All aerospace news – Page 1006
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€28 million EU anti-EMF interference project starts work
A four-year €28 million ($37 million) European Union project to reduce the risk to aircraft from electromagnetic interference will explore ways of enhancing...
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Airbus expects export credit agency financing to double in 2009
Airbus expects export credit agency financing of new airliner deliveries this year will reach almost double the level of the...
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Gulf Air open to further partnerships
Middle Eastern carrier Gulf Air is looking to follow the major expansion of its codeshare deal with oneworld...
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Australia's MacAir seeks bailout as creditors try to wind it up
The Australian state of Queensland's government has publicly rejected a request by local carrier MacAir for a A$7 million ($4.6 million) bailout as some...
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Griffin departs NASA predicting 2015 Chinese Moon mission
China could attempt a manned circumlunar flight in 2015, says outgoing NASA administrator Michael Griffin. Griffin, a George Bush appointee who left...
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Kuwait's Wataniya set for launch
Kuwait's latest carrier Wataniya takes to the air confident its premium-focused product can prosper even in a downturn
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Frontier outlines post-bankruptcy hopes
Frontier Airlines has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since last April, but is confident that its reduced fleet and network, as well as its strong...
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Opinion
Comment: Alitalia fights back
For years it has seemed as if Alitalia was surely destined for the history books. But in a remarkable turnaround the Italian flag carrier is fighting back, having defied economic logic and survived with a new partner in tow and brighter prospects
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Pushing for US airspace modernisation
US commercial aviation industry is pressing Congress to back airspace modernisation and look at how the FAA is funded
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A320 ditching reignites debate about training pilots for landing on water
A320 ditching reignites debate about training pilots for landing on water
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NewsAeroCopter seeks funding for 'mono tiltrotor'
AeroCopter is to develop a scale-model flight demonstrator prototype for its mono tiltrotor (MTR) vertical lift-off...
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Ivan Misetic: Putting Croatia firmly on the tourist map
Croatia Airlines chief executive Ivan Misetic has one key mission...
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NewsHudson crash: A320's engines lost power simultaneously
Initial flight-recorder information from the US Airways Airbus A320 which crashed into New York's Hudson River shows that both engines lost power simultaneously,...
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Airbus prepares for bumpy ride as storm clouds thicken
After big two orders plummet by almost a half in 2008, Toulouse warns that far worse awaits in the year ahead
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Opinion
Comment: Safety means going beyond compliance
When global airline safety has become very good, it becomes progressively more difficult to improve it. But there are ways to get even better and reap efficiency improvements as well
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Aircraft lessors hunker down for grim 2009
The debt crisis will hit hard in 2009 - and inhibit much-needed consolidation
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Virgin Nigeria admits competition forced long-haul withdrawal
Virgin Nigeria is attributing its withdrawal from long-haul operations to an influx of foreign carriers which have depressed fares on the Lagos-London market,...
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ANZ A320 pitched up and stalled before crash: investigator
The probe into the November crash of an Air New Zealand (ANZ) Airbus A320 in France is focusing on an apparent surge of engine power during the final approach...