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US Airways reverses beverage charges
US Airways has reversed its decision to charge domestic coach passengers for beverages, saying it is at a competitive disadvantage because no other large...
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NewsSecret files reveal US interest in UK HOTOL spaceplane
As the first UK-funded launcher technology programme in 22 years begins, Flightglobal.com can reveal secret US government interest in British Aerospace's 1980s' HOTOL spaceplane
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Boeing reveals further details of export-standard EA-18G
Boeing has revealed further details of the likely configuration for the export-only EA-18G "enhanced awareness" sales concept. The repackaged...
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NewsPentagon seeks military role for space tourism technology
As commercial spaceflight draws closer to reality, the US Department of Defense is officially interested. The National...
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NewsPICTURE: Singapore takes delivery of first G550 AEW
Singapore has received the first of its four Gulfstream G550-based airborne early warning and control system aircraft from Israel's Elta Systems ...
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Raytheon test drops Paveway IV bomb from Tornado aircraft
Successful trial is step towards UK GR4s being deployed in Afghanistan equipped with precision-guided bomb
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ICAO emissions group tackles timelines, measurements
Developing nations and countries below a certain greenhouse gas emissions threshold should be held to a different standard than developed nations when addressing...
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Serco achieves more with less
With budgets under pressure, outsourcing giant Serco sees opportunity in the downturn
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Embraer plans to deliver 110 Phenoms in 2009
Embraer plans to produce more than 100 Phenom 100 very light jets this year despite the economic slowdown, but it is slashing production of the super-midsize...
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PICTURE: GKN manufactures A350 XWB wing-spar prototype
UK manufacturer GKN has shown off the first examples of prototype composite rear wing spars for the Airbus A350 XWB wing-box demonstrator at its Yeovil plant...
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Gauging personal carbon footprints
It is a sure-fire way of losing friends and alienating people, but rationing air travel - or personal carbon trading - remains in the arsenal of every ambitious...
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Forecasting the long-term demand for airliners
The world's civil airframers provide regular long-term forecasts on airliner demand, which give their view about the general size of the market in terms of numbers of units.
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Opinion
Comment: emissions cash cow?
Brussels' push towards a global trading scheme could earn fortunes for some European countries, but it's likely that the market will not produce the results originally envisaged
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Opinion
Comment: Tejas delays could be a blessing in disguise
It was Groundhog Day at Aero India when a Sitara HJT intermediate jet trainer prototype crash-landed on the show's eve, just as one did at the 2007 show....
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Calculating the most efficient air traffic routes
Foresight and broad planning could reduce commercial aviation fuel consumption by up to 6% annually. That is more than 3.8 billion litres (1 billion USgal)...
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NewsFinding the right formula
All airlines flying into Europe will soon need to show how they intend to disclose their carbon emissions and transport data, the first time aerospace's environmental impact has ever been so publicly held to account
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Business briefs
Boeing 787 programme delays and falling Hawker business jet production have taken a toll on GKN in...