All Systems & interiors articles – Page 894
-
News
First hand-held GPS navcom delivered
AlliedSignal Aerospace has begun deliveries of its Bendix/King KLX 100, claimed to be the first hand-held aircraft radio to combine a global-positioning-system (GPS) and communications transceiver in a single unit. The KLX 100 is aimed at recreational pilots for use as primary navigation/communications (navcom), and at professional pilots ...
-
News
Food for thought
Cost-cutting and branding are the mantras of today's airline managers and nowhere are the two more entwined than in the catering product - one of the main elements of inflight service that governs customer loyalty. By Mark Odell. In the dual battle for profitability and greater competitiveness the drive for ...
-
News
Rising fortunes
Agusta's resurgence has been confirmed with one order from North America. Julian Moxon/MILAN THERE COULD HAVE BEEN no better sign of Agusta's long-awaited revival than the record order from Omniflight Helicopters, which was announced at the Helicopter Association International show in Dallas, Texas, in February. ...
-
News
Is it just pie in the sky?
When an airline can save $1.5 million a year by serving salads without a lettuce liner which nobody eats anyway, you know that cost-cutting has begun to bite. These days, catering represents quite a dilemma for airlines. The marketeers say food remains a way for airlines to differentiate ...
-
News
Loral wins more PanAmSats
SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL has been selected to build two additional satellites for PanAmSat. The PanAmSats (PAS) 7 and 8 will be launched into geostationary-transfer orbit en route to positions in geostationary orbit over the Indian and Pacific oceans by an Ariane and an ILS International Launch Services Proton in 1997-8. ...
-
News
Pressing for open skies
The US Department of Transportation has in general had strong support from the halls of Congress of late - especially in the realm of international aviation issues. In a late March floor speech, Larry Pressler, South Dakota Republican and chairman of the Senate commerce committee, spoke on the ...
-
News
PAL recovery under threat
The recovery of Philippine Airlines from disastrous financial losses over the past two years is under threat from rising competition from a growing number of startups with ambitions to launch on to key regional routes. Grand Air and Cebu Pacific Air, which have both made inroads on domestic ...
-
News
American proposes short-haul Fokker 100 operation
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA AMERICAN AIRLINES wants to establish a low-cost short-haul operation within the carrier, using its Fokker 100s. The proposal to the carrier's pilots' union is designed to compete with the low-cost operations already started by United and planned by Delta. Under the ...
-
News
Ball wins Boeing camera deal for 777-300 stretch
BALL AEROSPACE and Technologies has won a ten-year contract with Boeing to supply the 777-300 stretch with a ground-manoeuvring camera system. The 74m-long 777-300 will be the longest commercial airliner to date, with a turning radius greater than that of the 747, which is 3m shorter. ...
-
News
Alliance moves to expand East African partnership
Gunter Endres/LONDON THE CHAIRMAN OF EAST African carrier Alliance has proposed a merger with Air Tanzania and Uganda Airlines - both 10% stakeholders in the multi-national long-haul carrier. The merger call by Ugandan parliamentarian and Alliance chairman, Adrian Sibo is seen as an attempt at ...
-
News
USA extends ban on airline gambling
THE US DEPARTMENT of Transportation (DoT) is to retain its ban on gambling on commercial-airline flights to and from the USA by all carriers at least until a national commission has considered the wider issue of gambling legislation in the USA. The policy re-affirmation came with release ...
-
News
Airport gateway
SOUTH AFRICAN AIRPORT operator the Airports Company says that the country's premier gateway, Johannesburg International, is managing to cope with increased demand, despite its previous owner leaving it with the legacy of a master plan which lacked any supporting data and no coherent development policy. Since the ...
-
News
Domestic bliss?
South Africa's domestic aviation market is a potential gold mine waiting to be exploited. Chris Yates/MANCHESTER TO AN OUTSIDER, the recent bout of high-profile airline collapses in the South African aviation industry might appear indicative of a market still in a state of flux. This ...
-
News
US carriers hit by pilot shortages
SOME US AIRLINES, ARE experiencing pilot shortages as they attempt to add services, to meet traffic demand. Northwest Airlines says that it will reduce its monthly schedule by 150-200 flights for the rest of this year to cope with the shortage. Northwest operates about 45,000 flights a ...
-
News
Denim plans casual look for crew
DUTCH START-UP airline Denim Air plans to dress its cabin crew in jeans and denim shirts and jackets, introducing a casual look to the business of air travel on the route linking Eindhoven and London. The airline hopes that the marketing ploy, together with a quality one-class in-flight ...
-
News
Forbidden Factor
THE INTERNATIONAL AIR Transport Association's Pierre Jeanniot has dared to link, in public, the two subjects of safety and culture. The inference is that, beyond straight human error as a factor in some accidents, there may be culturally induced human error. He is right to raise the question, because the ...
-
News
Gapan scholarships
The UK Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators (GAPAN) invites applications for the following flying scholarships: The Breitling Guild Flying Scholarship, a new scholarship, provides a fully funded course of flying and ground training in accordance with the 40h UK Civil Aviation Authority-approved syllabus to qualify for ...
-
News
Hughes pushes satellite-navigation service
HUGHES Telecommunications and Space (HTS) is to continue to pursue development of civil satellite-based augmentation to the global-positioning system (GPS), despite a rebuff from Inmarsat with its decision not to invest in navigation payloads for its new-generation ICO global communications satellites. Although Inmarsat, has declared its lack ...
-
News
Russian roulette
Cash-starved Russia could be ousted from the Alpha International Space Station project. Tim Furniss/LONDON NASA ASTRONAUT SHANNON Lucid is now aboard the Russian space station Mir 1, having been delivered on the third Shuttle Mir Mission (SMM). Fellow astronaut Bill Shepherd, due to fly with two ...