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Are UK railways ready for more storms?

Simon Walton
December 9, 2024
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Named storms come with such frequency that the weekend hit of Storm Darragh may well be followed by Storm Zachariah before Winter is out. This…

New Class 99 locomotives to use vegetable oil

Guest authors
December 9, 2024
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GB Railfreight has today announced that its new Stadler-built Class 99 locomotives will run off electricity or renewable fuels such as HVO, or Hydrotreated Vegetable…

Airbus Discloses Air India Order For 10 A350s & 90 A320 Family Planes

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December 9, 2024
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With the latest order, Air India now has 344 Airbus aircraft in its backlog, in addition to 220 pending deliveries (and 70 options) from Boeing.

Flying Cannoli: Why The Weird 1932 Stipa-Caproni Was Nearly The 1st Jet

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December 9, 2024
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The Stipa-Caproni is sometimes claimed to be an early flying proto-jet and was one of the most unorthodox aircraft designs of the 1930s.

De Havilland’s Business Jet: A Closer Look At The DH.125

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December 9, 2024
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A business jet of many names and guises.

SNCF deal with labour unions might reduce impact of strikes in France

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December 9, 2024
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A recent agreement between SNCF’s management and the four French state railway’s labour unions might significantly decrease the impact of the general strike called for…

US Air Force Aircraft Inventory Changes In House & Senate Armed Services Committee Joint NDAA 2025

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December 9, 2024
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The United States Air Force will be permitted to retire around 111 fighter jets but not its F-15Es and F-22s, with limits on other aircraft.

Emirates Adds Refurbished Boeing 777 For 3rd Nonstop Melbourne Service

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December 9, 2024
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Emirates has now restored Australian capacity to pre-pandemic levels with 77 weekly flights.

How To Return Trains To Horsham

Bardy Bigglesworth
December 9, 2024
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Momentum is really starting to build on this again, and I suspect we’ll see some of service returned within the next 5-10 years.

Russian state-owned bank VTB sold Freight One, buyer remains unknown

Marco Raimondi
December 9, 2024
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Three months after the acquisition Freight One, Russia’s largest rail freight operator, state-owned bank VTB has sold it to an undisclosed buyer. The deal is…