Al Qaeda not in Nigeria: Muslim leaders
December 31st, 2009 - 2:47 am ICT by IANS
Abuja, Dec 31 (DPA) Muslim leaders in Nigeria have denied allegations that the international terrorist network Al Qaeda is active in the country, media reports said Wednesday.
Islamic clerics interviewed by Abuja ... Read more...
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White House calls plane incident attempted terrorist attack (Third lead)
December 26th, 2009 - 9:57 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 26 (DPA) The White House warned of an attempted terrorist attack after an international airline passenger allegedly tried to blow up a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit by setting ... Read more...
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Toilet blockages force Cathay Pacific Airbus to divert to Mumbai
November 25th, 2009 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Nov 25 (DPA) Airbus said Wednesday it was investigating a series of mystery toilet blockages on Cathay Pacific planes which forced one passenger jet to make an unscheduled landing in ... Read more...
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Airbus sells first A380 aircraft configured to carry 840 passengers
November 17th, 2009 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, Nov 17 (DPA) European aircraft maker Airbus said Tuesday it had sold its first A380 airliners configured to carry a maximum of 840 passengers in a single class.
French carrier Air Austral, ... Read more...
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GoAir denies move to sell stake to Paramount
October 4th, 2009 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Low-cost carrier GoAir Sunday said it wasn't looking at offloading stake as reported in the media, and that it was concentrating on fleet expansion.
"The airline has been ... Read more...
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Indian Air Force intercepts Air France passenger plane
August 27th, 2009 - 7:11 pm ICT by BNO News
NEW DELHI (BNO NEWS) -- An Indian Air Force fighter jet was scrambled to intercept an Air France passenger plane which entered Indian airspace on Thursday, officials said.
It happened at approximately 6.10 ... Read more...
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Lockerbie bomber arrives in Libya
August 21st, 2009 - 4:27 am ICT by IANS
Tripoli, Aug 21 (DPA) The Libyan man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing in which 270 people were killed arrived in Tripoli Thursday night, the official JANA news agency reported.
Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, ... Read more...
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‘Artificial leaf’ that may help generate clean power on the anvil
August 12th, 2009 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 12 (ANI): Researchers at Imperial College London are trying to imitate the process of photosynthesis by making an 'artificial leaf' to produce clean power.Photosynthesis, the process where plants use sunlight ... Read more...
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Air India has not cancelled any order, says Boeing
July 22nd, 2009 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Boeing Co, the world's second largest commercial aircraft maker, Wednesday said it has not received any proposal from India's cash-strapped national carrier Air India for deferring or ... Read more...
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New aeroplane seat designs give sleepy travellers more room
June 23rd, 2009 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 23 (ANI): Sleep while you fly - that's the inspiration behind a new range of airplane seats designed by a British designer.Emil Jacob believes while it isn't possible to extend ... Read more...
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Bolivian, Polish and Dutch news outlets fall for Air France hoax
June 22nd, 2009 - 4:42 pm ICT by admin
PARIS (BNO NEWS) -- Bolivian television station PAT, Poland's TVN24 and Dutch news radio BNR probably thought they had their biggest scoop yet: photos from inside Air France Flight 447, seconds before ... Read more...
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Seven injured as Qantas flight hits air turbulence
June 22nd, 2009 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Canberra, June 22 (Xinhua) A Qantas flight from Hong Kong to Perth in Australia plunged about 100 feet (30 meters) after hitting severe turbulence Monday, injuring seven passengers.
The Qantas A330-300 Airbus, with ... Read more...
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More bodies from Air France crash recovered
June 17th, 2009 - 7:35 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, June 17 (DPA) Seven more bodies were recovered Tuesday from the sea from the Air France plane crash earlier this month, bringing the total of bodies recovered up ... Read more...
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Boeing chief sees aviation recovery from 2010 onwards
June 15th, 2009 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, June 15 (DPA) Boeing sees a recovery of the aviation market by middle of next year, chief executive Scott Carson predicted Monday at the Paris Air Show.
But its not clear how ... Read more...
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Indian wins Finnair prize for best vision of future flying
June 11th, 2009 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) An Indian has won Nordic carrier Finnair's award for best envisaging how flying would look and feel like in the future, besting 1,000 competitors from around the ... Read more...
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Spanish pilot saw white flash when French plane went missing
June 4th, 2009 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, June 4 (DPA) A pilot of the Spanish airline Air Comet covering the route between Lima and Madrid saw a white flash in the area where the Air France plane went ... Read more...
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Brazil confirms missing plane debris found
June 3rd, 2009 - 5:21 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, June 3 (DPA) Brazilian Defence Minister Nelson Jobim said Tuesday that the authorities are certain they found the remains of the missing Air France passenger plane around midday in ... Read more...
