Systems & interiors – Page 855
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Boeing multi-media
Boeing will take a 10% share in communications consortium Teledesic, with an investment of $100 million. It will lead the $9 billion venture as prime contractor, to design, build and launch an initial 288-satellite constellation in low-Earth orbit, providing global multi-media services, starting in 2002. The system will allow Internet ...
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CAE reveals C$100 million sales
CAE ELECTRONICS has revealed commercial flight-simulation orders exceeding C$100 million ($72 million), including its first sale to Airbus Industrie. The Canadian firm is predicting increased sales over the next two years, based on strong aircraft orders over the past year. The new orders include seven full-flight simulators, for ...
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TTS wins Korean Air and Thai simulator deals
THOMSON TRAINING & Simulation (TTS) is to build an Airbus A330-300 full-flight simulator for Korean Air. The South Korean carrier has also ordered a Boeing 747-400 simulator from CAE (see story). Thai Airways International, meanwhile, has awarded TTS a contract to upgrade its Airbus A300-600 full-flight simulator from ...
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Star Alliance triggers 'hypocrisy' charge from American Airlines
Lufthansa says that it is already in talks with further Asian potential partner carriers to extend its newly unveiled "Star Alliance" with partners Air Canada, SAS, Thai Airways International and United Airlines. Brazilian carrier Varig also joined in the signing ceremonies, held in Frankfurt on 14 May, agreeing ...
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Japanese juggling
The Japanese airline industry is facing its biggest shake-up in more than 40 years, as the result of domestic deregulation and growing international competition. In response, the country's two leading carriers, Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA), have unveiled new corporate five-year plans. A combination of ...
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AMR regional-jet competitors are running 'neck and neck'
AMR Eagle is due to make a final decision on its choice of regional jet by 23 May, after full evaluation of the two contenders, Bombardier's Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) and Embraer's EMB-145. The result is not expected to be made public until the Paris air show. With ...
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ANA president forced to resign
The president of All Nippon Airways (ANA), Seiji Fukatsu, has been forced to quit after a row with two non-executive members of the airline's board over the pace and style of his reforms. In a move which has surprised many in Japan's airline industry, Fukatsu tendered his resignation, ...
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Chinese 737 hull damaged before crash
The fuselage of the China Southern Airlines Boeing 737-300 which crashed at Shenzhen, China, on 8 May appears to have been severely damaged before the fatal landing. According to sources close to the investigation, the 737's nose landing gear suffered major damage from an initial heavy landing in ...
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Germany certificates Extra E400 tourer
The German civil-aviation authority has awarded type certification to the Extra Flugzeugbau E400 tourer. The certification meets FAR part 23 standards, but does not yet cover the all-composite six-seater's pressurised cabin, or operations under instrument flight rules (IFR)or in icing conditions. These points will be dealt with progressively, ...
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Boeing maps out strategy for near-term development plans
Boeing has confirmed that it is studying development of a further stretched version of the next-generation 737, but is giving more immediate priority to launching longer-range and higher-capacity versions of the 777-200/300 and possibly the 747-400. The company is looking at a higher-capacity 737 version, primarily for European ...
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TAP chooses Collins MMR for Airbuses
TAP-Air Portugal has selected the Collins GLU-920 multi-mode receiver (MMR)to equip its recently ordered fleet of 16 Airbus A319s and six A320s. The MMR is a single unit designed to ease precision approaches using the instrument-and microwave-landing-systems, and the global-positioning system. The 22 aircraft, deliveries of which start ...
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Future change
Terrazoni: "We think Airbus should be the vehicle for integration of the European civil-aircraft industry" Aerospatiale has expanded its presence in the regional-aircraft field considerably through the ATR 72 By far the largest component of France's civil-aircraft industry is built around the Airbus Industrie consortium, which ...
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Flying the Five
The large Honeywell primary flight displays show numerous perameters without clutter. The Gulfstream V wing is larger and holds more fuel than its predecessor on the GIV At a glance, the Gulfstream V looks much like its predecessor, the GIV, but closer investigation reveals it to ...
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Boeing hopes for 737 seating agreement
Boeing hopes that a final evaluation test planned for 20 May will resolve the long-running issue with the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) over exit-limit maximum seating for the next-generation 737-700 and -800. The US company originally configured the -800 with a maximum load of 189 seats, while ...
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India/China prepare to sign air agreement
India and China are set to sign a new air-services agreement (ASA), paving the way for the first direct flights by their national airlines between the two countries. The agreement is expected to be signed on 21 May during a visit to Chinese capital Beijing by an Indian ...
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Japan nears liberalisation
Japan's transport ministry is examining ways to liberalise regulated domestic air fares, following the recent decision to scrap restrictions on the number of carriers vying for a single route. A team of ministry advisers is looking at scrapping supply-and-demand adjustments to domestic air fares and replacing the system ...
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Trent 700 suffers another in-flight shutdown
Rolls-Royce has again suffered an in-flight shutdown of a Trent 700 turbofan engine fitted to an Airbus Industrie A330 twinjet - the third such occurrence in less than six months. In the latest incident, on 6 May, the No 2 engine on a Cathay Pacific Airways A330 ran ...
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Malev boosts share sale
The Hungarian Government is to sell off another 39%of Malev as the privatisation of the flag carrier goes into its second phase. Alitalia, which acquired 30%of Malev in the initial privatisation four years ago, may also have to sell its stake. The sale to Alitalia, and of another ...
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GE maintenance business challenged by P&W moves
Pratt & Whitney is seeking to combat General Electric Aircraft Engines' growing dominance of the powerplant maintenance market with the launch of its own scheme to secure a major slice of the business. The US engine maker is offering airlines a "thrust-manager" deal covering the entire life of ...
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Breath of fresh AI(R)
When Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) was formed in January 1996 from the regional-aircraft businesses of Aerospatiale of France, Alenia of Italy and British Aerospace, its declared policy was to manufacture and market a family of complementary regional aircraft. That family now includes the Jetstream 41 turboprop (with 29-30 seats), the ...