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Packing light for international travel--yes, it's possible!

As the time of my departure to Shanghai draws ever closer, I thought now would be a good time to write something...
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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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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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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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Father of Yemenia survivor: "She didn't feel anything"; IY626 black boxes found

Call it the "Indian Ocean Miracle".Bahia Bakaria, whose age has finally been established as being 13 (after being reported as five and...
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Are Airbus aircraft unsafe? Comparing the IY626 and AF447 incidents

To start with, the incidents involved two completely different aircraft types. F-GZCP, the Airbus A330-203 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in the...
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Yemenia "nearly blacklisted" by EU in '08, faults reported on IY626 plane two years ago

The plane that operated as Yemenia IY626, which crashed into the Indian Ocean early Tuesday morning, killing all but one on board, had unresolved...
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