Systems & interiors – Page 768
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Boeing scorns arguments for super-large aircraft
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI Boeing is back... at least according to executive vice-president sales and marketing Seddick Belyamani. Speaking at the show yesterday he said that the Seattle-based company was back on course toward convincing its shareholders that the ills of the past decade are behind them. "Our goal is ...
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Big advances in new Honeywell display
Honeywell (E712) is promoting its new CD-820 flight management (FMS) Control Display Unit (CDU) which offers size, weight, power and display improvements over its predecessors. It will be available in February 2000. The CD-820 has a large, full-colour, 13.8in Active Matrix LCD and is designed to interface with Honeywell's ...
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Dubai International Airport makes alliance with ENOC
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI Strategic alliances are the name of the game in aerospace -so it comes as no surprise that the Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) is looking to forge new relationships...on the ground. Here at the airshow, ENOC and Dubai International Airport ground operator Dnata jointly commissioned a new ...
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Replin has the market covered
UK aircraft interior fabric specialist Replin Fabrics (E843) is back in Dubai to present its range of ex-stock and bespoke quality aircraft interior fabrics. The Peebles, Scotland-based company counts top manufacturers Airbus and Boeing among its customers, and includes the Sultan of Brunei and the House of Commons on ...
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Messier-Dowty man's new role
Global landing gear company Messier-Dowty has announced that Andy Stevens has been promoted to become chief operating officer of Messier-Dowty International. Stevens, who has been with the company for more than 20 years, was named MD of the company's European arm in October 1997 and has been on the ...
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Cocooned in comfort
An aircraft 'super' seat, appropriately called the Cocoon, is on display in the Avio Interiors stand (W648). The executive mini-suite is described as "the bed in the sky" by Stefano Pozza, regional director of Avio Interiors. He adds: "The Cocoon seat converts into a flat bed, complete with privacy ...
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Messier lands Kuwait contract renewal
Kuwait Airways has renewed its contract with Messier Services for landing gear repair and overhaul on its entire Airbus fleet - A300-600, A310-300, A320 and A340. The $8 million deal will see 200 Messier personnel overhauling landing gear at its Molsheim plant in France. Messier Services Asia has ...
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Boeing condensation woes put focus on Zonal Drying System
The revelation of Boeing's production problems with the cockpit devices designed to combat on-board condensation puts new focus on a Swedish system now entering airline service and designed to kill off the long-standing issue of excess water on airliners. Condensation is a fact of life for jet operators and ...
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Air France cuts days
Mike Martin/DUBAI Air France Industries has unveiled a new service at Dubai 2000 - D-checks on Airbus Industrie's A320s in just 31 days. That is seven to 10 days faster than any competitor, says Pierre Yves Reville, vice-president marketing and sales. "We have reduced the time to create a ...
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Honeywellto lead team
Honeywell (E712) has been selected as the lead team to provide the fly-by-wire flight control system for the Fairchild Aerospace 728JET aircraft family. Honeywell flight controls, coupled with its Primus Epic next-generation integrated avionics systems on the 728JET, will feature less weight, higher reliability and an integrated maintenance system. ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Orders bonanza hope in wake of a Middle East travel boom
Alan Peaford/DUBAI Passenger air travel in the Middle East will grow at a faster rate than Europe or North America according to Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group. This will mean a huge demand for new aircraft over the next 20 years. Boeing spokesman Mark Hooper, addressing a pre-show briefing, says ...