Star Alliance operator US Airways is pushing ahead with plans to acquire Airbus A340 aircraft (see cutaway) after receiving final authority to inaugurate service in 2009 from its international hub in Philadelphia to Beijing. Tentative rights awarded by the DOT in September to US Airways were formalized last week.

The regulator also cleared American Airlines for Chicago-Beijing service; Continental Airlines for New York Newark-Shanghai; and Northwest Airlines for Detroit-Shanghai flights.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:offi

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