Systems & interiors – Page 885

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    Clipper flight ends in disaster

    1996-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE FUTURE OF THE NASA/McDonnell Douglas (MDC) experimental vertical-take-off-and-landing rocket programme is in doubt after the crash-landing of the Clipper Graham vehicle at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, on 31 July. The investigation will focus on the actuation system for the ...

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    USAir goes to court to break up BA plans

    1996-08-07T00:00:00Z

    USAir goes to court to break up BA plans Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC USAIR HAS finally declared its position on the pending alliance between British Airways and American Airlines in dramatic fashion, by filing a lawsuit against its UK partner for breach of contract. ...

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    Macau has recorded 400,000

    1996-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Sir - I refer to the article about Macau International Airport, "Slow start" (Flight International, 5-11 June, P26). Macau InternationalAirport was officially opened on 8 December, 1995, and one could not expect to see a lot of aircraft on the runway - especially when a ceremony for about ...

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    Malaysia seeks EGPWS change

    1996-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Brent Hannon/HONG KONG MALAYSIA AIRLINES is seeking to be launch customer for AlliedSignal Aerospace's new enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS) on the Boeing 777. There may not be time, however, to incorporate the system into aircraft in production. Malaysia has requested a change to its 777 ...

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    Turnaround in Mexico

    1996-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Mexicana is 75 years old this year Geoffrey Jones/MEXICO CITY MEXICANA, THE OLDEST airline in North America, celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. Under the new leadership of chief executive Fernando Flores, Mexicana has an optimistic vision for the future as it consolidates its market strengths, both ...

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    Bow to no man

    1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Pieter Bouw, the president of KLM, will need all his knowledge of the industry to rise above the crisis in the relationship with Northwest Airlines, growing competition from other hubs and US-European alliances, and insufficient market share in Europe. Interview by Jackie Gallacher. Airline Business: KLM's operating result declined ...

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    Rivals in a state

    1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

    What should airlines do when their competitors benefit from state aid? Gerrit Schohe argues that the current system for approving state aids requires an overhaul, but suggests that Commission decisions can be challenged successfully. One of the biggest controversies in the European aviation industry arose when the European Commission ...

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    Slow to plug in

    1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

    It's not surprising that Asia Pacific's electronic distribution push is being spearheaded by Japan, a country renowned for its leadership in the business of high technology. The nation's airlines have already made ticketless travel and self-service check-in and ticketing part and parcel of flying the country's domestic skies. All Nippon ...

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    Smart cards to chip in

    1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

    European carriers tend to wait for the thumbs-up from their US counterparts before pursuing any new trend. Yet the advanced stages of development of some of the carriers' electronic distribution products in Europe underscores their confidence in the huge potential this area has for transforming the business. The 'me-tooism' of ...

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    Airline news

    1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Unijet Group is to take over full ownership of Leisure International Airways by the end of April 1997, increasing its shareholding from the current 40 per cent. Continental Airlines introduced a daily route from New York/Newark to Quito via Bogota, a weekly flight to Düsseldorf, and second daily ...

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    Wired for a new era

    1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Last April, Dr Julius Maldutis, the airline analyst for Salomon Brothers who's never at a loss for superlatives, labelled electronic distribution the US airline industry's 'third revolution,' behind deregulation and the introduction of the jet. If an industry-wide on-line auction system for unsold seats existed, it would have added $5.7 ...

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    Canada's hair of the dog?

    1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Canada's federal cabinet has overruled a National Transportation Agency decision and allowed coach operator Greyhound to launch a low-cost, no-frills airline that became Canada's fourth scheduled trans-continental carrier in early July. The NTA had previously blocked Greyhound's plans by ruling that the company could not obtain its own ...

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    Contrary Mary in eye of the storm

    1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Mary Schiavo, the erstwhile US Department of Transportation investigator general who has become nationally known for her high-profile criticism of the Federal Aviation Administration since the 11 May crash of ValuJet 592, has been good for the US airline industry. Such a statement could be considered heretical, especially amongst ...

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    'Old alliance' stands firm

    1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

    With new major alliance competition threatening, Northwest Airlines and KLM are moving towards reconciliation after a prolonged period of board-level friction that threatened the viability of the seven-year-old partnership. However, before implementing new steps such as cargo integration, both sides are waiting for the resolution of KLM's opposition to a ...

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    Dashing looks

    1996-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Modified Dash 8s are to be used in Australia for maritime-patrol missions. Flight International test-flew one of them. Harry Hopkins/OSLO COASTAL PATROL IS increasingly vital to countries with extensive shorelines, whether they be interested in smuggling, illegal immigration, unapproved fishing or sea pollution. Well over a dozen ...

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    Sikorsky selects medical-interior supplier

    1996-07-31T00:00:00Z

    SIKORSKY HAS chosen Air Methods to supply aeromedical interiors for more than 90 UH-60Q medical-evacuation helicopters planned for the US Army and National Guard. Air Methods supplied the interior for a proof-of-concept UH-60Q completed in 1993, but had to bid competitively for production. The Denver, Colorado-based company ...

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    Aaxico Industries flushes out BA's DC-10 blue-ice blues

    1996-07-31T00:00:00Z

    BRITISH AIRWAYS hopes to slash the cost of implementing US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directives (ADs) concerning the formation of "blue ice" on aircraft, with the introduction of a testing device developed by Aaxico Industries of the UK. The FAA ADs, which initially apply to the McDonnell ...

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    The Top Fifty Airlines

    1996-07-31T00:00:00Z

    The world airline industry made record profits in 1995, but will the boom last? The signs are mixed from this year's ranking of the world's top 50passenger-airline groups. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IT HAS TAKEN a long time to arrive, but recovery in the world airline industry appears to ...

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    Aviastar builds the first 'Westernised' An-124

    1996-07-31T00:00:00Z

    AVIASTAR IS nearing completion of the first "Westernised" Antonov An-124 at its Ulyanovsk factory, although the Russian manufacturer's claims that the aircraft is being fitted with General Electric CF6-80 engines are being disputed by GE and Antonov. "The aircraft, line number 08-03 and designated An-124-130, will be ...

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    Boeing 747-X flies by wire

    1996-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING HAS AGREED to airline demands to offer a full fly-by-wire (FBW) flight-control system and other advanced-technology features on its new 747-500X and -600X. The US manufacturer has also told its airline working group that, despite the move to FBW and other ...