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...reports an 80% on-time-arrival rate countrywide, but frequent fliers traveling through clogged metropolitan airports beg to differ. On Nov. 20, for example, more than 50 flights to and from Guangzhou and Shanghai were delayed, keeping more than 6,000 passengers waiting as long as 10 hours for takeoff. Such delays are often caused by conflicts with the country's military. The People's Liberation Army confines commercial aircraft to narrow corridors of airspace, and carriers must hold or cancel flights due to sudden decisions by commanders. "It's so bad that you must fly a day ahead...
...ground. Planning for Saturday’s event began in October, according to club president Emanuel Beica ’11. The group had to find a field with no physical obstacles, obtain permission to use the space, and get clearance from Harvard University Police Department before takeoff. Mark Van Baalen, a lecturer in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, said he was excited to see a revived interest in aviation at Harvard. Since the school organized the first Harvard Air Meet at Squantum Point in 1923, there were a lot of attempts to reincarnate the Harvard Flying Club...
...diminished, until 2003 when new owners began a return to the company's roots. It lured back artisans that had retired after Fontana's departure, created an apprentice program for new workers and shuttered surplus boutiques. Making strides to rebuild its DNA, Valextra is firmly positioned for another successful takeoff...
...return to the glorious age of letter writing. Nah. Back to Jarhead. Then another inspection trip to the bathroom--which remained remarkably clean to the very end of the flight. As Flight 19 finally touched down in Singapore, some 9,000 miles and 18 hours and four minutes after takeoff, the passengers broke out in enthusiastic applause: a little celebration of man and aluminum. I was dehydrated from the dry cabin air, despite all those glasses of water. But I felt pretty good. Not exactly perky but not anything like a lab rat, either...
...only moments before takeoff when Tony Fernandes, CEO of high-flying budget airline AirAsia, rushes onto a plane destined for the Malaysian resort town of Kota Kinabalu. But there's no plum seat waiting for him. Even top managers at no-frills airlines don't get any frills. Fernandes treks through the crowded plane searching for an empty chair, ending up in one of the last rows. When flight attendants appear with a cart of sodas and instant noodles for sale, he plunks down 80¢ for a can of Milo chocolate drink. Fernandes then spends much of the two-hour...