And Transaero Airlines, in cooperation with French airline Aigle Azur, launched scheduled flights between Paris and Moscow in July.

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Once entrepreneurs and expanding companies establish new plants and markets in remote locations, scheduled airline service is bound to follow.

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The 737 landed safely in Amsterdam as scheduled, the airline said Wednesday.

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Sunday's Dreamliner flight was the first of five scheduled by ANA in May, before the airline restarts a full commercial schedule on 1 June.

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Of the more than 5, 500 landing facilities available for public use in the nation, only 503 have scheduled airline service with more than modicum of enplaned passengers according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

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In recent years the airline has focused on having its planes depart exactly as scheduled.

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On average, 1, 500 out of some 22, 000 scheduled airline flights a day were held up, leaving 100, 000 passengers fuming in lounges or sweltering on the hot tarmac.

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Moreover, general aviation brings much-needed economic development to thousands of communities with little or no scheduled airline service, helps companies of all sizes to be efficient and productive and provides important humanitarian relief in times of crisis.

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