All Systems & Interiors news – Page 928
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Expensive mistakes
The number of airline accidents rose a little in 1994, and insurance costs beat all records. David Learmount/LONDON World airline accident fatalities increased in 1994, compared with 1993, and exceeded the decade annual average. The increase is an insignificant variation in the context of annual figures during the ...
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Too close for comfort
The TCAS 2 mandate is being met as the FAA pushes the TCAS 1. Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC For the past year, all civil airliners with more than 30 seats operating in or into the USA have been equipped with the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS). ...
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PNG begins shut-down of aviation infrastructure
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS PAPUA NEW Guinea has begun the progressive withdrawal of major elements of its aviation infrastructure because of a lack of funding. The closures could eventually result in a complete shut down of the country's airways system and its airports. Air-traffic-control (ATC) services ...
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China loses satellite following fuel loss
Tim Furniss/LONDON CHINA'S FIRST three-axis stabilised, advanced 24 C-band, communications satellite has been declared a loss in geostationary orbit (GEO) after all its reserves of attitude-control propellants were prematurely exhausted (Flight International, 11-17 January). The 1,000kg satellite failed to reach its planned operational station, having reached ...
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Iberia considers defying EC over extra funding injection
Julian Moxon/PARIS SPANISH FLAG CARRIER Iberia may try and circumvent the state-aid rules of the European Commission (EC) by raising up to Ptas130 billion (£630 million) of new capital itself. The carrier says that the money, which would follow a previous cash injection of Ptas120 billion ...
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Litton loses latest round in patent fight
LITTON SAYS THAT IT will "almost certainly" appeal against the surprise decision of a US federal judge to nullify a $1.2 billion patent infringement which it was awarded in a 1993 patent lawsuit against Honeywell. Honeywell vice-president Edward Grayson says that the group is "delighted" with the decision, ...
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AFI draws up plans to revive Prescott Pusher kitplane
THE PRESCOTT PUSHER, a kitplane design from the mid-1980s, is to be certificated and produced under a scheme developed by San Antonio, Texas-based Aviation Franchising International (AFI). Plans call for the four-place, all-metal aircraft to be fabricated overseas, assembled in the USA and sold through franchised dealers. AFI president ...
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FAA sets revised rules for ATR flights
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration will allow ATR 42s and 72s to be flown in icing conditions as long as pilots, despatchers and air traffic controllers follow new flight-safety and training procedures. The conditions remain in effect until an improved de-icing boot is certificated for ...
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Lockheed/Martin Marietta overcome anti-trust snag
THE US FEDERAL TRADE Commission (FTC) has accepted a settlement offered by Lockheed and Martin Marietta to overcome anti-trust objections to their merger. Final FTC approval is still pending, but the companies expect their $10 billion alliance to be completed in mid-March. Lockheed Martin will not be required ...
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Insurers face record claims bill
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE GROWING COST of passenger-liability claims has begun to raise alarm in insurance markets, following early predictions that 1994 was a record year for airline losses. The total bill for major hull and liability losses on Western-built passenger jets leapt to more than $1.5 ...
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Creditors baulk at TWA proposals for recovery
TRANS WORLD Airlines (TWA) has run into fierce opposition from some creditors to its restructuring plan, which would see some of the carrier's $1.8 billion debt converted to equity. TWA hopes to reduce its debt by $500-600 million by offering creditors an increased stake in the airline. A ...
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Alitalia pilots to strike over wages
ALITALIA PILOTS planned a . strike on 18 January, in an attempt to apply further pressure on the carrier's management to concede pay increases in return for productivity improvements. The strike threat comes amid talks between Alitalia and its two pilots' unions over the need for major cost-savings ...
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Croatia seeks code-share as long-haul plan is deferred
Andrzej Jeziorski/ZAGREB CROATIA AIRLINES has shelved plans to buy long-haul aircraft this year and is instead seeking a code-sharing partnership with a US airline. According to senior vice-president Kresimir Magdic, the airline had intended this year to purchase either an Airbus A340 or an extended-range Boeing ...
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Avionics sensors certificated
ROCKWELL-Collins Series 900 avionics sensors have been certificated on the Boeing 747-400. Approval on the Boeing 777 is scheduled for April 1995 and certification efforts are under way on the 757 and 767, Collins says. The Series 900 product line covers VHF communication and navigation, high frequency and ...
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Lessons from the cockpit
Airbus has learned a lot about the "glass cockpit", but there is much more to be gleaned. David Learmount/LONDON In little more than a decade, a breathtaking change has taken place in airliner-cockpit design, and in flight management and control technology, but some pilots believe ...
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Advanced Citations win foreign orders
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA KOREAN AIRLINES has ordered four Cessna Citation Ultra light business-jets for use as flight crew trainers. The aircraft will be modified to accommodate a third crew-station aft of the cockpit. The forward bulkhead will be removed, but six cabin seats will be retained, enabling the ...
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China's DFH struggles into GEO
CHINA'S FIRST three-axis-stabilised, advanced, indigenous, 24 C-band communications satellite, the DFH 3, has finally reached geostationary orbit (GEO). A navigation malfunction had left it stranded in a lower transfer orbit ever since its launch aboard a Long March 3A on 30 November (Flight International, 7-13 December, 1994). ...
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BE Aerospace posts third-quarter loss
BE AEROSPACE (BEA) sank to a loss in its third quarter, after writing off nearly $24 million against in-flight entertainment products outdated through the success of the group's MDDS interactive systems. The group had warned earlier that a charge would be made, but had not revealed the scale. ...
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The numbers game
For the first time in decades, there is an argument over which company sold the most new airliners in 1994. At headline level the dispute is, of course, irrelevant in a business whose time-scales are so long. Underneath, however, the fact that there is an argument at all, suggests that ...