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Paramount Airways connects east, northeastern cities with southern India
April 27th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 27 (IANS) Chennai-based Paramount Airways has launched its operations Monday connecting the eastern and northeastern region with the southern Indian cities.
"From Monday onwards, the Paramount Airways would operate airbus between ... Read more...
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Gati terminates lease agreement with Air India
March 18th, 2009 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Air logistics firm Gati Ltd Wednesday announced termination of its wet lease agreement with state-owned National Aviation Co of India Ltd (NACIL) for five Boeing B737-200 cargo ... Read more...
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US Airways pilot hero breaks his silence about emergency landing
February 3rd, 2009 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.3 (ANI): The pilot whose splash landing in the Hudson made him an American hero has broken his silence, saying his death defying feat was a combo of being "calm ... Read more...
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Obamas guests include the hero pilot who landed the US Airways Airbus in the Hudson River
January 20th, 2009 - 11:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan.20 (ANI): Barack Hussein Obama in a special gesture has invited Captain Chesley B. Sully Sullenberger, the hero pilot who landed the US Airways Airbus in the Hudson River last ... Read more...
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SpiceJet re-negotiating Boeing deal
July 26th, 2008 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Faced with huge losses owing to a slowdown in passenger traffic and higher fuel and operating costs, the Delhi-based low cost air carrier SpiceJet Saturday said it ... Read more...
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`Difficult times for for budget airlines’
June 18th, 2008 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Kozhikode, June 17 (IANS) Budget carriers will find it difficult to survive with fuel prices and airport charges going up, an airline official said Tuesday. "The low cost model will not survive," ... Read more...
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Soon, airplanes run on algae-based kerosene
June 6th, 2008 - 3:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 6 (ANI): A major air carrier is going to test airplanes that run on algae-based kerosene, which promises to be eco-friendly.
According to a report in ENN (Environmental News ... Read more...
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Former EADS co-chief arrested
May 28th, 2008 - 7:21 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Paris, May 28 (DPA) The former joint head of European aerospace company EADS, Noel Forgeard, has been arrested in the insider-trading scandal surrounding the company, France Info radio station reported Wednesday. The ... Read more...
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Jazeera Airways Q1 profit rises 42 percent
May 19th, 2008 - 5:03 pm ICT by admin
Dubai, May 19 (IANS) Kuwait and Dubai based low cost carrier Jazeera Airways has announced 2008 first quarter profits of 745,815 Kuwaiti dinars ($2.8 million), a rise of 42 percent from the ... Read more...
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Airbus revises A-380 delivery schedule
May 13th, 2008 - 8:13 pm ICT by admin
Amsterdam, May 13 (IANS) Citing time and resource constraints, European aircraft-maker Airbus has revised the delivery schedule of its A-380 super jumbo aircraft, reducing the number to 12 during the current year ... Read more...
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Now, materials that repair themselves
April 18th, 2008 - 4:38 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 18 (ANI): Researchers have used two methods for the development of self-repairing polymer materials with the capacity of recovering a good part of the properties lost and with no ... Read more...
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Boeing’s Dreamliner delayed to autumn 2009
April 10th, 2008 - 5:05 am ICT by admin
DPA
Washington/Seattle, April 10 (DPA) The US plane maker Boeing Wednesday announced another delay in the launch of its long-range, fuel-efficient Dreamliner 787 jet, with the first now expected to be delivered in ... Read more...
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Middle East set for low cost aviation boom
March 23rd, 2008 - 12:53 pm ICT by admin
By Aroonim Bhuyan
Dubai, March 23 (IANS) In November last year, during the Dubai Air Show, Emirates ordered $23.4 billion worth of aircraft from Airbus and Boeing, with options for 50 more. Today, ... Read more...
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Deccan airline to replace old fleet
February 18th, 2008 - 5:07 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) Bangalore-based Deccan Aviation Ltd, which runs budget carrier Simplifly Deccan, said it plans to replace seven A-320 aircraft with new ones from October 2009. "We will be phasing ... Read more...
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China unveils its own jet
December 22nd, 2007 - 6:42 pm ICT by admin
Shanghai, Dec.22 (ANI): Chinas first home grown regional jet, the ARJ21-700, rolled off the production line on Friday, marking a milestone in its civil aviation program.
Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan attended the roll-out ceremony ... Read more...
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New study to outline the benefits of synthetic fuel in commercial aircraft
November 17th, 2007 - 7:23 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Nov. 17 (ANI): A new research is aiming to shed light on the benefits of using synthetic and cleaner jet fuel in commercial aircraft engines.
Research work started after four Qatar-based ... Read more...
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German Chancellor Merkel calls on President Pratibha Patil
November 14th, 2007 - 8:06 am ICT by admin
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India visit will boost bilateral ties: Angela Merkel
November 14th, 2007 - 3:05 am ICT by admin
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