Jet fuel rationing 'an issue the industry doesn’t need'
Maritime unions say it has taken only months for the wheels to come off the new system.
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Russian actor beats Tom Cruise to film in space
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Dawn Aerospace's Mk-II Aurora suborbital spaceplane takes flight
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