Systems & interiors – Page 286
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Interview
Working week: at the Aerotoxic Association
John Hoyte lost his medical category as a BAE Systems 146 captain in 1989, a victim of aerotoxic syndrome, which left him seriously neurologically damaged. He founded the Aerotoxic Association in June 2007 and set up a website at www.aerotoxic.org
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News
Impact on US airports will be mixed in a Continental-United merger
A merger between Continental and United Airlines may have little impact on their respective hubs; but smaller spoke airports could feel the impact through...
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Boeing to assemble 787 interior components in Charleston, South Carolina
Boeing has selected South Carolina for fabrication and assembly of interior parts for the 787.
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Opinion
Comment: If aviation wants to run a 'just culture' reporting system, it may have to change tack
Aviation may have to change tack if it wants to achieve a 'just' safety reporting culture that the judiciary can live with.
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News
Virgin Blue and ANZ to create trans-Tasman alliance
Australia's Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand (ANZ) plan to launch a trans-Tasman alliance, and will apply for regulatory approval today.
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Canada SMEs react to CSeries wake-up call
Bombardier's CSeries has cast a harsh light on local suppliers' competitiveness
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In-flight revenues: inside the garden wall
In-flight connectivity service providers look for a rosy patch beyond the pay-for-service model In-flight connectivity service providers look for a rosy patch beyond the pay-for-service model
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PICTURE: Airbus builds 'physical mock-up' of XWB fuselage to avoid A380 mistakes
The decision to build a mock-up was "a lesson learned" from the A380
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News
Skinny genes: shrinking the weight of economy class seats?
Interiors specialists and in-flight entertainment manufacturers have set their sights on integrated seat designs now that the latest generation of economy-class seats have slimmed down
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News
Eclipse 500 on track for European air taxi nod
Valencia-based air taxi operator JetReady and Eclipse Aerospace have completed the first European Aviation Safety Agency certification for the Eclipse 500...
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OnAir in talks with Aeroflot, MegaFon over connectivity plan
OnAir says it is in talks with Aeroflot and Moscow-based mobile network operator MegaFon to provide key technology for the carrier's planned in-flight connectivity...
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Seat makers benefit from Koito debacle
Major aircraft seat manufacturers are absorbing the seat programmes that cannot be supported by embattled Japanese firm Koito Industries, which recently...
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Airbus makes headway on A350 catalogue
Airbus's catalogue for the A350 XWB is taking shape, with the airframer having completed the selection on the majority of suppliers for its initial book.
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Lufthansa to operate first A380 flights to Tokyo and Beijing
Lufthansa plans to operate its first Airbus A380 flights to Tokyo Narita and Beijing. The Star Alliance carrier, which will take delivery of its first...
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US Airways plans formal Gogo launch in June
Even as roughly 75% of the 51 Airbus A321s in the US Airways fleet now feature the Aircell Gogo Wi-fi offering, the carrier is opting to commence its full...
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Airbus to flight-test XWB carbonfibre skin panel on A340 this year
Airbus will fly a carbonfibre fuselage panel on its A340-300 testbed this year as part of its investigation of acoustic transmission within the A350 XWB's composite cabin.
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India's DGCA analyses recorders from Emirates turbulence incident
Indian civil aviation authorities are analysing the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from the Emirates Boeing 777-200ER that was involved in a severe turbulence incident
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Airbus focuses on family commonality as it begins A350-800 detailed design
Airbus is about to begin the detailed design effort of the next XWB iteration, the A350-800 shrink, in parallel with its efforts to begin the industrial...
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India's DGCA analyses recorders from Emirates turbulence incident
Indian civil aviation authorities are analysing the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the Emirates aircraft involved in a...
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News
Cobham Aviation launches Avro RJ100 shuttle
Cobham Aviation Services Australia launched in late April fly-in/fly-out services between Perth, Karratha and Barrow Island in Western Australia using a modified Avro RJ100, the first time the type has been used in the Australian fly-in/fly-out sector. ...