The idea was to let passengers either bring their own meal or “Buy on Board”. But today, United finally heard the read more
Good News Everyone: No guns allowed at Atlanta Airport
The Airliner Blog | August 13th 2008 by airlinerblog
A federal judge has uphold the law of banning guns at the unsecured area of the world’s busiest airport - Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. A gun rights group had earlier sued the city and the airport with regards to the ban cla read more
TSA to allow laptops in “Approved Bags”
The Airliner Blog | August 6th 2008 by airlinerblog
Taking out laptops and then putting them back in has been a big problem for a lot of travelers (including me) while going through TSA checkpoints. Starting August 16th 2008, TSA will allow travelers to leave their laptops in “checkpoint friendl read more
Good news everyone: Targus invents a laptop bag to ease air trave…
The Airliner Blog | July 29th 2008 by airlinerblog
One of the biggest problems I have while flying is getting the laptop out of the laptop bag and putting it back in after getting it scanned (at the security checkpoint). The problem gets even worse if you have bunch of people ahead of you fumbling wi read more
Good news everyone: More flights to Thailand/brazil from Australi…
The Airliner Blog | July 24th 2008 by airlinerblog
Brazil is the most popular South American destination for Australian travelers and Thailand is Australia’s 6th largest destination. Under a new federal government (Australian) agreement, flights to/from Thailand will immediately increase from 3 read more
Good News Everyone: Free Wi-fi at Abu Dhabi Airport
The Airliner Blog | May 20th 2008 by airlinerblog
Free wireless internet access for passengers (across all its three terminals) will be offered by Abu Dhabi Airports Company from June 1st 2008. From M2 release - According to AME Info, 12 access points (transmitters) will be inherited from the previo read more
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