Systems & interiors – Page 901
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Sabena hit by strike
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS STRIKING SABENA workers closed down the airline on 29 November in the first of what is expected to be a series of industrial actions following the abrupt cancellation of all labour agreements on 27 November. The unprecedented contract move surprised observers who are ...
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No 'fire sale' at USAir
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON, DC USAir REMAINS receptive to strategic alliances, up to and including a merger with another airline, according to Seth Schofield, the carrier's chairman and chief executive. Speaking after the USAir Group's annual stockholders' meeting, Schofield estimated that the airline will have $1 billion in ...
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Air traffic mismanagement
The Western air-transport industry realised around 1989 that the most enormous commercial opportunity in the entire transition to the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) was opening up before its very eyes: Russia needed a new navigation infrastructure. Since then it has deluged Moscow with advice - some of it wrong, ...
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Suppliers
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will design, develop and produce the fuselage and tail for the de Havilland Dash 8-400. Timco has been awarded the contract to carry out T-cap repairs and complete the interior refurbishment of Northwest Airlines DC9-30s. Sita has signed Russian carrier Vnukovo ...
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Going to market
Airport marketing is coming of age, as airports work harder to attract new airlines, new routes and new hub operations. Richard Whitaker reports from the recent route development conference in Cannes. Airports represent the last industry to discover marketing. So says Mike Howarth of Airport Strategy and Marketing which, along ...
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Brave new shoots
The emergence of a new generation of start up carriers in Europe has finally begun. Sara Guild talks to some of the new players and examines their strategies for survival.It's a bit like attending the Academy Awards and not knowing when the envelopes will be opened. European aviation has been ...
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From bust to boom in a year
The good times are here again - but nobody can predict for just how longIt's at times like this that largesse takes over. As 1995 draws to a close, it is clear that at long last we have a vintage year for airline profitability - Iata says its members will ...
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Disk drive to cut costs
The push to cut distribution costs has compelled other US and European majors to follow United Airlines, USAir and British Airways in giving frequent flyers direct access to their CRS through the use of computer disks. The three trail blazers will give selected customers direct access to the ...
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Pay on-line
British Midland has become the first airline to offer a booking service with payment on the Internet, using encrypted Netscape software. Source: Airline Business
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Airline news
SAS has launched a thrice weekly service from Copen-hagen to Poznan, the carrier's third Polish destination. Ansett Australia is to begin codesharing on seven existing Malaysia Airlines services and on a new Saturday service between Sydney and Kuala Lumpur via Melbourne. Meanwhile, Ansett has also entered ...
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Loral tests virtual trainer
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA LORAL HAS demonstrated a novel approach to deployable simulation, which would allow actual aircraft to be used for training in a virtual environment. Helmet-mounted cameras and displays are used to superimpose computer-generated outside-world scenes and instruments on to a video image of the cockpit. ...
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Australia: not out for compulsory GPS
Sir - After reading the article "Locator rule irks Australian AOPA" (Flight International, 8-14 November, P26), I ought to point out that the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) of Australia does not want a compulsory global-positioning system (GPS). What it does say is that the GPS has proved to ...
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Are low fares, just pie in the sky?
Sir - The question of fare levels - in which the public should take a great interest - is an important issue. There is talk about a "low-fare philosophy" and Ryan Air is operating to Glasgow, the second-densest route in Europe, at fares lower than those established for ...
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Engineers of many talents wanted
Sir - I have purposely waited to write this letter, so that I can ask the gentleman in charge of appointments at Airbus Industrie whether he has filled the advertised avionics-engineer position (Flight International, 23-29 August, P53). The advertisement includes the statement: "Candidates must be fluent in French, ...
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Middle East orders for Beech King Air
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has sold three Beech King Air twin-turboprops to Middle East customers. Two King Air 350s have been ordered by the United Arab Emirates' Amiri Flight, for delivery early in 1996. The aircraft will be configured for communication and VIP-transport duties, with eight-seat interiors. The Amiri Flight ...
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Eva to Central America
Taiwanese carrier Eva Air will launch a new route on 13 December, linking Taipei with Los Angeles and Panama City. The Los Angeles-Panama City connection will be the only non-stop service between the two cities and the first direct flights between Asia and Latin America by a Taiwanese airline. The ...
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Laker sets a date for new venture
SIR FREDDIE LAKER plans to start his new "Regency Service" across the North Atlantic on 29 March 1996, using McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s. The emotive "Skytrain" title, used on his collapsed 1980s' operation, will not be revived, nor will the image of cheap travel. This time around, Laker is ...
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Employee doubts played part in United decision on USAir
UNITED AIRLINES chairman Gerald Greenwald suggests that "significant doubts" among the group's employee owners contributed to the decision to drop its pursuit of a merger with USAir. United finally announced on 13 November that it would no longer press ahead with its talks. American Airlines, which has ...
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Countdown to Alpha
T-2 years and counting: the first hardware has been built for the Alpha International Space Station. Tim Furniss/WASHINGTON DC THE ALPHA INTERNATIONAL Space Station "...isn't a paper programme anymore", says Wilbur Trafton, director of NASA's Space Station programme. "We're talking launches just round the corner." ...