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A year after they were authorised, the use of mobile phones aboard planes remains very limited in Europe

Mobile phone calls on planes make slow take off in Europe

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A year after they were authorised, the use of mobile phones aboard planes remains very limited in Europe, with only 27 planes equipped to allow them, the European Commission said Thursday.





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Low-cost airlines are now the new major players

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 03, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Leading low-cost airlines with a preference for small, inexpensive airports are now the largest airlines in the United States and Europe, according to an MIT expert on airport design and operations, who said that airport ...


Flexible design in airports essential for courting low-cost airlines

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 19, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The leading low-cost airlines with a preference for small, inexpensive airports are now the largest airlines in the United States and Europe, according to an MIT expert on airport design and operations, who said that airport ...


New plan to reduce planes' CO2 emissions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (29) | comments 4

(AP) -- Aviation groups in Europe announced a plan Tuesday to change the way commercial planes land in order to reduce their global-warming emissions of carbon dioxide.


Study: U.S. firms ignoring global warming

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created Mar 23, 2006 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

An environmental report from the Ceres organization indicates European and Asian firms are more attentive to global warming than American businesses.


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Long Distant Air Flights Increases Risk of Deep Venous Thrombosis 4X

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The European Society of Cardiology, (ESC) the preeminent authority on cardiovascular health re-affirms its warning to passengers on long-haul plane trips of the risk of deep venous thrombosis ...


Proba-2 flies into its Russian launch site

Proba-2 satellite flies into its Russian launch site

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Proba-2 has reached Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, where it is being prepared for launch this November. Among the smallest satellites ever built by ESA, it was transported there aboard ...


British airlines blocking swine flu travellers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

British airlines on Sunday stepped up restrictions on suspected swine flu carriers, as a report said four more British students quarantined in China have had infections confirmed.


Lawmakers seek ban on laptops in airliner cockpits

Technology / Other

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- Lawmakers are moving to ban the use of computer laptops and other personal electronic devices in airline cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles.


Food for thought

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 19, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pioneering research from The University of Nottingham recommends a full government environmental audit of British restaurants. The report — ‘The Environmental Sustainability of the British Restaurant Industry: A London Case ...


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Half of Euro online travel purchases legally unsafe: EU

Technology / Internet

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More than half of all people who buy flights, hotel rooms and hire cars online risk being left without compensation if companies fail under outdated law, the EU said Thursday.



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