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Sky surfing rocked by Swissair shock
Steve Nichols/DUBAI The availability of in-flight internet access could take a dramatic turn after Swissair's shock decision to remove satcom-based in-seat telephones from its narrow-body Airbus fleet. The company blames reliability problems and lack of customer demand. The decision doesn't bode well for in-flight internet access which is likely to ...
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Galaxy show new long-range jets for middle east market
Alan Peaford/DUBAI Galaxy Aerospace is making its first appearance at the Dubai airshow to showcase its Galaxy and SPX high-performance, long-range jets. The two aircraft were flown in from Galaxy's Texas headquarters, taking in the opportunity for demonstration flights to potential customers in Europe. The Galaxy and SPX ...
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Orders bonanza hope in wake of a Middle East travel boom
Alan Peaford/DUBAI Passenger air travel in the Middle East will grow at a faster rate than Europe or North America according to Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group. This will mean a huge demand for new aircraft over the next 20 years. Boeing spokesman Mark Hooper, addressing a pre-show briefing, says ...
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Avionics giants Move one step closer to merger
Steve Nichols/DUBAI Avionics giants AlliedSignal (E714) and Honeywell (E712) are next door to each other at Dubai 2000 - and for a good reason. This week the companies completed a US Department of Justice agreement that permits them to merge. The companies expect to receive similar approval from the ...
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Swissair hangs up satphones
Swissair is removing the satellite communications (satcom)-based in-seat telephones installed on its narrowbody Airbus fleet due reliability problems and a lack of passenger demand. The in-seat phones will be removed from January, but one bulkhead-installed phone will remain on each aircraft, says Don McLaren, Swissair in-flight entertainment and communication ...
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Intertechnique to stay in French hands
Intertechnique is to be taken over by another French aviation equipment company, Zodiac, ending speculation of a takeover by a US or UK bidder. The move signals a further consolidation of the French equipment industry, following the merger of Latécoère and Hurel-Dubois in August. The deal, valued at around ...
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Express way to success
Airlines catering for luxury travellers have often gone to the wall. Midwest Express, however, is thriving. Paul Seidenman/MILWAUKEE Since US airlines were deregulated, a few carriers have tried to offer a single-class service catering to the demands of high-fare business travellers. Generally, these luxury operations have been unsuccessful. ...
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ISS suffers further delays
Tim Furniss/LONDON The International Space Station (ISS) project has been dealt a new blow with the delay of the next Space Shuttle assembly mission, STS101 Atlantis. NASA has moved it from February next year to no earlier than 16 March. This comes after the Russian Proton launch failure ...
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Recorders may solve EgyptAir crash riddle
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hopes the impending recovery of EgyptAir flight 990's cockpit and data recorders will shed light on the Boeing 767-300ER's rollercoaster plunge into the sea on 31 October. NTSB investigators were waiting for a break in stormy weather last week ...
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Rockwell Collins heads for I²S first
Rockwell Collins and Lufthansa affiliate Condor expect to receive German certification of the Integrated Information System (I2S) by mid-November. Certification, which follows a successful test flight on a Condor A320 in September, will pave the way for the launch of a year-long operational trial of the advanced information management system ...
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Teledesic chief in ICO rescue
Emma Kelly/LONDON Teledesic chairman Craig McCaw is leading a rescue package for ICO Global Communications. It is designed to provide the bankrupt mobile satellite communications company with $1.2 billion so that it can launch services in 2001. McCaw and his affiliated companies, Teledesic and Eagle River Investments, will lead ...
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Chautauqua to fly TWA's jet feed
Trans World Airlines (TWA) has agreed a marketing tie-up with Chautauqua Airlines to launch its first regional jet services. The deal involves Chautauqua parent Wexford Management committing to orders and options for up to a further 60 Embraer RJ-145s. The 10-year agreement calls for Chautauqua to launch the first ...
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Raising cain
The paperless cockpit and passenger cabin will soon be a reality if the Rockwell Collins/Condor-led Integrated Information System (I²S) programme shows the future of airline communications. A marvellous but obvious idea - applying the universal components of the ground-based computer industry to airline communications. Such information management systems linking ...
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Guam crash: crew blamed
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has blamed the flight crew for the crash of a Korean Air Boeing 747-300 in Guam, in which 229 of the 254 people on board were killed. But the board says actions by Korean Air, the Korean Civil Aviation ...
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ARINC moves into airline passenger cabins with BT link
Communications specialist ARINC, better known for its cockpit services, is expanding its activities into the passenger cabin through an alliance with UK telecommunication giant BT. Under the deal, ARINC will be the preferred distributor of BT's aeronautical services in the USA. BT provides telephone, facsimile and in-flight entertainment (IFE) ...
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Tenzing aims for e-mail flight trials next year
Internet service provider Tenzing plans to launch flight trials of its in-flight e-mail/Internet services by next September. The Redmond, Washington-based company demonstrated its FlightConnect e-mail service for the first time at the World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) show last month. It has signed up an airline for flight trials, says ...
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American Eagle 'a strong prospect' for ERJ-140
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Embraer hopes to secure its first airline order for the ERJ-140 before the end of the year as the Brazilian manufacturer embarks on a fast track development of the new 44-seat regional jet derivative. The company is chasing incremental orders and conversions of airline orders, ...
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Eurocontrol steps up air traffic enforcement
Eurocontrol is stepping up its activities to implement a European notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) process. The air navigation organisation is working towards introducing formal contractual arrangements with air traffic management (ATM) service providers after proposals from Eurocontrol's council were approved last month. A European NPRM, which would allow ...
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Onex raises offer for Air Canada
Brian Dunn/MONTREAL The Onex investment group has improved its takeover offer for Air Canada in response to Star Alliance's bid to keep the carrier in the airline grouping, but there appears to be no quick end in sight to the Canadian airline industry's nine-week old merger battle. Onex ...
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Europe's Allianz is tipped to acquire Fairchild Aerospace
European insurance and financial services giant Allianz has emerged as a potential buyer of regional jet manufacturer Fairchild Aerospace, which has headquarters in the USA. Allianz will not comment on any possible bid for the 56% share of Fairchild held by chairman Carl Albert, but industry sources say the ...