Systems & interiors – Page 756
-
News
SIA Overrun
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has replaced the nose landing gear of one of its Airbus A310-300s after a runway overrun at Kuching International Airport in Malaysia on 29 January. The aircraft landed in heavy rain, coming to a stop on soft ground about 20m (65ft) past the end of the runway. ...
-
News
US-UK mini deal threatens to sideline cargo
PETER CONWAY LONDON The latest in the seemingly unending round of open skies talks between the USA and UK in Washington on 4-5 January failed to produce the widely predicted "mini deal" over access to London Heathrow. But most observers still expect some kind of interim compromise to emerge when ...
-
News
Lending a hand
JACK SELLSBY LONDON Fuelled by intense competition, financing from Airbus and Boeing, backed by the export credit agencies, is running at record levels. Europe and the USA have been squabbling for years over the support given to their rival civil aerospace champions Airbus and Boeing. With the manufacturers now neck-and-neck ...
-
News
Cargo on-line
PETER CONWAY LONDON A new system aims to bring air cargo into the Internet age. But is the model right for the market? For the past year, former McKinsey consultant Todd Morgan, together with his colleague Doug Ash, ex-managing director of global freight forwarder MSAS, have been touring airline and ...
-
News
Australian challengers faced with airport constraints
Severe airport capacity constraints are a major obstacle to plans by Virgin Australia, Impulse Airlines and Spirit Airlines to take on Australia's established carriers. Their problems date back to 1988, when Australia still operated its tightly-regulated Two Airline Policy. At that time Canberra granted Ansett and Australian Airlines (later ...
-
News
Canadian hopefuls flex their muscles
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE Two start-ups and two incumbents are moving to fill the vacuum expected to result from Air Canada's takeover and makeover of Canadian Airlines. While none aspire to become a new Air Canada or Canadian, they foresee profitable low-cost, low-fares niches. Regional Airlines Holdings, led by ...
-
News
KLM uk sets off for low-cost growth
COLIN BAKER LONDON KLM uk has joined the low-fare club as its new buzz brand took to the air in January. It backs predictions that low-cost traffic will triple in the next four years. Floris van Pallandt, KLM uk's chief executive, dismisses suggestions that the London Stansted-based carrier has been ...
-
News
In the right direction
The virtuous trend towards capacity constraint with which the industry ended last year appear to be holding steady. Kevin O'Toole and Chris Tarry of Commerzbank look for early signs. A couple of months into the new decade and it seems that the industry's resolve is holding. Towards the end ...
-
News
In Brief - Europe
Aer Lingus to be floated The Irish Government has opted to go ahead with an initial public offering for Aer Lingus, rather than offer the oneworld partners a strategic stake in the airline. The flotation is expected late this year or early 2001. The carrier says the exact timing, ...
-
News
British Airways moves towards Internet network
British Airways has begun a major move towards use of the Internet Protocol (IP), signing a five-year $250 million contract for SITA to provide it with an IP-based global network infrastructure. The development will allow BA to add new systems on the IP network rather than on existing ...
-
News
In Brief - Americas
Hawaii gains bilateral rights Washington is inviting foreign airlines to serve Hawaii outside existing bilaterals. Airlines from any country except the UK may now fly to Honolulu and Kona, and from there to the US mainland. Washington hopes these new rights will help boost Hawaii's economy. United e-commerce ...
-
News
Finding a new deal
Airline Business looks at the state of finance markets as carriers continue to find innovative ways to keep aircraft liabilities off the balance sheet. A new survey also covers the world's major operating lease companies, including a ranking of the Top 40 groups by fleet value. JACK SELLSBY ...
-
News
Maintaining the margin
In the maintenance industry, the big are getting bigger Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC North America's maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry enters the new millennium in a healthy condition, having changed shape substantially in the closing years of the 20th century. In South America, recovering economies and increasing liberalisation of ...
-
News
key to listings
Licensed engineers numbers of licensed airframe/ engine/avionics engineers. Specialisation maintenance specialisations - airframes or engines. Approvals approval from major airworthiness authorities to conduct overhaul, repair, maintenance or modification work is indicated by the abbreviations: CAA UK Civil Aviation Authority; CAAC Civil Aviation Administration of China; FAA US Federal Aviation ...
-
News
TES programme resumes but BA says more work is needed
Emma Kelly/LONDON British Airways is resuming installations of Rockwell Collins Passenger Systems' Total Entertainment System (TES) on its widebody fleet after a temporary halt in the programme following initially disappointing seat availability figures. The airline claims improved performance of the TES, which is installed on 24 Boeing 747s and 777s, ...
-
News
Airshow upgrade
United Airlines was due to start installing upgraded Airshow units on its wide-body fleet late last month. The moving-map display system was switched off for several months last year after irregular operation, believed to be heat related. The problem was due to the CD drive running continuously. A solution involves ...
-
News
US Airways A330s get their P@ssports
Airbus Industrie has started to install Sony Trans Com's P@ssport interactive in-flight entertainment (IFE) system on the first of US Airways' A330-300s. Installation of the fully interactive IFE system on the A330 - the first aircraft to feature P@ssport throughout the cabin - follows the approval of the system's software ...
-
News
Rotor-burst danger triggers Premier I controls revamp
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Raytheon has redesigned the flight controls of the Premier I business jet to prevent an engine rotor burst severing the links to the elevator and rudder. The redesign will delay certification by three months, to the end of June, says Raytheon Aircraft president Art Wegner. "The aircraft ...
-
News
VulcanAir awaits delivery of first Zoche Aero diesel
VulcanAir was expected to take delivery of the first Zoche Aero diesel engine by the end of January for its VA300 utility aircraft. The VA300 is an upgraded Partenavia AP68TP-600 Viator, due for certification in 2002. The Viator twin-turboprop will initially be a testbed for the Zoche engine, with ...
-
News
Eutelsat orders fresh NewBird
Eutelsat has ordered a new communications satellite, provisionally called NewBird, from Alcatel Space. The craft will be equipped with 26 Ku-band transponders switchable to three areas of coverage - a wide beam over Europe, a beam covering North and South America, and a steerable beam. The satellite will be ...