All aerospace news – Page 1759
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Authorities taking no chances with Y2K compliance
Steve Nichols/DUBAI With the Year 2000 less than 50 days away the airline industry is feverishly putting the finishing touches to its Y2K 'millennium bug' programmes. Analysts point to Turkey, Egypt, India and South Africa as being the worst-prepared regions, although IATA Director General Pierre Jeanniot reports that: "Excellent ...
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Gamco signs Moroccans
Gulf Aircraft Maintenance (Gamco) is to supply its Specification 2000 computer software package to Royal Air Maroc. The advanced programme is designed to administer procurement data. Gamco is the first company to develop and implement the software in a Maxi-Merlin mainframe environment. The programme enables suppliers to list ...
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Avatar shops for spares
Some companies build aircraft, others pull them apart. Avatar (E701) falls into the latter category and has come to the show having just added a Boeing 737 to its already large parts inventory. The aircraft, which was bought from Jet Capital/UAM, is currently being stripped down and all strategic ...
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Fujairah flies the flag with a pioneer promotion
Hugh McAtear/DUBAI Fujairah International Airport, the only airport on the east coast of the UAE, is here to highlight its unique position as a potential alternative to established airports in the region. The pioneer appearance at the show kicks off an international marketing push to promote both passenger ...
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Honeywell targets classic aircraft
Steve Nichols/DUBAI Honeywell (E712) is continuing its highly successful retrofit business with a new contract for navigation systems on Malaysia Airlines' Boeing 747-200 aircraft. The Honeywell Classic Navigator combines a ring laser gyro with a GPS navigation system and is designed to be a cost-effective solution to the performance ...
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Virtual airshow saves on shoe leather
If a day at an airshow can sometimes feel like a lifetime, what if somebody did an airshow that really did go on forever? The bad news is that somebody is. The good news is that you don't have to travel to it, wear out your shoes by day ...
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Trent 500-300
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI The Rolls-Royce Trent 500, which goes into service with Emirates on the Airbus Industrie A340-500 in 2002, will shortly begin simulated altitude testing as part of its continuing development programme. The eight weeks of tests will evaluate handling and performance characteristics across a range of flight conditions. ...
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Sennheiser's success
"November 501 Golf Victor, cleared to land runway 12." A pilot needs maximum concentration, especially at critical moments in the flight. The instructions of the controller should sound loud and clear in his ear. But noise can be a problem and reduces concentration. The noise levels in a ...
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CAE gains more contracts
Simulator specialist CAE Electronics (W818) is helping helicopter pilots fine tune their flying skills in an environment very close to the real thing. The Canadian company, which manufactures an array of full-flight simulators, training devices and visual systems both for the rotary and fixed wing market, has notched up a ...
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RN Lynx boosts Westland presence at Dubai 2000
Paul Derby/DUBAI Fresh from a deal to supply Malaysia with six Super Lynx helicopters, GKN Westland has a Royal Navy Lynx on display in Dubai as the company bids to increase its upgrade order book. The RN helicopter has flown into Dubai from Doha, Qatar where it departed HMS Exeter, ...
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Ikonos returns quality images from Space
Steve Nichols/DUBAI If you want a bird's eye view of Dubai, try visiting Space Imaging Middle East (E820). The company is showing some of the first high-resolution photographic images of the United Arab Emirates, taken by the recently-launched Ikonos satellite. Ikonos is the world's first commercial high-resolution imaging satellite, circling ...
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Sikorsky Shares scheme
Middle East operators are asking Sikorsky whether it plans to expand its Sikorsky Shares helicopter fractional ownership programme to include the region. "We've been talking to them, but the bottom line is that the programme has to prove itself in the New York area before we can commit to international ...
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Brimstone passes second test with flying colours
The second flight test of the Brimstone anti-armour weapon was successfully conducted at the Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona on 27 October. This followed an initial successful test in August. The primary objectives of the latest launch were to test missile flight control over speed and altitude conditions, demonstrate inertial ...
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Marconi Avionics gets F-16 HUD EU replacement contract
Marconi Avionics (E665) is showing its HUD technology, having just won a contract for development of a Commercial Off The Shelf-based (COTS) replacement Head Up Display Electronics Unit (HUD EU) for the Lockheed Martin F-16. The contract covers development, flight qualification and demonstration. The existing HUD EU, which has ...
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Honeywell systems for Spanair's A320 fleet
Steve Nichols/DUBAI Honeywell (Stand E712) is celebrating after winning a contract for flight management (FMS) and air data inertial reference systems (ADIRS) for Spanair's fleet of new Airbus A320 aircraft. Spanair has completed 30 firm orders and has 12 options for the new aircraft. The Honeywell Pegasus FMS offers hardware ...
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Face The Facts with...Nick Godwin
The regional aircraft sector has stolen the limelight at recent airshows. A string of blockbuster deals, renewed fierce competition in the market and a raft of new products on the drawing board have made the sector a byword for dynamism. Against this background, British Aerospace Regional Aircraft pursues a policy ...
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Denel adds Saudi Arabia to client list
Denel Aviation Transport Aircraft Maintenance (DATAM) representatives will be meeting Saudi Arabian Airlines executives at Dubai 2000 following the signing of a line maintenance agreement under which DATAM will service Saudi Arabian Boeing 777s operating from Johannesburg International Airport. The work currently consists of two turnaround services per week. DATAM ...
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Rising fuel costs drive Russian carriers to tough measures: ATI
Struggling to cope with soaring aviation fuel prices, Russia¹s airlines are set to boost air fares by as much as 50% and cut back their flights. This year the cost of jet fuel in Russia has risen steadily in line with mounting world oil prices. In January, a tonne of ...
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Boeing sees good Apache market in the Middle East
Paul Derby/DUBAI Boeing is set to capitalise on an emerging Middle East market for the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. Among other countries, Boeing is talking to the United Arab Emirates about upgrading its 30-strong fleet. The UAE currently operates the original -A model Apache but is considering a remanufacturing programme ...
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Blimp maker finds plenty to celebrate
Mark Hannant/DUBAI Henri Giffard would have been delighted: 147 years after the French steam engineer first demonstrated powered flight, the American Blimp Corporation is keeping his spirit alive at 3,000m in its manned airships. The fourth production airship designed and constructed by Maryland-based American Blimp, A-60+ number -05, this ...