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I'm in charge, says new THAI boss

For years Thai Airways International has been dogged by claims of cronyism, corruption and political meddling. New president and chief executive, Piyasvasti Amranand, is acting to eradicate the problems, but first he had to protect himself against government interference. By Tom Ballantyne in Bangkok.
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SLOWLY DOES IT

If it wasn’t obvious before, Boeing’s announcement in January brought into focus the stark reality the recession has brought upon the airline industry. During 2009 the U.S. planemaker’s gross orders fell a massive 61% to 263 planes.
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Black boxes here to stay

The crash of an Air France A330-200 in the Atlantic in May last year and the failure of searchers to find the aircraft’s black box deep in the ocean has renewed debate about the replacement of traditional onboard recorders with direct streaming of inflight performance data to ground bases. The decision, TOM BALLANTYNE reports, will almost certainly be a compromise.
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