All Systems & Interiors news – Page 805
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ICAO safety rules meet
Regular compulsory audits by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) of individual states' aviation safety oversight programmes were approved on 2 October at the ICAO Assembly in Montreal, Canada. The ruling becomes effective on 1 January, 1999. Members agreed the audits should not be used for purposes other than safety, ...
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Asians climb out of currency crisis
Two of the flag carriers worst hit by the Asian currency collapse - Philippine Airlines and Indonesia's Garuda - have taken vital steps back from the abyss. PAL has resolved key labour problems while Garuda has renegotiated crippling US-dollar aircraft leases and gained government approval to increase domestic fares. ...
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EC faces tussles over slot sales
As US-UK open skies talks remained scheduled for early October, a clarification of the UK Government's position on the British Airways-American transatlantic alliance was awaited. In deciding how many slots the prospective alliance partners will have to relinquish at London Heathrow and Gatwick airports and whether or not they ...
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playing the Smartcard
A revolution is underway in the world of smart card and tag technology, which airports and airlines are only just beginning to exploit. Dr Peter Harrop argues for the gains to be made As the air transport industry makes its way towards the new millenium, it continues to wrestle with ...
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flexing Muscles
When airline executives dreamed up alliances, some might have imagined that regulatorary approval would be a tough nut to crack, but did they sufficiently weigh up the labour factor? Union cooperation in the formation and development of airline alliances is proving to be crucial. Already, cross-alliance union groups are emerging ...
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SELLING the BRAND
Following the lead of supermarkets and chain stores, major airlines are contemplating the offer of financial market products such as insurance policies and loans. So British Airways is going to offer its customers financial services too . . . When the company announced its intention in March, it joined ...
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Alliances: the next $tep
Can airline alliances take the next step and act like a single commercial business? Frank Berardino and Chris Frankel chart a possible route. Last month, in a report entitled "Keeping the score", USaviation consultancy GRAlaid out the first phase in a strategy for maximising the profits and benefits from an ...
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Bottom line maintenance
The indirect costs of maintaining aircraft and engines need to be attributed in a radical new way to give airlines a clear picture of the real costs involved and support major decisions. Airline maintenance and engineering organisations have struggled, not always with success, to achieve the same kinds of ...
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Hub wars
The big five US interior airports are fighting it out to become the top international gateway in the heart of North America. Patterns of international air service to and from the US are changing. A cluster of airports tucked well inside the continental US are starting to win significant ...
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Cabin trainers
Thomson Training &Simulation has delivered cabin crew trainers to China Southwest Airlines in Chengdhu and THY-Turkish Airlines in Istanbul. China Southwest has four devices including an Airbus A340/Boeing 757 emergency evacuation trainer. Turkish Airlines also has four devices, including an Airbus A310/A340 Boeing 737 emergency evacuation trainer with motion system. ...
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FAA to extend ageing checks
The US Federal Aviation Administration is to unveil in the next few weeks a new safety initiative covering detailed inspection of wiring and other operating systems for older airliners. The probe, with phased implementation, will cover such systems as aircraft wiring, control systems, hydraulics, pneumatics and pumps. The safety ...
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Artemis satellite set to take on navigation role in EGNOS project
The European Tripartite Group (ETG), which represents Eurocontrol, the European Union and the European Space Agency, is to add a third geostationary satellite to provide enhanced coverage for the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS). In addition to the two Inmarsat-3 satellites, the ETG has decided to use the ...
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ICAO moves closer to introducing compulsory safety audits
David Learmount/LONDON The final mandate for the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to carry out compulsory safety audits of any national aviation authority is expected to emerge from the organisation's two-week meeting, which ends in Montreal, Canada, on 2 October. Approved in principle last November, the policies of ...
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Delta and Korean Air wrap up assistance deal
Korean Air (KAL) has finalised a $20 million agreement for Delta Air Lines to give assistance with the overhaul of the South Korean flag carrier's flight operations and training. Under the deal, the US carrier will help overhaul KAL's flightdeck operations, cabin services and safety from 1 October. The ...
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Thomson embarks on major defence electronics revamp
Julian Moxon/PARIS Newly formed Thomson-CSF's defence electronics group is to undertake a major reorganisation in a bid to raise productivity and profitability and reduce costs. According to company president Denis Ranque, the measures have been designed to "-improve our range of products, systems, services and equipment and to maintain ...
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Enduring value
The Astra has been a steady, if not stellar, seller since IAI introduced the aircraft in 1985 as a long-range, high-speed, mid-size business jet. The design mated a stretched Westwind II fuselage with a new, low-set, swept wing featuring a cranked leading edge and supercritical aerofoil section. This increased both ...
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Maintenance: Europe and the CIS
Andrew Chuter/London and Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC, Data supplied by Air Transport Intelligence After a Farnborough air show at which airliner sales exceeding $20 billion were announced, any talk of recession seems like scaremongering. But the air transport industry is already bracing itself for the next downturn - the ...
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Lockheed Martin expands with Comsat
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin has boosted its bid to become a turnkey commercial satellite communications service provider by agreeing to acquire Comsat for around $2.7 billion. Comsat is the US member of Intelsat and Inmarsat and the largest provider of space segment capacity for both international satellite communications ...
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Focus falls on solo airlines after tie-ups
With British Airways and American Airlines having confirmed their move to counter the Star Alliance - with the five-airline "oneworld" alliance - attention is now turning to potential responses by major airlines which have not yet committed to one of the global blocks. The oneworld link, formally unveiled in ...
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Embraer boss holds back on 70-seater launch
Julian Moxon/HANOVER Embraer president Mauricio Botelho has played down expectations of a quick decision on the launch of a 70-seat regional jet by the Brazilian airframe builder, believing that market conditions in the USA and Asia do not warrant a speedy move. Speaking at the European Regions Airlines ...