All Systems & Interiors news – Page 883
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Flying into the future
Communications, navigation and surveillance in European airspace will be substantially different in the next decade - but how different? Kieran Daly/LONDON AROUND THE WORLD, air-traffic-services (ATS) providers are coming to terms with how the advent of the future air-navigation system will affect their airspace. For dozens of nations, ...
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Messier deal
Kuwait Airways has selected Messier-Bugatti to overhaul the landing gear of its entire Airbus Industrie fleet from 1999, in a deal potentially worth Fr40 million ($7.8 million). The contract covers five A300-600s, four A310-300s, three A320s, and four A340s. Source: Flight International
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UNS-1 challenge
Canadian-based Innotech has installed dual Universal Avionics UNS-1B Plus flight-management systems on a Bombardier Canadair Challenger 601-3R. The systems replace standard Honeywell units and will interface with two Universal global-positioning-system GPS-1200 12-channel receivers. Source: Flight International
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EC studies US/ European competition
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC), has launched an investigation, into six alliances between US and European airlines, to determine whether they will limit competition. According to EC competition commissioner Karel Van Miert and transport commissioner Neil Kinnock, the aim is to give the EC similar powers to those ...
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Dragon Fly receives Italian certification
THE DRAGON Fly Model 333 two-seat helicopter received type certification from the Italian civil-aviation authority in June. The helicopter was developed by brothers Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni, founders and owners of Dragon Fly. The Gobler-Hirth F-330A26AK single-engined (two-stroke piston) helicopter is built with a titanium frame and a glassfibre-reinforced plastic ...
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Small business
IAI's Amos communications satellite is attracting customers from outside Israel. Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH of the Amos 1 communications satellite on 16 May has proved to be the trigger for a major effort to turn Israel's space capability into a profitable business. Israel ...
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Out of the wilderness
The new chief executive of Air Niugini, Moses Maladina, is leading the national airline of Papua New Guinea towards privatisation. Paul Phelan/PORT MORESBY AIR NIUGINI'S new chief executive and former company secretary, 31-year-old lawyer Moses Maladina, faces daunting tasks in his work of grooming the airline ...
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Scientists work on software to help damaged aircraft land
Andrew Doyle/LONDON Aircraft, which suffer major equipment failures or explosions, could be landed safely using software developed jointly at NASA Ames Research Center and McDonnell Douglas (MDC). The new research envisages that in less than 1s a damaged aircraft's computers would be able to "relearn" ...
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Third EGNOS satellite considered
Max Kingsley-Jones andKieran Daly/LONDON THE PARTNERS responsible for developing the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS) now have leases for the first navigation transponders to be flown on two Inmarsat satellites, and are considering the need for the use of a third satellite. The EGNOS ...
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Airbus tackles A320 pilot shortage
Andrew Doyle/LONDON AN AIRBUS INDUSTRIE pilot team is attempting to improve the utilisation rate of Indian Airlines' A320 fleet. The team, which consists of Airbus training captains and airline check-pilots, has been dispatched to the airline in an effort to help it overcome a shortage ...
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Saab improves 2000 dispatch reliability
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH SAAB AIRCRAFT is modifying the Saab 2000 turboprop to overcome dispatch-reliability problems, which afflicted the fleets of Deutsche BA and Crossair during the European winter. According to Saab operations chief Johan Oster, the aircraft is now operating at close to its target of 99% ...
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Sky balance
EVER SINCE taking up the post of European transport commissioner, Neil Kinnock has been itching to take on responsibility for global air-traffic agreements between Europe and third countries. At last he appears to be making progress. In June, Europe's air-transport ministers agreed to let Kinnock open talks ...
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In the cabin
The initial impression upon entering the passenger cabin is, frankly, that it is cramped - because of the constraints placed upon its design by the small 2.10m fuselage cross-section. Its appeal grows upon longer acquaintance. It is pleasantly light, with a window for each seat-row. The maximum headroom in the ...
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Adding weight
Australian national carrier Qantas has lifted the maximum take-off weight of three of its Boeing 767-300s by 12t, to 185t, and has also added 12t to the payload of three of its Boeing 747-200s by reducing their operating empty weights. The 767 re-certification improves operational flexibility on key Asian routes ...
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IAI makes plans to convert KLM Boeing 747s SUDs
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON THE BEDEK Aviation Division of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is about to sign a contract with KLM for the conversion of two Boeing 747-200 stretched upper deck (SUD) combis to full freighter configuration. The Netherlands airline has signed a letter of intent, and ...
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Looking at the overcharging issue
Sir - I refer to the letter "CAA licence to overcharge is simply not on" (Flight International, 19-25 June, P39). While I commiserate with David Leggett, he may be getting off lightly. Like some engineers, many UK aircrew look to the US Federal Aviation Administration for fairness when ...
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Basic appeal
The EMB-145 is not an innovative aircraft, but Embraer's attention to basics makes it pleasant to fly. Peter Henley/SAO JOSE EMBRAER, IT SEEMS, could not be launching its EMB-145 50-seater at the world's commuter-airline market at a better time. Delays to the programme arising from its privatisation and ...
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Cycles in the sky
The aviation-industry recovery is in full swing, but economists are even now forecasting when the next downturn will occur Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IN GERMANY THEY CALL it the pig cycle. When pork prices rise, farmers pile into the market to cash in on the boom, only to find ...
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IPTN considers fate of 80-seat regional N2130
INDUSTRI PESAWAT Nusantara Terbang (IPTN) will decide by the end of the year whether to drop an 80-seat version of the planned N2130 regional-jet family. The Indonesian manufacturer had intended developing three versions of the aircraft, ranging from 80 to 130 seats. Consultation with international and domestic ...
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IPTN sets target for N270's first flight
INDUSTRI PESAWAT Nusantara Terbang (IPTN) hopes to fly the first of three stretched N270 prototypes, designed specifically for use in the North American market, by late 1998. Louis Harrington, president of IPTN's American Regional Aircraft Industry (AMRAI) joint venture says that a 12-month flight-test and certification programme ...