All Systems & Interiors news – Page 869
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Aero International (Regional) (AI(R))
Avro RJ70/85/100/115 Avro International Aerospace's family of regional jets is marketed under the umbrella of Aero International (Regional), which combines the regional-aircraft activities of British Aerospace, Aerospatiale and Alenia. The RJ70, RJ85 and RJ100 were introduced to supersede the BAe 146-100, -200 and -300 respectively. ...
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Airbus Industrie
A300 Launched in May 1969, the 250-seat A300 was Airbus Industrie's first product, and the first example was flown from Toulouse, France, in October 1972. The first production A300 variant, the -B2, entered service in May 1974. The -B4 growth-weight version followed, while several F4 and C4 versions ...
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Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
First next-generation 737, a -700, is in final assembly at Renton, Washington British Airways has taken new Boeing 747s, 767s and 777s this year Boeing built 45 of the short-fuselage 747SP The 747 family is set to grow with two new variants, the 462-seat ...
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Fokker Aircraft
F28 Fokker Aviation is studying a possible re-engineing programme for ageing F28s, replacing the type's existing Rolls-Royce Speys with General Electric CF34s or with R-R Tays. More than 200 F28s are still flying and at least one operator, Scandinavia's SAS, has already invested in Fokker 70-style cabin upgrades ...
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BFG tests SMART de-icing boot
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BF Goodrich (BFG) is to conduct certification flight-testing of its SMART boot pneumatic de-icer, with an integrated wide-area ice-detection sensor, on New Piper Aircraft's Malibu Mirage high-performance piston single. The company says that the system "-removes the guesswork from pneumatic de-icer operation". The ...
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Atlas launches most powerful civil-communications satellite
Tim Furniss/LONDON The Eutelsat Hot Bird 2, the world's most powerful civilian communications satellite, built by Matra Marconi Space (MMS), is heading for its operating position at 13¹E in geostationary orbit (GEO). It was launched by an ILS International Launch Services, Atlas 2A from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on ...
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What's on
Christmas Show/LMA Winter Exhibition 7-8 December, Yorkshire, UK. Contact: Yorkshire Air Museum, Halifax Way, Elvington, York YO4 5AU, UK; tel: +44 (1904) 608595; fax: +44 (1904) 608246. "Carrying the Torch" Air Show Industry Convention 8-11 December, Riviera, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Contact Rebecca Scullon Eyke:+517 782 2424. ...
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A simple matter of subtraction
So what exactly is all the fuss about? Will all computer systems simply stop functioning as the clock strikes midnight on 31 December 1999? Many won't, but the likelihood of at least some of them either failing or producing spurious data is very real. Peter de Jager, a ...
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How long can profits last
After a good 1995, US airlines are, with some exceptions, moving towards an even better profit picture this year. And well it should be. If not now, one would have to ask: When? As the year of the 10 per cent ticket-tax boost draws to a close, and ...
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ESOP reflects a united front
In his Dateline Washington column on United's Esop (Airline Business, October), Mead Jennings arrives at erroneous conclusions based on what can only be described as misinformation. Allow me to put the record straight. * United's Esop structure is unique in business history in that it contains a sunset ...
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E-block sale
Aer Lingus has launched Europe's first Internet seat auction with thrice-weekly sales of tickets between Dublin and five UK airports. The six-week trial runs to 12 December and follows the carrier's earlier auction on its transatlantic routes. Source: Airline Business
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Airbus lines up Douglas
McDonnell Douglas' decision to shelve plans to develop its MD-XX long-haul jet leaves the way open for the company's Douglas Aircraft division to forge a partnership with Airbus or Boeing. Since talks about a merger with Boeing stalled earlier this year, Airbus appears to be front-runner. Airbus Industrie's ...
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Geneva set to fight back
Stung by Swissair's withdrawal of most longhaul flights, Geneva airport is fighting to attract replacement traffic by cutting landing fees and offering fifth freedom traffic rights, and says several Geneva-based startup carriers are in the planning stage. The airport will cut all landing fees by 10 per cent ...
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Gulf Air split on horizon
Gulf Air may be on the verge of break-up amid suggestions that the emirate of Abu Dhabi is preparing to take control of the airline, perhaps within the first half of 1997. Abu Dhabi has a 25 per cent stake in the carrier and, as the richest of ...
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Canadian has one last go
Canadian Airlines International has unveiled a three-pronged business plan designed to return the struggling carrier to profit by the first quarter of 1997 in a last ditch survival bid. The plan includes a 10 per cent pay cut across the company, a review of overheads - including fees ...
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Why Concert deal should ring a bell
It may only be a matter of time before cross-border airline mergers are allowed. UK carrier in $33 billion US takeover, says the newspaper headline. Britain's leading carrier is to acquire 100 per cent ownership of its US alliance partner. The newly merged company will be domiciled in the UK ...
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French court US twosome
Air France, once in danger of being left behind in the scramble for a US partner, is now seeing double with letters of intent for broad cooperation with both Delta Air Lines and Continental Airlines. The move was followed by swift denials from Swissair that its link with Delta was ...
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BA wins Air Liberte brawl
British Airways has dealt a further blow to Gallic pride by winning the battle to take over insolvent Air Liberté, thereby strengthening BA's position in the French market. The commercial tribunal in Creteil opted for BA's recovery plan for Air Liberté over a rival bid from Virgin Express. ...
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Commercial magnetism
Airports Many of Europe's airports are learning to think like commercial enterprises. Their experiences provide valuable lessons for all airports globally. By David Feldman. Europe's airports form a big business. They generate US$13 billion in revenues annually, and the largest are complex enterprises encompassing a broad spectrum of activities centred ...
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Mexican standoff
Aéromexico and Mexicana have emerged from their restructuring programmes with a common owner, but the regulator appears intent on keeping them apart to ensure that domestic competition remains strong. But David Knibb discovers that internationally things may work out differently. The events of 1996 form the latest in a series ...