The Gathering, Norway's annual week-long LAN party, plans to set a new world record for the "fastest internet access in the universe" with a 200Gbps connection.

ENGADGET: The Gathering 2012 to bring world's fastest internet to Norway, leave Swedish laundry out to dry

Now TAM is planning to merge with LAN, a privatised Chilean airline which has long set the regional standard for efficiency in its open, liberalised home market.

ECONOMIST: Aviation