All Systems & Interiors news – Page 46

  • News

    AIX: Design company aims to banish fear of flying with digital companion

    2018-04-09T11:31:52Z

    ​Airline passengers of a nervous disposition could soon benefit from a newly-conceived digital travel companion that can anticipate their anxiety triggers and provide personalised coping techniques to help keep fears at bay throughout their flight.

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    AIX: LHT to install 'quick and easy' cabins for lease

    2018-04-09T11:08:32Z

    ​Lufthansa Technik has introduced a leasing service for cabin interior equipment.

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    AIX: Honeywell unveils latest satcom system

    2018-04-09T10:39:22Z

    ​Honeywell has unveiled its latest satellite communications system, the Aspire 400, to provide in-flight connectivity to the cockpit and cabin.

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    AIX: Bombardier switches focus to CRJ

    2018-04-09T10:31:57Z

    After making its AIX debut last year with a production-standard cabin mock-up of the newly in-service CSeries, Bombardier is back at Hamburg, but this time the emphasis is on its CRJ family and the Atmosphere cabin it unveiled last year. It comes as the Canadian manufacturer expects an upswing in ...

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    AIX: FACC gears up to deliver first Airspace luggage bins for A320

    2018-04-09T10:08:19Z

    FACC is showing at Hamburg a mock-up of the overhead stowage compartments it will supply for the new Airspace-themed cabin on Airbus A320s as it gears up for series production of the larger units in the last quarter of 2018. The Austrian manufacturer is also looking at the potential for ...

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    AIX: Chinese ownership gives Acro new momentum

    2018-04-09T10:07:02Z

    A Chinese factory and a move into one of the most lucrative airline markets in the world, line-fit approval from Boeing, and designing its first business-class product. All these are in the near-term sights of UK seating manufacturer Acro as part of an expansion strategy initiated by its £55 million ...

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    PICTURE: BelugaXL emerges with its Trent engines

    2018-04-09T05:14:00Z

    Airbus has rolled out its new BelugaXL high-capacity transporter with its Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines installed.

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    Airbus orders rise but deliveries fall over first quarter

    2018-04-06T18:45:00Z

    ​Airbus secured an order for six A320neo jets from an undisclosed customer in March, along with a deal for two A321s from VietJet.

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    AIX: How perception plays role in passenger comfort for Boeing

    2018-04-06T09:11:22Z

    More than 10,000 examples may have been built, but the Boeing 737’s cabin dimensions – save for changes in fuselage length as variants and new-generation families arrived – have not altered since the narrowbody entered service 50 years ago. That original Lufthansa 737-100 from 1968 shares the same 3.54m cabin ...

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    Boeing tankers refuel each other in KC-46 milestone test

    2018-04-05T12:38:10Z

    Boeing announced that its KC-46 Pegasus aerial tanker programme completed its fuel on-load testing, part of its overall Supplemental Type Certificate, by successfully transferring 146,000 pounds of fuel from one KC-46 to another KC-46 during flight.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: How Mirus found its comfort zone in aircraft seating

    2018-04-04T08:44:13Z

    Aircraft seating has notoriously high barriers to entry, so when two years ago a new name emerged at Aircraft Interiors in Hamburg, complete with a prize 60,000-unit launch order from one of the fastest-growing carriers in Asia, people sat up and took notice. Mirus Aircraft Seating marked its debut at ...

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    Trump unveils tariff plan on Chinese aircraft imports

    2018-04-04T03:02:46Z

    ​Aircraft, jet engines and helicopters made in China are among 1,300 product categories that will face a 25% tariff if imported into the USA, the Trump Administration proposed on 3 April.

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    CRAIC widens supplier search to aircraft systems for CR929

    2018-03-30T14:55:33Z

    ​A year-long joint concept definition phase launched on 27 March will select the Tier 1 suppliers for the Chinese-Russian CR929-600 widebody, the CRAIC joint venture announced on 30 March.

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    A321LR conducts longest flight on route from Seychelles

    2018-03-30T07:42:00Z

    Airbus’s A321LR test aircraft has arrived back in Toulouse after conducting its longest-distance flight so far in the certification campaign, operating from the Seychelles.

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    Boeing Defense reorganizes by adding two new divisions and eliminating another

    2018-03-29T19:45:25Z

    ​Boeing plans to launch two new divisions within its Defense, Space & Security business starting next week – a Commercial Derivative Aircraft division, and a Missile and Weapon Systems division – as part of an ongoing reorganization effort by the business unit’s chief executive, Leanne Caret.

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    Boeing suffers "limited" malware intrusion

    2018-03-28T23:33:19Z

    ​A malware attack struck Boeing computers on 28 March, but the company insists the impact is contained.

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    South Korean delegation presses for F-35 MRO&U contracts

    2018-03-28T18:07:55Z

    ​A member of a South Korean governmental delegation pressed the US Department of Defense to grant maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade contracts for the F-35A Lighting II to Korean companies during a speech at a rollout ceremony for the jet fighter in Fort Worth, Texas on 28 March.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Boeing 787-10 technical description and cutaway

    2018-03-28T13:45:12Z

    Boeing has closed the 15-year-long development phase of the 787 family of aircraft with the delivery of the third and – for at least another decade – final major variant of the Dreamliner to launch customer Singapore Airlines.

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    Enter Air sets up in-house maintenance arm

    2018-03-28T13:14:00Z

    ​Polish charter carrier Enter Air is establishing a new maintenance subsidiary for its fleet, which will be known as Enter Air Services.

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    Air Tahiti Nui to introduce premium economy on 787s

    2018-03-27T02:18:11Z

    ​French Polynesian carrier Air Tahiti Nui will introduce premium economy seating and lie-flat business seats to its fleet from November as it takes delivery of its first of five Boeing 787-9s.