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Study reveals extended climate impact from modern aircraft contrails
Aug 08, 2024 (SPX)
Despite the lower carbon emissions of modern planes compared to older models, their contrails may have a greater impact on climate change. This research, led by...
British Airways to suspend London-Beijing direct flights
Aug 08, 2024 (AFP)
The move comes as airlines struggle with an airspace ban over Russia, introduced after Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine prompted the EU to shut its airspace to...
Electra's eSTOL Goldfinch flies at Langley Research Center
Aug 08, 2024 (SPX)
Electra and NASA are collaborating on Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) research and demonstrations under a NASA Space Act Agreement. Additionally, Electra is engaged...
Hong Kong's Cathay unveils $11 bn deal for up to 60 Airbus planes
Aug 07, 2024 (AFP)
The firm made the announcement as it reported a drop in profit in the first half of the year, having moved into the black for the first time in four years in 20...
US Japan, Italy air forces train together to boost defense capabilities in Indo-Pacific region
Aug 07, 2024 (UPI)
Japan and Italy are in day two of a three-day joint exercise called Rising Sun 24 that is designed to improve defensive capabilities as China and North Korea ra...
Pilot, 4 Chinese nationals killed in Nepal chopper crash
Aug 07, 2024 (AFP)
Nepal has a woeful track record on aviation safety and the Himalayan republic has seen a spate of deadly light plane and helicopter crashes over the decades. Th...
Hong Kong's Cathay unveils deal to buy up to 60 aircraft
Aug 07, 2024 (AFP)
The firm made the announcement as it reported a drop in profit in the first half of the year, having moved into the black for the first time in four years in 20...
NASA uses digital models to enhance aeronautical innovation
Aug 06, 2024 (SPX)
The objective is to optimize the next generation of aviation technology for the 21st century. Model Benefits "MBSAE provides a way to envision how all these tec...
AFWERX, MTSI Evaluate Electric Vertical Takeoff, Landing Aircraft For Military Applications
Aug 02, 2024 (SPX)
Since mid-June, experts from AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force's innovation arm within the Air Force Research Laboratory, have been working with Beavercre...
Climate activists block VIP entrance to Taylor Swift concert in Poland
Aug 02, 2024 (AFP)
Five members of the Last Generation activist group blocked cars believed to be linked to Swift's entourage as they arrived at Warsaw's National Stadium. The gro...
Kremlin says F-16s delivered to Ukraine 'will be shot down'
Aug 01, 2024 (AFP)
"Their number will gradually decrease, they will be shot down... But of course, these deliveries will not have any significant impact on the development of even...
Climate activists arrested in latest UK airport disruption
Aug 01, 2024 (AFP)
Police said seven people were arrested after they blocked a "passenger search area" at Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, adding that "minimal disruption" was ...
'Catastrophic' gearbox failure led to deadly 2023 US Osprey crash
Aug 01, 2024 (AFP)
The late November crash during a military exercise prompted a multi-month grounding of the aircraft -- which can take off and land vertically like a helicopter ...
Eight climate activists arrested at UK airport
Jul 29, 2024 (AFP)
"Eight people have been arrested on suspicion of interfering with public infrastructure", said a police statement, adding that "heightened police presence shoul...
Mi-28 military helicopter crashes in Russia, crew dead
Jul 25, 2024 (AFP)
"An Mi-28 crashed in the Kaluga region... the crew died," the TASS news agency said, quoting a source in the defence ministry. "According to preliminary informa...
Russian, Chinese bombers stage joint patrol near Alaska
Jul 25, 2024 (AFP)
The patrol -- which took place Wednesday and involved nuclear-capable bombers -- came shortly after Moscow said the United States had sent its own strategic air...
Climate activists halt traffic at Frankfurt airport
Jul 25, 2024 (AFP)
Traffic was halted during the busy summer holiday season for two hours before the first of the airport's landing runways was able to operate again at 0502 GMT, ...
Airbus Racer demonstrator surpasses speed milestone of 420 km/h
Jul 24, 2024 (SPX)
"This achievement in such a short space of time is really a testimony to the hard work of our 40 partners in 13 European countries to bring all of this innovati...
US, Canada jets intercept China, Russia planes near Alaska
Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)
"NORAD detected, tracked, and intercepted two Russian TU-95 and two PRC H-6 military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone," it said....
Climate activists stage protests at European airports
Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)
The pressure group, which wants an end to oil and gas extraction and use, said seven of its supporters were detained at two locations on Heathrow's perimeter ro...
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