All Systems & Interiors news – Page 343
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Vietnam Airlines 'can't get new Airbuses soon enough'
Vietnam Airlines wants delivery of its just-ordered 16 Airbus A321s "as soon as possible", according to a distinctly upbeat Pham Ngoc Minh, the carrier's president and chief executive, who signed the formal order for the aircraft in a ceremony at the Paris air show.
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PARIS 2009: RAM's Atlas Blue brand to vanish in six months
Royal Air Maroc is to drop its Atlas Blue low-cost brand within half a year, instead integrating the Marrakech-based carrier's operations into the core airline. Speaking...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Qatar Airways issues stern warning to Boeing to quickly resolve 787 delay issues
Qatar warns Boeing over delivery delays Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker has warned Boeing that the airline could "walk away" from its...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: ATR boosts its -600 backlog
ATR chief Stephane Mayer has unveiled a further 20 orders for the turboprop manufacturer's new -600 derivative, at the...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Wireless at hand as Thales eyes future cabin
Wireless capabilities that would give flight attendants much better control of the cabin environment are envisioned by in-flight entertainment (IFE) manufacturer...
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PARIS AIR SHIOW: Gulf Air owner opts for CAE simulators
Gulf Air owner opts for CAE simulators CAE has sold two more full-flight simulators and a support package to Bahrain's government investment house...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Taiwan's AIDC invited to participate in Chinese aircraft programme
Taiwan's AIDC to bid for Comac contract Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation has been invited to become a supplier for Commercial...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Boeing mulls long-haul options
Boeing is studying two new derivatives of its long-haul products and a clean sheet design to create a competing product against the Airbus A350 XWB. Speaking...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: First international Black Hawk assembly completed in Poland
The major components of the first Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk helicopter have been assembled at PZL Mielec's facility in Mielec, Poland. This is the...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Bombardier eyes 2012 CSeries first flight as development picks up
Bombardier has reached the joint definition phase of its CSeries programme and has confirmed the airliner will fly in 2012.
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Messier-Dowty shows off A350-1000 six-wheel landing gear
Safran company Messier-Dowty is exhibiting a full-size mock-up of its six-wheel main landing...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: FAA/EC advance transatlantic emissions reduction plans
The Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions has been focusing on knitting the capabilities of a future NextGen air traffic management system and the EU's Single European Sky initiative
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Airbus tests vegetable oils
Airbus tests vegetable oils Airbus expects within about three months to make a decision regarding tests of hydrogenated vegetable oils in biofuel demonstrations.
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PARIS AIR SHOW: ISC offers 'New Paradigm' interior concept
The ISC Airline Group (hall 2, H100) has developed a new modularised interior concept intended to make...
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Malaysia's AirAsia X to add flat beds
Malaysia long-haul low-cost carrier AirAsia X has opened bids to add 12 lie-flat beds in its Airbus A330 aircraft. To do so it will eliminate the A330s'...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Can open rotor deliver?
Airbus and Boeing have a big dilemma on which engine technology they should select for the new aircraft generation to replace the best-selling A320 and 737...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Titanium nuts could save Airbus A350 XWB 100kg plus mass
Titanium nuts could save the Airbus A350 XWB on the order of 100kg (220lb) in mass if they are selected for the programme, says its manufacturer Alcoa Fastening...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Spring in Bonatre's step after wave of success
Bonatre (hall 4 C102) has made the short journey to Le Bourget from its base some 60km (37 miles) away...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Boeing and GE partner on Bondtracer
Boeing and GE partner on Bondtracer With 787 first flight targeted for the end of this month, Boeing and GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies are looking...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Visit the Flightglobal media lounge
Visitors to the Flightglobal chalet at Paris this year will have a very different experience to the fine dining and business meetings of the past. Instead...