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Air France-KLM sells Amadeus stake for 467 mln euros
Air France-KLM sold half its stake in Spanish group Amadeus, a technology provider for the airline and travel industries, but will keep the rest for at least three months, the Franco-Dutch carrier said on Thursday.
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Air France to power planes with cooking oil
In a giant nod to the growing recycled fuel industry, Air France-KLM has announced that it will start flying planes in September using a blend of kerosene and used cooking oil. More than 200 flights between Paris and Amsterdam ...
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Jul 04, 2011 |
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KLM flies world's first 'passenger flight on biofuel'
A Boeing 747, one of four engines powered by a 50-percent biokerosene mix, circled the Netherlands for an hour on Monday for what airline KLM called the world's first passenger flight using biofuel.
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Nov 23, 2009 |
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First-class views of the world below
Images of some of our planet’s most beautiful features can be seen from the comfort of your Air France aircraft thanks to satellites.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 22, 2011 |
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All-optical quantum computation, step 1: A controlled-NOT photonic gate
(PhysOrg.com) -- The often counterintuitive quantum world of superposition, entanglement, and tunneling can greatly enhance applications as diverse as communication, information processing, and precision measurement. ...
Jun 24, 2011 |
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KLM to turn used cooking oil into aviation biofuel
(AP) -- Dutch airline KLM plans to use recycled cooking oil as biofuel to power flights to and from France in a move aimed at cutting carbon emissions.
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Jun 22, 2011 |
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Flights grounded as ash cloud reaches Britain
Airlines halted dozens of flights on Tuesday after a plume of ash from an erupting volcano in Iceland blew over Britain, even forcing US President Barack Obama to revise his travel plans.
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May 24, 2011 |
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Kihansi spray toads make historic return to Tanzania
In a bold effort to save one of the world's rarest amphibians from extinction, one hundred Kihansi spray toads have been flown home to Tanzania after being painstakingly reared at the Bronx Zoo and The Toledo ...
Aug 17, 2010 |
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Cockpit audio: Listen as volcanic ash plume causes 1989 engine failure of KLM flight 867
(PhysOrg.com) -- Floating ash plumes from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano have caused massive disruption to the world's air traffic, highlighting the danger that volcanic ash plumes pose to aircraft.
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Apr 21, 2010 |
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UK sends warships to rescue stranded Britons
(AP) -- Britain sent Royal Navy warships on Monday to rescue those stranded across the Channel by the volcanic ash cloud, and the aviation industry blasted European transport officials, claiming there was ...
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Apr 19, 2010 |
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Ash may hover for days over uncertain Europe
(AP) -- The Icelandic volcano that has kept much of Europe land-bound is far from finished spitting out its grit, and offered up new mini-eruptions Saturday that raise concerns about longer-term damage to ...
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Apr 18, 2010 |
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European airlines send up test flights despite ash
(AP) -- Several major airlines safely flew test flights without passengers over Europe on Sunday despite official warnings about the dangers of a volcanic ash plume, fueling a corporate push to end an economically ...
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Apr 18, 2010 |
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Iceland's volcanic ash halts flights across Europe
(AP) -- Ash clouds from Iceland's spewing volcano disrupted air traffic across Northern Europe on Thursday as authorities closed British and Nordic air space, shut down Europe's busiest airport at Heathrow ...
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Apr 15, 2010 |
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