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Switched on to new in flight entertainment
Ian Verchere Sextant In-Flight Systems - a new joint-venture between French avionics giant Sextant (51%) and the US cabin interior products firm B/E Aerospace (49%) - expects to fit the entire fleet of United Airlines with its d-Series inflight entertainment (IFE) system by the end of next year, according ...
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Sunspot activity threatens havoc for HF radio links
Forget the millennium, chuck out your GPS units and satellite phones and find your map and compass - the sunspots are coming! Researchers are forecasting the sun's solar cycle may peak during January to April next year. The sun is expected to heave with solar flares and coronal ...
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Bright future
The market for aircraft of 400 seats and more over the next 20 years is likely to be about 1,040 units, according to a new report - the market for large civil transports (400 seats plus), 1999-2018 - by civil aviation consultants Keenan Silva Ltd (UK). "Depending on Boeing's ...
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Europeans moot rival to Tomahawk cruise missile
Tim Ripley European missile manufacturer Matra BAe Dynamics is looking at launching a rival to the US Tomahawk land attack cruise missile. The company revealed at the show yesterday that it has received French government funding to look at modifying the Apache/Storm Shadow/Scalp-EG family of precision guided weapons ...
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Satair showcases main suppliers
Satair has expanded its presence at Paris this year, taking four times more space than in '97. The company's stand, shaped like an aircraft wing, features product displays from six of the company's main suppliers, giving visitors the chance to have direct contact with the manufacturers. Products on show ...
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BAe rolls out welcome mouse mat
British Aerospace is throwing out an open invitation to visitors pouring through Hall 2 to try out its cyber café - surf the BAe web site before sipping a complimentary soft drink. But there's more to the futuristic feature than surfing and slurping, as Robert Gardner explains: "We want ...
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BA to slash long-haul 767 economy seats
Under its new strategy of focusing on high-yield traffic, British Airways is to reconfigure its long-haul Boeing 767 fleet by removing nearly 50 economy class seats to introduce first class and expand business seating. The carrier has also called a halt to its "Utopia" livery scheme. BA has seven ...
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Autonomous operator
The fuel system is among Typhoon's technological innovationsEurofighter says it "pushed technology on several fronts" to package the required capability in an aircraft as small as the Typhoon. The task was made more challenging by customer demands that the Eurofighter be capable of autonomous operation and require minimum support in ...
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SITA commits to new datalink
Emma Kelly/GENEVA Airline telecommunication giant SITA has committed itself to the next generation of aeronautical datalink services - VHF datalink mode 2 (VDL-2) - by awarding a $23 million contract to Harris for a global network of VHF ground stations (VGS). The VDL-2 aircraft-to-ground datalink protocol will provide a ...
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Eurocontrol legal power looms
Julian Moxon/PARIS Eurocontrol wants to introduce a tougher enforcement mechanism for new air traffic management (ATM) procedures and suggests using the European Union (EU) legislative system to give it the power it needs. The move results partly from confusion among member states over the introduction last year of ...
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Two airlines target Las Vegas for new services
Two US airlines have launched new scheduled services, with an "underserved" Las Vegas, Nevada, market set firmly in their sights. Start-up National Airlines began flights from its Las Vegas hub to Los Angeles and Chicago Midway on 27 May. Five days later, charter carrier Sun Country Airlines ventured into ...
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AlliedSignal-Honeywell deal tops supplier merger trend
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Emma Kelly/LONDON The agreement by AlliedSignal and Honeywell to merge after a long on-off affair is testament to the growing urgency to consolidate the supplier industry following massive mergers among US aerospace and defence prime contractors. The move is also in line with a trend ...
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CSA checks out its options on alliances
Andrew Doyle/PRAGUE CSA Czech Airlines is bucking the east European trend and holding back from joining a major alliance, preferring to develop codeshares to evaluate potential partners. While other flag carriers in the region - Hungary's Malév, LOT Polish Airlines, Tarom of Romania and Balkan Bulgarian - are in advanced ...
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Crossair starts ERJ-170/190 family rolling
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Embraer has launched its new family of 70/108-seat regional jets with a commitment from Crossair for up to 160 aircraft. The deal, involving about 60 firm orders, covers 70-seat ERJ-170s and 108-seat ERJ-190-200s for delivery from late 2002. The Swiss regional carrier has orders and options ...
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The living legend that is the Boeing 747
Some things don't change - a rain-dampened Le Bourget apron, the packed crowds that mark the Salon's public days and a major presence from Boeing. Crowds gather round the Boeing 747-100 at the 1969 Paris show for a look at the machine that changed the shape of air ...
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The 747 factfile
The statistics surrounding the 747 go on forever. Here are a few to mull over: * The world's 747 fleet has flown roughly 32 billion km (2.03 billion nm) - equal to flying to the moon and back 42,000 times. * That same fleet has flown 2.2 billion ...
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Surfing to buy
Buy your aircraft on-line - that's the deal being offered by Gulfstream, allowing potential customers to preview pre-owned aircraft from the comfort of their own homes. By accessing the web site www.gulfstreampreowned.com visitors will be able to obtain photographs, aircraft specifications, features and maintenance history. The site will ...
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Meggitt starts show with multi-million bid
Meggitt laid out its stall on the eve of the show with a $380million bid for the Whittaker Group. UK-based Meggitt has followed a strategic acquisition policy to exploit niche markets in the aerospace industry. Whittaker's aircraft fire and smoke detection systems will make a good fit with its ...
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Raytheon team celebrates astor contract success
Tim Ripley Yesterday's success for the Raytheon airborne stand-off radar (ASTOR) bid will provide a major boost for its 18 partners as they push to get the revolutionary system into operation over the next six years. At the centre of the programme is Raytheon System (RSL), the UK ...
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Augmented GPS signal offers greater accuracy
Don Ormand, Raytheon's director of operations, is at Paris to enthuse about the company's wide area augmentation system (WAAS). This is the North America-wide project to "augment" GPS signals, making them more accurate, reliable and suitable for precision navigation and approaches. "The hardware was installed last summer, ...