All Aircraft programmes articles – Page 608
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ATR plans major take-off improvement for ATR 72
ATR has begun testing a procedure that could improve take-off performance by up to 20% and lead to new sales to...
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Boeing releases 2007 list prices
List prices for Boeing airliners have jumped from 4% to 6% this year reflecting inflation rate increases...
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EU predictive maintenance project makes prognosis
The European Union's Technologies and Techniques for New Maintenance (TATEM) concepts project has completed its...
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NASA study finds superconductors ready for all-electric aircraft
High-temperature superconducting (HTS) machines could enable development of all-electric aircraft with zero emissions, concludes a five-year study supported...
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US FAA opts for an all-encompassing policy
The US Federal Aviation Administration continues to insist on an environmental aviation policy that is all-encompassing, driven by consensus and based on...
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Harnessing aviation emissions: A European approach
Europe's plan to hold aviation accountable for its part in global warming has, as expected, come up against stiff opposition. Even at its outset, 2007...
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Aviation and the environment: key milestones
1969 Pratt & Whitney's JT9D is the first high bypass ratio jet engine to power a civil widebody aircraft - the Boeing 747-100. 1970 The USA establishes...
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Emission impossible?
Reducing climate-altering emissions will be far from straightforward for aircraft manufacturers and regulators, who will be forced to make some difficult choices in the next 10 years
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BAE shares fall as US Department of Justice launches probe
BAE Systems shares fell on the London...
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Africa news in brief, July 2007
More changes for SAA South African Airways is axing its Paris service and grounding its Boeing 747-400 fleet as part of its ongoing restructuring....
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Jat Airways looks for strategic partner
Serbian flag carrier Jat Airways is seeking a strategic airline partner as it looks to privatise and join a global alliance. Aeroflot and Air India...
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Kuwait Airways confident despite new competition
Kuwait Airways is on track to return to profitability in fiscal year 2007-8 despite intensifying competition in the Kuwaiti airline market. In June the carrier...
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Dale Moss leads British Airways push
Moss leads BA push Former British Airways veteran Dale Moss is leading the carrier's project group planning the launch of direct services between the...
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Virgin America gets go-ahead
The US Department of Transportation has cleared Virgin America Airlines to launch services this summer but has kept to its insistence that chief executive...