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The man who gets Gatwick flying
British Airways' Tim Hawkins has been a turnround manager at London Gatwick for 30 years. Formerly known as a flight dispatcher, the job calls for a wide range of qualities to keep airlines and airports on the move
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Civil engines: Pratt & Whitney gears up for the future with GTF
By promising double-digit reductions in fuel burn and emissions, Pratt & Whitney is hoping its geared turbofan will kick-start the move to a new generation of airliners and revitalise its commercial engine business
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Civil engines: Will CFM leap to open rotor?
Joint company has set deadline of decade's end for decision - in time to power new Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies
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Civil engines: Europe plans Clean Sky demonstrators
Europe plans several engine demonstrators, and environmental concerns ensure open rotors will be first to test
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PICTURES: Qatar takes delivery of first 14 Boeing 777-300ERs
Qatar Airways has taken delivery of its first of 14 Boeing 777-300ERs, which will eventually replace its Airbus A340-600s on long-haul services from its...
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Italy updates Tornado fleet
Alenia Aeronautica has been awarded a four-year €48.5 million ($71.8 million) contract for upgrading an additional batch of 15 Panavia...
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Cessna to build SkyCatcher in China
Cessna is to build its Model 162 SkyCatcher light sport aircraft in China following an agreement with design and manufacturing...
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MLS certificated on A320 provides solution for BA at Heathrow
The European Aviation Safety Agency has approved the Airbus A320 series for Category IIIb precision approaches...
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NASA seeks industry ideas for 2030-35 airliners
NASA wants industry to think ahead to airliners that could enter service in 2030-35, and is to fund several advanced concept studies to catalyse work on...
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Air Mauritius Airbus A330 suffers depressurisation during test flight
Airbus suffered another pre-delivery testing incident last week, when this Air Mauritius A330-200 depressurised, after this photograph was taken, on a customer-acceptance...
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Carbon trading regime will hammer airlines for inaccurate emissions data
ENVIRONMENT AIMEE TURNER LONDON carbon trading regime will hammer airlines for inaccurate emissions data Tonne-per-kilometre calculations must...
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Beriev Be-200 amphibian future hinges on European orders
The future of the Beriev Be-200 amphibian twinjet hinges upon decisions of Greece, Italy and Portugal, which are considering...
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FAA: Airline safety management systems not quite ready for prime time
An international call for airlines to have safety management systems in place by January 2009 will probably not be met in the USA as the Federal...
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Thales and Panasonic travel different paths to connectivity
Rival in-flight entertainment system manufacturers Thales and Panasonic are taking different approaches to bringing connectivity in-flight, with the former...
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European runway shortage could kill ATM environmental gains
Aircraft delays harm the environment. Can extra runway capacity, coupled with more efficient air trafficmanagement, help by getting aircraft down faster?