News tagged with global air transport

Paris Air Show spotlights fuel cost fears

(AP) -- Airlines will be seeking a cleaner, cheaper way to fly and planemakers will be angling for billions in new contracts Monday at the Paris Air Show, which stars a solar plane, biofuel jet engines and ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Next-Generation Air Transportation System to Ultimately Succeed, Computer Scientist Predicts

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Next Generation Air Transportation System, known as NextGen, is due for national implementation in stages between now and 2018. "I am predicting ultimate success and a system that will provide a much ...

Technology / Other

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hidden threat: Elevated pollution levels near regional airports

Scientists are reporting evidence that air pollution — a well-recognized problem at major airports — may pose an important but largely overlooked health concern for people living near smaller regional airports. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Airlines wary of 2020 carbon-neutral target

Crisis-hit airlines said Tuesday that a plan to cap the growth of the industry's emissions by 2020 was ambitious and costly but agreed on the urgency of fighting climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

New plan to reduce planes' CO2 emissions

(AP) -- Aviation groups in Europe announced a plan Tuesday to change the way commercial planes land in order to reduce their global-warming emissions of carbon dioxide.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (29) | comments 4