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Australia marks busiest single day for passenger flights in 4 years

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January 15, 2024
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Airservices figures showed 2,645 regular passenger transport (RPT) flights on 22 December, with 1,959 domestic and 686 international flights, the highest daily figure since 26 September 2019. On average, December 2023 saw 3,546 passenger flights per da…

How Dangerous Are Cracks In Aircraft Windshields?

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January 15, 2024
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Cracked windshields on aircraft are much more common than frequent travelers realize.

How You Can Visit The First Boeing 747-400 Ever Built

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January 15, 2024
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Visit the upper deck, walk out on a wing, and see what goes on behind the walls of Ship 6301.

German-Polish cross-border electrification proceeds

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January 15, 2024
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A short section of railway totalling around 1km that connects Poland with the German town of Görlitz in Saxony will finally be electrified, after years […]

Trio of senior rail appointments in Australia

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January 15, 2024
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THE Australian government has made three senior appointments, all at chief executive level, in the rail sector. Mr Nick Miller joins Inland Rail, the company […]

Japan says no to KL – Singapore high-speed

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January 15, 2024
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JAPANESE companies have reportedly dropped out of the running to contribute to the planned Kuala Lumpur – Singapore high-speed project, reports in the Japanese media […]

New Bulgaria-Romania cross-border open-access passenger service

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January 15, 2024
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ROMANIAN train operator Transferoviar Călători (TFC) is to run an open-access cross-border passenger service linking Romania with Bulgaria. Trains are due to start operating in […]

Industry groups rail against proposed Weights and Measures Directive amendment

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January 15, 2024
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RAIL industry groups have warned that the amendments proposed by the European Commission (EC) to the directive governing the weights and dimensions of commercial road […]

New LRVs for Dresden, Timisoara and Prague

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January 15, 2024
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DRESDEN city transport operator DVB, together with the city of Dresden and the state of Saxony, are negotiating a deal with manufacturer Alstom to supply […]

Rock Rail and Infracapital team up to enter German leasing market

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January 15, 2024
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BRITISH rolling stock leasing company Rock Rail and Infracapital, the infrastructure investment arm of M&G, have formed a joint venture to invest in rolling stock […]