All aerospace news – Page 374
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Commonality push for 787-10 alters HLFC and wings for -9
Boeing’s effort to ensure as much industrial and design commonality between the two largest variants of its Dreamliner family has evolved into a two-way transfer of technology, with major elements of the 787-9, including the wing and hybrid laminar flow control (HLFC) system, now matching those of its bigger brother, ...
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AIX: Rebel Aero launches premium economy seat
Start-up Rebel Aero yesterday launched its latest seat - its first aimed at the growing premium economy segment.
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AIX: AIM Altitude toasts success built on Emirates A380 horseshoe bar
Walking the shop floor of its still paint-fresh factory and design centre at Bournemouth airport, AIM Altitude’s commercial director Richard Bower is in no doubt about the UK-based company’s best-known product. “It’s the horseshoe bar everyone remembers,” he says as he stops by an early production version of the latest ...
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AIX: Gogo marks its first 2Ku line-fit deal, with Airbus
Gogo is celebrating a key milestone after announcing at the show that its 2Ku satellite connectivity solution has received the nod from Airbus to eventually be offered as a linefit option on A320 family, A330 and A380 aircraft.
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AIX: AirAsia steps up broadband co-operation with Inmarsat
AirAsia has signed a tentative deal with Inmarsat to provide broadband access on Airbus A320s and A330s through the satellite communications specialist's GX Aviation service.
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Asiana picks LHT for A350 component support
Asiana Airlines has expanded its maintenance partnership with Lufthansa Technik to include component support for on-order Airbus A350 fleet and overhauls for General Electric CF6 engines powering Boeing 747s and 767s.
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AIX: Geven to supply new slim-seat for ATR
ATR has selected Geven to provide the second-generation slim seat which will be delivered as supplier-furnished equipment from the first quarter of 2018.
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Air France-KLM MRO arm and GMF AeroAsia to deepen co-operation
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance and GMF AeroAsia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at further reinforcing their partnership.
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AIX: Panasonic unveils new version of IFEC suite
In-flight entertainment and connectivity systems are getting a generational make-over. The days of fixed-configuration, hardware-driven systems with almost immediate obsolescence problems appear to be numbered. The future belongs to “the platform”.
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AIX: Posing the 'why not?' question in cabin design
Swiss International Air Lines’ insistence on serving chilled champagne to its short-haul business class passengers forced Bombardier to work galley chillers into the design of the CSeries – an addition the manufacturer had not planned to include. Dick Powell, co-founder and chairman of design agency Seymourpowell, says this is a ...
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AIX: Airbus boosts A380 capacity by 20 with redesigned front stairs
Airbus is today unveiling a redesigned front staircase for the A380 that it says will create room for 20 more passengers. This is part of an ongoing campaign of cabin tweaks to boost the type’s capacity by up to 80 seats – something Toulouse believes could broaden the appeal of ...
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AIX: Spafax allows passengers to ask Alexa
Content agency Spafax is debuting a new voice-activated personal assistant with complete knowledge of an airline’s entertainment offering that will allow passengers to ask Amazon’s Alexa which movies, TV shows and music will be available on their flight.
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AIX: Boeing to offer LIFT by EnCore economy seat in 787
Boeing is unveiling at the show today an all-new economy class seat for the 787 – its second major collaboration with new player LIFT by EnCore.
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Pakistan's Punjab province orders Mi-171E helicopter
Russian Helicopters has signed a deal to provide Pakistan's Punjab province with a single Mi-171E helicopter.
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HAL posts Rs174 billion in annual revenue
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) generated revenues of Rs174 billion ($2.6 billion) in the financial year ended 31 March 2017, while receiving orders of Rs210 billion.
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MH-60 updates could feed into Future Vertical Lift
A set of mid-life updates to the US Navy’s MH-60R Seahawk helicopter will likely appear in the Future Vertical Lift rotorcraft, along with the service’s next MH-XX maritime helicopter, according to the US Navy’s H-60 helicopter programme manager.
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AIX: Zodiac closes in on Optima business class seat delivery
Zodiac Aerospace’s latest higher-density business-class seat, Optima, should be ready for delivery in less than two years, and the manufacturer is “looking for feedback” from airline visitors to its stand “to make sure we’ve hit the nail on the head” with the product.
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AIX: Airbus grows customer cabin centre in Hamburg
Airbus is expanding its customer facility for A350 cabin configurations in Hamburg to cover the A320 and A330 series.
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AIX: Lufthansa Technik equipping eight aircraft a week for Ka-band
Lufthansa Technik is ramping up a programme to equip Lufthansa Group A320 aircraft with Ka-band technology.
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ANALYSIS: Bombardier shows off CSeries mock-up in AIX debut
Bombardier is making its AIX debut, showcasing the capabilities of its newly in-service CSeries with the first cabin mock-up of its production aircraft.