All Systems & Interiors news – Page 822
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Airbus in AE31X dilemma
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie is looking for a collaborative programme to substitute for the AE31X to placate its Chinese aerospace industry joint venture partners in the regional jet project. The Chinese are increasingly irritated that the proposed 100-seat A319M5 derivative is gaining momentum as a quick fix alternative to compete ...
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Crossair and CityLine move closer to 728JET launch order
Andrzej Jeziorski/BASLE Crossair and Lufthansa CityLine have signed letters of intent (LoI) with Fairchild Dornier to continue work on the manufacturer's proposed 55-90 seat family of regional jets. Swiss-based Crossair may place a major launch order by the end of this year (Flight International, 25-31 March). According to ...
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US questionmark hangs over Swissair alliance
Kevin O'Toole/ZUrich Swissair's launch of the Qualifyer Group, an alliance with five other European carriers including Turkish Airlines (THY) and TAP Air Portugal, has run into questions over the lack of a transatlantic link. The grouping, unveiled with a fanfare in Zürich on 30 March, brings Swissair's European ...
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Shake-out time on the horizon for European low fare operators
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Europe's low-cost airlines could be heading for a shake-out within the next year warns airline veteran British Midland (BM) chairman Sir Michael Bishop, highlighting a slowdown in growth and the prospect of a steep rise in airport charges. "Some of the special advantages that low cost carriers have ...
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ESA plan emphasises launchers
Julian Moxon/Paris Development of a 1t launcher, increased capability for the Ariane 5 rocket and a new emphasis on partnership with industry for telecommunications and science programmes are among initiatives planned by the European Space Agency (ESA) in its latest five-year plan. ESA's new director general, Antonio Rodota, ...
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Boeing gives 2000 bug guarantee
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Boeing will give written guarantees that its aircraft will behave normally through the transition to the year 2000, despite a decision by aviation insurers to exclude their own liability to the millennium software bug. James Wigfall, Boeing's manager for business relations and support systems, spoke about ...
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UK industry league reshapes
Kevin O'Toole/London While attention focuses on the place of the UK's major aerospace players within Europe, the second tier of companies have been busy with their own restructuring further down the home league. With most of the annual results now in, there are clear shifts in the UK ...
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Advertising space
US Vice President Al Gore has asked NASA to develop the concept of a small satellite to be launched for less than $50 million. The craft, due to launch in 2000, would sit in a solar orbit 1.6 million kilometres above the Earth, sending back continuous high-definition images to be ...
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SUD freighter cleared
Boeing's first cargo conversion of a stretched upper deck (SUD) 747 has been approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration. The conversion involves modification of the upper deck cabin floor to enable 3m-high pallets to be accommodated on the main deck. Source: Flight International
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IAE enters race for A319 100-seater
Airbus Industrie has widened the bidding in the contest to power its proposed A319M5 100-seater by inviting International Aero Engines (IAE) to enter a derated 89kN (20,000lb) version of the V2500. The V2520-A5 version is based on the 98kN V2522-A5 and the 107kN V2524-A5 now offered on the 124-seat A319-100. ...
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LOT prepares to make cargo expansion
Andrzej Jeziorski/WARSAW LOT Polish Airlines is planning to lease a freighter for the next winter season in a move towards expanding its cargo operation. The airline's cargo division says that it is looking for a long haul freighter with a payload of around 40t, such as a McDonnell ...
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Safety concerns prompt ICAO to rethink pilot licence rules
David Learmount/FRANKFURT The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is proposing to change fundamentally the basis on which pilot licences are issued. The move is a response to rising concerns over safety, said a senior executive of the organisation at a Flight International conference in Frankfurt. Future pilot licences ...
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EasyJet eases into second home in Switzerland
No-frills UK carrier easyJet has secured a 40% stake in charter operator TEA Switzerland from owner Airfinance. The London Luton-based airline intends to relaunch TEA as easyJet Switzerland as soon as it can exercise an option for a controlling stake. The move follows easyJet's failed attempt to acquire Air ...
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Sextant gears up for merger
Ian Sheppard/PARIS Sextant Avionique is already gearing up to offer avionics systems from its future sister company Dassault Eléctronique. The initiative is part of the French company's efforts to build a flightdeck package to compete with integrated products offered by major US suppliers. Dassault Eléctronique developed an array ...
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Fight in the wild AmWest
America West's flight attendants have rejected an initial pay offer and are back at the negotiating table in a fighting mood. An overwhelming 90 per cent of the America West chapter of the Association of Flight Attendants have rejected a tentative agreement. The main sticking point is pay, says ...
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Focus on Phoenix
America West's ups and downs have made Wall Street nervous, but new revenue management skills, a concentration on Phoenix, and codeshares with Continental and Northwest should allow its healthier performance to continue. Karen Walker reports from Phoenix You can only envy the residents of Phoenix, Arizona. Not only do they ...
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First EMU wave gains momentum
The march towards European Monetary Union now looks unstoppable. By early May the eleven countries which will join the first wave of monetary union on 1 January 1999 will have locked exchange rates and most of Europe will effectively be part of what will become a Deutsche mark bloc. ...
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Debonair in row over aid
Debonair may sue the southern Italian regional government of Calabria for damages following delays in a contract to operate services from Reggio Calabria and Lamezia to Rome, Turin, Florence and Bologna. 'We still believe the authorities will be true to their commitments but we'll be firm to make sure ...
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Airline News
Delta Airlines is to begin daily flights between Atlanta and Tokyo on 3 June and from Portland to Osaka and Fukuoka on 1 November. It is to start a daily connection between Atlanta and Lima on 1 July and services between New York/JFK and Tokyo, Atlanta and Osaka, and Cincinnati ...
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Channel your sales energies
Global networks and distribution advances are forcing airline sales forces to rethink. Organising an airline's sales team used to be a relatively straightforward affair. You established a network of regional offices, which each recruited a team of people to sell the airline, primarily via travel agents who received commission. Sales ...