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Adam clinches financing to complete A700 certification
Adam Aircraft has secured $105 million of financing that paves the way for the US developer to complete certification...
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Pratt & Whitney to propose engine for new Mitsubishi Regional Jet
Pratt & Whitney is hoping to offer a geared turbofan (GTF) engine for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' new regional jet. MHI presented a full-scale cabin...
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ATR plans major take-off improvement for ATR 72
ATR has begun testing a procedure that could improve take-off performance by up to 20% and lead to new sales to...
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Boeing releases 2007 list prices
List prices for Boeing airliners have jumped from 4% to 6% this year reflecting inflation rate increases...
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EU predictive maintenance project makes prognosis
The European Union's Technologies and Techniques for New Maintenance (TATEM) concepts project has completed its...
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NASA study finds superconductors ready for all-electric aircraft
High-temperature superconducting (HTS) machines could enable development of all-electric aircraft with zero emissions, concludes a five-year study supported...
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Emission impossible?
Reducing climate-altering emissions will be far from straightforward for aircraft manufacturers and regulators, who will be forced to make some difficult choices in the next 10 years
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Harnessing aviation emissions: A European approach
Europe's plan to hold aviation accountable for its part in global warming has, as expected, come up against stiff opposition. Even at its outset, 2007...
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Aviation and the environment: key milestones
1969 Pratt & Whitney's JT9D is the first high bypass ratio jet engine to power a civil widebody aircraft - the Boeing 747-100. 1970 The USA establishes...
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US FAA opts for an all-encompassing policy
The US Federal Aviation Administration continues to insist on an environmental aviation policy that is all-encompassing, driven by consensus and based on...
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BAE shares fall as US Department of Justice launches probe
BAE Systems shares fell on the London...
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Africa news in brief, July 2007
More changes for SAA South African Airways is axing its Paris service and grounding its Boeing 747-400 fleet as part of its ongoing restructuring....
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Midwest fights on with more seats
Midwest Airlines is altering its basic product strategy in a bid to increase revenues as it tries to evade a hostile takeover bid from AirTran Airways. The...
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Americas news in brief
Air Jamaica drops London Air Jamaica is to axe its only long-haul service as part of a new tie-up with Virgin Atlantic Airways. The carrier will cease...