All air transport news – Page 1468
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2007 so far is safest year in airline history
Airline fatal accidents have hit a historical low in the first half of 2007, according to Flight International's analysis of the year to 30 June. There...
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NewsPratt & Whitney considers geared open rotor concept
Pratt & Whitney has begun studies of open rotor engine architecture despite its long-standing pursuit of geared...
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Honeywell's UOP wins a US military biofuels contract
A Honeywell company has won a US military contract is to commercialise a process to convert vegetable and algal oils to JP-8 jet fuel as research into aviation...
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Latest V-22 hydraulic leak fixed
Pressure switches on proprotor swashplate actuators on 21 Bell Boeing V-22 Ospreys ...
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Mixed messages
Airbus may have won the order battle at Paris, but a clear vision of the reinvented A350 has yet to emerge from...
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Aerospace deals pick up pace
business The long good buy A strong appetite for mergers and acquisitions is fuelling the view that the industry's upturn has a number of years...
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Europe's air transport boom is great news for pilots
Europe's air travel boom is great news for prospective pilots, who know a cockpit job is virtually assured once they are qualified. But one casualty of the...
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Virtual training - the way forward?
Flight training simulators today are better, cheaper and able to talk to students. But it will be some time before the software will be smart enough to take...