All Systems & Interiors news – Page 367
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Forecasts 2009 - Safety and security are in the doldrums
The next big improvement in air transport safety will not happen in 2009 and will need truly international standards
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Forecasts 2009 - Space: Will 2009 build towards a greater new decade of space activity?
US programmes face some tough decisions, but Asia's space ambitions and private enterprise are set to light up 2009
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Forecasts 2009 - In-flight entertainment: Connectivity leaps forward
Airlines in 2008 turned on to on-board internet services in a big way. Can they afford to expand their services in 2009?
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Airbus/Boeing single-aisle refresh plans edge closer
As Airbus steps up its evaluation of new technologies to refresh the A320...
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PICTURE: Zest MA60 crashes on landing in Philippines
A busy airport in the Philippines was closed for around 5hr on 11 January after a passenger aircraft landed too short on the runway, skidded out of control and crashed into a concrete barrier, resulting in 22 of the 27 people on board being sent to hospital.
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Good Week - Bad Week
PORTABLE IFE Makers of portable in-flight entertainment players could have a bumper year as cash-strapped airlines look for lower-cost alternatives to wired-in...
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First VH-71 presidential helicopter enters final production
The first of 28 AgustaWestland-built VH-71 presidential helicopters has arrived at Lockheed Martin’s integration and final production facility in Owego, New York.
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FAA to test satellite navigation at Newark Liberty International
Continental Airlines, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the US Federal Aviation Administration are to...
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Iberia-Clickair-Vueling surrender slots for merger approval
European competition regulators have ordered the release of slots at Barcelona and other airports in Europe as the price for clearing Spanish flag-carrier...
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Dornier 328 crash video emerges as Indonesian investigators prepare report
Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) is working on the draft final report into the November crash on landing of a Dornier 328 turboprop...
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End in sight for biofuel trial programme
There are likely to be no further alternative fuel trials this year after the imminent flight test by Japan...
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Airlines seek to stimulate demand with big fare sales
Airlines always hold fare sales in January but this year the sales, in some regions at least, appear to be more aggressive and longer lasting
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Continental completes first US test of biofuel
Continental Airlines today completed the first alternative fuels trial in the US with a twin engine aircraft powered in part by a biofuel blend consisting of algae.
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China expects return to double-digit passenger growth this year
China's aviation regulator expects the country's airlines to carry 220 million passengers this year, representing a return to double-digit percentage growth...
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Flight Safety Foundation's perspectives on 100 years of safer flying
The Flight Safety Foundation's current president Bill Voss puts the history of aviation safety into context: "The modern state...
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100 years of flight safety advances
As aircraft and engines have become more reliable, the safety focus has shifted to human factors and the drive for improved global standards
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The accidents that changed the world
Like all initial news stories about aircraft accidents, Flight International's reports provided what little information was available. In the case of these...