All articles by Aimée Turner – Page 6
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How will Europe achieve its Clean Sky goals?
Green and clean regional air transport is the goal of one of Europe's most ambitious research projects - but where can the technologies, materials and fuels be found?
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Green regional aircraft: key facts
Globally, 45% of today's flights are operated with regional aircraft, and by 2020 this figure is estimated...
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Do aircraft evacuation tests work?
Every aircraft type must undergo a 90s evacuation test before it can go into service. Yet critics say such tests are fatally flawed. We examine the arguments
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NewsAircraft retirements could wipe $1.35bn from annual maintenance spend
The retirement of ageing aircraft from the active fleet will reduce the global annual spend on aircraft maintenance by $1.35 billion, around 3% of the total...
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A perfect storm
It is crunch time for aviation. Recession, the spiralling price of oil and European insistence on an emissions trading scheme are painting a gloomy picture
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FINAL WARNING?
The international aviation community risks being overridden unless it can take responsibility for emissions and hammer out proposals to tackle the problem
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Emissions Clampdown - But will cleaner engines be forgotten?
Europe is poised to decide how to deal with NOx, but will the authorities take into account advances in engine technology?
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British Airways details alternative fuel study plan
British Airways hopes to complete its alternative fuel study by early next year and has pledged to make the results public in a bid to speed up the industry's...
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US group aims to speed up NextGen air transport system
A new non-profit group seeking to deliver the economic and environmental benefits of a revolutionised air transport system in the USA will aim to help accelerate...
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FARNBOROUGH 2008: Boeing moves into scrap business
Boeing is moving into the next-generation scrap business, teaming with Italy's Alenia Aeronautica to help establish a composite waste recycling centre near...
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EASA and FAA extend safety regulatory harmonisation
A new transatlantic treaty will introduce sweeping changes in air safety arrangements between Europe and the USA with the most immediate impact the exchange...
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EU ministers back unilateral emissions deal
Brussels' controversial move to go it alone by unilaterally imposing emissions trading on international aviation could force foreign airlines to shore up...
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United deals P&W PMA blow
United Airlines' decision to ground much of its ageing Boeing 737 Classic fleet risks derailing Pratt & Whitney's potentially game-changing bid to pioneer...
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How Europe aims to clean up the skies
Clean Sky is one of Europe's most ambitious collaborative research efforts. Can it succeed in making air travel more sustainable with 21st century technology?
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UK air transport strategy risks undermining climate policy decisions
Major UK airport expansion should be halted because disputed data underpinning the country's aviation strategy makes it impossible to weigh up the true impact...
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Biofuel race gathers pace
The race to develop sustainable biofuel stepped up another gear with UOP, a Honeywell company, and Honeywell Aerospace joining forces with Airbus, JetBlue...
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Confusion reigns over environmental responsibility for corporate travel
Only 1% of UK business travellers observed their employer's new environmental guidelines to reduce work-related travel last year, with confusion rife over...