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What you need to know about traveling by plane Airbus

What you need to know about traveling by plane

If previously people wishing to use airline services could stand in line for hours at ticket offices, wasting their precious time, now this process has become much simpler. Booking airline tickets…

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Aircraft to Allow Liquids Onboard Airbus

Aircraft to Allow Liquids Onboard

Britain announced its intention to lift restrictions on carrying liquids in aircraft cabins. As The Times reports, citing a high-ranking source in the government, lifting the bans for several…

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It's dangerous to fly, and scary to land Airbus

It's dangerous to fly, and scary to land

Would you like to be on a plane that is landing, weaving between high mountain peaks? Or to watch through the window as beachgoers on the beach suddenly appear right under the wing of the airliner?…

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Self check-in Airbus

Self check-in

The first self-service (express) check-in kiosks for passengers (Self-Service Kiosk Check-in or Quick Check-in) appeared at European and American airports 4-5 years ago. However, this is no longer a…

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Airlines are economizing on everything Airbus

Airlines are economizing on everything

Sharp rise in fuel prices prompts global airlines to find new ways to save. According to Travel.ru, they are now trying to reduce fuel consumption by lightening the weight of everything possible on…

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Breath of the Beijing Olympics Airbus

Breath of the Beijing Olympics

The capital of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games has thoroughly prepared for the planet's most important sporting event. For China, by the way, the Games coming in August are the first in the country's…

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How Not to Lose Your Suitcase Airbus

How Not to Lose Your Suitcase

According to a recent Skytrax poll, 67% of passengers worry about the safety and timely receipt of their luggage. And not without reason – as Turist.ru notes, airlines quite often lose their…

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Passengers Will Go Ticketless Airbus

Passengers Will Go Ticketless

Since the beginning of June, major airlines have been massively introducing electronic tickets. As Gazeta.Ru notes, this should reduce their costs. However, carriers will have to spend money…

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Airline Tickets Go Virtual Airbus

Airline Tickets Go Virtual

As of June 1, 2008, the familiar multi-layer paper airline tickets will become a thing of the past. They will be replaced by electronic counterparts, which, as airlines assure, cannot be lost…

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Baggage Difficulties Airbus

Baggage Difficulties

Baggage transportation often turns into problems: either it turns out that your suitcase exceeds the allowed dimensions, or it weighs a bit more than the norm, or it becomes clear that you can carry…

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Europe Takes Calls from the Skies Airbus

Europe Takes Calls from the Skies

The European Commission (EC) has published a set of rules allowing passengers on aircraft flying over European Union territory to use mobile phones.

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Baggage Chooses Its Own Routes Airbus

Baggage Chooses Its Own Routes

According to statistics, in 2007 British Airways managed to outperform most European airlines by losing more than 1 million checked bags. As The Daily Telegraph writes, in 2007 the quality of service…

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