All Systems & Interiors news – Page 882
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Contrary Mary in eye of the storm
Mary Schiavo, the erstwhile US Department of Transportation investigator general who has become nationally known for her high-profile criticism of the Federal Aviation Administration since the 11 May crash of ValuJet 592, has been good for the US airline industry. Such a statement could be considered heretical, especially amongst ...
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'Old alliance' stands firm
With new major alliance competition threatening, Northwest Airlines and KLM are moving towards reconciliation after a prolonged period of board-level friction that threatened the viability of the seven-year-old partnership. However, before implementing new steps such as cargo integration, both sides are waiting for the resolution of KLM's opposition to a ...
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FAA approval
The US Federal Aviation Administration has certificated Interstate Electronics' IEC 9002 global-positioning system flight-management system, approving it for en route, terminal and non-precision approach navigation. The system is aimed mainly at the air-transport retrofit market as well as larger corporate aircraft. Source: Flight International
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The Top Fifty Airlines
The world airline industry made record profits in 1995, but will the boom last? The signs are mixed from this year's ranking of the world's top 50passenger-airline groups. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IT HAS TAKEN a long time to arrive, but recovery in the world airline industry appears to ...
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Aviastar builds the first 'Westernised' An-124
AVIASTAR IS nearing completion of the first "Westernised" Antonov An-124 at its Ulyanovsk factory, although the Russian manufacturer's claims that the aircraft is being fitted with General Electric CF6-80 engines are being disputed by GE and Antonov. "The aircraft, line number 08-03 and designated An-124-130, will be ...
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Boeing 747-X flies by wire
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING HAS AGREED to airline demands to offer a full fly-by-wire (FBW) flight-control system and other advanced-technology features on its new 747-500X and -600X. The US manufacturer has also told its airline working group that, despite the move to FBW and other ...
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Under oversight?
FIRST, THE FEDERAL Aviation Administration in the USA was the target: now it is the Civil Aviation Authority in the UK. Each has been accused of failing to maintain satisfactory oversight of airline maintenance operations. If they cannot satisfy the expectations of the travelling public and their legal representatives, are ...
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Boeing to review 777 cabin pressure after diversion
BOEING IS AGAIN reviewing the design of the 777 cabin-pressurisation system, following the diversion of a United Airlines (UAL) aircraft to Gander, Newfoundland, while being flown on a transatlantic flight. The 777 suffered "a loss of pressure" rather than a sudden depressurisation, says the airline, which adds that ...
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Dashing looks
Modified Dash 8s are to be used in Australia for maritime-patrol missions. Flight International test-flew one of them. Harry Hopkins/OSLO COASTAL PATROL IS increasingly vital to countries with extensive shorelines, whether they be interested in smuggling, illegal immigration, unapproved fishing or sea pollution. Well over a dozen ...
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Sikorsky selects medical-interior supplier
SIKORSKY HAS chosen Air Methods to supply aeromedical interiors for more than 90 UH-60Q medical-evacuation helicopters planned for the US Army and National Guard. Air Methods supplied the interior for a proof-of-concept UH-60Q completed in 1993, but had to bid competitively for production. The Denver, Colorado-based company ...
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Aaxico Industries flushes out BA's DC-10 blue-ice blues
BRITISH AIRWAYS hopes to slash the cost of implementing US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directives (ADs) concerning the formation of "blue ice" on aircraft, with the introduction of a testing device developed by Aaxico Industries of the UK. The FAA ADs, which initially apply to the McDonnell ...
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Pressure drop
An America West Airbus A320 lost cabin pressure at 33,000ft (10,000m) shortly after take-off from Columbus, Ohio, en route to Newark, New Jersey, on 12 July. The crew made an emergency landing at Port Columbus International Airport. None of the 37 passengers and seven crew members were injured. ...
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Chinese trainers
Thomson Training & Simulation, with STS of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Xifei Simulator Factory of Xian, China, is to supply four cabin-crew trainers to China Southwest Airlines. The Boeing 757/Airbus A340 emergency-evacuation, 757 cabin-service and 737 and 757 door trainers will be delivered to Chengdu in late 1997. Source: ...
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United and MDC test cockpit weather link
UNITED AIRLINES and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) have begun flight tests of a system to display real-time weather information in the cockpit. A three-month in-service trial of a United MDC DC-10, equipped with the cockpit weather-information system (CWIN), is to begin following certification of the equipment. Tests are being ...
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Deja deja vu
THE JAPANESE AND US Governments are once again going to the edge in the latest round of bilateral-air-service negotiations by threatening each other with sanctions and counter-sanctions. The news has been greeted by industry observers, in Tokyo and Washington, with a collective cry of "here we go again". ...
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Air Malta outlines plans for Azzura Air
AIR MALTA has purchased two AI(R) Avro RJ85s to start its new Italian-based venture AzzuraAir. The airline expects to add a third aircraft to the order by the end of July (Flight International, 22-28 May). Joseph Tabone, the Air Malta chairman, says that he expects to launch AzzuraAir ...
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Test of faith
NO-ONE BENEFITS when accident-investigation agencies clash over the cause of an air crash. The arguments may be based on genuine grievances, but they only serve to deflect attention from the wider issues at stake. It has happened this week because the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has ...
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Hub crack is blamed for MD-88 fan failure
A FATIGUE crack in the fan hub is the likely cause of the uncontained failure of a Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 powering a Delta McDonnell Douglas MD-88. Two passengers were killed and four injured when the left-engine fan disintegrated, sending debris into the cabin during the take-off run of Flight ...
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The cabin challenge
Perceptions of new cabin dangers are emerging as old problems resurface. Paul Phelan/CAIRNS David Learmount/LONDON AIRLINE PASSENGERS ignore safety briefings because they believe that it is the cabin crew's responsibility to protect them, according to recent research. Professor Helen Muir, of Cranfield University in the UK, ...
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Equal rights
Paul Duffy/BOCA RATON, FLORIDA THE DEMAND FOR OLDER aircraft, particularly for freighters, is rising strongly because operators are beginning to realise that the economics of using older aircraft can result in considerable cost savings. According to Boeing and McDonnell Douglas (MDC), world air cargo will continue ...