All air transport news – Page 1283
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Low-cost carriers step up French invasion
Low-cost carriers step up French invasion EasyJet's decision to open...
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Comment - Engines of change
Despite surging narrowbody orders, the clamour is growing louder for next-generation replacements. The manufacturers had been predicting that new engine...
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Bombardier CSeries for sale
Bombardier's CSeries family of 110- to 130-seat airliners is now officially for sale after a four-year evolution, including a brief spell during which the...
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Airbus claims fuel cells first
Airbus-led team carried out flight in February with hydrogen and oxygen-based fuel cell generating up to 20kW
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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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BA 777 accident report
The AAIB report refers to studies of the fuel flow system "taking account of the environ-mental and aerodynamic effects". This is understood to refer to...
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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...