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AIX: Diehl foresees 'huge' demand for printed cabin decor
Interior equipment specialist Diehl aims to avoid the use of decor foils on cabin surfaces with a newly-developed digital printing process.
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AIX: Zodiac vows a lavatory Revolution
Zodiac Aerospace is pressing ahead with its ambition to consign smelly aircraft toilets to history – and says that by the end of this year every Airbus aircraft will leave the factory with its recyclable Revolution toilet installed.
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NewsAvianca looking into second lawsuit against Kingsland
Avianca says its shareholders have approved the airline to launch an investigation into the airline’s minority shareholder Roberto Kriete for a potential conflict of interest, opening the door for a second lawsuit by the carrier against Kriete.
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Boeing raises list prices after one-year pause
After a one-year pricing freeze, Boeing Commercial Airplanes has quietly raised list prices by a range between 2.16-2.23% across the product portfolio.
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AIX: Hawaiian unveils A321 interior design
Hawaiian Airlines has developed a new cabin design for its on-order Airbus A321neos, which are scheduled to join the carrier’s fleet from the fourth quarter this year.
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AIX: WestJet gets Tabs on Skycast PED holder
For Skycast Solutions, online entertainment has been an exercise in downsizing – and that’s led to big news at AIX, in the form of a deal with Canadian low-cost carrier WestJet to trial its latest personal gadget holder.
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Opinion
OPINION: Bishkek crash highlights loss of airmanship
Four decades, almost to the day, since the unsurpassed catastrophe at Tenerife, investigators in Russia detailed another completely avoidable fatal fiasco involving a Boeing 747, a fog-shrouded runway, and a bewildering absence of situational awareness.
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AIX: Brady's RFID label helps with compliance
Brady, which makes labelling and identification products, has developed a lightweight, heavy-duty RFID label for the aerospace industry that enables fast and easy tracking of non-metal components.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Mission ZIM-possible - German seating company's big breakthrough
Nine years of plugging away in the retrofit market – convincing increasing numbers of airlines to opt for its “German-engineered” seating – paid off for ZIM Flugsitz when it signed its first buyer-furnished equipment deal in early March, with Airbus.
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NewsDutch complete Chinook mission in Mali
The Netherlands’ last of three Boeing CH-47D Chinook transport helicopters deployed in support of the UN's MINUSMA mission in Mali will return to Europe in mid-April.
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ANALYSIS: Navy weighs future of tactical air
US Navy air fleet plans looked set - until tweet from president Donald Trump called into question its assumptions about F-35s and F/A-18s
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AIX: Gentex promotes its dimmable windows
Gentex is at the show to promote its next-generation electronically dimmable windows (EDW) for aircraft, which it says are faster acting and 100 times darker than first-generation products.
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AIX: Gogo 'on track' to launch Biz 4G in first half
Gogo Business Aviation’s Gogo Biz 4G in-flight connectivity solution is on track to launch in the first half of this year, following supplemental type certificate (STC) approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration for its use on Bombardier Challenger aircraft.
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AIX: Airbus and Routehappy aiming to broaden passengers' choice
Airbus has joined forces with flight merchandising content specialist Routehappy to build a platform that enables passengers to make a much more informed choice when deciding which airline to use, based on details such as aircraft type, seat pitch and onboard services.
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Superjet airframer halves full-year pre-tax losses
Sukhoi’s civil aircraft division has halved full-year pre-tax losses to Rb4.7 billion ($83 million), having recorded a 32% rise in revenues to Rb46.8 billion.
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Air Baltic receives third CS300
Latvian carrier Air Baltic has received a third Bombardier CS300.
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PICTURES: Fourth MRJ test aircraft arrives in United States
Mitsubishi Aircraft has added a fourth aircraft to its MRJ test fleet at Moses Lake, Washington.
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USAF completes last tests for F-35 ejection seat
The US Air Force completed electromagnetic environmental effects (EEE) testing on the Lockheed Martin F-35’s escape system 23 March, marking the last round of testing on the Martin-Baker US16E (MKk16) ejection seat.
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Communications gateway between F-35 and F-22 still TBD
Two of the US Air Force’s premier fifth-generation fighters, the Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighter Lightning II and F-22A Raptor, still can’t transmit data back and forth but the service’s plan to fix the communication gap is undetermined.
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Australia tightens screening of Middle East-bound flights
Australia will increase security screening measures for passengers flying to the Middle East, but has stopped short of implementing the laptop bans that have come into force in the USA.