All Systems & interiors articles – Page 757
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AAR joins SITA for online venture
The stampede towards e-commerce continues apace, symbolised yesterday at the show when two companies announced details of their respective cyber-marketplaces at exactly the same time, in adjoining press conference rooms. The all-pervasive internet is rapidly encroaching on the aerospace business, with the on-line purchase of airline tickets booming. How many ...
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Air safety conference to focus on new technology
Asian Aerospace 2000 is the setting for a special four-day conference on air safety. Held in association with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the 36th (Special) Directors-General Conference (Asia and Pacific Regions) marks the start of the new millennium and ...
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Gulfstream logs two aircraft sales on 'net'
Gulfstream.com has now clocked up two sales of aircraft, says Joe Walker, the firm's senior vice-president sales and marketing. "We have had a great response to the site and sold a used aircraft and a new GV," says Walker. "I believe that this will greatly help the sales." Walker ...
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eCommerce brings bonus for airfreight carriers
Online shopping in the run up to Christmas 1999 paid dividends for Air Cargo Equipment (Stand D344). Its customers, including Emery Worldwide and DHL, took a leap of faith in summer 1999 and calculated that the rapid growth of e-commerce would see many people buying online. Once bought of ...
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Global cargo alliance strategy driven by customer demand
Chuck Grieve Like it or not, global alliances are the way forward for the air cargo industry. This was the overwhelming sentiment from speakers at Air Freight Asia 2000. Following in the footsteps of the major passenger-focused alliances was the key to meeting clients' needs for quality, reliability ...
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Aviointeriors appoints executive VP
Italian aircraft interiors manufacturer Aviointeriors has confirmed that former Debonair chairman and chief executive Franco Mancassola has joined the company as executive vice-president. Based at the company's headquarters in Latina, near Rome, Mancassola will have overall responsibilities for the company's worldwide activities. Mancassola comments: "After more than 30 ...
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Asia-Pacific interest spurs regional twinjet programme
Mike Martin Bombardier Aerospace's programme for the planned 100-115 seat regional twinjet, the BRJ-X, could be accelerated, thanks to powerful interest in the Asia-Pacific region. Formal launch is expected later this year, possibly at Farnborough airshow in July, rather than toward the end of the year. Although the ...
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Bechat unfazed by e-com rabble
Snecma chairman Jean-Paul Bechat is questioning the aerospace industry's need for the new breed of dedicated e-commerce ventures. Bechat, who is also chairman of the national French industry grouping GIFAS, says French companies are in many cases working on their own e-commerce operations. "In Snecma all our companies are ...
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Sale of the Century
Karen Walker Embraer seals $1.8 billion deal for 100 ERJ Regional Jets Embraer kicked off the first trade day yesterday with an order from Continental Express for 100 new ERJ 145 and ERJ 135 regional jets. Although a figure was not announced, it is believed that ...
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CTT Zonal Drying System wins Danish charter launch
CTT Systems has won its launch contract for supplying a Zonal Drying System for a Boeing B737-800 (Next Generation) aircraft. The Danish-based charter operator Sterling European Airlines has ordered the system with an option to equip its remaining B737-800 fleet. Sterling, one of the leading Scandinavian charter carriers, operates ...
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New seats offer J-class comfort in Y-class
Andrew Douse The gap in the market between economy class and business class has now been filled... with Recaro seats, and you can try them out for yourself here at the airshow (Stand A327). The seats are similar to those being used by British Airways on its new ...
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Solar cycle threatens havoc with telecoms
Steve Nichols Worldwide HF and satellite communication systems could soon be severely disrupted if scientists' predictions come true. The sun's current 11-year solar cycle is predicted to peak this year, and the increase in sunspot activity and solar flares could cripple vital aircraft communication and navigation systems. ...
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JAL orders new inflight entertainment
The Total Entertainment System (TES) from Rockwell Collins' (Stand A1011) has been chosen by Japan Airlines (JAL) for its fleet of 24 Boeing 747-400s. The TES equipment is being installed in every seat and provides a personal screen and access to several channels of video programmes. JAL has ...
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Fairchild Facts
Eccleston reports that completion of Fairchild Aerospace's recapitalisation deal with US investment house Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) and Germany's Allianz Capital Partners (ACP), which are buying out company chairman Carl Albert, should be complete by the end of March. The deal will bring in $1.4 billion. ...
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Name games
In the world of avionics acronyms reign supreme, but you can never be quite sure what they mean. There are FANS (Future Air Navigation Systems) that don't blow, VISTAs (Virtual Integrated Software Testbed for Avionics) with poor views and COTS (Commercial Off the Shelf) you can't sleep in - ...
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Swissair to rewire MD-11 cockpit areas
Swissair is to carry out an extensive programme of cockpit-area rewiring on its 19 Boeing MD-11s, starting in August. The airline's decision is based on analysis, since the September 1998 crash of one of its MD-11s near Halifax, Canada, of wiring routing in the forward fuselage, according to Swissair engineering ...
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AA 2000 to open x-files?
What are the chances of Asian Aerospace turning into an X-rated show? Asia-Pacific holds the key to the next major aircraft programmes planned by Airbus Industrie and Boeing. The European airframer is carrying out market testing for its planned 550-seat A3XX all-new aircraft and expects the region to account for ...
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IAI takes on more work on 428JET
Israel aircraft Industries (IAI) is increasing its participation in the Fairchild 428JET programme, which will see it taking on the design and manufacture of additional components. IAI has an agreement to design and manufacture the fuselage, as well as undertake final assembly of the 44-seat, Pratt & Whitney Canada ...
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Boeing begins 70-seat 717 study
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has begun concept studies of a 70-seat regional-jet variant of its 717 as part of wider family options based on the -200, -100X and -300X derivatives. It has also commissioned a broad-ranging study of the regional airline market to help guide its 717 development plan. The ...
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Multi-role GIV delivered to Japanese defence agency
The Japanese air self defence force (JASDF) has taken delivery of a fifth multi-purpose variant Gulfstream IV. Equipped with a special cargo door measuring five feet by six feet, the aircraft is designed to meet the medical evacuation requirements of the Japanese defence agency. "The cargo door equipped ...