All Systems & Interiors news – Page 832

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    Eurocopter wins big German helicopter order

    1997-12-24T00:00:00Z

    The German interior ministry has placed a DM220 million ($124 million) order for 22 new Eurocopter helicopters to modernise the border-guard fleet. The order includes 13 AS365 Dauphin N4s to satisfy a light transport helicopter (LTH) requirement, and nine more EC135s, with two options, to meet a requirement for ...

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    747-400IGW gets go-ahead

    1997-12-24T00:00:00Z

    Guy Norris/SEATTLE The Boeing board has given its civil-aircraft sales team authority to offer a growth version of the 747-400 with a maximum take-off weight of 413,140kg and a range of up to 14,245km (7,700nm). The decision is the first significant growth step for the aircraft since the ...

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    P&W considers new rival for CFM56

    1997-12-24T00:00:00Z

    Guy Norris/EAST HARTFORD Pratt & Whitney has begun studies of an advanced-technology geared-fan engine in an initiative to re-enter the narrowbody market and challenge the dominance of CFM International. The study outlines an initial series of engines for the 107-156kN (24,000-35,000lb)-thrust range, and is based around the use ...

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    APS seeks Level D standard for Runway Performance software

    1997-12-24T00:00:00Z

    Aviation Performance Systems is seeking Level D status under the Do178B software standard for its Runway Performance computer software. The system can be run on desktop personal computers, or hand-held devices - such as the Psion 3 or 5 series - or new hand-held devices running Microsoft Windows CE. ...

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    Psychiatrists have too big a say in the selection of pilots

    1997-12-24T00:00:00Z

    What is the best way to decide who should sit in the flightd Sir - I greatly agree with Mr Julian Ticehurst's letter (Flight International, 26 November -2 December) about "Fliers who lose their way" (Flight International, 5-11 November), but have something to add. The scenario depicted by the US ...

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    US decision will seal fate of EGNOS

    1997-12-17T11:51:00Z

    Julian Moxon/PARIS A Eurocontrol system enabling European airspace users to take full advantage of the US global-positioning system (GPS) for sole-means navigation may be cancelled if the USA fails to go ahead with its own, equivalent, programme. The European geostationary navigation overlay system (EGNOS) is meant to give ...

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    Wishing on a star

    1997-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Guy Norris/Rio de Janeiro Varig is entering one of the most pivotal periods in its 70-year history. After successfully struggling to turn its fortunes around in 1996, the Brazilian flag carrier figuratively hitched its wagon to a star in 1997 when it joined the growing band of airline members ...

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    BA drops B/E Aerospace as IFE supplier

    1997-12-17T00:00:00Z

    British Airways is to ditch B/E Aerospace as its in-flight entertainment (IFE) hardware supplier and is expected to announce a tie-up with Hughes-Avicom International around 15 December. The contract could have eventually been worth around $225 million to B/E Aerospace. The UK carrier decided to re-evaluate its IFE programme ...

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    Air 2000 to expand long-haul operations with 767-300

    1997-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Air 2000 is set to become a genuine long-haul airline in 1999 following the signing of a lease deal for delivery of its first dedicated widebodies in the form of the Boeing 767-300ER. The charter airline, which is based at Luton in the UK, has signed ...

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    Boeing plans to push up 777-200 weight

    1997-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Boeing is planning a further incremental increase in the 777-200IGW (increased gross weight)'s maximum take-off weight (MTOW), in an effort to meet improved range and payload performance requirements from Air France, which is already a customer, and potential client Qantas. The proposed new weight offering would increase the MTOW ...

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    White House report warns against total GPS reliance

    1997-12-10T00:00:00Z

    The US government must conduct an in-depth risk assessment of the planned satellite-based air-navigation system before it dismantles the current ground-based radio- navigation system, a White House report has warned. The President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection says that the use of the global-positioning system (GPS) as the sole ...

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    IATA establishes N Korean trials

    1997-12-10T00:00:00Z

    The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has invited five Asian and US carriers to participate in flight trials through North Korea's Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR), following the installation of a new direct-communications landline to South Korea. A Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 747-400 freighter, en route from Anchorage to ...

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    Alitalia plays down privatisation but closes on alliance decision

    1997-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Alitalia chairman Fausto Cereti is downplaying the chances for a quick privatisation of the Italian flag carrier, despite the announcement by its parent state-holding company, IRI, that it will cut its stake. The choice of a European alliance partner is promised within weeks, however. Cereti says ...

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    Global warning

    1997-12-10T00:00:00Z

    As the world's environment experts began to assemble in Kyoto, Japan, for the United Nations (UN)summit on global warming, amid the general pronouncements on climate change come some timely reminders that aviation remains firmly among the industries on the target list for environmental activists. Among its other positioning papers ...

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    Airbus launches more safety aids

    1997-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie plans to introduce a variety of new automated functions to all production aircraft from 1998 in a move aimed at improving safety. Coupled with improved pilot feedback and training, the initiatives are aimed at reducing the number of human-error accidents, which Airbus calculates account ...

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    Singapore seeks fighter trainers

    1997-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Singapore has requested proposals for a fighter-training system which will include simulators for the Lockheed Martin F-16, McDonnell Douglas A-4S and Northrop F-5E. Bids are due in by mid-December. Bidders could include CAE Electronics, Hughes Training, and Lockheed Martin with Thomson Training &Simulation. The Integrated Fighter Training (IFT) contract ...

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    First class goes

    1997-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Sabena will drop its first-class service from 25 February, 1998, having discovered that most passengers travelling in the section were either upgraded from business class or were travelling free because of other privileges. The airline operates with first-class cabins to Johannesburg, Kinshasa, New York and Tokyo.   Source: Flight ...

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    TTS adds F-16

    1997-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS) is to supply a Lockheed Martin F-16 unit-level trainer to Pakistan early in 1999. TTS, meanwhile, has delivered its first F-16 full-mission simulator, to Thailand. The company has also delivered the first F-16 mid-life-update aircrew trainer to the Netherlands.   Source: Flight International

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    Dasa delivers first European ISS component to Russia

    1997-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) has delivered the first European component of the International Space Station (ISS) to Russian partner RSC Energia. The Bremen-based Space Infrastructure unit of Dasa has handed over the computer and software for the Data Management System - Russia (DMS-R), a control, navigation and data-processing centre for ...

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    Continental is open to merger offers from major US airlines

    1997-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Continental Airlines chairman Gordon Bethune says that the carrier is still open to merger offers from its major US rivals, but, in the meantime, plans to push ahead with its rapid international expansion outside any global alliances. Bethune confirms that an approach was made to Delta Air Lines ...