All Systems & interiors articles – Page 769
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Sony Trans Com sell-off near
Emma Kelly/SALT LAKE CITYAn unidentified avionics manufacturer, widely believed to be AlliedSignal, is conducting a due diligence review of Sony Trans Com with a view to buying the in-flight entertainment (IFE) supplier from Sony. Sony Trans Com declines to confirm the identity of the suitor, saying only that the company ...
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Westland proposes new Lynx bodies
GKN Westland is proposing to the UK Ministry of Defence a refuselage programme for about 100 British Army Lynx helicopters. The move is part of a wider programme to adapt the battlefield helicopter as a reconnaissance/observation machine to support army WAH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters when they enter service. Other ...
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Swissair crash: IFE system installation prompts FAA ban
The in-flight entertainment network (IFEN) system in the crashed Swissair flight 111 Boeing MD-11 was installed without consideration for the aircraft's electrical system design concept, an extensive examination by the US Federal Aviation Administration has revealed. Following the study, the FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) designed "to prevent ...
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Rockwell to join audio/video/on-demand club from next year
Rockwell Collins Passenger Systems will test audio/video/on-demand (A/VOD) capability on its Total Entertainment System (TES) with an unidentified airline in the first quarter of next year. Rockwell is the last of the major in-flight entertainment (IFE) hardware suppliers to offer A/VOD functionality, which provides passengers with control over their ...
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Airlines cut millennium flights
David Learmount/LONDON Airlines are cutting flights 24h either side of midnight 31 December in response to lower than normal passenger bookings. Overall passenger demand is following a "seasonal pattern", according to scheduled and charter carriers, people are travelling earlier for a longer New Year holiday and want to be at ...
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Embraer ties up risk sharing agreements
Julian Moxon/PARIS Embraer has concluded agreements with risk sharing partners for the ERJ-170 and ERJ-190 regional jets, in addition to those with General Electric and Honeywell that cover engines and avionics, respectively. The company has also held an advisory board meeting with 20 airlines and risk sharing partners to ...
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United Space accepts shuttle delay costs
The Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture United Space Alliance, which operates the Space Shuttle fleet for NASA, is to pay "several million dollars" in penalties for delays to the flight schedule caused by wiring defects in the orbiters (Flight International, 29 September-5 October). The cost of the repairs to the Endeavour ...
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Bombardier offers to stretch Canadair jet to 90 seats
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Bombardier is offering airlines a stretched 90-seat derivative of the Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ). A decision on whether to launch the new model, dubbed CRJ-900, is planned for year-end. Deliveries of the aircraft, which would be derived from the 70-seat CRJ-700, could begin in 2002, ...
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System 3000 launch
Matsushita is close to finalising a 40-aircraft launch order for its new System 3000 interactive in-flight entertainment (IFE) system. The System 3000, to be available from the second or third quarter of next year, will be an upgraded version of the System 2000E, the leading interactive IFE system installed on ...
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Rockwell seeks $28 million damages from Hughes
Rockwell Collins has filed a lawsuit against Hughes Electronics for breach of contract over Rockwell's purchase of the former Hughes-Avicom International. The manufacturer is seeking damages of at least $28 million plus interest. Rockwell bought Hughes' in-flight entertainment division in late 1997 to form Rockwell Collins Passenger Systems. ...
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A question of scale
KEVIN O'TOOLE Conventional wisdom has held back outsourcing of heavy maintenance, but as it starts to be challenged, only as few as a dozen airlines may emerge able to justify keeping work captive, argues IPG Consulting. On paper the equation looks perfect. On one side, airline boardrooms are keen ...
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Low-cost survivors
CAROLE SHIFRIN WASHINGTON DC After years of uncertain and even disastrous performances by new entrant carriers in the USA, some seem to be thriving and even beginning to report profits. Why did these start-ups survive where so many failed? Accepted wisdom in the USA is that the fate ...
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Labouring in Europe
TOM GILL LONDON Industrial relations appear to have improved and European workers are becoming more efficient. But will the changes be far-reaching enough to enable airlines to cope with cyclical downturn? The British Airline Pilots Association(BALPA) describes itself as "serene". The UK white-collar union MSF says it is ...
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Delta pilots talk tough
KAREN WALKER WASHINGTON DC Delta Air Line pilots have thrown down the gauntlet to airline management and demanded formal negotiations in one of the most important US contract negotiations of the year. But a swift response by management has already led to a tentative agreement In addition to ...
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New challenge to charter
European low-cost scheduled operators have begun to make small inroads into traditional charter markets. But, despite some aggressive noises, they have some way to go before posing a serious threat. Europe's low-cost carriers may continue to grab the headlines, but one sector remains resolutely unimpressed. The traditional charter airlines ...
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European carriers to get no relief
European carriers are still suffering from declining yields and it could be some time before there is any good news. The damage of the weak market conditions is finally showing through in Europe. Results for the last quarter and half year ending June put them hard and cold ...
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Bright quarter for US low-costs
Second quarter results for both US regionals and independents paint a generally bright picture with demand high for low-cost flights and regional jet service. Some regional carriers warn that their business is seasonal and second half results may not be as bright. But most airlines seem to be maintaining a ...
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Low-costs in fierce battle at Stansted
LOIS JONES LONDONc Cut-throat competition between low-cost players at London Stansted airport looks set to cause casualties with the launch of KLM uk's Buzz KLMuk is to set up a low-cost fares airline next year called Buzz at Stansted to compete with Go and Ryanair. The carrier, ...
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Is Asia close to a turning point?
Asia's economic woes authored much of the over-capacity appearing on the North Atlantic. Chris Tarry of Commerzbank looks for sings of recovery Over the last few months much attention has been focussed on the current blood bath taking place on the North Atlantic. The conclusion very early on from ...
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Privatisation the second time around?
PETER BENNETT VIENNA After decades in state ownership, privatisation could finally be on the cards for eastern Europe's airlines. Eastern European airlines, dogged by government procrastination, bureaucracy and stalled privatisation plans, may be about to see a change in their fortunes. Privatising the region's carriers has been ...