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  EasyJet will recreate Iceland volcanic eruption to test ash warning system

  By Matt Brian on May 9, 2013 05:29 am + 12 comments

  Budget UK airline Easyjet will help create an artificial volcanic ash cloud for the final test of Continue reading…

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  Controversial knives-on-planes policy delayed by TSA

  By Sam Byford on April 22, 2013 08:51 pm + 81 comments

  Thursday was meant to be the day that the TSA started allowing passengers to bring small knives on Continue reading…

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  Air Samoa starts charging passengers by body weight

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 2, 2013 04:58 am + 182 comments

  Samoa Air has scrapped its traditional pricing structure and switched to a pay-what-you-weigh Continue reading…

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  TSA to allow small knives, sports equipment on planes starting April 25th

  By Carl Franzen on March 5, 2013 03:46 pm + 189 comments

  How times have changed. The US Transportation and Security Administration on Tuesday announced it Continue reading…

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  Inside the instrument landing system that keeps the tarmac safe for planes

  By Justin Rubio on December 10, 2012 01:10 pm + 19 comments

  Every day, tens of thousands of planes land on airport runways in the United States — fortunately, Continue reading…

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  Google Now takes on Passbook, adds QR code airport check-in and camera search

  By Dante D'Orazio on December 5, 2012 03:54 pm + 222 comments

  Google promised that it would continue improving predictive search assistant Google Now to make it Continue reading…

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  Dreamliner's emergency landing is just the latest Boeing 787 issue

  By Ben Kersey on December 5, 2012 06:22 am + 52 comments

  A United Boeing 787 Dreamliner was forced to perform an emergency landing yesterday following Continue reading…

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  Priceline buys travel website competitor Kayak.com for $1.8 billion

  By Dante D'Orazio on November 8, 2012 04:10 pm + 34 comments

  Travel website Priceline has just purchased Kayak.com for about $1.8 billion, or $40 per share, Continue reading…

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  Sprint network outage leads to delays for Alaska Airlines passengers (update: service restored)

  By Kimber Streams on October 8, 2012 03:05 pm + 14 comments

  Seattle-based Alaska Airlines is experiencing delays due to a Sprint outage from a cut fiber network Continue reading…

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  JetBlue to roll out in-flight Wi-Fi in Q1 2013, will launch free of charge

  By Chris Welch on September 17, 2012 02:36 pm + 11 comments

  JetBlue travelers, the wait for in-flight Wi-Fi is nearly over: an internal company email today Continue reading…