All Systems & Interiors news – Page 924
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Norse code
After less than a year in the industry, SAS president and chief executive Jan Stenberg is well on course to meet the target set in the cost cutting programme initiated by his interim predecessor Jan Reinås. Including the proceeds from the disposal of non-core activities such as SAS Service Partner, ...
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Touch and go
Time is becoming a critical factor in air traffic control. Harry Hopkins/BOSCOMBE DOWN Research and planning for more efficient European air traffic control (ATC) in the next century emphasises the precise use of the fourth dimension: time. The UK Defence Research Agency (DRA) at Boscombe Down, in ...
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Jetstream aims for J41 backlog
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON JETSTREAM AIRCRAFT aims to build a three-year backlog for its J41 30-seat turboprop to take into the alliance with ATR when the merger is completed by the end of this year. Marketing director Nick Godwin estimates that orders for the J41 earned it ...
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An-70 investigators face FDR problems accident
Kieran Daly/LONDON THE INVESTIGATION of the fatal crash of the first and only Antonov An-70 prototype may be hampered by a lack of useable information from the flight-data recorder (FDR). Sources close to the Antonov flight-test operation allege that pressure on staff to accelerate the ...
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Ground-to-air control
The need to put many more aeroplanes safely in any given airspace sector implies smaller separations and much greater flying accuracy in all four dimensions, including time. That can be achieved only by pre-programming air-traffic-control computers with the aircraft's flight plan, and having the aircraft's flight-management system (FMS) continually feed ...
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US airlines face FDR upgrade task
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES US AIRLINES will be ordered to undertake major upgrades of flight-data recorders (FDRs) on more than 4,000 aircraft by the end of 1997 if the Federal Aviation Administration mandates a new recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Upgrades on 739 ...
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Belgium holds bilateral talks with USA
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BELGIUM AND the USA met on 28 February to finalise the latest transatlantic open-skies agreement, so dealing another blow to European attempts to develop a common response to the US bilaterals offensive. A Belgium deal would also allow Delta Airlines, Sabena and Swissair ...
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ARINCand Magellan sign with GlobaLink customer
ARINC and Magellan Systems have signed a memorandum of agreement with a launch customer, an unnamed regional airline, for the GlobaLink/CNS integrated satellite-navigation and data-link-communication systems. The agreement includes $2.4 million-worth of Magellan CNS-10 avionics units, which sell for under $10,000 each. San Dimas, California-based Magellan ...
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Airlines put Nordam's window to the test
NORDAM HAS introduced a new airliner cabin-window designed to counter crazing - the thousands of scratches on airliner windows - which has reached epidemic proportions, according to airlines. The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based company's new Nordex EL cabin windows are being flight tested by 15 airlines. "Nordex EL has ...
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The dangers of an SRA approach
Sir - I know little of the Boeing 737 accident at Coventry Airport on 21 December 1994, accident, but alarm bells rang in my mind when I read that a surveillance radar approach (SRA) was used. At Hamburg in 1991, I flew such an approach in instrument ...
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Picking up the pieces
The impact of a major accident on an airline's traffic and revenues is often short lived but limiting the damage to the carrier's public image is a delicate exercise. Sara Guild examines the lessons learned by a selection of carriers. There is a true tale in aviation's not so ...
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Strong yen aids surge in JLL deals
The Japanese leveraged lease looks certain to stabilise into a more mature product, helped by cautious equity investors. Report by Tom Ballantyne. When aircraft deliveries finally begin to pick up speed over the coming years the Japanese leveraged lease should have evolved into a stable, more mature product. ...
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US launches the anti-trust debate
With the formal offer of open skies by the US to nine smaller European countries, the cross-border code-sharing alliance has changed from an airline marketing tool into a bilateral right that symbolises complete air service liberalisation. This is what US transportation officials have wanted. But as representatives of the ...
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Once more to the breach?
The clearance for up to 9 million members of American Airlines' frequent flyer programme to sue the carrier over retroactive changes to its loyalty programme could open the flood gates to legal action against US carriers. At the very least, the ruling means a comparable number of United ...
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BA: put your trust in US
The recent decision forcing British Airways to stand trial in New York for alleged conduct in the UK has heightened uncertainties about when actions outside the US can subject a non-US company to US anti-trust claims. Indeed, one anti-trust specialist believes BA's case was weakened by the judge's ...
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Now for the real Macau?
Nine months ahead of startup, fledgling international carrier Air Macau has run headlong into management problems, compensation claims and allegations of shady dealings which at presstime were being investigated by the Portuguese enclave's anti-corruption agency. The proposed carrier faces a barrage of legal action from expatriate managers whose ...
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A question of CRS conduct
CRS codes of conduct are under fire on both sides of the Atlantic. Canadian proposals for regulation have come under attack from European airlines, while the European Commission is set to appoint independent consultants to investigate charging practices within its established code. The Association of European Airlines claims ...
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Airlines v agents: war is declared
US travel agents angry about commission rate cuts should not be surprised. This is war - my wife and kid will suffer,' said one travel agent. 'D-elta E-vidently L-oathes T-ravel A-gents,' complained another. At last, US carriers are taking action to attack the one major cost item which has ...
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Africa's new note of hope
Africa's newest carrier, Alliance, starts operations in March heralding a new era of cooperation in the continent's aviation industry. A joint venture between South African Airways and the national airlines and governments of Tanzania and Uganda, Alliance will start by operating charters for SAA. On 1 July it ...
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Rome divides to conquer
Alitalia's management is increasing the pressure on its pilots for concessions with the threat of expanding wet-leases to cut the cost of its North American operations. Although the initial wet-lease of two B767s from Ansett Worldwide (Awas) can hardly be categorised as union breaking, an internal working document ...