All Systems & Interiors news – Page 245

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    Qantas to resume limited A380 services

    2010-11-23T00:57:24Z

    Qantas Airways will resume limited Airbus A380 services on 27 November, more than three weeks after an uncontained engine failure forced one of its aircraft...

  • Interview

    Working Week: Jan Fridrich

    2010-11-23T00:00:00Z

    A Czech mate for light aircraft Jan Fridrich is vice-president of the Light Aircraft Association of the Czech Republic and of the European Microlight...

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    ICAO's aviation emissions reduction plan heads for Cancun

    2010-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Can ICAO's emissions framework help when the United Nations attempts to form a new climate change resolution to replace the Kyoto protocol?

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    Mexicana's new owner secures union concessions required for re-launch

    2010-11-22T21:41:55Z

    Mexicana's unions have approved new contracts with the grounded carrier's new owners, moving Mexicana one step closer to potentially re-launching operations.

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    Virgin Blue first to select new Rockwell satcom in avionics deal

    2010-11-22T20:22:19Z

    Australian operator Virgin Blue has selected Rockwell Collins' entire suite of avionics - including a new satcom solution - for its new fleet of Boeing 737...

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    AB25: Indigo Partners managing partner, Bill Franke

    2010-11-22T20:00:00Z

    Cabinets and hard drives are filled with the collective thoughts and analyses of many better-positioned chroniclers than me that cover the evolution of commercial aviation over the past quarter of a century writes Bill Franke, manging partner of Indigo Partners and former America West chief executive

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    AB25: Former BMI chairman Sir Michael Bishop

    2010-11-22T18:00:00Z

    The business of air transport is a tumultuous industry, whose financial fortunes are frequently dictated by economic, aeropolitical, criminal or geological events far beyond the day-to-day operation or control of an airline's management itself writes former BMI chairman Sir Michael Bishop

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    Investigation: Cabin door déjà vu for Bombardier CRJ

    2010-11-22T16:30:42Z

    A stuck main cabin door on a SkyWest Airlines CRJ200 in Phoenix last month drew the attention of a National Transportation Safety Board official who happened...

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    AB25: Ohio State University professor Nawal Taneja

    2010-11-22T16:00:00Z

    The airline business model has changed dramatically in the past 25 years as a result of numerous forces, such as the development and the resounding successes of low-cost carriers; incorporation of evolving information and distribution technologies; efficiencies and effectiveness of advanced regional jets; establishment and subsequent growth of the Gulf-based ...

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    AB25: Spencer Stuart executive Michael Bell

    2010-11-22T16:00:00Z

    What have the past 25 years taught us about leadership in the airline industry? In a few words: "It's tough as hell" writes Spencer Stuart's Michael Bell

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    Space Shuttle special: waiting for Discovery

    2010-11-22T16:00:00Z

    Rescheduling a Space Shuttle launch is not an easy task as NASA has only a limited number of opportunities

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    AB25: Ancillary revenues yesterday, today and tomorrow

    2010-11-22T15:00:00Z

    When ancillary revenue first began in the late 1930s, it was motivated by operational constraints, as opposed to any sense of commercial opportunity writes Collinson Latitude's business planning director Janet Titterton

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    AB25: CTAIRA principal Chris Tarry

    2010-11-22T14:00:00Z

    In the aviation industry the only constant is change and over the last 25 years there have been some dramatic changes with significant effect on the business writes CTAIRA principal Chris Tarry

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    AB25: JetBlue chief executive, Dave Barger

    2010-11-22T13:37:00Z

    Twenty-five years ago, there were no iPods, "e-commerce" was not a word, and the internet was barely relevant to most business people writes JetBlue chief executive Dave Barger

  • Austrian Airlines
    News

    Austrian to refit 32 A320s and 737s with new seats

    2010-11-22T13:03:00Z

    Lufthansa-affiliated Austrian Airlines is to reconfigure 32 short-haul aircraft in its fleet with new seats from Recaro as part of a European product overhaul. The...

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    AB25: Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson

    2010-11-22T13:00:00Z

    When we went into the airline business 26 years ago, the aviation industry was lifeless and dull. The airlines did not seem to have any imagination and air travel had lost the glamour that was associated with it in the 1950s. Food was tasteless, seats uncomfortable and passengers were treated ...

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    AB25: ACE Aviation chairman, Robert Milton

    2010-11-22T11:00:00Z

    Look back 25 years? I'm not old enough oh wait, I am. Let's see, I'll go back to when I knew this was the industry for me, my first sighting of a 747. I was nine. Whoops, that was 1969, way too long ago. Twenty-five years? Write ACE avaition holdings ...

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    AB25: AirAsia Group chief executive Tony Fernandes

    2010-11-22T10:31:00Z

    GROUP chief executiveairasia On 13 October, less than nine years after a dream called Air-Asia became reality, the 100 millionth "guest" was flown...

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    AB25:Use of standards in maintenance data: blessing or nuisance?

    2010-11-22T10:15:00Z

    Is the use of standards in maintenance data a blessing or a nuisance ask Christian Eickhoff, quality management, and Dierk Kruetzmann, engineering, Lufthansa Technik

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    AB25: LAN, chief executive, Enrique Cueto

    2010-11-22T09:18:00Z

    The Latin American airline industry has undergone dramatic change over the past 25 years. Two decades ago, the region was dominated by state-owned, unprofitable airlines. Carriers operated old fleets, provided mediocre service, and had low levels of reliability writes LAN Airlines CEO Enrque Cueto