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Australia to link carbon trading system with EU ETS
The federal government of Australia has reached an agreement with the European Commission over linking the two region's carbon trading platforms in a shared...
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Fly Leasing purchases two 737-800s
Fly Leasing has acquired two Boeing 737-800 aircraft on lease to Transaero Airlines. The aircraft, which were manufactured in 1998, were financed through...
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GE amasses 2300 test hours on GE38
General Electric has amassed 2300 test hours on the GE38 turboshaft engine it is developing for the Sikorsky CH-53K helicopter. The test hours were...
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Aerolineas Argentinas to join SkyTeam tomorrow
Aerolineas Argentinas will officially join the SkyTeam alliance tomorrow in a ceremony in Buenos Aires. Argentina's flag carrier first signed an agreement...
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BlueBird, Elbit await Chilean UAS decision
Chile's defence ministry is expected to soon announce the winner of a competition to supply mini unmanned air systems, after narrowing its options to the...
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Lufthansa braces for cabin crew strike as talks collapse
Lufthansa cabin crew are calling for strikes following the collapse of last-ditch negotiations with the airline, though it is not yet clear when the walkouts...
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Atmospheric gravity waves keep turbulence complicated
According to NASA's Earth Observatory information service, atmospheric gravity waves "form when buoyancy pushes air up, and gravity pulls it back down"....
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ST Aerospace Engineering injects $1.44m into ST Aerospace Academy
ST Aerospace Engineering, a subsidiary of ST Aerospace, has injected $1.44 million capital into ST Aerospace Academy (STAA). The capital injection...
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Australian scientists call for revised advice over turbulence from thunderstorms
Australian researchers are recommending that aircraft turbulence guidelines be rewritten after determining that thunderstorms can produce unexpected turbulence...
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Nextant Aerospace embarks on marketing push into Asia
Nextant Aerospace hopes to further boost its presence in Asia following a $45 million deal for 10 of its remanufactured 400XTs to Singapore-based Asia Pacific...
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Executive Aviation Taiwan aims to increase business jet fleet
Aircraft services start-up Executive Aviation Taiwan plans to add two additional business jets by early next year, bringing the number of aircraft it operates...
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IN FOCUS: Airbus grows global fleet presence
Boeing and Airbus together account for 65% of the world airliner fleet, but the European airframer has boosted its share at the expense of its US rival
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Philippine Airlines orders 54 Airbus aircraft
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has placed a firm order for 54 Airbus aircraft in a deal worth $7 billion at list price.
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Air India plans to start Sydney, Melbourne services
Air India plans to start a daily direct service between New Delhi and two Australian cities during November or December. The airline has yet to decide...
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Legacy 650 receives HALTO certification from Brazil
Embraer has received High Altitude Landing and Takeoff Operation (HALTO) certification for the Legacy 650 business jet from the Brazilian civil aviation...
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India unveils Mars ambition
India has become the latest nation to unveil its ambition for a Mars mission. The country will place a small spacecraft in orbit around Mars in 2013, Prime...
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NASA announces new mission to Mars
As NASA's Curiosity rover roams across the Martian surface, the space agency is already looking towards its next mission to the red planet. Announced...
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Curiosity performs rock analysis experiment
The Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, has used one of its main instruments for the first time. The chemistry and camera instrument, or ChemCam, vaporised...
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Inquiry details confusion behind 777 airprox with C-17s
US investigators have detailed the confused co-ordination between air traffic controllers that led to a close encounter between an American Airlines Boeing...
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Inactive transponder hid departing 757 from Atlanta radar
Investigators have determined that a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-200 was involved in three losses of separation within a few minutes of departing Atlanta,...