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ANA Boeing 787 Dreamliner emergency landing. (Screenshot from NHK)
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ANA and Japan Airlines To Ground All Boeing 787 Dreamliners After Latest Glitch [UPDATED]

Posted January 15, 2013 by Matt Molnar

All Nippon Airways will ground its entire fleet of 787 Dreamliners after one of their planes made an emergency landing in Japan Wednesday.

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Airbus A320 wearing BOC Aviation livery. (Rendering by Airbus/Fixion)
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China’s BOC Aviation Buys 50 Airbus A320 and A320neo Aircraft

Posted January 15, 2013 by AFP

Plane leasing company BOC Aviation has ordered 50 medium-haul Airbus A320 family jets, including 25 more fuel-efficient neo aircraft.

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British Airways Boeing 747 and 777s cross paths at Boston's Logan International Airport. (Photo by Eric Dunetz)
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British Airways Discriminated Against Flight Attendant Who Wore Cross, Court Rules

Posted January 15, 2013 by AFP

A British Airways employee suffered discrimination at work over the wearing of a cross, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday.

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A Finnair E-170 in Helsinki prepares for departure to Brussels. (Photo by comedy nose)
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Finnair ‘Cannot Confirm Rumors’ About CEO Stepping Down

Posted January 15, 2013 by AFP

Finnair issued a statement Tuesday saying it was unable to confirm what it called “rumors” of the chief executive stepping down.

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A SpiceJet Boeing 737-900ER (VT-SGD) seen taking off. (Photo by Nisarg Vyas via wikimedia)
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India’s SpiceJet Shares Jump On Stake Sale Talk

Posted January 15, 2013 by AFP

Shares of Indian budget airline SpiceJet rose nearly 5% Tuesday as the carrier said foreign carriers had expressed acquisition interest.

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United Airlines Boeing 747-400. (Photo by United)
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United’s High-Speed Satellite WiFi Will Let Customers Choose Price Based On Speed

Posted January 15, 2013 by Matt Molnar

With new tech and a unique pricing scheme, UA just might alleviate two of the most common complaints about in-flight WiFi: price and speed.

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These are the remains of the lithium-ion battery that burst into flames inside a Boeing 787 last week. (Photo by NTSB)
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NTSB Shows Off Crispy Boeing 787 Battery

Posted January 15, 2013 by Matt Molnar

NTSB investigators are making progress in their investigation of last week’s Boeing 787 fire in Boston and shared some photos to prove it.

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NASA's Curiosity rover used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to capture this set of 55 high-resolution images, which were stitched together to create this full-color self-portrait. (Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems)
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Space News

The Mars Mystique

Posted January 15, 2013 by Pete Spotts, The Christian Science Monitor

After 50 years of missions to Mars, scientists are unlocking some of the mysteries surrounding a planet that has long captivated mankind.

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The Soyuz TMA-04M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 carrying Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin to the International Space Station. (Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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Russia Plans Replacement For Soyuz Rocket

Posted January 14, 2013 by AFP

Russia’s struggling space agency has unveiled a new program that will see the creation of a replacement for the aging Soyuz rocket by 2020.

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United ops at Newark Airport. (Photo by InSapphoWeTrust via Flickr, CC-BY-SA)
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United To Cut Over 400 Jobs At Newark Airport

Posted January 14, 2013 by Matt Molnar

Over 400 United Airlines employees will face layoffs and buyouts in the coming months as the company outsources some its cargo operations.

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Delta's new iPad-specific app. (Photo by Delta)
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Delta’s New iPad App Shows Off The World Below Your Plane

Posted January 14, 2013 by Matt Molnar

Glass Bottom Jet allows users aboard Delta’s wifi equipped planes to watch the ground pass below as they speed through the sky.

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An Air China plane prepares to land at the Beijing Capital International Airport. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP/File)
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China Approves New $11.2 Billion Beijing Airport

Posted January 14, 2013 by AFP

Chinese leaders have given final approval for a long-awaited new $11.2 billion international airport in Beijing to ease congestion at PEK.

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Japan Airlines Flight 007 pushes back from Boston's Terminal E for departure to Tokyo. (Photo by Bill Vogt/NYCAviation)
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Japan Airlines 787 Suffers Another Fuel Spill

Posted January 13, 2013 by Matt Molnar

A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 that suffered a fuel spill in Boston on Wednesday again leaked fuel in Tokyo on Sunday, according to a report.

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The Riverside Fire Department provides a water arch for the arrival of the Boeing 727-200 (N266FE) that FedEx Express donated to California Baptist University for the school's new aviation science program. The arch represented a symbolic salute on the conclusion of more than 32 years of commercial aviation service by the newly retired aircraft. (Photo by PRNewsFoto/California Baptist University, Kathie Chute)
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A FedEx 727 Retires To Life As College Laboratory

Posted January 13, 2013 by Matt Molnar

A FedEx Boeing 727-200F concluded its 33-year career last week and joined the faculty of California Baptist University.

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Vacant jetways line the main pier of Berlin Brandenburg Airport. (Photo by Muns via wikimedia, CC-BY)
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New Berlin Airport Faces More Delays, Won’t Open Before 2014

Posted January 12, 2013 by AFP

In a new embarrassment for the city, the opening of Berlin’s new main airport has been postponed again after several previous delays.

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Tail section of a Dassault Rafale jet. (Photo by Georges Seguin via wikimedia, CC-BY-SA)
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India Says French Rafale Jets Contract Being Fine-Tuned

Posted January 12, 2013 by AFP

India is fine-tuning a contract to buy 126 French-made Rafale fighter jets, Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid said on Thursday.

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A Kingfisher Airlines Airbus A320 (VT-KEG) taxis at Bangalore. (Photo by marirs via wikipedia, CC-BY-SA)
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India’s Kingfisher Revival Plan ‘Unconvincing’

Posted January 12, 2013 by AFP

A plan proposed by troubled Kingfisher Airlines is not enough to get it back in the skies, an aviation ministry official said on Friday.

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Tens of thousands of vehicles damaged by super storm Sandy are being temporarily stored on runways and taxiways at Calverton Executive Airpark in Calverton, New York, on January 9, 2013 in this aerial view. Insurance Auto Auctions Inc, a salvage auto auction company specializing in total-loss vehicles, acquired the cars and trucks and will put them up for auction. (Photo by Stan Honda/AFP)
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Sandy Turns Long Island Airport Into Vast Used Car Purgatory

Posted January 12, 2013 by AFP

Cars — thousands upon thousands of them — roughed up to one extent or another by Superstorm Sandy, are sitting on a Calverton runway.

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Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747-400 (G-VROC) on final approach to Heathrow. (Photo by Mark Winterbourne via Flickr, CC-BY)
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Virgin Atlantic Recruits CEO From American Airlines

Posted January 11, 2013 by AFP

Virgin Atlantic named American Airlines Senior VP Craig Kreeger as its new Chief Executive.

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The government will not be building a Death Star any time soon.
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White House Rejects Petition to Build Death Star

Posted January 11, 2013 by Matt Molnar

The executive branch of the United States government has spoken: It will not build a Death Star.

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