Each of the airline's business-class seats will offer video on-demand on a 15.4-inch television, iPod-playing capability through an in-flight entertainment system, a USB port and power outlet, and noise-canceling headphones.
Ryanair announced in 2004 that it would introduce gambling through an in-flight entertainment system, though this too has yet to come to fruition.
On Friday, finally, sitting through a six-hour flight back to the East Coast, it hit me.
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Air France has said that Flight AF 447 sent an automatic signal indicating electrical problems while going through strong turbulence early in its 11-hour flight from Rio de Janeiro to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.
It has been a while, but once again I was carded today when buying a beverage in a restaurant in the Orlando airport to help me get through the usual two-hour plus flight delay.
Russian officials say they gave the go-ahead to let the plane through despite its improper clearance but the flight crew says Russian air-traffic controllers reportedly turned them back.
Much of this saving came through outsourcing the preparation of its in-flight food.
Customers on Heathrow Express can use a Wi-Fi HotSpot service with a broadband connection of 2 Mbps throughout their entire journey -- even through a six-kilometer tunnel, helping travelers check their emails, view flight information or keep up-to-date with the latest news.
He used a self check-in kiosk to board the flight at Heathrow and was allowed through when the document was checked in the bag-drop area.
When Freudenberg finally noticed his fuel was low, he was half-way through the first leg of his flight.
To aggravate matters, coach passengers are often marched through the front cabin, filled with pre-flight libations, en route to their dreaded fate (some may later dash across the border for a restroom).
But while technology would seem to make competitive differentiation within the airport more difficult, it is simultaneously increasing the scope for differentiation in the air, through the provision of ever more elaborate in-flight services.
We took it for a quick flight through some canyons in an F-16 and, though we nearly blacked out a few times and came close to losing our cookies thanks to the over-sensitive head tracking setup, we have to admit the HOTAS was quite a joy to use.
The two-hour flight from Luanda to the Namibian capital, Windhoek, felt more like a journey through the looking-glass.
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This holiday season, Google Chrome has teamed up with AirTran Airways, Delta, and Virgin America to offer free Gogo Inflight Wi-Fi on every domestic flight from November 20, 2010 through January 2, 2011.
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Flight AC991 from Toronto to Mexico City is expected to generate at least 40 per cent fewer emissions by using jet fuel derived from recycled cooking oil and through other fuel-saving measures, making it the most environmentally-friendly flight ever flown by Air Canada.
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The move arose out of a dispute over cost-cutting measures that American was attempting to obtain through reorganizing the way that flight information is distributed from the airline to the consumer who shops on websites like Orbitz.
In May he joined with Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, to support the opening of a new National Flight Academy that will teach math and science to young people through an aviation-oriented camp.
On Friday Collins helped Toulon ensured their place in the French top flight next season by pushing pushing fellow relegation strugglers Dax through the trapdoor with a 22-12 win.
Flight 447 was passing through an area prone to volatile and dangerous weather known as the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone when it went down.
Actually piloting the robo-bug is achieved through a smartphone app, but an on-board ARM-based microcontroller makes small adjustments to ensure stability during flight.
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