All air transport news – Page 1252
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Constellation's year of preliminary design reviews sees mixed progress
Leaders of NASA's return-to-the-Moon Constellation programme are reporting steady progress despite a delay from September to November of the Orion crew exploration...
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Airbus approaches A350 design freeze but has two years to refine -1000's wing
Airbus expects to finalise the A350 XWB's "aero-lines" in July as it heads for the...
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Airbus plays down “A350 XWB overweight”
While Airbus does not deny the A350 XWB programme has a weight issue, it says that the 8t figure reported by a German newspaper is inaccurate.
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Thailand and Vietnam establishing new flying schools
Thailand and Vietnam are taking steps to train more pilots by establishing new pilot training schools. Bangkok...
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Fleet slashed as American unveils new capacity plan
American Airlines’ parent AMR Corp will retire at least 75 mainline and regional jets as part of a newly unveiled plan to slash 2008 domestic capacity in the face of record high fuel prices, growing economic concerns and a difficult competitive environment.
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Sukhoi Superjet takes to the air
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 prototype finally took to the air on 19 May, initiating the twinjet's delayed flight-test programme. The first flight of the...
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Qantas adds more airports in RNP trial
Qantas has launched required navigation performance proving flights at a number of airports in Western Australia and Queensland as part of the carrier's...
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Network 2008: Alighting in Aruba
David field Washington The Dutch island airport of Aruba in the western Caribbean has new management in the form of a team from Amsterdam's Schiphol,...
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Feedback: The benefits of biofuels
A new generation of biofuels, which does not compete with food crops for land use, offers a potential solution to the airline industry's impact on climate...
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Fuel hammers US carrier results
US airlines are starting to run out of tools to stem their losses as fuel continues its increase Consider the pure statistics, the numbers posted by...