Recent Aviation Articles page 4

Daily Telegraph - ... 60 per cent cut by 2050 but a new study claims an 80 per cent cut is achievable. A new study says the government target is inadequate because it is based on out-of-date science and excludes the UK's share of emissions from international aviation.

Newsday - In the largest reshuffling of flight patterns in the nation's history - one expected to affect communities from Philadelphia to Hartford - Long Island appears to luck out. The "airspace redesign," as the Federal Aviation Administration calls it, is ...

Financial Times - Michael O’Leary, Ryanair chief executive, said the Civil Aviation Authority, the economic regulator for BAA’s London airports, had “repeatedly failed to effectively regulate this monopoly which is why it continues to provide third world service ...

Forbes - China allowed domestic airlines to increase their fuel surcharges from Nov 5 to counter the pressure of crude oil price hikes on the local aviation industry, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The FTSE/Xinhua China B 35 Index was down ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer - World's Largest Jet Makes First Passenger Flight The world's largest jetliner made aviation history Thursday, completing its first commercial flight from Singapore to Sydney with 455 passengers, some of them ensconced in luxury suites and double beds ...

Detroit News - Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory says the cause of the crash remains to be determined. She says the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. State police say the pilot was a resident of Sanford ...

Forbes - Infospectrum, Inc., a leading provider of Asset Management and Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) solutions and services to the aviation, aerospace & defence (A&D), ship and marine, and transportation industries announced today that it has ...

News.com.au - The head of the National Civilian Aviation Agency, Milton Zuanazzi, who was in charge at the time of both crashes, resigned last Wednesday. Brazil's aviation system has been in chaos for more than ayear, with frequent delays and cancellations caused ...

Forbes - The budget airline has shaken up the Hong Kong aviation market, prompting traditional carriers to cut their fares. Cathay Pacific, for example, has slashed its prices to London and Vancouver by nearly half. Critics had questioned whether the cut-price ...

San Francisco Gate - Mike Padilla, aviation chief for the forestry department, acknowledged the Guard's helicopters were ready to fly before the spotters arrived. He said state officials were surprised. "Typically we're waiting for them to get crews," Padilla said. In a ...