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  • July 2008

    • Fuel Costs Ground Extended Flights

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 8, 08 4:52 AM CDT

      Fuel Costs Ground Extended Flights

      (Newser) - Super-long flights were hailed as the future of aviation only a few years ago, but the soaring price of fuel has grounded those plans, reports the Wall Street Journal . Airlines are delaying or canceling intercontinental routes as the cost of keeping "flying tankers" in the air for over 12 hours stops making economic sense. More »

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      airline industry  • fuel costs  • aviation  • airlines  • flights  • Boeing 777  • long haul flights

  • May 2008

    • To Beat Jet Lag, Skip Airline Food

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  May 23, 08 7:05 AM CDT

      To Beat Jet Lag, Skip Airline Food

      (Newser) - Jet lag can be beaten—if passengers avoid airline food, new research suggests. The timing of meals has a profound effect on the body's internal rhythms, and passengers who go without for a while—keeping the body's "food-related clock" in check—can dodge much of the exhausting effects of jet lag, reports the Daily Telegraph. More »

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      biological clock  • internal clock  • jet lag  • time zones  • airline food  • long haul flights

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