Systems & interiors – Page 802

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    British Midland to outline fleet expansion for long haul services

    1998-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Midland (BM) will this week outline plans to acquire a fleet of long-haul aircraft, as well as new deals for additional short-haul aircraft. In February, the UK airline unveiled plans for transatlantic services from London Heathrow in anticipation of a UK/US "open skies" accord, and ...

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    Japan Air Lines ramps up efficiency plan

    1998-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Japan Air Lines plans to accelerate efficiency improvements across the airline including a reduction of up to 10 aircraft in its fleet acquisition planning. Measures in the new"strategic business plan" include: achievement of a 10% cost reduction is to be brought forward from March ...

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    Army offered combat 427 variant

    1998-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Samsung Aerospace is studying development of a new multirole combat version of the SB427 commercial helicopter to offer to the South Korean army to replace its Boeing MD500s. The proposed SB427M derivative of the co-developed Samsung/ Bell twin-engine helicopter is being aimed at the army's future Korean Multi-purpose Helicopter ...

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    American Utilicraft Freight Feeder makes progress

    1998-11-04T00:00:00Z

    American Utilicraft has selected several subcontractors for its FF-1080-200 Freight Feeder, a twin-turboprop cargo aircraft which is being designed specifically for overnight package carriers. The UK's Meggitt Avionics will supply the flat panel flight and engine displays, and fuel quantity gauging and engine fire detection systems. Securaplane of Tucson, ...

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    Air Canada rings up the costs of strike

    1998-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Its pilot strike may push Air Canada temporarily into the red, but analysts differ over how much that will hurt the carrier's long-term strength. Air Canada's two-year settlement involved a 4% pay raise this year retroactive to April, a 5% raise next year plus stock options, pension enhancements and ...

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    SAA gets competitive

    1998-11-01T00:00:00Z

    South African Airways (SAA), now under its new chief executive Coleman Andrews, has laid out plans to give British Airways much stronger competition on the lucrative London routes and may be seeking closer ties with Virgin Atlantic to help achieve its goal. SAA recently poached Virgin's general manager for ...

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    Current outlook

    1998-11-01T00:00:00Z

    There are still some glimmers despite the gloom, it seems. Although there is little doubt that the world is poised for downturn, the latest projections coming out for the airline industry, if not exactly buoyant, are at least cautiously optimistic. The new passenger forecasts from the International Air Transport ...

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    Why slots maynot be enough

    1998-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Airline competition authorities may be looking in the wrong direction with demands for slot surrender to tame the global alliances. As the champions of competition continue to do battle over transatlantic airline alliances, it may be worth taking time out to reflect on exactly what they hope to achieve and ...

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    Air France faces domestic challenge

    1998-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The going promises to get tough for Air France as European competitors take up positions in its home market, snapping up some key French regional carriers. In the latest deal, Swissair has stepped in to acquire a 44% stake in Air Littoral. The partnership now gives Swissair a ...

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    Yields making cargo pay

    1998-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Few airlines still need to be convinced about the worth of yield management systems in the passenger business. Now some of the major combination carriers are beginning to turn their attention to the aircraft belly, asking whether revenue management techniques cannot now be applied to raise freight yields. The ...

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    POLAR steering a new course

    1998-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Good navigators, whether in cockpits or corner offices, sense when it is time to change course. The navigators for Long Beach-based Polar Air Cargo think that the time is now. But knowing when to change is only part of their challenge; they also must know what to change and what ...

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    Identity crisis

    1998-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Europe's regional airline executives could be excused for feeling pleased with themselves as they gathered in Hanover for the annual meeting of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA). The industry is again heading for double digit growth this year, expanding at around twice the speed of the majors. Load ...

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    ON-LINE A new web challenger

    1998-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Ticket auctions on the Internet may not be new, but the latest web offering is stirring up more than a little controversy within the US airline industry. The problem centres not so much on what is being offered - basically an Internet service that allows the public to bid for ...

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    Gaining an edge

    1998-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Managers may dream of introducing the ground-breaking innovation that reshapes the industry. Or of the revolution that launches their airline to new heights of sustained performance. But in today's real world of increasingly competitive marketplace, victories tend to be smaller, more fleeting and harder to win. Welcome to the age ...

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    Virgin stirs US cabotage debate

    1998-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Virgin Atlantic Airways chairman Richard Branson has touched a nerve in the USA by calling for seventh freedom rights so that he can start a low-fares, low-cost, airline. His calls for cabotage came in the same month that a senior US Department of Transportation (DoT) official questioned whether current aviation ...

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    African safety improves in 1998, despite growth

    1998-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Lois Jones/DAKAR Air accidents in Africa are reducing, says ASECNA, the air navigation agency for Francophone Africa. The number of reported accidents stand at 14 in 1998, compared with last year's tally of 30. Reported near misses stand at 17 this year, compared to 26 in 1997, says ...

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    IATA warns of longer European air traffic control delays

    1998-10-28T00:00:00Z

    The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says that it is concerned at the rise in air traffic control (ATC) delays in Europe. Statistics just released reveal that, over the 1998 summer period, 22% of all flights were delayed by an average of 24min, with total ATC delays 39%higher than ...

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    Asian woes force Cathay to withdraw 747 Classic fleet

    1998-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways is to begin phasing out of service all six of its Boeing 747-300s within 12 months and is close to finalising a deal to dispose of a further two 747-200s, as the Hong Kong carrier continues to cut capacity in the face of a ...

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    Kendell picks Canadair Regional Jet to take over Ansett routes

    1998-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Australian regional airline Kendell has selected the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) over Embraer's RJ-145 and placed an order for up to 24 aircraft. Meanwhile, Adelaide-based National Jet Systems (NJS) is about to introduce the first of up to four ERJ-145s. The Ansett-owned regional has placed firm orders ...

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    US Army plans UH-60Q Dustoff

    1998-10-28T00:00:00Z

    The US Army has successfully completed operational testing of the Sikorsky Aircraft UH-60Q medical evacuation (medevac) helicopter and will modify 357 in-service UH-60As to the new standard from 2002. Sikorsky reconfigured four UH-60A Black Hawk utility helicopters to the UH-60Q "Dustoff" standard for integration of new mission equipment, including ...