All Systems & interiors articles – Page 255
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Virgin America plans further ancillary-driven upgrades to ‘Red’ IFE
Virgin America is planning further upgrades to its 'Red' in-flight entertainment system (IFE) as part of a bid to continue growing its ancillary revenue...
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Airlines projected to generate $23b in ancillary revenues in 2010
A new study published by Amadeus and US consulting firm IdeaWorks predicts that airlines will generate €18.4 billion ($22.6 billion) in ancillary revenues...
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Bombardier, Embraer make Alitalia regional jet pitches
Bombardier and Embraer both confident of topping Sukhoi
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SriLankan Airlines to launch new business class seating and IFE system
SriLankan Airlines plans to equip its long-haul fleet's business class cabin with flatbed seating and new audio-video on-demand entertainment systems. The...
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Air Transat taps GuestLogix for broad retail programme
Canadian holiday travel carrier Air Transat has selected GuestLogix's so-called 'OnTouch' retail technology and merchandising platform to bolster its ancillary...
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Piaggio Avanti earns its medevac stripes in the USA
Air Ambulance Worldwide has become the first operator in the USA to use a Piaggio P180 Avanti II for medical evacuation missions
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Sikorsky promises jet-smooth helicopter ride with HMVS
Sikorsky has revealed plans to install an advanced hub-mounted vibration suppression system (HMVS) on a company helicopter in the next 12 months that promises a "jet-smooth" cabin experience.
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Airbus opens UK landing gear test facility
Airbus has opened a €39 million ($54 million) A350 XWB landing gear systems test facility in the UK at Filton.
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Virgin Galactic passes key milestone with first SpaceShipTwo free flight
The first landing of a Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo-class vehicle on 10 October at the Mojave Air and Space Port marked a key milestone in the growth of commercial spaceflight.
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NewsCathay mulls launching premium economy
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways has indicated that it will launch premium economy seating on its flights, in response to demand for such a product on...
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NewsBoeing signs up 45 customers for 737 Sky Interior
Boeing has secured orders for 1,100 737s with the airframer's new Sky Interior, accounting for more than half of its single-aisle backlog. The company says...
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Israel to limit Code Positive ID system to highest-risk countries
The Israeli ministry of transport has decided to impose its controversial Code Positive pilot identification system only on airlines operating from airports where Israeli security services know that security measures are not "hermetic", says a ministry source.
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Virgin America offers entertainment content via Gogo portal
Virgin America has started granting complementary access to celebrity news site People.com via its Aircell Gogo in-flight Internet service
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business - briefs
In a move "designed to create a world leader in solid rocket propulsion", Safran's Snecma Propulsion Solide subsidiary is to acquire SNPE Matériaux Energétiques (SME) and its subsidiaries
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NewsBell starts up helo demonstrator to boost Kiowa Warrior
Bell Helicopter is building a new demonstrator aircraft to prove the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior can remain a viable, long-term option even as the US Army seeks...
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NewsGetting back in the envelope with CAE/APS upset training
How can the number of loss of control accidents be cut? Improved training is one answer and a new programme from North America aims to teach business aviators and airlines how to handle in-flight upsets
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787 suppliers in South Korea, Japan pushing towards full-rate output
The 787 is now an aircraft well into its early production run at Boeing's first and second tier supplier sites throughout Japan and South Korea after the airframer struggled for years to get its global supply chain fully operational.
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787-9 is looking very much like a 777-200ER
Boeing's progressive refinement of the design for the stretched -9 version of its 787 widebody is revealing a Dreamliner variant that is similar to the larger 777-200ER.
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NewsEasyJet holds on to brand after settling licence dispute
UK budget carrier EasyJet will be able to retain its branding, after agreeing a revision of the licence at the heart of its bitter legal dispute with shareholder...
