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Aeronavali has subcontracted Boeing Airplane Services to convert a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 from passenger to freighter configuration for Brussels-based Skyjet Airways. Boeing was contracted by Aeronavali as Skyjet required the aircraft sooner than the Italian company could undertake the work. The aircraft is due to arrive in early November at ...
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Airlines cut millennium flights
David Learmount/LONDON Airlines are cutting flights 24h either side of midnight 31 December in response to lower than normal passenger bookings. Overall passenger demand is following a "seasonal pattern", according to scheduled and charter carriers, people are travelling earlier for a longer New Year holiday and want to be at ...
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United Space accepts shuttle delay costs
The Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture United Space Alliance, which operates the Space Shuttle fleet for NASA, is to pay "several million dollars" in penalties for delays to the flight schedule caused by wiring defects in the orbiters (Flight International, 29 September-5 October). The cost of the repairs to the Endeavour ...
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Westland proposes new Lynx bodies
GKN Westland is proposing to the UK Ministry of Defence a refuselage programme for about 100 British Army Lynx helicopters. The move is part of a wider programme to adapt the battlefield helicopter as a reconnaissance/observation machine to support army WAH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters when they enter service. Other ...
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Sony Trans Com sell-off near
Emma Kelly/SALT LAKE CITYAn unidentified avionics manufacturer, widely believed to be AlliedSignal, is conducting a due diligence review of Sony Trans Com with a view to buying the in-flight entertainment (IFE) supplier from Sony. Sony Trans Com declines to confirm the identity of the suitor, saying only that the company ...
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System 3000 launch
Matsushita is close to finalising a 40-aircraft launch order for its new System 3000 interactive in-flight entertainment (IFE) system. The System 3000, to be available from the second or third quarter of next year, will be an upgraded version of the System 2000E, the leading interactive IFE system installed on ...
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Rockwell to join audio/video/on-demand club from next year
Rockwell Collins Passenger Systems will test audio/video/on-demand (A/VOD) capability on its Total Entertainment System (TES) with an unidentified airline in the first quarter of next year. Rockwell is the last of the major in-flight entertainment (IFE) hardware suppliers to offer A/VOD functionality, which provides passengers with control over their ...
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Swissair crash: IFE system installation prompts FAA ban
The in-flight entertainment network (IFEN) system in the crashed Swissair flight 111 Boeing MD-11 was installed without consideration for the aircraft's electrical system design concept, an extensive examination by the US Federal Aviation Administration has revealed. Following the study, the FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) designed "to prevent ...
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Embraer ties up risk sharing agreements
Julian Moxon/PARIS Embraer has concluded agreements with risk sharing partners for the ERJ-170 and ERJ-190 regional jets, in addition to those with General Electric and Honeywell that cover engines and avionics, respectively. The company has also held an advisory board meeting with 20 airlines and risk sharing partners to ...
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Outflanked
Bombardier has blinked in the increasingly hostile battle for dominance of the regional aircraft market in the 21st century. For the first time since the Canadian company revolutionised regional air transport with the original 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet in 1992, it has lost the initiative and is in danger of ...
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Rockwell seeks $28 million damages from Hughes
Rockwell Collins has filed a lawsuit against Hughes Electronics for breach of contract over Rockwell's purchase of the former Hughes-Avicom International. The manufacturer is seeking damages of at least $28 million plus interest. Rockwell bought Hughes' in-flight entertainment division in late 1997 to form Rockwell Collins Passenger Systems. ...
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In-flight TV
LiveTV, the Sextant In-Flight Systems and Harris joint venture, has signed Alaska Airlines and Legend Airlines for its in-flight television service. Alaska will install the 24-channel satellite television entertainment system on one Boeing 737-400 next March, and decide on fleetwide equipage after a 90-day trial. Dallas Love Field-based business-class airline ...
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UAE data transfer
Orbital Sciences is to supply data transfer equipment for United Arab Emirates (UAE) Dassault Mirage 2000-9s under a $23.6 million contract. The unit will initialise the avionics and host British Aerospace's Terprom digital terrain system. Source: Flight International
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Labouring in Europe
TOM GILL LONDON Industrial relations appear to have improved and European workers are becoming more efficient. But will the changes be far-reaching enough to enable airlines to cope with cyclical downturn? The British Airline Pilots Association(BALPA) describes itself as "serene". The UK white-collar union MSF says it is ...
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New challenge to charter
European low-cost scheduled operators have begun to make small inroads into traditional charter markets. But, despite some aggressive noises, they have some way to go before posing a serious threat. Europe's low-cost carriers may continue to grab the headlines, but one sector remains resolutely unimpressed. The traditional charter airlines ...
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Delta pilots talk tough
KAREN WALKER WASHINGTON DC Delta Air Line pilots have thrown down the gauntlet to airline management and demanded formal negotiations in one of the most important US contract negotiations of the year. But a swift response by management has already led to a tentative agreement In addition to ...
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Canadians spar over single airline
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE October will be a decisive month in Canada as its airline industry struggles to define its future. Only one major carrier is likely to survive, but fundamental questions must be settled before a 10 November deadline about who will own and control the airline. ...
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Sabre chief's departure fuels talk of rift with AMR
JANE LEVERE NEW YORK The head of Sabre, the travel distribution and information group controlled by American Airlines' parent AMR, unexpectedly left his job in early September, raising questions about the company's future. Michael Durham, Sabre's president and chief executive officer, left the company suddenly, saying in a ...
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Low-costs in fierce battle at Stansted
LOIS JONES LONDONc Cut-throat competition between low-cost players at London Stansted airport looks set to cause casualties with the launch of KLM uk's Buzz KLMuk is to set up a low-cost fares airline next year called Buzz at Stansted to compete with Go and Ryanair. The carrier, ...
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A question of scale
KEVIN O'TOOLE Conventional wisdom has held back outsourcing of heavy maintenance, but as it starts to be challenged, only as few as a dozen airlines may emerge able to justify keeping work captive, argues IPG Consulting. On paper the equation looks perfect. On one side, airline boardrooms are keen ...