Systems & interiors – Page 899
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Downwind turns: more to do with pilot perception
Sir - In reply to the letter "The dangers of down-wind turns" (Flight International, 13-19 December, 1995), I believe that Mr Maskens is barking up the wrong tree. The dangers of low-level turns have nothing to do with "the sum of potential and kinetic energy", but everything to do with ...
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Air transport
Andrew Doyle/TECHNICAL REPORTER Kevin O'Toole/BUSINESS EDITOR THE GOOD NEWS, at least for manufacturers, is that aircraft deliveries reached the bottom in 1995. The less good news is that the upturn in 1996 will be moderate. The big three, airframe manufacturers (Airbus, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas), ...
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Las Vegas lasers shut down
Alan Staats/PHOENIX Hotel and casino operators in Las Vegas have been ordered to suspend their laser displays following an incident involving a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 first officer being temporarily blinded by a burst of laser light. The event occurred even though the hotel involved ...
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Kitplane upgrade
Aero Designs has added hydraulic brakes and a cabin heater as standard to the $19,450 Pulsar XP kitplane, in response to growing customer demand for features available in certificated, factory-produced, aircraft. Aero Designs says that 350 kits are under construction and 100 Pulsars are being flown. ...
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X-33 partner to be selected in July
NASA WILL SELECT its industry partner for the X-33 single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO), technology-demonstrator in July, and plans to begin initial flight tests in early 1999. The vehicle could lead to the development of a replacement for the Space Shuttle. A draft co-operative agreement notice for the design, fabrication and ...
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LA is lax on fee
After a two year battle with Los Angeles International airport, airlines won a decisive round when a Department of Transportation ombudsman backed an internal investigation which found $32.7 million in airport revenues collected from landing fees had been improperly used. From the improper spending of $33,750 for a ...
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Alitalia faces capital test
Alitalia is treading a fine line as it finalises its new restructuring plan, trying to avoid the attentions of Brussels over its capital injection and further conflict with its unions. At presstime, the Italian flag was considering a report on Alitalia's restructuring drawn up by an independent financial ...
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Euro unions strike out
The signs in Europe for labour relations are ominous - and it's not just carriers with the more 'radical' unions facing a difficult start to the year. Strike action at Sabena started at the end of Nov-ember with one-day strikes after management cancelled all labour contracts. ...
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Delta joins low-cost club
Delta Air Lines' success in getting a tentative agreement from its pilots on the establishment of a low-cost airline is seen as a direct result of Southwest Airlines' moving into Florida this month. It is also an opening move in the row over pilot concessions. Delta has studied ...
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USAir looks to life alone
After its brief fling with United Airlines, USAir is settling down, if only momentarily, to its old position: alone with its high costs amidst a bevy of low-cost players. The only new wrinkle is that the airline may soon face even tougher competition, if Delta Air Lines succeeds in creating ...
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A system approach
O&D revenue management systems can increase an airline's revenues by a valuable 1 per cent, but they require airline managers to look at the system as a whole rather than an individual route. Richard Whitaker looks at one and answers common questions about the concept. Every yield manager knows that ...
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Solo act in Doha
Now two years old, Qatar Airways has survived the pain of its launch period. But the carrier still has to transform Doha from a regional outpost into a global hub able to compete with Dubai and Bahrain. Report by Sara Guild. One expects to find a sheikh up front, but ...
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Hubs and partners
Since being spun off into the world's first separate airline cargo subsidiary last January, Lufthansa Cargo has been free to pursue its aggressive global network strategy. Jackie Gallacher reports.As the biggest non-integrated cargo carrier in the world and the second largest air freight carrier after Federal Express, Lufthansa Cargo Airlines ...
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New chapter of growth
A year after emerging from bankruptcy, America West is resuming growth, but this time the carrier plans to do things differently. By David Knibb.America West Airlines has unveiled a business plan designed to leave its checkered past behind and set a smooth course for at least the next two years. ...
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Financial results
Air Canada's international passenger sales jumped 25% and operating income rose 14.4%. There was a US$43m gain on the sale of warrants. The move into profit was helped by lower debt, but comes before a charge for cabin crew redundancies. A full-year loss of $240m is expected. ...
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Surfers take to the air
Users of the Internet's World Wide Web spend around $40 billion a year on air travel, equivalent to the annual passenger revenues of the top three US majors combined, according to San Diego-based market research company CIC Research. Moreover, the majority are interested in using the Web to get travel ...
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Trouble in store despite recovery
Some majors face alliance upheaval, more startups and threats to costs. Did you think that stability had returned to the airline business? Were you lulled into a sense of security by a return to profits? Did you think that most carriers had now defined their long-term strategies and established their ...
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ANZ waits on Oz poll
The future of Air New Zealand's bid to take a 50 per cent stake in Ansett Australia could hinge on the outcome of the finely balanced Australian federal election scheduled to be held before March. Victory for the opposition Liberal Party will see a swift resumption of policy to complete ...
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FAA issues regional rules
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration issued final rules on 14 December, bringing Part 135 regional carriers operating ten- to 30-seat aircraft up to the same safety and training standards as those of Part 121 major long-haul US airlines. The harmonised rules are contained in new Part 119 carrier certification requirements. ...
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The Viscount: still darting about
Harry Hopkins, who flew Vickers Viscounts in the 1960s, renews his acquaintance with one of the last passenger versions. IT WAS ALL THERE, in black and white. The cockpit instruments lacked colour coding, or pastel panels - but then I was going back 30 years. Vickers Viscounts were once flown ...