AIR CHINA LIKELY TO SUSPEND INTERNET SERVICE PLAN

AsiaInfo Services, August, 2006

AsiaInfo Services 08-24-2006 Air China Likely to Suspend Internet Service Plan BEIJING, Aug 24, 2006 (SinoCast via COMTEX) -- As Boeing, the world's leading aircraft manufacturer, shut down its subsidiary Connexion by Boeing, Air China Limited (Air China), one of China's leading airline companies, has to suspend its orginal plan of starting to fix Internet service equipment on its Boeing aircrafts in October. In February, Air China achieved agreement with Connexion by Boeing on equipping Air China's 15 Boeing 747-400 aircrafts and some other airplanes with Internet service. However, Boeing declared to shut down Connexion by Boeing and quit the high-speed broadband access sector due to the expensive cost. Prior to it, Connexion by Boeing had finished the...

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