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eCommerce brings bonus for airfreight carriers
Online shopping in the run up to Christmas 1999 paid dividends for Air Cargo Equipment (Stand D344). Its customers, including Emery Worldwide and DHL, took a leap of faith in summer 1999 and calculated that the rapid growth of e-commerce would see many people buying online. Once bought of ...
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New seats offer J-class comfort in Y-class
Andrew Douse The gap in the market between economy class and business class has now been filled... with Recaro seats, and you can try them out for yourself here at the airshow (Stand A327). The seats are similar to those being used by British Airways on its new ...
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Sale of the Century
Karen Walker Embraer seals $1.8 billion deal for 100 ERJ Regional Jets Embraer kicked off the first trade day yesterday with an order from Continental Express for 100 new ERJ 145 and ERJ 135 regional jets. Although a figure was not announced, it is believed that ...
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Gulfstream logs two aircraft sales on 'net'
Gulfstream.com has now clocked up two sales of aircraft, says Joe Walker, the firm's senior vice-president sales and marketing. "We have had a great response to the site and sold a used aircraft and a new GV," says Walker. "I believe that this will greatly help the sales." Walker ...
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Global cargo alliance strategy driven by customer demand
Chuck Grieve Like it or not, global alliances are the way forward for the air cargo industry. This was the overwhelming sentiment from speakers at Air Freight Asia 2000. Following in the footsteps of the major passenger-focused alliances was the key to meeting clients' needs for quality, reliability ...
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Bechat unfazed by e-com rabble
Snecma chairman Jean-Paul Bechat is questioning the aerospace industry's need for the new breed of dedicated e-commerce ventures. Bechat, who is also chairman of the national French industry grouping GIFAS, says French companies are in many cases working on their own e-commerce operations. "In Snecma all our companies are ...
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JAL orders new inflight entertainment
The Total Entertainment System (TES) from Rockwell Collins' (Stand A1011) has been chosen by Japan Airlines (JAL) for its fleet of 24 Boeing 747-400s. The TES equipment is being installed in every seat and provides a personal screen and access to several channels of video programmes. JAL has ...
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Fairchild Facts
Eccleston reports that completion of Fairchild Aerospace's recapitalisation deal with US investment house Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) and Germany's Allianz Capital Partners (ACP), which are buying out company chairman Carl Albert, should be complete by the end of March. The deal will bring in $1.4 billion. ...
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Primus 2000 selection offers family commonality
Honeywell's Primus 2000 integrated avionics system has been selected as the standard fit on the Fairchild-Dornier 428JET for regional airlines and corporate operations. The Primus 2000 suite includes an integrated set of computers and sensors displayed on five 8x7in displays, all working together using the General Aviation Manufacturers Association's ...
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CTT Zonal Drying System wins Danish charter launch
CTT Systems has won its launch contract for supplying a Zonal Drying System for a Boeing B737-800 (Next Generation) aircraft. The Danish-based charter operator Sterling European Airlines has ordered the system with an option to equip its remaining B737-800 fleet. Sterling, one of the leading Scandinavian charter carriers, operates ...
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Solar cycle threatens havoc with telecoms
Steve Nichols Worldwide HF and satellite communication systems could soon be severely disrupted if scientists' predictions come true. The sun's current 11-year solar cycle is predicted to peak this year, and the increase in sunspot activity and solar flares could cripple vital aircraft communication and navigation systems. ...
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Air safety conference to focus on new technology
Asian Aerospace 2000 is the setting for a special four-day conference on air safety. Held in association with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the 36th (Special) Directors-General Conference (Asia and Pacific Regions) marks the start of the new millennium and ...
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IAI takes on more work on 428JET
Israel aircraft Industries (IAI) is increasing its participation in the Fairchild 428JET programme, which will see it taking on the design and manufacture of additional components. IAI has an agreement to design and manufacture the fuselage, as well as undertake final assembly of the 44-seat, Pratt & Whitney Canada ...
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Swissair to rewire MD-11 cockpit areas
Swissair is to carry out an extensive programme of cockpit-area rewiring on its 19 Boeing MD-11s, starting in August. The airline's decision is based on analysis, since the September 1998 crash of one of its MD-11s near Halifax, Canada, of wiring routing in the forward fuselage, according to Swissair engineering ...
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CargoLifter: Zeppelin's rival in airships
David Learmount/BRAND, GERMANY While Zeppelin is injecting new life into the traditional airship market sector from Friedrichshafen, CargoLifter is developing a massive lighter- than-air machine to perform work which has never been done by any aircraft - let alone an airship. The early CargoLifter CL160 airships will be ...
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Beyond the blimp
The revived Zeppelin 'is using the tradition to shape the future' Ed Reavis/FRIEDRICHSHAFEN Sixty-two years after the giant Zeppelin airship was engulfed in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, the legendary manufacturer has been reborn. The modern version of this great silver whale is as big as a Boeing 747, ...
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Protecting the spectrum
The aviation industry is battling to preserve its radio frequency spectrum Emma Kelly/LONDON In May, the aviation industry will face one of its toughest battles, when it fights to protect its radio-frequency spectrum. Aviation met the first serious sortie on its spectrum at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ...
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Euro satnav
Europe faces demanding satellite navigation tasks this year Emma Kelly/LONDON The European space and navigation industry has a hard job to complete this year. By the end of it, it must have a clear idea of the shape of the continent's second-generation satellite navigation system - Galileo. Little ...
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Reality check
Problems with the FAA's cornerstone satnav programme have users worried Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC B beset with funding and other issues surrounding its transition to satellite navigation, the last thing the US Federal Aviation Administration needs is a problem with its keystone Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) programme. But a problem ...
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Testing times
Airbus is performing an unprecedented amount of pre-entry-into-service systems testing for its A340-500 and -600 models Andrew Doyle/TOULOUSE The start of final assembly of the first Airbus Industrie A340-600 is four months away, but the consortium is ensuring that its latest widebody derivatives have an unprecedented level of service readiness. ...