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Article: COLD WAR'S END HELPS REDUCE AIR TRAVEL TIME.(BUSINESS)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- May 20, 1995
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Byline: MARCUS ELIASON Associated Press
HONG KONG The end of the Cold War is helping to revolutionize air travel between North America and Asia.
With the gradual opening up of the Russian Far East, and the easing of tension on the Russian-Chinese border, airlines will shortly be flying over areas that were once militarily sensitive and sealed to foreign aircraft.
Previously, planes flying from North America to Asian destinations such as Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong had to skirt Russian territory. The perils of going astray became deadly clear in 1983, when the Soviets shot down a Korean airliner, killing all 269 people on board.