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Virgin biofuel demonstration to use first generation feedstock: Boeing
Virgin Atlantic looks set to use a first-generation feedstock to evaluate biofuel alternatives for air transport, something which the UK airline had widely...
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Singapore 2008: New narrowbody needs 15% better economics: Udvar-Hazy
International Lease Finance chief Steven Udvar-Hazy says a replacement narrowbody aircraft for the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 will require a 15% improvement...
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Singapore 2008: MHI close to giving go-ahead for MRJ
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is likely to go ahead with the development of an indigenous regional jet after...
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Singapore 2008: Pratt & Whitney pushes GP7000 as alternative A350 XWB engine
Engine Alliance partner Pratt...
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Singapore 2008: Boeing bullish on biofuels ahead of Virgin demo flight
Boeing believes that biofuel blends will eventually be cheaper for airlines to use than conventional kerosene if the price of a barrel of crude oil remains...
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Airbus claims first with A340 electric brake test
Airbus says the successful trial in February of an electrically activated braking system (EABS) on its A340-600 development...
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Comment - Why don't pilots take icing seriously?
Icing is an operator problem that never goes away. An extensive study by this magazine (Flight International, 27 September-3 October 2005) found that although...
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Widerøe pressing for new Q400s to replace grounded fleet
Widerøe will not reinstate the Bombardier Q400s grounded by parent SAS Group last October but is pressing to replace the fleet with newer examples of the...
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Singapore 2008: New engine architectures needed to meet airline demands: CFM
Radical new engine architectures incorporating open rotors or counter-rotating fans will be required if airline expectations for fuel-burn improvements on...
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