All Systems & interiors articles – Page 184
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NewsSingapore explores KC-135 replacement options
Singapore has a requirement for six airborne tankers to replace its ageing Boeing KC-135s, but appears to be in only the early stages of examining its alternatives, with a formal request for information yet to be released.
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UK government supports EASA flight time rules
UK minister of state for transport Theresa Villiers has supported the proposed flight time regulations put forward by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), saying that new rules would offer a "significant safety gain" for UK passengers.
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Embraer advances window for re-engined E-Jet to 2016
Embraer now says a re-engined E-Jet could become available as early as 2016, or two years earlier than originally announced.
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High speed and late touchdown led Embraer 190 to overrun
Just 490m (1,610ft) of runway remained by the time an AeroRepublica Embraer 190's main gear touched down at Santa Marta, before the twinjet overran and came to a halt in the sea.
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Space Systems/Loral to build two communications satellites for Australia
Space Systems/Loral has been awarded a $668.6 million contract by NBNCo of Australia to build two satellites to provide broadband facilities to remote areas of Australia
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NewsLightSquared fails to make payment to Inmarsat
Mobile satellite services operator Inmarsat has reported to the London Stock Exchange that U.S. broadband provider LightSquared failed to make a scheduled $56.25 million payment in February under a spectrum-sharing agreement.
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NewsSoyuz manned launch schedule delayed after capsule fails pressure test
After its planned descent capsule failed its pressure test, the launch of the manned Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft was delayed from 30 March to 15 May.
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Transaero, VARZ-400 to team up on widebody maintenance
Transaero is to set up a maintenance facility for its widebody aircraft at Russian maintenance specialist VARZ-400's plant, as part of a wide-ranging cooperation...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Getting in the spirit
Alcohol-based fuel may be an answer to calls for airlines to clean up their act, even if consensus on its potential has yet to be reached.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Manufacturers aim for electric taxi EIS by 2016
Opportunites for potential fuel savings, efficiency gains and reduced maintenance costs have prompted investment in the development of electric taxiing systems
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NewsThe Flightglobal Achievement Awards are back – and better than ever
The awards, now in their fourth year, celebrate and acknowledge individuals, teams and innovations at work in the aviation and aerospace industries.
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NewsKingfisher shifts position on flight cancellations
Two days after claiming that it cancelled flights because bird strikes rendered its aircraft out of service, struggling Kingfisher Airlines yesterday issued...
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Chris Tarry's Market Outlook: Low-cost, what's in a name?
However you define budget carriers, the operating advantage only counts if they get the traffic mix right.
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Adapting to the changing relationships between TMCs, GDSs and coprorate buyers
During times of economic struggle, airlines have to work harder to attract high-yield business travellers. The relationship of airlines to travel management...
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FEEDBACK: Cult relationship management in the social media age
With large numbers of people who are not flying with an airline able to drive significant business to or away from it through social media, SimpliFlying chief executive Shashank Nigam looks at the importance of cult relationship management
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Hawaiian touches down on the US east coast
Hawaiian Airlines will be hitting the US East Coast in June when it launches long-haul flights from Honolulu to New York Kennedy (JFK) airport.
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Chasing pack close the gap on leasing giants
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and International Lease Finance (ILFC) remain the two largest aircraft by fleet value and size, but the latest annual...
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FEEDBACK: Is the airline industry becoming like retail?
SITA chairman Paul Coby examines an increasing convergence between the airline and retail industries
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Ukraine introduces new squawk-code relief concept
Ukraine's air navigation service has become the first to introduce a new assignment system aimed at overcoming an increasing shortage of aircraft transponder squawk codes.
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Avanti raises £74 million to fly HYLAS 3 hosted payload on EDRS Satellite
The London-based satellite communications firm Avanti is to raise £74 million from its shareholders to build a Ka-band broadband communications payload called HYLAS 3 which is to be placed on a satellite owned by the European Space Agency (ESA).