All Systems & interiors articles – Page 792
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Sibir bounces back with turnover up 10%
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Former Aeroflot carrier Sibir is showing signs of rebounding from the Russian economic collapse, with traffic and financial figures showing improvement during 1998. The Novosibirsk-based airline carried 620,000 passengers last year, up 3% on 1997, while cargo volumes were up by 5%, to 5,800t. Sibir's success is all ...
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Escape route
Reducing the number of cabin exits to accelerate emergency passenger evacuation sounds like a contradiction in terms. That is, however, what Airbus Industrie is arguing as it tries to persuade European and US regulators to change the certification rules which affect the exit layout for its stretched A340, the -600 ...
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Lufthansa plans capacity rise despite decline in yields
Andrew Doyle/BERLIN Chris Jasper/LONDON Lufthansa is planning to buck the European trend and increase capacity by 13% with the introduction of its summer schedules, despite sharing industry concerns over declining yields. Other European - and US - majors have been saddled with excess capacity over the past 12 months ...
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Rockwell focuses on enhanced weather AWAREness for pilots
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES An enhanced weather briefing and reporting tool for general aviation (GA) pilots is to be demonstrated to US flight schools and fixed base operators in California, Iowa and Maryland. The Advanced Weather and Reporting Enhancements (AWARE) tool is being developed by the Rockwell Science Centre, Rockwell ...
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Airlines move to fill Channel Islands vacuum
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS Aurigny Air Services and VLM are looking to capitalise on KLMuk's decision to reduce its Channel Islands operations, with new routes to the UK mainland and Continental Europe. Channel Islands-based Aurigny has applied to replace KLM uk on services between Guernsey and London Stansted from April. Jersey ...
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Airbus seeks exit rule changes
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH David Learmount/LONDON Airbus Industrie is trying to persuade European and US regulatory authorities to modify certification rules to allow it to build the A340-600 with the same number of emergency exits as the smaller -300, despite the fact that the new variant seats nearly 100 more passengers. To ...
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Safety boards act on cockpit recorder safety
Canadian and US safety boards are recommending changes to cockpit voice and flight data recorders (CVRs and FDRs) to prevent power interruptions which have complicated recent accident investigations. Canadian investigators say their efforts to determine the cause of last September's Swissair Boeing MD-11 crash have been compromised by missing ...
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German firm begins A320 shuttle service
Car manufacturer DaimlerChrysler has begun operating an Airbus A320 corporate shuttle between its headquarters cities of Stuttgart, Germany, and Detroit, Michigan. Operated by DaimlerChrysler Pentastar Aviation, the A320 is flying four scheduled round trips a week between Stuttgart International and Oakland County International airports. The aircraft, dubbed the Transatlantic ...
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C-295 avionics
CASA has selected Sextant Avionique's Topdeck avionics for its new C-295 light tactical transport aircraft. Topdeck consists of four liquid crystal displays and control units, an integrated standby instrument, flight management system module, two multifunction control and display units and two attitude and heading reference systems. The new avionics suite ...
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Partners in production
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Eurofighter production is getting under way with the help of advanced manufacturing technologies Four separate final assembly lines in four different countries, while politically expedient, is not the most efficient means of producing 620 Eurofighters for Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. But the partner companies ...
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On the offensive
Guy Norris/LONG BEACH Boeing's campaign to secure the future of the 717 is going into overdrive Boeing's efforts to establish the 717-200 in the marketplace were boosted on 24 February with the first flight of the premier production example, P-1, at its Long Beach division in California. Even ...
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Getting a head start
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Looking like a huge airborne spaniel with its ears outstretched, Boeing's 757 flying testbed (FTB) is destined to become a distinctive sight across US skies this year. The FTB was the first 757 to be built, and has been extensively modified internally and externally to test the ...
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Peruvian domestic carrier reaches into Chilean market
Peruvian domestic carrier Aero Continente is investing $10 million in setting up an airline in Chile. The company will take a 49% stake in the airline - the maximum permitted under Chilean law. The remaining stake will be held by a group of Chilean investors led by airline pilot ...
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News in Brief
Special operations Honeywell has won a $3.2 million US Army contract for 55 shipsets of Primus 700 colour weather radars to equip Boeing MH-47 and Sikorsky MH-60 special operations helicopters. Power generation AlliedSignal is to supply the power generation and distribution system for Bell/ Agusta ...
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Bombardier and Embraer subsidies 'were illegal'
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is poised to rule that rival regional aircraft manufacturers Bombardier of Canada and Embraer of Brazil both benefited from illegal subsidy payments, according to Canadian newspaper reports. If the ruling is confirmed, it could ultimately benefit Bombardier, since it received smaller subsidies and would ...
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Black Hawks to get SAR upgrade
US Army Aviation and Missile Command is to upgrade and modify Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk utility helicopters to a search and rescue (SAR) configuration for the Army National Guard. Sikorsky has been awarded a contract to integrate new mission equipment and flight test a modified SAR version of the ...
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Iberia examines 747 replacements
Max Kingsley-Jones/MADRID Iberia is finalising the last element of its fleet renewal programme to enable it to begin phasing out its Boeing 747-200s in three-four years' time. Last year, the Spanish flag carrier signed deals with Airbus Industrie covering orders for up to 76 Airbus A320 family aircraft ...
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SEC clears PAL to resume 737 payments
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the resumption of payments by debt-ridden Philippine Airlines (PAL) on four leased Boeing 737-300s. Monthly payments of $220,000 for each aircraft will restart to Airplanes Finance, GE Capital Aviation Services and the GPA Group. The go-ahead staves off ...
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IATA outlines Y2K plans
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE David Learmount/LONDON Fear of year 2000 (Y2K) "bugs" in air traffic services (ATS) computers is almost certain to cause flight delays and cancellations to varying degrees, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has calculated. Plans revealed for Asia-Pacific assume the need to reduce the capacity of ...
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Can or should?
An appeal from Boeing has put extended range twin-engined operations (ETOPS) in the headlines again. It does not take much to regenerate heated ETOPS debate among those within the airline industry or those outside. For some time now Boeing, and Pacific route operators of its 777, have been pressing ...