All Systems & Interiors news – Page 881

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    TWA probe focuses on fuel-tank-ignition theory

    1996-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC AS THE US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) works to discover, whether the 17 July crash of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) Boeing 747-100 was caused by a bomb or missile, investigators from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), are examining a theory ...

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    Delta launches low-cost Express from Florida base

    1996-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Karen Walker/ATLANTA DELTA AIRLINES has entered the low-fare market with the launch of Delta Express, a single-class service providing non-stop flights between Florida and cities in the mid-western and north-eastern USA. Services, using a dedicated fleet of 25 Boeing 737-200s, will begin on 1 October ...

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    Oxford gives operators a Neu-SIGHT into corrosion

    1996-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Doyle/LONDON AN INSPECTION tool using neutron radiography will allow non-destructive testing for corrosion in aircraft structures to be carried out more quickly and effectively than with X-ray or ultrasonic techniques, according to developer Oxford Instruments. The tool, called the Neu-SIGHT, uses a high-intensity beam ...

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    NTSB urges increase in inspections of JT8D fan-hubs

    1996-08-07T00:00:00Z

    INCREASED inspection of Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200-series fan hubs has been urged by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), following July's uncontained failure of an engine on a Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas MD-88. Two passengers were killed and four injured when the left-engine hub disintegrated, sending debris ...

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    US airlines exploit the boom

    1996-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE MAJOR US AIRLINES have followed up their latest round of record profits with predictions that their spectacular performances will continue into the second half of the year. The airlines turned in their best-ever net profit - of more than $1.5 billion - ...

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    SAS ends Saab 2000 order drought

    1996-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDONRamon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC SAS COMMUTER has ordered up to six Saab 2000s, which ends the aircraft's two-year new-customer drought. This comes as Saab concludes a three-week sales tour of the aircraft in the USA, where it is still seeking its first airline customer for the 50-seat ...

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    Security alert

    1996-08-07T00:00:00Z

    The TWA Flight 800 crash has caused the USA to look hard at its security measures. Some of the answers could lie in Europe. Chris Yates/MANCHESTER THE 17 JULY TRANS World Airlines (TWA) Flight 800 crash has forced the USA to review the level of security afforded ...

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    Aviastar Asia opens up for Tu-204 business

    1996-08-07T00:00:00Z

    AVIASTAR ASIA (AAC), a new joint venture involving Russian aircraft-production company Aviastar and several South-East Asian financial institutions, opened its office in Taipei on 24 July. The consortium will provide leasing, financial and technical support for the Tupolev Tu-204, which is assembled in Ulyanovsk. AAC is planning to ...

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    Clipper flight ends in disaster

    1996-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE FUTURE OF THE NASA/McDonnell Douglas (MDC) experimental vertical-take-off-and-landing rocket programme is in doubt after the crash-landing of the Clipper Graham vehicle at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, on 31 July. The investigation will focus on the actuation system for the ...

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    USAir goes to court to break up BA plans

    1996-08-07T00:00:00Z

    USAir goes to court to break up BA plans Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC USAIR HAS finally declared its position on the pending alliance between British Airways and American Airlines in dramatic fashion, by filing a lawsuit against its UK partner for breach of contract. ...

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    Macau has recorded 400,000

    1996-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Sir - I refer to the article about Macau International Airport, "Slow start" (Flight International, 5-11 June, P26). Macau InternationalAirport was officially opened on 8 December, 1995, and one could not expect to see a lot of aircraft on the runway - especially when a ceremony for about ...

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    Malaysia seeks EGPWS change

    1996-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Brent Hannon/HONG KONG MALAYSIA AIRLINES is seeking to be launch customer for AlliedSignal Aerospace's new enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS) on the Boeing 777. There may not be time, however, to incorporate the system into aircraft in production. Malaysia has requested a change to its 777 ...

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    Turnaround in Mexico

    1996-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Mexicana is 75 years old this year Geoffrey Jones/MEXICO CITY MEXICANA, THE OLDEST airline in North America, celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. Under the new leadership of chief executive Fernando Flores, Mexicana has an optimistic vision for the future as it consolidates its market strengths, both ...

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    Bow to no man

    1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Pieter Bouw, the president of KLM, will need all his knowledge of the industry to rise above the crisis in the relationship with Northwest Airlines, growing competition from other hubs and US-European alliances, and insufficient market share in Europe. Interview by Jackie Gallacher. Airline Business: KLM's operating result declined ...

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    Rivals in a state

    1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

    What should airlines do when their competitors benefit from state aid? Gerrit Schohe argues that the current system for approving state aids requires an overhaul, but suggests that Commission decisions can be challenged successfully. One of the biggest controversies in the European aviation industry arose when the European Commission ...

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    Slow to plug in

    1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

    It's not surprising that Asia Pacific's electronic distribution push is being spearheaded by Japan, a country renowned for its leadership in the business of high technology. The nation's airlines have already made ticketless travel and self-service check-in and ticketing part and parcel of flying the country's domestic skies. All Nippon ...

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    Smart cards to chip in

    1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

    European carriers tend to wait for the thumbs-up from their US counterparts before pursuing any new trend. Yet the advanced stages of development of some of the carriers' electronic distribution products in Europe underscores their confidence in the huge potential this area has for transforming the business. The 'me-tooism' of ...

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    Airline news

    1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Unijet Group is to take over full ownership of Leisure International Airways by the end of April 1997, increasing its shareholding from the current 40 per cent. Continental Airlines introduced a daily route from New York/Newark to Quito via Bogota, a weekly flight to Düsseldorf, and second daily ...

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    Wired for a new era

    1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Last April, Dr Julius Maldutis, the airline analyst for Salomon Brothers who's never at a loss for superlatives, labelled electronic distribution the US airline industry's 'third revolution,' behind deregulation and the introduction of the jet. If an industry-wide on-line auction system for unsold seats existed, it would have added $5.7 ...

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    Canada's hair of the dog?

    1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Canada's federal cabinet has overruled a National Transportation Agency decision and allowed coach operator Greyhound to launch a low-cost, no-frills airline that became Canada's fourth scheduled trans-continental carrier in early July. The NTA had previously blocked Greyhound's plans by ruling that the company could not obtain its own ...