All Systems & Interiors news – Page 316
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Opinion
Comment: SESAR off the radar?
Air traffic management is usually low on the political horizon unless there is a crisis, but with traffic down, the Single European Sky is in danger of disappearing behind the clouds
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Continental eyes lie-flat seats on Boeing 767-200s
Continental Airlines is evaluating installing lie-flat seats on its Boeing 767-200ERs as the new seat made its debut today on a 777 flight from the carrier's...
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Bombardier to offer wider middle seat for CSeries
Bombardier plans to feature a wider middle seat aboard its CSeries single-aisle aircraft. The the five-abreast 100 to 125-seat CS100 and larger 120...
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Opinion
Comment: Awakening from a connectivity coma
Boeing has far more important things to worry about than deciding what in-flight connectivity it will choose for the 787. Shouldn't it focus on getting the...
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Slow burners
Although production of the older Russian and Chinese regional types runs at a trickle, upgrades are still being developed
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Niche benefits
During the summer, France-based GECI International marked a new phase in its aim to maintain a presence in the light utility twin-turboprop market
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Plans for the future
As new updates come on stream, ATR and Bombardier are now evaluating their next moves in theturboprop sector Both of the major turboprop manufacturers...
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Crew skills under the spotlight in London
Airline pilot performance in non-standard situations is being affected by the way in which line flying has changed over the past 20 years, says Airbus's...
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Regional revolution
History will decide whether 2009 will represent one of the watersheds that occurs in civil aviation every decade or so.
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Australia approves Delta-Virgin trans-Pacific joint venture
Australia's competition watchdog has given Virgin Blue and Delta Air Lines permission to form a joint venture to operate trans-Pacific flights.
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Qantas joins sustainable fuel development effort
Australia's Qantas Airways has joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group, an industry effort to develop commercially successful sustainable jet fuel.
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Qantas traffic up 2.7% in September
Passenger traffic at Australia's Qantas Airways and its subsidiaries increased in September due to domestic demand, but the carrier warns that yields remain...
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No survivors as Il-76 crashes in eastern Russia
None of the 11 occupants of an Ilyushin Il-76 has survived after the heavy transport crashed after departure from Mirny in the Sakha republic. The...
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FAA mulls GPS interference detector, corrector
The US FAA is studying the possibility of deploying a nationwide network of GPS interference detectors that would be placed on cellular communications towers...
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Lufthansa kick-starts broadband race again
When Connexion by Boeing switched off its in-flight broadband connectivity solution at the end of 2006, its largest customer Lufthansa assumed another Ku-band...
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Star discussions continue with Ethiopian and TACA
Talks with Ethiopian Airlines and Grupo TACA over their potential membership in the Star Alliance are continuing as the group's management continues to evaluate...
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ANA aims to secure additional ¥100bn in savings
Japan's All Nippon Airways has unveiled new plans to save an additional ¥100 billon ($1.1 billion) after projecting that it will make a loss this fiscal...
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Airframers request additional time for CVR, FDR rule
Boeing, Airbus and Bombardier are requesting an exemption from the US FAA for a 7 April 2010 deadline to equip new part 121 aircraft with enhanced flight...