Systems & interiors – Page 438
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Airlines consider contingencies after 787 delivery slip
Airlines impacted by Boeing's decision to delay initial 787 deliveries by six months are assessing contingency plans to address the slip. About 15...
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Mitsubishi formally offers new MRJ regional jet to airlines
Having signed up Pratt & Whitney to supply its geared turbofan (GTF), Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to establish a new company to develop, manufacture...
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Fire and smoke checklists set to change
Radical changes to emergency routines for pilots confronted with smoke, fire and fumes incidents are being jointly worked out by Airbus and Boeing, but experts...
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Ultra effort behind Airbus A380's service entry
With the A380 poised to make its service debut, we ask the key stakeholders - Airbus, Singapore Airlines, Rolls-Royce and Panasonic Avionics - about their preparations for this high-profile inaugural
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Keeping up the Airbus A380 entertainment
When the first Airbus A380 enters service with Singapore Airlines on 25 October, one of the most extensive testing programmes for an in-flight entertainment...
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SIA is ready at last to start flying the A380
The delays afflicting the A380 programme have given Singapore Airlines extra time to prepare for the ultra-large airliner's introduction. Has the carrier put the time to good use?
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Regionals face competition from low-cost airlines
With the line between Europe's regional and low-cost carriers blurring, does the distinction still matter?
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Opinion
Comment: learning the hard way
Have Airbus and Boeing found themselves promising more than they can deliver In their haste to bring the A380 and 787 to market? And what should the botched execution tell them?
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Eurocopter to deliver firefighting-configured EC225 helicopter
Eurocopter plans to deliver the first firefighting-configured EC225 helicopter next year. The move follows a 10-week...
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SAS tests runway incursion service at Arland
A Scandinavian Airlines Boeing 737 has completed the first live test of an anti-runway incursion service in a trial at Stockholm Arlanda airport. The...
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NewsPICTURES: SIA drops plans for logos on A380's engine nacelles
Singapore Airlines has made a late decision to drop the logos from the engine nacelles of its Airbus...
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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo plans held up by testing accident
Work on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is in a hiatus while the investigation into July's fatal Scaled Composites accident continues. A California...
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Day dawns for air taxi operator DayJet
The day for DayJet is here at last. The "per-seat, on-demand" operator held its grand opening on 2 October in Florida...
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PICTURE: Airbus says there is a market for the A380 freighter conversion
Airbus is reacting to concerns that appraisers are setting A380 residual values too low by re-emphasising the ultra-large airliner's long-term viability...
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Airbus begins deliveries of first elements of performance improvement package for A320 family
Airbus is about to begin delivering the next instalment of a major performance improvement package for the A320...