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Obama state dinner with Indian PM Singh: a harbinger for increased air service between US and India?

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Speculation is running wild about the potential implications of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent visit to Washington for Barack...
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Transport minister Maehara: Japan lacks hub airport; Calls for renewed int'l ops at Tokyo Haneda

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Citing the increasing tendency of many Japanese travelers to opt for international travel out of Seoul's Incheon Airport rather than one of Japan's...
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Fly unlimited from Austin to the Carribean, Central and South America--for $599, flat fee!

JetBlue Airways has just announced the launch of its new "All You Can Jet" promotion, whereby travelers can "jet" between all its...
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Indian Trains 101: Chai, squat toilets and what "3AC" means

Many India-bound travelers assume, based on the sheer quantity of trains and breadth of India's rail network, that train travel on the subcontinent...
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Pictures and Video: Boeing's Next-Generation 787 Dreamliner completes first taxi test

After several years of delays, Boeing has finally begun taxi testing its new, state-of-the-art aircraft, the 787. Known as a "Dreamliner"...
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Bergstrom Airport official: Transoceanic flights not likely to depart soon

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Between 2000 and 2008, the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area grew more than 33%, enough so that it ranked second in terms of growth nationally....
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With new service to Sydney, Delta joins elite "Six Continent Club," completes transformation

With the launch of its Los Angeles-Sydney route July 1, Delta Air Lines became the first US airline in more than 20 years to join what popular...
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From Amritsar to New Delhi and back again: tracing India's journey to independence

While India's Independence Day isn't until August 15, I thought July 4th would be the perfect occasion to call attention to some of the most important...
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Shocking conclusion by French investigators: AF447 "struck ocean intact," did not break apart midair

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Though preliminary findings from bodies and wreckage seemed to suggest that Air France 447 suffered an explosive decompression at around 39,000 feet,...
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Air France 447 black boxes likely never to be found; Airbus faces pressure to ground longhaul fleet

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Investigators in the crash of Air France 447, the Airbus A330-200 that crashed June 1 en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France, killing...
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