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NewsAirbus expects ICAO to reduce A380 approach separations this year
Airbus is hopeful that the International Civil Aviation Organisation ...
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PICTURE: ILFC takes 400th Boeing 737
International Lease Finance has taken delivery of its 400th Boeing 737 and 660th Boeing aircraft, a Next Generation 737-800, shown here during a test flight,...
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Airbus leads programme to improve wing manufacturing
Airbus's UK division is spearheading a three-year development programme to improve wing manufacturing processes, particularly with composite technology,...
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Good Week - Bad Week
EADS Airbus overcame a plunging US dollar to return to profit and help its parent post first quarter net profits of €285 million ($440 million), compared...
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GE, NASA may run joint tests on open rotor technology
NASA and General Electric are negotiating a new partnership agreement to start scaled model tests of open-rotor counter-rotating fan systems later this year...
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Woven carbon could be key to all-composites engines
A cooled structure for a conceptual dual-mode ramjet will be tested shortly as part of ongoing joint research by European missile...
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Crashed BA 777 inquiry battles to understand fuel restriction
UK investigators remain unable to explain the reduction in fuel flow that led to a British Airways Boeing 777-200ER losing power in both engines and landing...
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IATA: accident rate up but fatalities lower in 2007
The International Air Transport Association's bid to slash the commercial air transport accident rate for Western-built aircraft has suffered a setback after...
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NASA completes J-2 turbomachinery tests for J-2X data
NASA has successfully completed its first series of tests, conducted from December 2007 to May this year at NASA's Stennis Space Center, for its J-2X...
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JAXA aims for 2009 pre-cooled turbojet flight test
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is to fire a subscale hypersonic pre-cooled turbojet engine called S-Engine by August...
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Safety inspections on tap for Bell blades, Eurocopter bearings.
The US Federal Aviation Administration will require operators of 384 US-registered Bell Helicopter models ranging from the...
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EU hypersonic project could benefit Vital engines
The European Union's European Space Agency-managed euro7...