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Atlas Air studies move to smaller widebody freighters
A strategy that could see all-Boeing 747 cargo operator Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings acquire mid-size widebody freighters is under preliminary consideration...
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Israel's Bedek Aviation plans to develop cargo conversion for Airbus A340
Bedek Aviation Group has emerged as potentially the first company to launch a cargo conversion for...
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Aeroflot to take 787s as Boeing agrees Russian pact
Boeing has detailed the co-operation agreements reached with Sukhoi and Russia's United Aircraft (OAK) after acknowledging an initial pact under which flag...
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Pictures: First Tupolev Tu-204 for Cubana prepared for delivery
The first Tupolev Tu-204 for Cuba's Cubana is among several of the twinjet airliners being...
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Pictures: Near-miss at San Francisco runway intersection
A controller's error led two aircraft at San Francisco International airport - one landing and one taking off - to come within an estimated 9m (30ft) of...
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US Air Force seeks replacement for high-explosive cannon rounds
High-explosive incendiary (HEI) rounds fired by most US Air Force fighters may soon...
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Transonic test leads rekindled NASA supersonic transport aircraft effort
NASA engineers and technicians are close to completing the initial round of testing on a 1/15 semi-span scale supersonic transport model in Langley...
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Lean, mean, Dream machine - The Boeing 787 takes shape
The world's most advanced civil aircraft production line is taking shape in Seattle, as the 787 begins the final lap of its journey to first flight
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Green sky thinking - carbon credits and the propfan comeback?
Will spiralling fuel costs and the prospect of carbon credits signal the return of the propfan? Engine makers are dusting off some old concepts
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Whatever happened to propfans?
Hailed for its fuel-saving potential when it was developed 19 years ago, the concept never quite got off the ground
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Shifting sands: Europe's aerospace industry
Europe's aerospace industry is preparing for Paris in better shape than most would have predicted two years ago
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Heavyweight bout for BA. The A380 or the 747-8 Intercontinental?
As BA ponders whether to buy the Airbus A380 or Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, its decision could have far-reaching consequences for other airlines
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Airbus A380 v Boeing 747: how they stack up
Today's 747-400 passenger fleet totals 482 aircraft operated by 32 airlines, with the largest single cluster being the 57 aircraft operated by British Airways...
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Greatest show on earth: Paris
It's back, bigger than ever. Humid, hectic, expensive, at times chaotic, the world's biggest air show has its drawbacks. But every two years, the industry's continuing addiction to Paris is evident
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Feet on the ground: Europe's space policy
Fifty years after the launch of the first satellite, the Soviet Union's Sputnik, Europe has agreed its first space policy. But against US plans for a return...