All Systems & interiors articles – Page 74
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AIX: Airbus grows customer cabin centre in Hamburg
Airbus is expanding its customer facility for A350 cabin configurations in Hamburg to cover the A320 and A330 series.
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AIX: Lufthansa Technik equipping eight aircraft a week for Ka-band
Lufthansa Technik is ramping up a programme to equip Lufthansa Group A320 aircraft with Ka-band technology.
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ANALYSIS: Bombardier shows off CSeries mock-up in AIX debut
Bombardier is making its AIX debut, showcasing the capabilities of its newly in-service CSeries with the first cabin mock-up of its production aircraft.
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AIX: Diehl foresees 'huge' demand for printed cabin decor
Interior equipment specialist Diehl aims to avoid the use of decor foils on cabin surfaces with a newly-developed digital printing process.
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AIX: Zodiac vows a lavatory Revolution
Zodiac Aerospace is pressing ahead with its ambition to consign smelly aircraft toilets to history – and says that by the end of this year every Airbus aircraft will leave the factory with its recyclable Revolution toilet installed.
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Boeing raises list prices after one-year pause
After a one-year pricing freeze, Boeing Commercial Airplanes has quietly raised list prices by a range between 2.16-2.23% across the product portfolio.
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AIX: Hawaiian unveils A321 interior design
Hawaiian Airlines has developed a new cabin design for its on-order Airbus A321neos, which are scheduled to join the carrier’s fleet from the fourth quarter this year.
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AIX: Brady's RFID label helps with compliance
Brady, which makes labelling and identification products, has developed a lightweight, heavy-duty RFID label for the aerospace industry that enables fast and easy tracking of non-metal components.
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ANALYSIS: Mission ZIM-possible - German seating company's big breakthrough
Nine years of plugging away in the retrofit market – convincing increasing numbers of airlines to opt for its “German-engineered” seating – paid off for ZIM Flugsitz when it signed its first buyer-furnished equipment deal in early March, with Airbus.
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AIX: Gentex promotes its dimmable windows
Gentex is at the show to promote its next-generation electronically dimmable windows (EDW) for aircraft, which it says are faster acting and 100 times darker than first-generation products.
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AIX: Gogo 'on track' to launch Biz 4G in first half
Gogo Business Aviation’s Gogo Biz 4G in-flight connectivity solution is on track to launch in the first half of this year, following supplemental type certificate (STC) approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration for its use on Bombardier Challenger aircraft.
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AIX: Airbus and Routehappy aiming to broaden passengers' choice
Airbus has joined forces with flight merchandising content specialist Routehappy to build a platform that enables passengers to make a much more informed choice when deciding which airline to use, based on details such as aircraft type, seat pitch and onboard services.
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Superjet airframer halves full-year pre-tax losses
Sukhoi’s civil aircraft division has halved full-year pre-tax losses to Rb4.7 billion ($83 million), having recorded a 32% rise in revenues to Rb46.8 billion.
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PICTURES: Fourth MRJ test aircraft arrives in United States
Mitsubishi Aircraft has added a fourth aircraft to its MRJ test fleet at Moses Lake, Washington.
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Antonov completes first flight of An-132D
Antonov completed on 31 March first flight of the Saudi Arabia-backed An-132D multi-purpose turboprop aircraft in Kiev, Ukraine.
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ANALYSIS: Flexing muscles in the race for space
Airbus unveiled its Space-Flex lavatory and galley concept for the A320 at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in 2011. The design replaced a full-width rear galley with a smaller galley and toilet combination, freeing up room for extra legroom or an extra row of seats.
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ANALYSIS: European airlines play catch up on wi-fi
European airlines have lagged behind their US counterparts when it comes to introducing in-flight wi-fi to their short-haul fleets. But recent contracts between IAG and Inmarsat, and ViaSat, Finnair and SAS, indicate that the European market is taking off.
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Mitsubishi takes "close look" at MRJ testing campaign
Mitsubishi Aircraft is re-assessing its flight test campaign for the MRJ regional jet following the latest design changes, amid reports that it may require at least 500 more flying hours to achieve certification.
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PICTURES: E195-E2 makes first flight in normal fly-by-wire mode
Launching a two-year flight test campaign for Brazil’s largest commercial aircraft in history, Embraer completed a 2h-long first flight of the E195-E2 test aircraft in Sao Jose dos Campos on 29 March with the regional jet’s fly-by-wire system engaged in normal mode for the duration, senior vice-president and chief operating ...
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LHT set to present new weight-saving A320 cabin monument
Lufthansa Technik and Diehl Aerosystems have developed a new cabin monument for the Airbus A320 family, and intend to unveil it at the Aircraft Interiors Expo which opens in Hamburg on 4 April.