All Systems & Interiors news – Page 846
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SkyWest to operate as United Express carrier
SKYWEST AIRLINES is to become a United Express carrier, operating flights from Los Angeles International Airport to destinations in California, as well as Las Vegas and Phoenix, under a marketing agreement with United Airlines. SkyWest is also a Delta Connection carrier, and has signed a new five-year agreement to provide ...
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CAA warns on potential flight disruption
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has raised the spectre of a return to massive disruption to air travel if a way is not found to fund the large-scale capital investment required for the National Air Traffic Service (NATS) to keep pace with traffic growth. CAA chairman Sir Malcolm ...
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Special observer
Guy Norris/WACO, TEXAS Twenty-four years ago, the Boeing 747SP was designed to be flown higher and further than anything in its class. These attributes, plus the large payload capacity of the "Special Performer", have now landed one aircraft in the small world fleet the unique role of the ...
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FAA details free-flight plan
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC DETAILS OF a two-year, 2,000-aircraft, demonstration of the technologies required for the free-flight concept have been released by the US Federal Aviation Administration. Almost $400 million in funding required to stage the trial has yet to be approved by Congress, however. Free flight ...
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Drying up
CTT Systems has launched a CD-ROM designed to educate airline management on issues relating to moisture in the aircraft, including added weight, corrosion and electronic failures. The latter is particularly pertinent, says the Norkoping, Sweden-based company, with the increased use of in-flight entertainment equipment and satellite links. Meanwhile, CTT has ...
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Caribbean spirit
Air Jamaica has placed its hopes for a profitable share of the Caribbean tourist market on a new Montego Bay hub Normally sober Delta Air Lines caught the mood of the moment, with an impromptu tie-swapping ceremony that sparked the spirit of celebration at the 30 June ...
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United launches A319 operations
United Airlines on 8 July launched passenger services with its first two recently delivered Airbus A319s. The airline, which holds orders for 28 A319s powered by International Aero Engines V2500-A5 engines, is equipping the aircraft with 126-seat, two-class interiors. Under the initial schedule, United will operate the A319s from Chicago ...
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Pegasus is on track for Saudi Arabian debut
Flight tests of Honeywell's Pegasus advanced flight- management system (FMS) on a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-90 are "-progressing well and are on schedule" for first delivery to Saudi Arabian Airlines in November, says Honeywell. US Federal Aviation Administration certification of the FMS is expected in October, representing the ...
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War in the air
IT IS A TRUTH THAT the people who start wars are very rarely the people who end up winning them. That should be remembered by the European Union (EU) politicians and officials who seem determined to start a trade war with the USA over the proposed merger of Boeing and ...
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US AOPA unveils upgraded Arrow
A 1978 PIPER Arrow piston single, reconditioned by the US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) as a showcase for avionics and other upgrades, will be displayed at the US Experimental Aircraft Association's Oshkosh, Wisconsin, fly-in, beginning on 28 July. The "Ultimate Arrow" has an Arnav Systems MFD ...
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FAA approves use of PC-based training after push by AOPA
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC AN ADVISORYCIRCULAR (AC) approving the use of personal-computer-based aviation training devices (PC-ATDs) has been issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration, and is expected to simulate development of equipment costing substantially less than general-aviation flight-training devices now available. The US National Air Transportation ...
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Thomson Training confirms United Airlines full-flight deal
THOMSONTRAINING & Simulation (TTS) has confirmed a deal with United Airlines to supply two full-flight simulators - for the Airbus A320 and Boeing 777. The company will also supply United with an A320 flight-management and systems trainer, and desktop flight-management-system trainers designed for the Boeing 757 and 767. ...
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Sterling lines up new 737 fleet
Sterling European Airlines will begin its fleet-renewal programme in 1998 with the introduction of the first of up to four Next Generation Boeing 737s, as it begins to phase out its Boeing 727s. Lars Svenheim, president of the Danish charter airline, says that a deal has been signed ...
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TAM Fokker 100 survives blast
An explosion in the cabin is believed to have caused this breach in the fuselage of TAM Airlines Fokker100 PT-MRK on 9 July. The aircraft was on a regional flight from Sao Jose dos Campos to Sao Paulo, Brazil, with 60 people on board. One passenger is known to have ...
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Workshop
++ International Aviation Services has completed the interior of a Boeing 737-300 belonging to China. A second 737 will be delivered in August. ++ SOGERMA has been contracted by International Lease Finance to undertake a C check on an Airbus A310-300 previously operated by Belgian flag carrier Sabena. ++ Marshall ...
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Staying afloat
Paul Lewis/TOKYO The number of modern military forces which continue to operate amphibians is diminishing and there are even fewer manufacturers still building such aircraft. Japan is proving to be one exception to the rule. Not only does its navy maintain a fleet of flying boats, but it ...
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French group is optimistic that helicopter rule will be changed
Julian Moxon/Paris French-led efforts to win a relaxation of forthcoming European rules governing the operations of single-engined and light-twin helicopters have met a "positive response" from the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA), claims the Groupement Francaise de l'Helicopter (GFH). According to Charles Schmitt, vice-president of Paris-based GFH, ...
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Strikes hit British Airways cost-saving plans
A three-day strike by British Airways cabin crew is estimated to have cut the carrier's passenger loads on flights from London Heathrow by about 50%. The strike, which started on 9 July, also disrupted operations at other airports, principally Gatwick. Only about one-third of its own flights departed ...
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GEC and Finmeccanica tie up strategic alliance
Julian Moxon/PARIS Andrea Spinelli/GENOA GEC-Marconi and Italy's state-owned Finmeccanica have sealed a wide-ranging strategic alliance covering the bulk of their respective defence activities. The deal follows months of negotiations and is thought likely to boost stalled European attempts to consolidate the defence sector. The agreement, exclusively ...