All Systems & interiors articles – Page 273
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NewsPICTURES: Royal Navy offered AEW-configured AW101
AgustaWestland and Thales have stepped up their efforts to promote a development of the AW101 to replace the UK Royal Navy's venerable Sea King 7 airborne surveillance and control (ASaC) aircraft.
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NewsNTSB faults Continental captain in 2008 Denver excursion
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today determined that the captain of a Continental Airlines Boeing 737-500 that ran off the left side...
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NewsSystem, software certification issues to be addressed by new conference
Europe's first international conference dedicated specifically to the certification issues of aircraft systems, software and embedded electronics will be...
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SmartWings offers leisure passengers insurance against rain
Czech carrier SmartWings is offering an ancillary service allowing passengers to insure their leisure trip against poor weather at the destination.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing presses on with 747-8 certification effort
As its all-new carbonfibre stablemate, the 787, progresses through its certification plan with relative swiftness, Boeing's 747-8F has faced more challenges...
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FARNBOROUGH: The A350 flightdeck - pilots at home in the future
The A350's cockpit offers ease of access to data, flexibility for pilots to display and share information - and it will feel familiar
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FARNBOROUGH: Smart safety avionics in the A350
THE AIRBUS A350's pilots will have, as standard, an advanced landing safety function that will warn the pilots, during approach, of the risk of runway overrun.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Are you sitting comfortably?
More than 70 years after first sampling the delights of international air travel, veteran industrial design engineer Tom Karen believes more should be done to improve passenger service, beginning in the comfort station
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FARNBOROUGH: NextGen flight management system: masterminding the cockpit
Little did Honeywell know in the late 1970s when it introduced the idea of a performance management system for the Boeing 757 and 767 that slightly more...
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Business: briefs
Zodiac Aerospace has agreed to acquire German galley manufacturer Sell for undisclosed terms in a move it says will "reinforce" its position in the cabin interiors market, following the acquisition of C&D Aerospace and Driessen Aerospace
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Opinion
Comment: New birds aplenty...but no pigs
Air travel is safer than ever, but a levelling off in the long-term decline of accident and fatality rates tells us it's time for ideas about safety management within - and between - airlines
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ATR teams with Italy's Giugiaro for Series 600 interior
ATR has teamed with Italian design house Giugiaro Design to develop the new ATR Series 600 cabin, marking Giugiaro's entry into the commercial aviation interior...
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FARNBOROUGH: Suddenly serious
Bombardier faces an assault on its CSeries airliner after savouring sweet victory with Republic deal
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FARNBOROUGH: Giant steps – has the latest Airbus A380 production revamp worked?
The Airbus A380 arrived to a huge fanfare in 2007 and is earning revenue for five of its launch customers. But frustratingly for the company, the same cannot...
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NewsVIDEO: British Airways takes delivery of four-class 777-300ER
British Airways is to operate its new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with a four-class interior, comprising 297 seats, when it puts the twin-jet into service...
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FARNBOROUGH: Trent in full flow
Rolls-Royce is optimistic as it goes to Farnborough, heartened that its XWB programme for the Airbus A350 is on schedule
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Zodiac rejects tie-up approach from Safran Group
France's Zodiac Aerospace has rejected an approach from Safran Group regarding a potential combination of the two companies. Safran Group says it sent...
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing presses on with 787 flight-testing
The long and arduous road that Boeing has trod to get the 787 into its flight-test campaign has given way to a swift accumulation of accomplishments for...
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NewsPutin pressures Aeroflot to take Russian-built aircraft
Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin has put pressure on flag-carrier Aeroflot to acquire domestically-built aircraft during the renewal of its expanding…
