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Charities special - RIAT air show raise money for good causes
While the air display entertains the crowd at RIAT, it is also helping raise money for good causes RAF charitable trust Display of generosity...
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Charities special - airline passengers' spare change raises millions to help children
change for good $70m from spare coins Childrens charity Unicef funds operations thanks to loose change donated by airline passengers murdo...
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Charities special - Big business helps Corporate Angel Network fly cancer patients for treatment
corporate angel network Big-hearted businesses A US charity flies cancer patients for treatment in the ultimate comfort, thanks to the generosity...
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New-technology aircraft to reduce average fuel consumption
The introduction of an estimated 7,000 latest-technology aircraft into the world airline fleet over the next decade should reduce the average fuel consumption...
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NewsUS legislation set to let pilots work to age 65
A measure that overturns a near half-century old regulation limiting maximum pilot age to 60 has received unanimous approval from the US Congress and is...
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NewsArab carriers need more open regulatory environment
To continue their rapid growth Arab carriers need a more open regulatory environment with more commonality across the region, says Arab Air Carriers Organisation...
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Plattsburgh Airport proves location is everything
David field Washington Location, location, location Plattsburgh Airport in upstate New York is taking advantage of state and federal funds and...
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Was 2007 the peak for the airline industry?
Have we passed the peak? The industry may have reached the top of this current cycle in 2007, writes Chris Tarry. Analysis from Antonio Panariello Chris...
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Seen to be green: how airlines are building the environment into their core strategies
Airlines have taken a battering from environmental lobbyists for their impact on climate change, so how are carriers building the environment into their...
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NewsJean-Cyril Spinetta: Uniting force
Air France-KLM chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta is well-placed to help write the next chapter of the industry's consolidation story He may be Europe's...
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NewsSouth Korean army selects Elbit Systems' Skylark II UAV
South Korea's army has selected Elbit Systems' Skylark II close-range unmanned air vehicle, with its first-phase deal for one system expected to grow into procurement of a large number of systems.
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NewsPICTURE: US border guards start buy for third Predator B batch
The Customs and Border Protection agency released a “presolictation notice” on 13 December to buy more Predator Bs, the medium-altitude aircraft the agency has acquired for unarmed border surveillance missions.
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UK could provide instruments for Chinese lunar rover
China's next attempt at lunar exploration, its rover mission Chang'e-2, could use UK instruments if ongoing Sino-British academic contacts develop into government-approved...
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Thales makes strategic partnership with NPO-PM
Franco-Italian joint venture Thales Alenia Space and Russia's satellite specialist NPO-PM have agreed to develop a new...
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PICTURE: Hungary's last three Gripen fighters delivered
Hungary's last three of 14 Saab Gripen C/D fighters have arrived in the country, after a delivery flight from Sweden ...
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Back to the future: The Avro Vulcan
The Vulcan prototype made its show debut at Farnborough in 1952, three days after its first flight... ...now, funding permitting, the restored XH558...