All Systems & Interiors news – Page 512
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Eurocontrol to recommend continuous descent approach across Europe following trials
Eurocontrol is to focus on advanced continuous descent approach (CDA) techniques to be used in the busiest airport periods following promising early results following trials at three airports
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Risk profile
The Airline Risk Management Survey, a new piece of research commissioned by Airline Business and leading airline insurance broker Aon, is the first detailed study into airline risk management issues
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Unfinished business
This year’s Airline Distribution conference showed that the transformation in how carriers sell and distribute their tickets still has a long way to go
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Dream or reality?
The concept of medium/long-haul low-cost travel may still be ahead of its time, but a number of Asian carriers are willing to give it a try
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Bigger is better
Regional jet manufacturers Bombardier and Embraer agree that the 50-seater era is over, but differ in their approach to meeting carrier requirements for larger aircraft
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Bottled up
The much-touted alternatives to Global Distribution Systems promised to uncork savings from the complex world of selling and distributing airline tickets. Have these hopes vanished into thin air or is the industry seeking other routes to new efficiencies?
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Brussels moves into charges debate
The European Commission (EC) held a two-day summit on airport policy in April, as it considers a Europe-wide framework on airport charges.
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Star closes on first Chinese members
As South African Airways (SAA) and Swiss were formally welcomed into Star, the alliance says it is poised to announce its first recruits in China.
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Northwest teams sell labour contract
Northwest pilot union leaders along with their consultants, actuaries and lawyers staged a “road show”, visiting pilot bases to explain their tentative agreement before members vote on it.
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Delta finds middle ground with pilots...
Delta Air Lines continued the US industry’s new tradition of last-minute cliffhanger resolutions, reaching a new concessions deal with its pilots after a round of highly charged negotiations.
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Making up the shortfall
High oil prices are here to stay. So can airlines boost revenues to compensate? asks Chris Tarry of CTAIRA, with analyses from Fabrice Tacoun
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Pictures: Pilot trapped for 5h in cockpit of USAF's new $135m F-22A Raptor after canopy jams
A fire crew had to cut open the canopy of a US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor fighter with chainsaws on 10 April to free the pilot, who had been trapped inside for 5h.