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The ban on electronic devices in cabin luggage overlooks the airports that would be least likely to detect a bomb.
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The recent film Sully reveals just what pilots are facing in a disaster situation.
Cancelled flights might be your worst nightmare, but imagine a world with no flights.
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With little hope of finding alternatives to jet fuel, we need to seriously consider a world without flying.
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Despite performing the same job, one of BA’s three cabin crew fleets earns far less than their colleagues.
It’s all fun and games until someone cops a fine.
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All over the country, novice drone pilots are launching their new Christmas presents skywards. But do they all know the rules? Here’s a primer.
What a novelty: Qantas chief Alan Joyce and WA Premier Colin Barnett announce the new non-stop route.
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Qantas’s new non-stop route from Perth to London might be a watershed for travel times between Australia and Europe. But super-long-haul routes won’t do much to cut aviation’s greenhouse emissions.
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The crash near Medellin killed 75 people, including many members of a top Brazilian football team, but amazingly left six survivors.
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The president-elect’s taste for private jets could be just what the aviation industry needs.
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Heathrow’s bid for a third runway is not over yet. Political wrangling, environmental concerns, planning and financing must all be overcome.
It’s not quite time for international airlines to fly off into the sunset.
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A global deal on airline emissions leaves a number of loopholes.
Aviation English still has too much potential for misunderstandings between pilots and air traffic controllers.
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Flying is known to be the safest mode of transport, but many accidents could be avoided with better communication.
Aviation emissions are growing about 5% each year.
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An international meeting looks set to approve a mandatory system of carbon offsetting for international flights - a big step forward but one that might be hard to integrate with the Paris Agreement.
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Eucalyptus oil is useful for lots of things – what if that list also included carbon-neutral aviation fuel? Chemistry suggests it could.
Australia has been cognisant of the challenges aviation security poses.
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That Australia has not suffered a successful terrorist attack on its aviation industry is testament to the resilience of our security system.
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While planes still emit too much carbon, they may also help the climate by ensuring clouds bounce more sunlight back into space.
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It’s not just European travel that will be affected, but transatlantic flights too.
Up, up and away.
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When you consider the market Ryanair is entering, there is every reason to believe its private jet service will be popular.
Birds are more dangerous to aircraft than drones.
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Drones don’t pose much of a risk to traditional aviation. Our research shows that collisions with manned aircraft are far more likely to involve a bird.
Would you pay an extra couple of dollars for the climate?
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A carbon tax on airline tickets might sound like a tricky sell, but many airlines already collect a similar levy to raise funds for developing world health initiatives.
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The airline industry’s promised technological solutions have not arrived, and they never will.