PRIVATE REVOLUTION
Virgin Charter Takes Off
Richard Branson has launched Virgin Charter, allowing fliers to book private airplanes online with just a few clicks of a mouse. Choices range from small jets to full-size airliners.
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VIRGIN EXPERIMENTS
Airline Tests Biofuel
Virgin Atlantic is set to "Go Green" when it launches a demonstration flight from London Heathrow to Amsterdam in February, running one of its Boeing 747s on biofuel. |
EMAIL TAKES FLIGHT
JetBlue Tries Out In-flight Wi-Fi
Customers on
JetBlue's "BetaBlue" Airbus A320 can take advantage of the airline's new, free wireless service that can be used for laptops and Blackberry devices while the plane is in flight.
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GAMBLING
DREAMS
Boeing
787 Dreamliner
Thousands were on hand
to witness the first flight of Boeing's new
carbon-composite commercial aircraft that boasts
better fuel efficiency and an improved passenger
cabin. |
DRIVE
A HONDA CAR...
Fly
a HondaJet
Honda
recently broke ground for its Greensboro-based HondaJet
manufacturing plant, bringing the company's promise
to build a small jet in the U.S. that much closer to
reality.
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A BIG DEAL
Airbus A380
The world's biggest passenger airplane is flying high. The first commercial flight arrived in Sydney on Oct. 25, months after the first technical voyage to the U.S. landed in L.A. and New York. |
SAFE AND EASY
Cirrus SR22
No-nonsense, user-friendly design and safety features were key in the design of this amazing aircraft. Fly in style to a round of weekend golf or to important meetings.
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