All Systems & Interiors news – Page 35
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SilkAir taps Thompson Aero for business class
SilkAir has selected Thompson Aero Seating's Vantage line for the upgrade of its business class seats on its Boeing 737 Max 8 fleet.
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USAF to struggle with novice aircraft maintainers for years
The US Air Force continues to struggle to keep and replace sufficient numbers of experienced and highly skilled aircraft maintainers.
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ANALYSIS: Aerostructures pushes up Northern Ireland value chain
Northern Ireland has less than 3% of the population of the UK, yet of the four companies with the highest rating in a nationwide scheme to improve quality and competitiveness in the aerospace supply chain, two of them are in this corner of the British Isles. Investment agency Invest NI ...
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ANALYSIS: Why Northern Ireland is seating comfortably
Two Northern Irish concerns – one a unit of US giant United Technologies and the other owned by China’s state-owned aerospace group AVIC – comprise, along with their supply chains, one of the industry’s most important clusters for aircraft seating. Collins Aerospace in Kilkeel and Thompson Aero Seating in Portadown ...
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Spirit AeroSystems eyes Boeing's next aircraft and more A220 work
Spirit AeroSystems views Airbus's effort to trim A220 manufacturing costs as a chance land new contracts by beating out existing competitors.
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United expands premium push with new dual-class CRJ550
United Airlines is upping the number of premium seats on hundreds of aircraft, in what is seen as a push to attract more lucrative business travellers.
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Boeing to help Aerion develop AS2 supersonic jet
Boeing has become the latest – and biggest – aerospace company to partner with supersonic business jet developer Aerion.
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PICTURES: Air France refurbishes A330 cabins
Air France has introduced an upgraded cabin interior on its Airbus A330 fleet.
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Spirit's Asco acquisition on track to close by mid-year: CEO
Spirit AeroSystems has restarted the regulatory process required to complete a $650 million acquisition of SRIF, parent of Belgium-based aircraft component maker Asco.
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United expects first premium-heavy 767 in February
United Airlines expects its first Boeing 767-300ER with an expanded business class cabin in February.
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TUI to refurbish 767 interior
TUI Group has selected UK retrofit equipment specialist MAC Aero Interiors to supply lavatories for a fleet of Boeing 767s.
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Safran takes stake in battery specialist Oxis
Safran has become a shareholder in UK-based lithium-sulphur battery specialist Oxis Energy as part of an effort to mature the technology for commercial aircraft.
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Airbus shows interest in quantum computing's potential
Airbus has invited IT experts to submit their ideas on how quantum computing could be used to "transform" aircraft manufacturing and operation.
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DigEcor acquires Collins Aerospace's IFE business
Collins Aerospace has divested its commercial IFE activities to Australian cabin-equipment supplier DigEcor, which has rebranded itself Burrana as part of the expansion effort.
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ANALYSIS: 2018 freighter conversions rise on strong 767 work
Freighter conversions rose by 11% in 2018, with widebody conversions hitting their highest level since 2008.
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Indian government draws up new civil aviation roadmap to 2040
India's government has issued a 20-year roadmap for civil aviation growth that projects a sixfold increase in the country's passenger numbers, to 1.1 billion by 2040, and a quadrupling in the commercial airline fleet over the same span, to 2,400 aircraft.
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HAECO Xiamen modifies cabins of two Virgin Atlantic A330-200s
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering’s (HAECO) Xiamen unit has completed cabin modification work on two of four Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-200s.
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Jeju Air to roll out streaming IFE across fleet
South Korean budget carrier Jeju Air will deploy the Bluebox Wow wireless in-flight entertainment system across its fleet of Boeing 737-800s in April.
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PICTURE: China produces CR929 composite forward fuselage
China has produced the first composite forward fuselage prototype for the in-development CRAIC CR929 widebody.
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Airbus prepares first A321neo with larger luggage bins
Airbus is aiming to deliver its first A320neo-family jet with the larger overhead luggage bins early next year.