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1 June
IATA announced end of paper tickets by member airlines, achieving annual savings of $3.9 billion with transition to all e-tickets |
2 June
IATA announced expected $2.3 billion losses in airline industry due to rising fuel costs, reversing $4.5 billion profit forecast in March |
8 June
Light aircraft crashed into houses in Ohio, USA, killing all six people onboard on same day as helicopter crashed in Texas killing all four onboard |
10 June
Airbus A310 crashed on landing at Khartoum International Airport, Sudan, before catching fire, killing 28 people on board and leaving 66 missing |
10 June
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport approved suspension of 465 flights by new Skymark Airlines during July and August due to shortage of pilots, following 168 suspended flights in June and ministerial order to improve airline administration |
12 June
Chinese government announced victims of 12 May magnitude 8 earthquake reached 69,159 dead, 374,141 injured, and 17,469 missing |
14 June
Magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, left 12 people dead and 10 missing |
14 June
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line opened, linking southern Saitama Prefecture with Ikebukuro and Shibuya in Tokyo and connecting with existing Tobu Tojo, Seibu Ikebukuro and Yurakucho lines |
14 June
Light aircraft crashed in Semi-autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia, China, killing 3 people and seriously injuring 1 other |
17 June
Light aircraft on sightseeing trip crashed on Hawaii Island killing pilot and two people on board |
20 June
Japan's Ministry of land, Infrastructure, and Transport announced strengthened anti-terror measures from 1 July for all international passengers at all airports in Japan |
20 June
Korean government announced completion of second stage expansion at Incheon International Airport with opening of 4000-m runway and new passenger and luggage terminal building to increase capacity |
21 June
Ferry capsized and sank off Philippine island of Sibuyan during typhoon, leaving only 48 survivors out of 862 passengers and crew onboard |
21 June
Railway bridge collapsed during construction in Zhejiang Province, China, crushing nearby houses and killing 7 people with 21 more injured |
23 June
Japanese fishing boat (135 tonnes) capsized some 350 km off coast of Chiba Prefecture, leaving only 3 survivors with remaining 17 crew dead or missing |
23 June
JAL announced demonstration flight of Boeing 747 burning biofuel in one or four engines |
24 June
Myanmar government announced final toll of victims of May cyclone as 84,537 dead and 53,836 missing |
24 June
Shizuoka Prefecture announced establishment of new Fuji Dream Airways airline operating domestic flights between cities in prefecture using two small jets built by Embraer Corporation of Brazil |
28 June
Paris metropolitan government announced debut of first Vogueo Seine river 'buses' carrying up to 70 people for journeys of 10 km using rail and bus tickets |
29 June
Beijing Subway announced start of passenger hand-baggage searches using X-ray inspection equipment as anti-terrorist measure in run-up to 2008 Beijing Olympics |
29 June
Third-sector Hojo railway (13.6 km between Hojo city and Ao in Hyogo Prefecture) announced Japan's first test run of diesel railcar using biofuel manufactured from discarded vegetable oils |
30 June
New bridge (32 km) opened over Yangtze River between Suzhou City and Nantong City in China with world's longest cable-stayed section of 8,146 m and setting new records for length of main span, height of main towers, and length of cables |
30 June
Passenger train derailed by landslide in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, slightly injuring driver and seven passengers |
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