All air transport news – Page 1549
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NewsAnimation: NTSB shows just how close Boeing 737 and Boeing 747 really were at O'Hare
United Airlines 737 and Atlas Air 747 came within 35ft of each other in near disaster at runway intersection
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NATO opts for Northrop Grumman LAIRCM to protect E-3A AWACS fleet
Northrop Grumman system will guard against surface-to-air missile attacks
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NewsVideo: If you liked the Airbus A380 crosswind trials pictures you'll love this
Airbus A380 performs take-offs and landings at Keflavik, Iceland in 40-50kt winds
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NewsEarly Boeing 777-200 to be broken up for the first time
One of the first Boeing 777s ever delivered is to be the first of the type to go to the breaker's yard
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Italy's Alenia in talks with EADS to take control of ATR turboprop division
Deal would let Alenia offer turboprops alongside Sukhoi Superjet
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NewsAirbus A380 battles Icelandic gales in crosswind tests at Keflavik
Winds of up to 50kt lead to dramatic take-off
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NewsEasyjet firms up 52 Airbus A319s, takes 75 more options
UK budget carrier now has nearly 200 Airbus narrowbodies on order
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Italy special: Extended families - Small aerospace manufacturers using regional clusters
A spate of new industry groupings or clusters is adding to the muscle and competitiveness of Italy's small and medium-sized manufacturers
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Italy special: Roll out the barrels - Alenia Aeronautica's role in the Boeing 787
Alenia Aeronautica's huge Taranto-Grottaglie site, producing Boeing 787 Dreamliner fuselage barrels, is a monument to the companies' ever-stronger links
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Italy special: Dream ticket - Are continental Europe's two aerospace giants ready for a closer alliance?
What has kept continental Europe's two aerospace giants - EADS and Finmeccanica - apart all these years and are the prospects for a union any closer?