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Dutch plan to gas troublesome airport geese

Apr 16, 2012 (AFP)

Dutch authorities will use lethal gas to reduce the exploding goose population around Amsterdam's Schiphol airport as it is threatening air traffic, an official...

China airport tarmac protests prompt service plea

Apr 16, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese regulators have urged better service in the rapidly growing aviation industry following incidents in which angry passengers stormed onto the tarmac at a...

Australia's Qantas makes first commercial biofuel flight

Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)

Australia's Qantas Friday launched the nation's first commercial flight using a mixture of refined cooking oil, saying it would not survive if it relied solely ...

Airborne prayers problem solved for tech-savvy Muslims

Apr 06, 2012 (AFP)

As a frequent flier and devout Muslim, businessman Abdalhamid Evans always comes up against the same challenge in the air: when to say his prayers. Muslims are ...

EU plays down financial impact of carbon tax on airlines

Apr 06, 2012 (AFP)

The EU's climate commissioner played down the impact of the controversial carbon tax being imposed by the bloc on airlines, saying Friday it would cost less tha...

Engine failure forces Cathay jet to turn back

Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)

A Cathay Pacific jumbo jet bound for Paris was forced to return to Hong Kong early Monday following an engine failure shortly after take off, a spokesman for th...

China Southern committed to Airbus orders: report

Mar 30, 2012 (AFP)

China Southern Airlines said Friday it has no plans to cancel or delay its Airbus orders, Dow Jones Newswires reported, despite Chinese opposition to the Europe...

Asia gets new budget airline eyeing Chinese flyers

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

Australian flag carrier Qantas and China Eastern Airlines said Monday they will launch a new Hong Kong-based budget airline next year aimed at cashing in on Chi...

South Africa, Singapore airlines fined for price-fixing

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

South African Airways and Singapore Airlines have been fined several million dollars for price-fixing on routes between Johannesburg and Hong Kong, the anti-tru...

Cessna signs agreements with Chinese manufacturer

Mar 23, 2012 (AFP)

Aircraft manufacturer Cessna announced Friday that it was joining forces with the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) to manufacture a range of planes...

Aviation driving growth in Latin America

Mar 21, 2012 (UPI)

Growth in aviation and related security business is driving economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean where it has created more than 4 million jobs and...

A biplane to break the sound barrier

Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)

For 27 years, the Concorde provided its passengers with a rare luxury: time saved. For a pricey fare, the sleek supersonic jet ferried its ticketholders from Ne...

HK backs third runway despite environmental fears

Mar 20, 2012 (AFP)

Hong Kong lawmakers on Tuesday gave approval in principle for a third airport runway, despite concerns about pollution and noise from the $11.10 billion project...

Next supersonic plane might be a biplane

Mar 16, 2012 (UPI)

Supersonic travel could make a comeback, U.S. researchers say, with a technology from an earlier era in aviation -- the biplane. The supersonic Concorde sped pa...

Airbus fears China blocking more A330 sales: source

Mar 14, 2012 (AFP)

Airbus fears that China is blocking an order for 10 more purchases of its A330 long-haul planes in reaction to a disputed European carbon tax, a source close to...

Hydrogen-powered plane completes taxi test

Mar 13, 2012 (UPI)

Boeing says its Phantom Eye unmanned aircraft, burning liquid hydrogen as a fuel, has successfully completed its initial taxi test in California. While it will ...

Chinese diplomat sees airlines turning to Boeing over EU tax

Mar 12, 2012 (AFP)

A senior Chinese diplomat said it "makes sense" for Chinese airlines to shun aircraft made in Europe, owing to an EU tax on aircraft emisssions, the Wall Street...

EADS says EU carbon tax blocking Airbus orders from China

Mar 08, 2012 (AFP)

China has blocked purchases of Airbus planes by Chinese companies in reaction to a disputed European carbon tax, the head of the Airbus parent company EADS said...

Air France-KLM switches into loss on fuel costs

Mar 08, 2012 (AFP)

Air France-KLM switched into heavy loss last year owing to high and still rising fuel costs, disruption to traffic from unrest in North Africa and an earthquake...

Aviation agency asks EU to delay airline carbon tax

Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)

The head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday urged the European Union to delay rolling out a carbon tax on air travel next year, wa...