Systems & interiors – Page 511
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Eurocontrol works on hybrid CDA
New form of continuous descent approach technique could help lower noise and emissions at congested airports
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The airline doctor: Dave Banmiller is a serial airline restructurer
Dave Banmiller, chief executive of Hawaiian carrier Aloha Airlines, is now on his third airline restructuring after what he hopes will be its last appearance in the US bankruptcy courts. So what does it take to revive a patient on the critical list?
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Blurring the model: Low cost airlines and regional carriers swap tactics
Low-cost chief executives have often said that there is no single low-cost business model, and the way the sector has developed seems to have proved them right
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Emissions trading only part of environmental solution: industry
Industry groups generally believe that emissions trading will go some way towards reducing the negative impact of aviation on the environment, but agree that it only offers part of the solution.
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Pictures: Final BA ethnic tail leaves Heathrow service as BMed Airbus A320 returned to lessor
The final British Airways ethnic design tailfin left the fleet on Monday, with the retirement of a 12-year old Airbus A320-200 operated by BA franchise partner BMed (formerly British Mediterranean).
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Eurocontrol to recommend continuous descent approach across Europe following trials
Eurocontrol is to focus on advanced continuous descent approach (CDA) techniques to be used in the busiest airport periods following promising early results following trials at three airports
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Risk profile
The Airline Risk Management Survey, a new piece of research commissioned by Airline Business and leading airline insurance broker Aon, is the first detailed study into airline risk management issues
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Unfinished business
This year’s Airline Distribution conference showed that the transformation in how carriers sell and distribute their tickets still has a long way to go
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Dream or reality?
The concept of medium/long-haul low-cost travel may still be ahead of its time, but a number of Asian carriers are willing to give it a try
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Bigger is better
Regional jet manufacturers Bombardier and Embraer agree that the 50-seater era is over, but differ in their approach to meeting carrier requirements for larger aircraft
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Bottled up
The much-touted alternatives to Global Distribution Systems promised to uncork savings from the complex world of selling and distributing airline tickets. Have these hopes vanished into thin air or is the industry seeking other routes to new efficiencies?
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Brussels moves into charges debate
The European Commission (EC) held a two-day summit on airport policy in April, as it considers a Europe-wide framework on airport charges.
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Star closes on first Chinese members
As South African Airways (SAA) and Swiss were formally welcomed into Star, the alliance says it is poised to announce its first recruits in China.
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Northwest teams sell labour contract
Northwest pilot union leaders along with their consultants, actuaries and lawyers staged a “road show”, visiting pilot bases to explain their tentative agreement before members vote on it.