Systems & interiors – Page 912
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Flying firefighters
The London fire service has been conducting an extensive trial in the use of helicopter air support. Brian Walters/LONDON EVERY WORKING DAY, about 2.5 million motor vehicles enter London, resulting in acute traffic jams at peak hours. In those conditions, it is hard for emergency services to ...
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BMA asks for EC help in Swiss row
BRITISH MIDLAND (BMA) has asked the European Commission (EC) to protest to the Swiss Government over its refusal to allow Swiss passengers to purchase BMA's new low-fare tickets in Switzerland. Because Switzerland is not a member of the European Union (EU), the EC is virtually powerless to ...
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Weak dollar ravages DASA
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) racked up massive losses in the first half of the year as the weakness of the US dollar against the deutsche mark ravaged its civil-aircraft sales. The German group posted a loss of DM1.6 billion ($1 billion) for the period, ...
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Associate membership
THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) is having trouble managing its relations with neighbors near and far. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the case of air services. Partly, this is because the European Commission (EC) does not have the authority to control member states' air-services agreements. Partly, also, the EU ...
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Uncomfortable with 777 ETOPS
Sir - The article on the British Airways Boeing 777 General Electric GE90 delivery date and extended twinjet operations (ETOPS) certification (Flight International, 6-12 September, P4) makes me feel uncomfortable. ETOPS, I am told, is a means by which a two-engine aircraft can be flown over water. The ...
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Peril of departing from standards
Sir - As more aircraft are in competition for slots in increasingly crowded routes, air-traffic control (ATC) has resorted to assigning aircraft non-standard levels to facilitate traffic flow. I witnessed recently a competent controller in a non-radar environment having to berate the crew of a European flag carrier ...
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Datalink deal
Universal Avionics Systems and Teledyne Controls have teamed to develop a low-cost datalink service, which will be able to communicate via VHF, satellite, Mode S and airphone systems. Universal's two-way datalink will provide the basis for the new unit. Source: Flight International
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Medical notes
New European rules, on in cabin airline emergency medical kits have complex implications David Learmount/LONDON Dr Sue Thompson/LONDON EUROPEAN AIRLINES have, until now, satisfied national regulations covering treatment of in-flight passenger accident or illness by carrying simple in-cabin first-aid kits. They are, however, about to ...
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Cabin comforts
Trends in aircraft-interior design are being dominated by the increasing need for passenger comfort and entertainment Gunter Endres/LONDON THE CABIN-INTERIORS market has undergone significant changes in the past few years, prompted largely by the recession in the air transport industry. The inability of airlines to finance ...
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Virtual evacuation
Cabin design and procedures for safe emergency evacuation, may be changed by computer modeling. Martin Hindley/LONDON AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY evacuations are designed as far as possible to work no matter what the nature of the emergency, but passenger behaviour is inherently difficult to define and predict. ...
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Swidnik wins Sokol successes
POLISH HELICOPTER manufacturer PZL Swidnik has won new orders for two versions of its W-3 Sokol helicopter. South Korea's Citiair has turned its preliminary agreement on the purchase of three transport helicopters into a firm contract, while Polish oil company Petrobaltic has ordered a maritime version. Citiair has ordered the ...
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Contracting the inside out
Bombardier is the latest to contract out interiors Kevin O'Toole/BIGGIN HILL IN AN ERA OF standardisation, the cabin interior remains one of the few parts of an aircraft where the airline customer still has a chance make its mark. For the customer, it ...
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Quiet revolution
A bit of peace and quiet can be a difficult commodity to supply on a turboprop Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE DRIVE TO establish latest-generation cabin noise suppression technology on turboprop-powered regional aircraft is likely to spark a fierce battle between manufacturers clamouring to offer airlines new levels of ...
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Challenger 604 approval expected before time
CANADIAN certification of the Canadair Challenger 604 business jet is expected on 15 September, more than a month earlier than scheduled, and the first aircraft will be delivered at the end of September, Bombardier says. US certification is expected by the end of October, four weeks ahead of schedule, and ...
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Success story
The story behind SIA's, phenomenal success. Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) has traditionally employed a policy of thinking big. The approach, harnessed with sound financial management and backed by strong governmental support, has resulted in SIA developing into one of the world's most successful international ...
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Visions of splendour
The Air Cruiser concept itself may not become the airliner of the future, but Ogle Design hopes that many of its ideas will be aboard. TOM KAREN of Ogle Design has a mission - to make air travel more enjoyable for the mass of ordinary travelers. "If you ...
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US Navy plans to modify Osprey V-22 radar design
THE US NAVY has directed the development of specific terrain-following/terrain-avoidance radar-design changes and related modifications needed to create the CV-22 special-operations variant of the Bell Boeing MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. A contract to be awarded in 1996 will pay for the conversion of one engineering and manufacturing development ...
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Air France and BA aim to please passengers
TWO OF EUROPE'S largest airlines have committed huge sums of money to woo the high-yield passengers with new concepts in first-class cabins. Air France launched its new L'Espace service on long-haul routes to the Americas and Asia on 11 September, while British Airways is expected to reveal its ...
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United 777s: heavy but happy
Guy Norris/Los Angeles UNITED AIRLINES admits that its first Boeing 777s is overweight, but is still satisfied with the aircraft's performance. New 16G crash-worthy seating is the largest single contributor to the higher-than-expected operating empty weight (OEW) of the initial aircraft, says the carrier. In United's ...