First direct flight from US to Vietnam after 30 years
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After almost three decades of lacking direct flight, a US passenger plane on Thursday left San Francisco for Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon.
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World News, HO CHI MINH CITY, A United Airlines plane has landed in Vietnam&#39;s Ho Chi Minh City, the first commercial American airliner to fly to the country since the Vietnam War.
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NEW YORK, December 31  - Vietnam Airlines has agreed to purchase four Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner jets. Boeing Co (BA.NYS) said in a statement that the deal, worth $500 million at list price, is expected to be finalized in 1Q05.
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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam The first US passenger jet to fly to Vietnam in almost 30 years is on the ground in Ho Chi Minh City. United Airlines Flight 869 landed in Vietnam about 7:00 this morning after leaving San Francisco yesterday.
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Chinese jetliners carrying Taiwanese took off Saturday on the first flights to rival Taiwan by mainland carriers since the two sides split amid civil war in 1949.
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THE first commercial flight between the United States and Vietnam since their war 30 years ago landed yesterday to open a new chapter of cultural and economic exchange between the former foes.
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Vietnam Airlines said yesterday it plans to buy four Boeing 7E7s as the state-owned carrier attempts to expand its long-range fleet and may start flights to the United States.
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Amid a flourish of celebratory music, a group of dignitaries, businesspeople and Vietnamese Americans took off from San Francisco International Airport just past noon Thursday, bound for Ho Chi Minh City.
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Iraqi Airways&#39; first flight landed at the Damascus international airport in 14 years on Saturday after the company made a landmark trip from Amman to Baghdad earlier in the day.
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By DONNA GOODISON  Logan International Airport launched Yangtze River Express' inaugural air cargo flight to Shanghai, China, yesterday.  The new service, also the first for New England, will leave Boston three times a week with Boeing 747 airplanes.
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The first commercial flight from the United States to Vietnam since the war nearly 30 years ago has taken off from San Francisco. The new service to Ho Chi Minh City, run by United Airlines, will fly daily.
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An American airline has agreed in principle to start a regular direct service from Belfast to New York.
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AMMAN - National carrier Iraqi Airways launched its first international flight in 14 years on Saturday, with a plane taking off from Amman to Baghdad - but without any passengers.
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SAN FRANCISCO  - A United Airlines jumbo jet took off from San Francisco at the start of the historic first US commercial flight to Vietnam since the fall of Saigon nearly 30 years ago.
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JetBlue is about to become the first US airline to offer passengers free e-mail at 35,000 feet
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A United Airlines plane landed  in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City on Friday, the first commercial  American airliner to fly to the country since the Vietnam War.
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With fanfare and an appearance by actor David Hasselhoff, a United Airlines flight headed for Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday - the first direct flight from the United States to Vietnam in almost three decades.