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American Airlines diverts plane too big to land in Naples, reroutes to Rome

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An American Airlines Boeing 787-9 en route to Naples, Italy was forced to divert to Rome-Fiumicino (FCO) during its final approach after it was discovered that the destination airport lacked the capability to accommodate an aircraft of its size.

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Air NZ Sustainability Chief on adjusting targets, keeping green lead

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It was one of the pioneering carriers to commit to ambitious net zero targets and later demonstrated remarkable transparency by publicly acknowledging the need to recalibrate its approach. The first technical demonstration flights of the ALIA won’t carry any payloads. And I really hope that it will be part of our future.

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Tropic Island Airways signs LOI with Tidal Flight for Polaris hybrid seaplanes

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The company claims Polaris will offer an 85% reduction in fuel burn on typical sector lengths compared to conventional aircraft, reducing corrosion-related maintenance, and bringing an approximate 20 decibel reduction in take-off noise, all while delivering high payload-range performance without expensive charge infrastructure at outstations.

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How Starlab Space looks to Switzerland for the next generation of space stations  

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This joint venture will also establish a center for payload development in the Swiss city. At the heart of this project is the goal of developing a commercial space station to succeed the International Space Station (ISS) as it approaches the end of its operational life in 2030.

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Slovenia’s Gogetair Chooses Turboprop Power

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Slovenian aircraft manufacturer Gogetair has taken a different approach to the issue of avgas availability worldwide. While there are a number of piston engines capable of operating on more readily available jet fuel, late last year, Gogetair flew its top-of-the-line G750 aircraft with a Turbotech TP-R90 turboprop engine.

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Qatar Airways Plans Doha To Bogota Flights (With Caracas Stop)

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The logic for the technical stop is that Bogota is at such a high altitude that an aircraft couldnt fly nonstop to Doha without major payload restrictions. As you can see, Emirates is taking a totally different approach there, for better or worse. Admittedly its a refueling stop that might give some passengers pause.

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Man on a mission: Pieter Elbers on turning IndiGo into a world-class airline

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Elbers reiterated that India’s sheer size makes a multi-hub approach a more reasonable option. There’s additional cost, but in terms of payload and range we can still do that.” Note] are really helping us lift that off.” Unlike, for example, Dubai (DXB), we have multiple hubs. We have found a solution.