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NewsPicture: James Bond film Casino Royale features modified Boeing 747
Details are emerging of the aircraft to be used in the new James Bond film, which include a specially-modified former British Airways Boeing 747-200.
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Airports industry body hits out at IATA's 'distorted' view of the airport business
Airports Council International director general Robert Aaronson has hit out at the International Air Transport Association’s “distorted” view of the airport business.
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NewsPictures: Exclusive first photos of Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF ahead of official roll-out
Flight has obtained exclusive photographs of Lockheed Martin's first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) as it emerged from the paint shop at Fort Worth, Texas ready for its formal roll-out and naming tomorrow.
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NewsSpace Shuttle Discovery docks with International Space Station following successful ascent
Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the ISS to dock at 1452GMT today starting the next phase of mission STS-121
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NewsVideo: Airbus A380 evacuation trial infra-red sequence released into public domain
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has released the first publicly-available video clip of Airbus's A380 evacuation trial that took place at its Finkenwerder facility outside Hamburg, Germany on 26 March.
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NewsPictures: Dassault 7X business jet undergoes runway contamination testing
Dassault Aviation completed contaminated runway tests on its Falcon 7X business jet on Wednesday. These trials, including water ingestion trials were carried out Cranfield air field in the UK.
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NewsUnited readies to offer wireless broadband across fleet
United Airlines has started to equip its Boeing 757 aircraft with hardware for inflight wireless broadband services, and is planning installations for its entire fleet.
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NewsBAE springs audit on Airbus to decide on 20% stake disposal
BAE Systems is to carry out an audit of Airbus in order to assist in deciding whether to proceed with disposing of its 20% shareholding of the European airframer.
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NewsTunisair to increase range of Airbus A319 fleet
Tunisian flag-carrier Tunisair has ordered an extended-range Airbus A319 and is to modify up to another three A319s in its fleet to the same higher-range configuration.
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NewsMEPs back separate emissions trading scheme for airlines
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have spelt out their position on emissions trading, after backing proposals put forward calling for aviation’s contribution to initially be tackled through an airline-only emissions trading scheme (ETS).
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NewsNew European Defence Agency kicks off €50m joint research drive
The fledgling European Defence Agency (EDA) is masterminding a joint research programme to develop force-protection technologies using €50 million provided by a coalition of Eurpean Union member states.
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NewsAirbus begins installation of A380 wing reinforcements as interim fix after test rupture
Airbus has begun to install a strengthening package on to the wing of a completed A380 as an interim solution after the static-test specimen suffered a premature rupture during its ultimate load test.