All Systems & Interiors news – Page 107
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PARIS: Airbus in early talks over moderate A380 stretch
Airbus has strongly hinted that it is considering a moderate stretch of the A380 as part of a modernisation package tied to a potential engine upgrade on the type.
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PARIS: New Chinese air show launched
A new air show is to be launched in China in 2017 in an attempt to tap into the country's burgeoning commercial aviation market.
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PARIS: Elbit launches pilot health-monitoring system
Elbit Systems has unveiled a new system that will monitor a pilot’s body condition in extreme phases of flight.
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PARIS: Airbus wrangled with A320neo display options
Airbus had been discussing options for a fly-past of the A320neo at the Paris air show but scaled back its plans after technical snags halted testing with the Pratt & Whitney-powered variant.
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Opinion
OPINION: How feasible is a 757 replacement?
There would have to be a market of at least 2,000 aircraft to prompt one of the big airframers to launch a product to fill the middle-of-the-market gap between their largest narrowbodies and smallest twin-aisles, Flightglobal's Ascend consultancy concludes in a new white paper.
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PARIS: Honeywell eyes connected future
Weather data that’s crowd-sourced, an auxiliary power unit and brakes that transmit their maintenance status back to base while in flight, faster internet browsing speeds for passengers and pilots, and electronic flight bags that are updated in real-time.
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PARIS: CFM prepares for first Leap deliveries to Comac
CFM International president Jean-Paul Ebanga has confirmed that the manufacturer will in the next few weeks deliver the first two engines to China's Comac for the C919 flight-test programme.
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PARIS: Honeywell debuts its 757 test aircraft
Honeywell has brought an industry veteran to Paris in the form of its Boeing 757 test aircraft, with this particular example making its Le Bourget debut.
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Opinion
OPINION: Rate 60 – a narrowbody rate too far?
Airline traffic will need to keep growing aggressively to the end of the decade to absorb production rates of 60 narrowbodies a month by each of the big two manufacturers.
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PARIS: Lockheed Martin to make its civil simulator presence felt
This year’s Paris air show will see Lockheed Martin (LM) adding its brand name to the increasingly competitive market for simulators serving civil airline crew training needs.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Gardner invests in France to be closer to the customer
The Airbus supply chain may span the globe, but pure logistics mean many of the companies producing large sections or components of Airbus aircraft are near its factories. Airia makes the forward structure of the A350’s pylon in Mazeres in the south west of France. “The section is six to ...
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PARIS: CFM expects Leap-1A certification in 'coming weeks'
CFM International plans to wrap up certification testing "within the coming weeks" for the Airbus A320neo-family's Leap-1A turbofan option after completing a milestone test on 13 June, the engine maker's executive vice-president Allen Paxson has disclosed.
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A330neo enters detailed design phase
Airbus’s re-engined A330neo has achieved the concept freeze point of its development, enabling detailed design work to start.
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First A350-1000 for Qatar achieves definition freeze
Qatar Airways’ first Airbus A350-1000 has reached the stage of contractual definition freeze.
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PICTURE: A380 shows off illuminated decal technology
One of Airbus’s A380 test aircraft has demonstrated a new electro-luminescent display technology designed for external use on aircraft.
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Airbus and Aerospace Valley foster eco-innovation
A programme to foster innovation created by Airbus and the Aerospace Valley industry R&D cluster in France’s Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrénées regions has selected a group of four projects to support, following a 2014 call for ideas that attracted 59 applications.
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Virgin America upgrades Red inflight entertainment system
Virgin America has started upgrading its Red inflight entertainment system, announcing today that three aircraft will begin flying with new seat-back touch screens powered by an improved operating system later this month.
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First A321neo rolls out for test-equipment installation
Airbus has completed the initial assembly work on its first A321neo at its German Hamburg Finkenwerder plant.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How will Boeing fill a 757-sized hole?
What kind of aircraft should occupy the yawning gap in size and capability that separates a 180-seat 737 Max 9 with a range of 3,600nm (6,670km) from a 7,850nm-range, 242-seat Boeing 787-8?
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IATA: Walsh calls for investigation into MRO practices
IAG chief Willie Walsh, speaking in a panel discussion yesterday at the AGM, called on airlines, in partnership with IATA, to put the microscope on restrictive practices in the maintenance world.