All articles by Aimée Turner – Page 2
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Face the facts with Eric Dautriat, executive director of the Clean Sky JTI
Eric Dautriat has just become executive director to head the Clean Sky joint technology initiative, a huge public/private research effort that could give Europe the edge in developing vital green aviation technologies. His entire professional career has been spent within the aerospace industry, most notably heading the development of the ...
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Troubled Clean Sky programme back on track: new chief
Clean Sky, the troubled public-private research bid to develop environmentally beneficial aviation technology, is making up for lost time, according to the...
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Airline association accuses Brussels on halon replacement
Brussels stands accused of misleading European Union states into steamrolling the industry into replacing ozone-depleting halon in aircraft extinguishers...
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Marshall to take control of Coventry air traffic management
Marshall Aerospace is extending its operations footprint after taking over all air...
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European studies claim no climate effect from 9/11 grounding
German and UK scientists have challenged the idea that the climate was significantly influenced by the absence of contrails when the US FAA grounded flights...
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9/11 not to blame for climate effect
The idea that the absence of airliner contrails during the brief US grounding in the wake of the 9/11 attacks had a significant influence on the climate...
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EBACE: Business aviation gets set for carbon trading
Business aviation faces huge costs and a difficult task of administering the European Union's emissions trading scheme - but the industry may have found a way to simplify the monitoring and verification process
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FAA admits to air travel cyber attack threat
The US Federal Aviation Administration has admitted that the nation's air traffic control systems are vulnerable to cyber...
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Brussels ignores halon ban safety fears
European nations are being urged to reject official proposals from Brussels to ban halon fire extinguishers on board aircraft because they dangerously downplay...
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Enviroment Special Report: Southwest presses on with transformation
Jeff Martin certainly has his work cut out for the next three years as part of what Southwest Airlines terms its "automation transformation". Martin...
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Environment Special Report: Using the European Single Sky to let civil and military aircraft share airspace
Sharing airspace with military jets is one thing. Optimising that shared use is quite another. How well the civil-military dimension will be integrated...
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Environment Special Report: US airlines to press for NextGen funding
The total absence of federal dollars pledged to NextGen in US President Barack Obama's recent economic stimulus package is intensifying lobbying efforts...
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Environment Special Report: Precision approach
The recent deal to speed the roll-out of next-generation satellite-based technology will be air navigation's principal contribution to improving airspace efficiency. But how significant will it be in helping to shrink aviation's carbon footprint?
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Clean Sky funding hold-up threatens Europe's active wing plan
A €400 million ($522 million) project to design and manufacture a revolutionary active wing could be snared by red tape. The project is one of the most high-profile...