Southwest Airlines has finally ceded to update its flawed iPhone app after warnings from a computer science student and coverage by several news stations and newspapers over the course of three months.
Via Slashdot comes word that a masters computer science student at the University of Colorado (Colorado Springs) di... |
14 February 2012
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Qantas is the first airline to pilot a wireless inflight entertainment technology on one of its B767-300 aircraft, that has been equipped with no less than 254 iPad 2 tablets.
Passengers will have access to over 200 hours of on-demand content (video and audio). The content is not stored on the iPads themselves, but ... |
7 February 2012
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A new bill proposed by a Republican senator aims to draw up an effective exit strategy from the disputed EU aviation emission trading system. The bill could stop the EU legal framework from compelling the US airline companies to buy carbon allowances to offset their harmful greenhouse gas emissions. The bill, once ... |
8 December 2011
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China's low air quality might put an end to its rapid development. Fog and smog have made several airline companies cancel almost 1,000 flights and also affected car traffic on 10 highways in northern regions of the country.
Apart from the hazardous consequences it has on the health of the population, it seem... |
7 December 2011
04:32 GMT |
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7,000 airlines could start using sustainable jet fuels on a large scale sooner than expected, according to Richard Branson, the owner of Virgin Group. His forecast is based on the idea that such companies currently have access to only 1,700 aviation stations all across the globe.
Therefore, the limited number of &ld... |
5 December 2011
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China has decided to seek justice in court, while still refusing to comply with the present EU carbon emission regulations. If the Chinese are keen on questioning the lawfulness of these measures, the lawsuit might begin by the end of 2011. China isn't discouraged by America's failed attempt to fight the ... |
16 November 2011
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Australian low-cost airline Jetstar is rolling out iPads on board, becoming the world’s first to offer tailored technology for the device, with the purpose of enhancing in-flight entertainment.The tailored software, as Jetstar puts it, allows passengers to watch the latest release movies, TV shows and mus... |
8 November 2011
10:46 GMT |
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Google must have been real pleased with the results of its free Wi-Fi program last year since it's doing it again for the second year. This time, though, Google has partnered with airlines to offer free in-flight Wi-Fi rather than in airports."On the Chrome team, we’re big fans of innovations that make our... |
9 November 2010
04:39 GMT |
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Budget carrier of Qantas Airways Ltd. Jetstar has announced plans to kick off a trial of Apple Inc.’s iPad tablet computers for inflight entertainment later this month. According to a Jetstar spokeswoman, the airline will charge passengers A$10 ($8.40) to use the iPads for movies, books, games and television pr... |
1 June 2010
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Over the years, flying on a large scale has become a lot safer due to continuous improvements added to the aircraft itself, to the control terminal or to the airport terminal. Passengers could finally afford to fly to their destinations on a regular basis only after the introduction of some improvements to the flight... |
6 October 2008
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Researchers from the security company BitDefender came across a new e-mail scam aimed at spreading malware and claiming to deliver invoices and e-tickets acquired through an online airplane ticket purchase system. As expected, contained in the attached .zip file are several trojan installers.The e-mails have subjects... |
22 September 2008
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The EU investigators started an investigation in multiple European countries to find out if the online travel agencies are trying to mislead the consumers when selling airline tickets, the Associated Press reported today. Until now, the European Union investigators discovered that numerous clients are forced to pay m... |
15 November 2007
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Google Earth is surely one of the most popular downloadable applications provided by Google that represents the main offline solution to view maps and other imagery captured directly from the satellites. The product is updated periodically, maybe a little too often, because the search giant is announcing new features... |
2 March 2007
10:05 GMT |
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