Edmonton boosts its solar energy rebate, helping fill gap from stalled Alberta program

The City of Edmonton wants homeowners to warm up to the idea of harnessing the sun’s energy by almost tripling its rebate for home solar installations, helping to fill a void created by the suspension of a provincial rebate program. The new incentive rate of 40 cents per watt should cover about 15 per cent of the […]

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New FAA head briefed on 737 Max as sources say airlines might rebrand it

As the longest, most impactful grounding of an aircraft by a major manufacturer drags on through the busy summer travel season, the agency’s new chief is making the plane one of his first priorities. Administrator Stephen Dickson received a “comprehensive” briefing on Tuesday, the day after he was sworn into office, an FAA official told […]

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FAA poised to say pilots don’t need fresh 737 Max simulator training

U.S. aviation regulators are increasingly convinced they don’t need to mandate new simulator training for pilots of Boeing’s 737 Max before returning the grounded jet to service, according to people familiar with the discussions. Pilots would be required instead to take a computer-based training course they could perform at home or in a classroom, according […]

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Renewable energy can generate billions of dollars in health benefits, study finds

Ten states across the Midwest and Great Lakes region of the US could see $4.7 billion in health benefits in 2030 if they stick with current renewable energy standards, according to a new study from MIT. That’s about a 34 percent return on the $3.5 billion price tag associated with actually building out that infrastructure […]

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Ravidas Temple Demolition: Akali Dal-BJP Delegation To Call On PM Modi

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday said a SAD-BJP delegation will soon meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urge him to provide a piece of land for rebuilding the Guru Ravidas temple which was demolished in Delhi’s Tughlakabad area. A SAD-BJP delegation will meet the prime minister and ask him to assuage […]

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IndiGo has finally decided to fly without Rakesh Gangwal – its architect

While a defamation suit is unlikely, Rahul Bhatia’s InterGlobe Enterprise, which owns 37 per cent stake in IndiGo, will support groups of minority investors if they sue Gangwal for causing erosion of shareholder’s wealth. After their bitter public spat, it’s unlikely that Bhatia will allow any more room to Gangwal, says Arindam Majumdar. In the […]

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Aviation goes to school

Sputnik 2 on display at the Moscow Polytechnical Museum in Russian. (Photo by Mikhail (Vokabre) Shcherbakov via Wikimedia.org) I have three children. One boy and two girls. They range in age from 20 to 35 years old. All of them have flown. None of them are pilots. None of them work in the aviation industry. […]

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Airbus is making life easy for Boeing

The two fatal Boeing (NYSE:BA) 737 MAX crashes — and the subsequent grounding of that model — have captured most of the headlines in the aviation world over the past year. Indeed, Boeing has suffered a big setback to its reputation and financial performance. However, Airbus (NASDAQOTH:EADSY) has been unable to capitalize on Boeing’s woes […]

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Senators grill FAA safety official on Boeing 737 Max crashes

WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration’s top safety manager, facing his most rigorous public questioning since two Boeing jets crashed under similar circumstances, repeatedly defended the FAA’s approach to safety Wednesday but also acknowledged a key agency misjudgment. Ali Bahrami, the FAA’s associate administrator for aviation safety, sought to blunt criticisms during a Senate hearing […]

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India’s domestic air passenger traffic up 7.9% in June: IATA

MUMBAI:India’s domestic air passenger traffic rose 7.9 per cent in June over the year ago period even as the average demand for domestic travel across seven major aviation markets declined in the reporting month to 4.4 per cent from 4.7 per cent earlier, IATA said on Thursday. The overall global passenger traffic (domestic and international), […]

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African airlines register growing passenger traffic

By MICHAEL WAKABI African airlines continue to build capacity improving passenger and fleet numbers. According to details contained in the 2018 International Air Transport Association (IATA) report, African airlines carried 92 million passengers out of the global traffic of 4.4 billion passengers. The numbers, which exclude passengers ferried into the region by non-resident carriers, represent […]

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ACC questions ignore the reality of tricky energy transition

Andy Jackson The coalition Government has banned new offshore oil and gas exploration permits but onshore drill sites like this are set to stay. EDITORIAL: They huddle together for warmth, forced outside by a societal shunning of their unpopular practice. And their number is set to grow. In the not too-distant future, smokers will likely have […]

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‘Carried out within Constitution’: Russia backs India’s Art 370 move

Historical Date: 5th August 2019. The Modi-led BJP government finally revoked Article 370 of the Indian Constitution to withdraw the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two Union Territorites — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. Later the Parliament endorsed this decision with a handsome majority. Three days later, in […]

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Guinea-Bissau wants to be UAE’s gateway to Latin America: PM

Guinea-Bissau’s ambitious ecotourism and infrastructure development plans would be instrumental in making the tiny West African nation a gateway to Latin America for the United Arab Emirates, according to the country’s prime minister. “We are on the corner of West Africa, on the Atlantic coast. Even without a direct flight, Brazil is less than five […]

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How renewable energy makes power cuts more likely

At 16 minutes past four on Friday a press officer at National Grid put out a tweet which seemed to signal Britain’s progress towards its much-vaunted zero-carbon economy. The proportion of UK electricity generated by wind power, it boasted, had just reached a record high of 47.6 per cent. What, with the weather sunny as […]

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Las Vegas stadium naming deal with Allegiant appears close

Could Allegiant Air’s name soon be flying over the new Las Vegas Stadium? Neither Raiders nor airline officials will comment on the possibility, but a tweet from ESPN reporter Paul Gutierrez says a deal between the two appears to be close. Rob Yowell, president of Gemini Sports Group in Arizona, who has been involved in […]

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IndiGo partners with Insight Aviation for pilots training

MUMBAI: Budget carrier IndiGo said on Friday it has appointed the Insight Aviation to select and train pilots under its cadet pilot programme, which is designed and aimed at meeting the airlines growing demand for the flight crew amid its aircraft growing fleet. Under the tie-up, selected cadets will undergo a rigorous three-month ground schooling […]

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India seen set for fourth interest rate cut of 2019

MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to cut rates next week for a fourth time in 2019 as benign inflation gives it room to help an economy that is growing at its slowest in nearly five years. If the RBI does cut by 25 basis points on Wednesday, the repo rate would […]

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Boeing Scrambles To Tackle Another Flaw in Troubled 737 Aircraft

Boeing is reportedly re-writing its 737 Max 8 piloting software from scratch, after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) brought attention to a new software issue, Business Insider reported Friday. The FAA discovery comes as the US plane maker is scrambling to fix a software issue that led to two deadly air crashes in October 2018 […]

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Centre promises more international flights for Kerala

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday assured the MPs from Kerala that steps would be taken to increase the number of international flights to the state during the festival season. During the meeting in New Delhi, Puri said the ministry would convene a meeting of airline representatives in this regard. When […]

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