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France slims jets price in Brazil bid Brasilia, Brazil (UPI) Feb 5, 2009 
Brazil looks set to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets from France after its maker, Dassault, moved to skim $2 billion off the price.
The newspaper Folha de S. Paolo reported that the deal was now down to $10.2 billion - including $6.2 billion for the jets themselves and $4 billion for maintenance and repairs provided for the next decade.
News of the price cut surfaced following a ... read more90 presumed dead as Ethiopian plane crashes off Lebanon 
Beirut (AFP) Jan 25, 2010Rescuers found bodies but no survivors on Monday in a massive search operation launched after an Ethiopian airliner with 90 people on board plunged flaming into the sea off Lebanon. Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 lost contact with Beirut airport shortly after takeoff at 02:37 am (0037 GMT) and crashed into the Mediterranean 2.5 nautical miles off the coastal town of Naameh, south of the airpo ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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China airlines back in black but turbulence ahead: experts
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 24, 2010China's airlines returned to profit in 2009 as traffic rose, fuel prices fell and government policies provided a favourable tailwind, but analysts warn they could face fresh turbulence this year. The country's three biggest carriers -- China Southern Airlines, Air China and China Eastern Airlines -- all suffered heavy losses in 2008 as the global economic crisis struck, but said this month t ... more Crisis meeting in Berlin on Airbus A400M: Germany 
Berlin (AFP) Jan 21, 2010Representatives from seven cash-strapped NATO powers were set to reconvene in Berlin on Friday for a second day of talks aimed at finding a way forward for the troubled A400M military transport plane. The seven countries have ordered 180 of the aircraft for 20 billion euros (28 billion dollars) from European plane maker Airbus but the project is three years behind schedule and a reported 11 ... more A400M: Governments up pressure on EADS
Berlin (UPI) Jan 21, 2009 European governments stepped up the pressure on EADS and its daughter Airbus, the maker of the controversial A400M military freighter, at talks in Berlin that could make or break the project. The partner governments met Thursday in Berlin with officials from European Aeronautic & Space and daughter company Airbus to discuss additional funding for the delayed program. The talks were halt ... more Boeing joins research in aviation biofuels 
Washington (UPI) Jan 19, 2009 Boeing, which has experimented successfully with renewable aviation fuel, is taking a key part in a new search project bankrolled by the United Arab Emirates to find a sustainable and commercially viable aviation fuel made from seawater plant extracts. Biofuel research has taken different directions as concern over climate change has produced various responses, from cash-starved poor ... more |
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Lockheed wins 841.9 million dollar Morocco F-16 contract
Washington (AFP) Dec 22, 2009 US defense manufacturer Lockheed Martin is being awarded an 841.9 million dollar contract to produce 24 F-16 aircraft for Morocco, which ordered the jets in 2008, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Lockheed also won contracts to supply the Pentagon with "advanced counter measure system electronic warfare system, along with associated support equipment, alternate mission equipment and support element ... more Flight cancellations deal new blow to Christmas travel 
London (AFP) Dec 22, 2009Budget airline easyJet cancelled more than 100 flights Tuesday due to severe weather conditions, in a fresh blow to European passengers hoping to travel for the Christmas holidays. British Airways and Irish low-budget carrier Ryanair also warned of delays and cancellations due to the heavy snow and freezing temperatures, which have already caused chaos on the roads and suspended Eurostar ... more France's Safran, GE win major deal to equip Chinese jet 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2009French aerospace and defence industries group Safran and US conglomerate General Electric have reached a multi-billion dollar deal to provide engines for China's new C919 passenger jet, Safran said Monday. The C919 -- built by state-linked Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) and due to be ready for service in about 2016, according to state media -- is seen as a future competitor ... more Swept Wings: The Breakthrough To Modern Aviation 
Bonn, Germany (SPX\) Dec 16, 2009The fact that intercontinental air travel with acceptable flight times is an everyday occurrence today is due to an apparently simple idea: the swept wing. Seventy years ago, the advantages of a swept wing in comparison to an unswept or straight one was experimentally demonstrated for the first time at the Aerodynamics Research Institute in Gottingen, the precursor of today's German Aerospace ... more |
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