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...Mesa would be the first carrier in the U.S. to put its own security guards on its flights. "The airline industry is undergoing a fundamental shift and we have to consider making innovative changes," said Ornstein, who oversees an operation of 126 aircraft with 1,100 daily flights and flies flights for America West Express, US Airways Express and Midwest Express. "The industry should keep in tune with what is important to our customers and right now passengers are less concerned about traditional in-flight amenities and more concerned about safety on the aircraft...
...Hong Kong, which offers Luxury Amenities Designed for You. For $128 extra per stay, guests can enjoy Bulgari toiletries, silk pajamas, drawn baths and other services. Harbor-view doubles cost $237 per night until Sept. 3; call (852) 2877-6666. International airlines, too, are targeting women: Virgin Atlantic has in-flight beauty therapists, and South African Airways boasts departure lounge massages and arrival make-up facilities. And the world over, firms like Armstrong's are touting single-sex holidays?from cycling in Vietnam to trekking in Nepal...
...tell travelers of the risk of DVT when they make reservations. Airbus reports that buyers of its new 550-seat A-380 aircraft have expressed an interest in putting treadmills on board. And some airlines are already providing exercise information to passengers. JAL is showing a new nine-minute in-flight exercise video that refers to DVT. Emirates gives passengers the "Airogym," a sort of half inflated water wing, which they squash with one foot and then the other, pushing the air back and forth. And Taiwan-based China Airlines is introducing new seats that each consist of two airbags...
Happens all the time. So you pull out the brightly-colored in-flight magazine from the seat pouch in front of you, and begin reading. But all you can find are articles about planes being hijacked. And photographs of planes being hijacked. And interviews of people who were on a plane that was hijacked...
...take off and land and scramjets for hypersonic flight in between. Rausch predicts manned flights around 2010-15 and hypersonic passenger planes around 2025. "We will have the capability to go after this in a big way. We're real excited." Paull is similarly bullish: "The applications are likely to initially be more for space or military. But scramjets have the essentials for a passenger plane." Rausch says FedEx have also expressed an interest in using the technology for a priority package service. As for turning the lights out on the in-flight films and food fiascos that define modern...