All Safety News – Page 1278
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Bombardier bursts into 90-seat regional market
Alan Peaford Bombardier is taking on the 90-seat regional jet market. At Farnborough yesterday the Canadian firm revealed its new 90-seat BRJ-X. The aircraft will have five-abreast seating, which will allow the series to range from 80 to 110 passengers. Laurent Beaudoin, the Canadian aircraft manufacturer's chairman ...
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Air Canada hopes to end pilot strike
Air Canada appears to be upbeat about the chances of resolving its dispute with striking pilots as the parties resumed formal negotiations in Montreal yesterday. Talks with the Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) broke off on 1 September amid much acrimony, leading to the now week-long strike. Relations ...
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White House observer to attend Northwest strike talks
Northwest Airlines and the US Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) were due to be joined by a representative of US President Bill Clinton yesterday as negotiations resumed to resolve the dispute between the carrier and its striking pilots. After a break for the Labour Day holiday, the federally mediated ...
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Air safety data shared over Internet
Flying should be plain sailing for flight safety officers making use of AVSiS, a new air safety information package being showcased at Farnborough. Created by computer software designers AvSoft, it enables officers to log safety events and share that information to "trusted" colleagues over the Internet. "AVSiS allows ...
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Mongolia takes Raytheon Autotrac system
Steve Nichols Raytheon has announced that its Autotrac 2100 system has passed site acceptance tests for the Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia. The system provides communications, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) services. The total contract, worth $12 million, is for a satellite-based, en-route, air traffic control system ...
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SA Express picks SAS Flight Academy
South African Express Airways has signed a two-year deal with SAS Flight Academy for the dry-lease of a full flight simulator for the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8. SAS Flight Academy assistant sales manger Berit Boijort says the deal with the South African regional is "open volume," meaning that ...
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Eagle flies with massive Embraer order
Karen Walker A massive $2 billion order for 75 firm and 75 option Embraer ERJ-135 regional jets was announced yesterday by US carrier American Eagle. Bill Kostel, director of fleet planning at American Eagle, a regional subsidiary of American Airlines, said he expects deliveries of the 37-seat -135 ...
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Chek Lap Kok inquiry highlights computer fiasco
Surprise details have begun to emerge from a public inquiry set up to investigate the controversial opening of Hong Kong's new airport at Chek Lap Kok. A select committee set up by the Legislative Council to probe the handling of the airport yesterday heard director of civil aviation Richard ...
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GLS to debut on Continental flight
Steve Nichols Honeywell will claim a world first later this month when a Continental Airlines MD-83 flight becomes the first revenue service to land using a GPS landing system (GLS). On 21 September, the aircraft will fly two approaches into New York Newark and Minneapolis-St Paul using the ...
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Airbus promises efficiencies and comfort with A318
Mike Martin The planned Airbus Industrie 100-seat A318 will deliver greater operating efficiencies and passenger comfort, the company said yesterday. The list price is expected to be $36 million, compared with the expected $33 million for the rival 100-seat Boeing 717. Airbus believes there is a market ...
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Continental can weather downturn
Continental Airlines chairman Gordon Bethune says his company has the cash and the strategy to weather labour disputes, low-fare competition and the inevitable industry downturn. Bethune is sanguine about Continental's revival, which has seen the company rise from a $200 million shortfall to nearly $500 million in profit in ...
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UK wire specialist shortlisted for export award
The UK Department of Trade and Industry has made Spectrum Technologies' 10th birthday a very happy one, after shortlisting the company for a DTI export award for small businesses. The company (Hall 3, A3) supplies ultraviolet (UV) laser wire marking and processing systems which are used in the production ...
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Marconi antennas selected
Canadian Marconi has secured two new contracts for Satcom antennas. Its CMA-2102 High Gain antenna has been selected by Continental Airlines for its new Boeing 777 and 767-400 aircraft and by Gulf Air for its Airbus A330-200 fleet. The antennae will provide onboard telephone, data and fax services via ...
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The finishing touches courtesy of Expo Flora
Alex Gallemore At every airshow worldwide you can count on Expo Flora to be there to add the green fingered finish to the stands. As the trade halls at Farnborough were being constructed, the Expo Flora team were hard at work preparing the plants and arrangements to complement ...
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BA order boosts IAE to record heights
As announced at the show yesterday, International Aero Engines (IAE) president and chief executive officer Barry Eccleston is headed for a new career with Fairchild Aerospace. He leaves the engine company on an undisputed high note. Firm and option business won during the last eight months totals $5.7 billion - ...
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Both winners in Hawk-McLaren showdown run
As demonstrated by Flight Daily News's specially re-created picture, there was no clear answer to the age-old question - which is the faster? - when yesterday's flying display was opened by a joint dash up Farnborough's main display runway by a British Aerospace Hawk 200 and McLaren's unique MP4-98 two-seater ...
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Video flight data recorder under development
If a picture paints a thousand words, why don't flight data recorders (FDRs) include video? If DM Aerospace (Hall 3/B1) has its way, they will. The company announced today that it is developing the world's first Aircraft Data Recorder, incorporating the FDR, the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and an ...
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Windshear detector feeds pilots vital data
Since 1964, windshear has been recognised as a contributing factor in more than 25 air accidents. Holding the basic patent for windshear detection since 1977, Safe Flight's latest wind shear warning (WSW) systems now fly in hundreds of aircraft worldwide. The company, in Hall 1, Stand D35, is ...
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Smiths puts 'head down' displays in Eurofighter
Eurofighter will be equipped with the latest hi-tech multifunctional "head-down" display from Smiths Industries. The company has been contracted by British Aerospace to supply the display for the Eurofighter EF2000, three in each single cockpit and six in the twin seats variants. Using the latest active matrix liquid ...