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Friday, air traffic controllers in Spain staged a massive “sickout” just three months since they last voted to strike, nearly one year since reports of their sometimes $1 million-plus salaries, and amidst economists’ musings that the country may require a financial bailout. Roughly 90 percent of controllers abandoned their posts Friday, resulting in a massive […]

Fuel produced from the camelina plant could be used as a renewable biojet fuel that would reduce jet-fuel greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent, according to researchers — and ATSM standards for the fuel are expected before 2012. Camelina-based jet fuel has been tested by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and Japan Airlines on […]

Qantas Thursday secured its option to pursue legal action against Rolls-Royce if the two companies fail to reach a settlement over losses suffered when a Trent 900 engine experienced uncontained failure on a Qantas A380. The two companies are engaged in discussions covering a range of issues related to the incident and Qantas’ “statement of […]

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Volunteer pilots flying with Bahamas Habitat, in partnership with Servants in Faith and Technology, are actively fighting the cholera epidemic in Haiti and seeking new recruits. The group is delivering water filtration and purification systems that serve as a front-line effort to stem the tide of the disease. Cholera has already taken more than 1,700 […]

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DCGA), India, has recommended “appropriate action” against the crew of an Air India Express Boeing 737-800 after a copilot’s seat adjustment led to the rapid loss of 5,000 feet and his own panic. No one was injured in the May 26 incident that involved 113 passengers, but the DCGA […]

If you’re looking for unique holiday gifts for the aviator on your list, or compiling a list of your own, plenty of options have been flowing into the AVweb inbox. Bonham’s auction house in Oxford is selling a pair of wooden photograph cases made from one of the main spars of the tri-plane flown by […]

A Cessna M337B Skymaster that crashed in Avon Park, Fla., last month while on a military training exercise lost its right wing prior to hitting the ground, the NTSB said this week. All three on board, who were civilian pilots, died in the crash. In its preliminary report, the NTSB said the crew was returning […]

Bombardier says sales are so good at the top of the market it’s going to increase production of its Global series of business jets. “Our backlog is growing and we’re actually increasing our production rates in March of next year, and we’re also looking at further increases in the following year,” Simon Roberts, VP and […]

A Canadian landing-gear manufacturer may have spilled the beans that Dassault is moving forward with a new business jet design. Montreal-based Heroux-Devtek announced to the Canadian Press last week that it had won a contract to design, build and help certify gear for the as-yet unannounced bizjet. “It’s a recognition by another world leader that […]