All Systems & interiors articles – Page 917
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Tunnel vision?
Are Europe's airlines underestimating the impact of high-speed rail services? Andrew Chuter/LONDON If the old maxim that the customer is always right still has meaning, then the airlines that ply the world's busiest air route between London and Paris have a fight on their hands. ...
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Magellan
Magellan Systems and its European distributor Next Destination will exhibit a range of global-positioning-system (GPS) equipment for the general-aviation market. Products on display will include Magellan Skyblazer, a hand-held unit with database, moving-map display and track situation indicator; the recently launched Skyblazer LT, identical to the Skyblazer, but without a ...
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Bite of the underdog
Airbus Industrie, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas will be competing in some vital sales contests in the near future Kieran Daly/LONDON The next few months will see the outcomes of some of the most significant aircraft sales contests in the history of the aviation business. Purchase decisions to ...
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Jobs: unacceptable behaviour
Sir - An interesting juxtaposition of opinion emerges between Gordon Bretag's views (Flight International, Letters, 10-16 May, P89) and the comments of Emirates' Capt. Graham Jenkins in the article "Next-century strategy" (Flight International, 17-23 May, P34). Mr Bretag typifies the attitude of many in his position, where applications ...
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FAA approves Horizon HGS
HORIZON AIR, the Alaska Air Group regional operator, has received US Federal Aviation Administration approval to operate its fleet of de Havilland Dash 8s to Category IIIa minima, using a Flight Dynamics head-up guidance system (HGS). The clearance enables Horizon to land the Dash 8 in visibility conditions ...
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Alitalia breaks new ground in entertainment
ALITALIA HAS selected a new entrant to supply in-flight-entertainment systems for its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11s. The Italian flag carrier is the launch customer for an on-demand video system developed by Las Vegas, Nevada-based Interactive Flight Technologies (IFT). A single MD-11 will be equipped with IFT's In-Flight ...
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Sikorsky combines with MHI to launch S-92 launch
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SIKORSKY IS TO join with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) of Japan to launch the long awaited S-92 medium-lift helicopter. A formal announcement is expected at the Paris air show. The S-92 is based on the smaller Sikorsky S-70. It will feature a redesigned ...
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Boeing 777-300 launch at Paris
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS TO launch the stretched 777-300 at the Paris air show later this month on the back of firm orders for around 30 aircraft from Asian and Middle Eastern airlines. Launch customers are expected to include All Nippon Airways ...
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Interactive Flight Technologies 3
Interactive Flight Technologies is exhibiting at Paris for the first time, displaying the video-on-demand in-flight entertainment network (IFEN) which Alitalia has selected for its McDonnell Douglas MD-11s. The system will allow passengers to select from up to 30 films, stored digitally and downloaded to each seat, all of which can ...
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GEC-Marconi 2 H15
GEC-Marconi Avionics will announce the first application of its active noise-control (ANC) system for aircraft at the Paris air show. Unlike existing cabin noise-cancellation systems, which are synchronised with engine rotation to reduce the processing power required, the GEC system uses a technique known as fixed-frame sampling. All the major ...
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ICORE5 A15
ICORE International is showing a selection of its specialist electrical interconnect systems and hose products designed for the aerospace industry. On display for the first time in Paris will be Optilock, a new connection system designed to eliminate "lock wiring" and prevent thread decoupling under extreme vibration. Source: ...
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Fly America in the ointment
The failure of US and UK aeropolitical negotiators to reach agreement on a proposed 'mini deal' in mid-April was just another chapter in years of fractious negotiations between the two countries. But the tripping point was so small that even veteran negotiators turned away in disgust at their inability to ...
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Qantas/BA green light
British Airways and Qantas are set to win approval from Australia's Trade Practices Commission (TPC) for their controversial revenue pooling and price arranging plans for the loss-making Kangaroo Route, though with some tough conditions attached. Approval will be strictly limited to cooperation on flights between Australia and Europe ...
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A question of give and take
Many airlines have become more demanding of marketing alliances and are now prepared to abandon bad agreements or switch partners to get the right benefits.To the untrained eye the level of alliance activity over the past year could seem rather subdued compared to the frenetic activity of previous years. Some ...
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Suppliers in demand
What enlarged role could suppliers and manufacturers play as airlines look to outsourcing as a cost control mechanism? Kevin P Michaels and William D Angeloni of the Canaan Group explore the possibilities.Airline suppliers have already endured a tumultuous decade - order boom followed by order bust, complicated by the constant ...
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China cramps Taipei links
Taiwan is struggling to retain or expand regional air links in the face of Beijing's campaign to isolate the island state and force it into direct ties with mainland China. The commercial agreement that serves as a bilateral between Taiwan and Hong Kong was extended for an interim ...
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Swissair set to buy way in
Swissair is not often accused of acting in haste. But the manner in which it is has approached buying a 49.5 per cent stake in Sabena smacks of desperation, brought on by its exclusion from the single European aviation market. European Commission approval for the deal appears little ...
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JAL: cancel US bilateral
Japan Airlines has fired the opening shot in expected Japan-US aviation talks by calling for cancellation of the existing bilateral so that both sides can start with a clean slate. With talks imminent, JAL is signalling its determination to urge a harder line that is consistent with Tokyo's growing resistance ...
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Bells ring in the changes
Time will tell whether the three recently announced major alliances are merely marriages of convenience or opportunities for long-term harmony and success. The wedding bells are ringing again. If successful, this month's three major new airline alliances will all change the balance of power in their respective markets. But ...
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Precise positioning
Boeing plans to evaluate GPS-based landing systems in parallel with the FAA. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Boeing is leading an industry programme to validate use of the global-positioning system (GPS) for Category III automatic landings. While the US Federal Aviation Administration intends to demonstrate Cat III GPS, Boeing's ...