All Systems & interiors articles – Page 873
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Tan on hiding to nothing?
The boardroom battle for control of Philippine Airlines is finally over but the carrier's ambitious expansion plans now face the threat of intensified competition as the country's independent carriers seek to expand their international presence. PAL chairman Lucio Tan cleared the final hurdles in his three-and-a-half year campaign ...
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China offers no guarantee
The Civil Aviation Administration of China has signalled an expansion of operating leasing in China by ordering airlines to cease providing lessors with a Bank of China guarantee. However, future growth may be limited to lessors willing to accept unguaranteed deals and carriers which can prove their own financial health. ...
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High risk business
The risks associated with flying are obvious, but airline managers face hefty business risks, too. Colin Smith says risk management should be a board responsibility and asks whether airline directors can afford the risks they are running. Risk in the aviation industry is most commonly associated with threat to ...
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DOT bridges policy void
Pre-election sensitivities have frozen US aviation initiatives by legislators, leaving policy-making in the hands of Washington regulators. The reluctance of Congress to tackle tough issues is typified by its unwillingness to extend the recently reinstated airline ticket tax past its end-of-year expiry. Before adjourning for the ...
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Back to your routes
How does an airline perform better than its rivals when all carriers do basically the same thing? The key to success - resource-based management - can be found at home base, argues Paul Couvret. Every airline strategist will say they have the answers to market success, but are they ...
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Asia's cargo crunch
Airlines bidding to capitalise on the projected rich pickings from the Asia-Pacific cargo boom are pouring capacity into the region. But nobody is benefiting as rates, yields and profits slump, says Tom Ballantyne. When United Airlines said earlier this year that it planned to enter the full-freighter air cargo market ...
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Ansett deals few changes
The shakeup of Australia's aviation sector following Air New Zealand's successful acquisition of Ansett is likely to have more of an impact outside the country than within. ANZ's swoop to appoint Cathay Pacific managing director Rod Eddington to head Ansett is a rare managerial coup in the region. Eddington will ...
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Team works at Alitalia
Alitalia is squaring up to its impending scrutiny by the European Commission with the launch of its low-cost operation, Alitalia Team. But the carrier remains dogged by allegations of predatory pricing and collusion on slots. Brussels opened an investigation into the airline's planned 3,000 billion lire (US$2 billion) ...
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Airline News
Alpi Eagles was to start daily flights from Catania, Sicily to Venice, Verona, Cagliari and Lampedusa and twice daily flights to Rome in October, using Fokker 100s. British Airways franchisee Maersk Air is due to commence six daily services between Birmingham and Berlin/Tegel in January 1997, using Boeing ...
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WAEA
David Svatos, supervisor of in-flight services and entertainment with Trans World Airlines, of St Louis, Missouri, has been elected president of the World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA), of Los Angeles, California, for 1996-7. Joe Leach, manager of onboard programmes at Delta Airlines, of Atlanta, Georgia, becomes vice-president. Marcy Beaubelle, vice-president ...
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France funds missile project
Julian Moxon/LE Bourget France is pushing on unilaterally with development of a next-generation family of supersonic attack missiles, despite serious doubts over Germany's commitment to the joint programme. France has awarded Aerospatiale a Fr1 billion ($200 million) pre-development project, dubbed the VESTA, to demonstrate propulsion ...
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Sabena links with Virgin Express for Heathrow route
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS Virgin Express is launching scheduled services between Brussels and London Heathrow, in a code-share deal with Sabena under which it will replace the Belgian flag carrier on the route. The low-cost Brussels-based airline launched services on 27 October with nine daily return ...
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CNS/ATM programmes in Europe
PROGRAMME FOR HARMONISED AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT RESEARCH IN EURO-CONTROL (PHARE) Aimed at demonstrating the feasibility and merits of a future air-to-ground integrated air-traffic-management system in all phases of flight. Now part of Euro-control's European Air Traffic Management System initiative. The last of three demonstrations in 1998 will include ...
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Samsung signs CityAir
Samsung has signed a contract with local operator CityAir to supply five Bell 427 helicopters from 1999. Under a joint-venture deal signed with Bell this year, Samsung will build the helicopter's cabin, fuselage and tail boom, as well as market and assemble 427s sold in South Korea and China. ...
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CAE Electronics prepares to equip India's FANS centre
CAE Electronics is preparing to deliver a future air-navigation system (FANS) workstation to India, for installation in the Calcutta air-traffic-control centre. The workstation will enable India to offer fuel-saving routes over the Bay of Bengal to airlines operating Boeing 747-400s with FANS-1 avionics. The workstation is similar to ...
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EC believes there is 'room for improvement' in open skies
Julian Moxon/PARIS Europe's air-transport liberalisation has resulted in cheaper fares, new airlines and more routes, but "-there is still room for improvement", says the European Commission (EC) in a report anticipating full liberalisation in April 1997. The EC says that it remains concerned about "excessive" ...
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AlliedSignal puts GPS on the Internet
AlliedSignal Aerospace has introduced a system, which allows operators of its Bendix/King global-positioning system (GPS) products to download database updates via the Internet, rather than waiting for them to arrive on diskettes or cartridges. All GPS-based navigation systems require regular updates of the database to remain current, particularly ...
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MDC board approves MD-XX for airlines
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) is understood to have given board-level approval to its civil-aircraft arm to start offering the MD-XX tri-jet family to airlines. A final board decision was due to be made at a meeting held at St Louis, Missouri, on 25 October attended by MDC president and ...
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Korean Air unveils helicopter mock-up for first time
Korean Air's Aerospace division has publicly unveiled, for the first time, a mock-up of an armed scout-attack variant of its planned Korean Multi-purpose Helicopter (KMH). Sikorsky has provided assistance with conceptual design of the KMH, and some aspects bear a strong resemblance to the US manufacturer's S-70 Black ...
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ANA buys Wicat A320
All Nippon Airways (ANA) of Japan has become the latest carrier to purchase an Airbus Industrie A320 flight-management and guidance system (FMGS) "free-play" trainer from Wicat Systems. The ANA trainer consists of a cockpit replica with simulated primary-flight and navigation displays, multi-function control/ display unit, flight-control unit, thrust ...