Aviation officials see global emissions deal possible by 2020

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GENEVA - Senior officials from business and commercial aviation voiced cautious optimism that a long-sought worldwide framework to reduce aviation's carbon emissions could be in place by 2020.

Aviation officials see global emissions deal possible by 2020 3:55am IST

GENEVA - Senior officials from business and commercial aviation voiced cautious optimism that a long-sought worldwide framework to reduce aviation's carbon emissions could be in place by 2020.

Embraer books 'milestone' SkyWest deal worth up to $8.3 billion 21 May 2013

SAO PAULO - SkyWest Inc , the world's largest regional airline group, agreed to buy at least 40 new jets from Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA , in a deal that could climb to 200 aircraft and a total price tag of more than $8 billion.

United Airlines to return all Boeing 787s to service this week 21 May 2013

CHICAGO, May 20 - United Airlines said on Monday it expects to have its entire fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners back in service this week, as the airline's first flight with the new jetliner in four months landed safely in Chicago.

AP chief says phone probe makes news sources reluctant to talk 20 May 2013

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department's seizure of phone records for journalists at the Associated Press is hurting the agency's ability to gather news, the wire service's Chief Executive and President Gary Pruitt said on Sunday.

AP chief says phone probe makes news sources reluctant to talk 19 May 2013

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department's seizure of phone records for journalists at the Associated Press is hurting the agency's ability to gather news, the wire service's Chief Executive and President Gary Pruitt said on Sunday.

Analysis: Airline emissions deal may not come before EU deadline 19 May 2013

- Hope is fading for a global deal to regulate the airline industry's greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a fall deadline, even though failure could push the industry back to the brink of a trade war over the European Union's emissions trading system.

U.S. Airways plane makes unusual belly landing at Newark airport 18 May 2013

NEWARK, New Jersey - A U.S. Airways flight made an emergency landing on its belly at Newark Liberty International Airport early on Saturday after the plane's landing gear failed to deploy, but no one was injured, airline and government officials said.

US Airways plane makes unusual belly landing at Newark airport 18 May 2013

NEWARK, N.J., May 18 - A US Airways flight made an emergency landing on its belly at Newark Liberty International Airport early on Saturday after the plane's landing gear failed to deploy, but no one was injured, airline and government officials said.

U.S. adds sanctions on Syria, labels rebel chief a terrorist 17 May 2013

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government on Thursday blacklisted four Syrian government ministers, an airline and a television station it said helped the Assad government in its two-year crackdown on opposition forces.