All Systems & interiors articles – Page 368
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First VH-71 presidential helicopter enters final production
The first of 28 AgustaWestland-built VH-71 presidential helicopters has arrived at Lockheed Martin’s integration and final production facility in Owego, New York.
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FAA to test satellite navigation at Newark Liberty International
Continental Airlines, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the US Federal Aviation Administration are to...
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NewsIberia-Clickair-Vueling surrender slots for merger approval
European competition regulators have ordered the release of slots at Barcelona and other airports in Europe as the price for clearing Spanish flag-carrier...
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NewsDornier 328 crash video emerges as Indonesian investigators prepare report
Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) is working on the draft final report into the November crash on landing of a Dornier 328 turboprop...
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End in sight for biofuel trial programme
There are likely to be no further alternative fuel trials this year after the imminent flight test by Japan...
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Airlines seek to stimulate demand with big fare sales
Airlines always hold fare sales in January but this year the sales, in some regions at least, appear to be more aggressive and longer lasting
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NewsContinental completes first US test of biofuel
Continental Airlines today completed the first alternative fuels trial in the US with a twin engine aircraft powered in part by a biofuel blend consisting of algae.
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China expects return to double-digit passenger growth this year
China's aviation regulator expects the country's airlines to carry 220 million passengers this year, representing a return to double-digit percentage growth...
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Flight Safety Foundation's perspectives on 100 years of safer flying
The Flight Safety Foundation's current president Bill Voss puts the history of aviation safety into context: "The modern state...
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100 years of flight safety advances
As aircraft and engines have become more reliable, the safety focus has shifted to human factors and the drive for improved global standards
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The accidents that changed the world
Like all initial news stories about aircraft accidents, Flight International's reports provided what little information was available. In the case of these...
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Sticking with our soul
Today's Flight International looks and reads very different to its 1909 predecessor. But the magazine has the same principles and passion as it had at the birth of British aviation
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FAA modifies 'ineffective' directive on CRJ flap problems
US regulators are proposing to expand an airworthiness directive for Bombardier CRJ100/200s to reduce the risk of flap failure, after finding the original...
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Timco error at root of United Air Lines runway excursion
Misrouted and reversed antiskid wiring by US-based Timco Aviation Services technicians led to the runway excursion of a United Air Lines A320 after landing...
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United expedited engine repairs after Chicago smoke incident
United Air Lines accelerated a program to replace defective bearings on its Pratt & Whitney PW-4090-powered Boeing 777s following a 14 December 2007 incident...
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Row 44 plans commercial trials for January
Row 44 in January expects to begin testing its Ku band-based in-flight connectivity system on commercial aircraft even as the firm continues to face opposition...
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SIA outlines initial plans for A330s
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has outlined initial plans for its new fleet of Airbus A330-300s, which it starts taking delivery of next month to replace older...