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AIRLINES

Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 25, 2016
Tech could help secure public spaces, if Europeans wants more surveillance
Facial recognition software, scanners that detect weapons and cameras that spot nervous people are some of the technologies that could be used more widely to secure public places, but some would require greater acceptance of surveillance in Europe.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2016
Islamic State claims responsibility for explosions that rock Brussels airport, subway, killing at least 30
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian capital  Tuesday that killed at least 30 people, a news agency affiliated to the group said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 12, 2016
Japanese tourists' longing for Hawaii is still worth banking on
Airlines, travel agents and the Hawaiian tourist industry are betting big that the postwar Japanese love affair with Hawaii will endure.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2016
Aircraft debris found on beach inspected for ties to MH370
A piece of apparent aircraft debris found on a beach in Mozambique could have drifted from the likely crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Australia's government said Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 21, 2016
Site of missing MH370 may be lost forever
The man leading the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is showing the strain after almost two years of fruitless toil.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 21, 2016
By the numbers: The hunt for MH370
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in March 2014 sparked a search mission that has spanned thousands of square kilometers of seabed and absorbed millions of dollars. But the team hunting for the missing aircraft and its 239 passengers and crew has come up with few clues as to what happened....
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 10, 2016
Climate change will make westbound transatlantic flights longer: study
Flights from Europe to North America will take slightly longer and nudge up airline fuel costs if climate change strengthens high altitude winds as widely expected, a study said on Wednesday.
WORLD
Feb 9, 2016
Somalia plane bomber used canceled Turkish flight boarding pass: airline CEO
A suspected suicide bomber who blew a hole in the fuselage of a Daallo Airlines plane last week and forced it to make an emergency landing in Mogadishu was meant to be on a Turkish Airlines flight, the Daallo chief executive said on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2016
Japan's carmakers, airlines believe negative rates will help demand
It will not show up in time for this week's earnings release, but Toyota Motor Corp. may have gotten a gift from the Bank of Japan's unconventional policy choices.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 25, 2016
MH370 searchers lose sonar unit after it snags a volcano, rips cable
The hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 encountered a major problem Monday when an underwater sonar module struck a subsea volcano and was severed from the ship towing it.
WORLD
Jan 24, 2016
Blizzard turns traffic-free Manhattan into winter playground
An otherworldly quiet descended over the streets of Manhattan on Saturday as a muffling blanket of snow and a complete ban on private vehicles transformed a city renowned for its bustle and horn-blaring traffic into a tranquil pedestrian mall.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2016
'Plane wreckage' found in Thailand fuels talk of missing Malaysian jet
A piece of suspected plane wreckage has been found off the coast of southern Thailand, a local official said on Saturday, prompting speculation it might belong to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished nearly two years ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2016
Japanese airlines to cut fuel surcharges as oil prices slump
The nation's airlines are set to remove fuel surcharges with oil trading around a 12-year low, ending a decade of high jet kerosene costs that had added as much as ¥66,000 to the price of a round-trip ticket to the U.S. or Europe.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 15, 2016
China seeks investment for disputed islands, plans to launch flights
China will invite private investment to build infrastructure on islands it controls in the disputed South China Sea and will this year start regular flights to one of them, state media said Friday, moves likely to anger other claimants.

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