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US iterates oppostion to EU's proposed tax on airline emissions

Non-EU airlines compliance with emissions trading scheme deferred

British airlines flay emission limits

Aviation emissions to be traded

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Time for an overhaul

Having served the country for more than a century and a half, the Indian Railways has taken apathy in its stride. Politicians’ whims, and …

Old wings and new flights

Engineers are hot on the heels of a new supersonic commercial aircraft, while the untiring wings of the good old Concorde receive ageing monitors

Flying gamble

Computers have played second fiddle to analogue techniques in safety-critical systems and though airlines are switching to fly-by-wire technology,…

Avant-garde antiques

The world is soon to herald the revived version of a flying machine called the airship which had been relegated to the annals of history. These …

Flight to fame

A joint consortium by 3 Asian nations to build a passenger aircraft may shake the Western stranglehold

Grounding fliers

Environmental activists are fighting against the dramatic expansion of air traffic in the Netherlands

Tough time, safe landing

Results of simulated landings using the global positioning system show that planes can now land safely even in zero visibility

Noise enfolded

Muffling the sound made by a supersonic jet during take-off could bring calm to areas where air traffic is high

Sniffing out the killers

They are tiny and remote-controlled. And these sniffer planes will soon fly into biowarfare danger zones

Off with flying colours

A new software increases flight safety by helping pilots calculate their take-off speeds more accurately

A bolt from the blue

If critical air traffic control operations are not beefed up by adequate and modern infrastructure, nightmare is bound to happen in the Indian …

Battling blaze up there

Communication is vital to aerial fire-fighting. A project in the US aims at making it easier for pilots with the help of the advanced navigation …

Composition: critical

While the aircraft industry flies high with composites, one question nags engineers: are they really safe?

Flight of fury

Dutch greens decry the expansion of Schiphol airport and jam the main runway, ready to face trial for high crime

Dolphins in danger

An ambitious airport project threatens to decimate the rare dolphins that inhabit the waters to the west of Hong Kong

Second-hand is better

Junked aeroplane tyres are being used on camel carts in Rajasthan, making life easier for both the villagers and the animals

High fliers

Soon a new high-powered solar aircraft will monitor pollution levels, hitherto done by satellites