Africa – Page 58
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Ethiopian cements position as African rivals falter
A dominant theme in African commercial aviation this year has been the widening gap between Ethiopian Airlines’ fortunes and the misfortunes of its rivals in the region.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airlines' profits surge runs out of steam
Airline financials have thrived off the back of lower fuel costs and modest, if mixed, economic growth, but IATA's updated industry forecast underlines what third-quarter carrier commentary had already pointed to: profits are levelling off and starting to descend.
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Flight 1957: Flying the Sud-Est Caravelle
In our 20 December 1957 issue, Flight published the first Caravelle “flight-test” report, by Italian contributor Vico Rosaspesa. Here are some highlights from the article:
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: Fleet dynamics when fuel is cheap
Flight Ascend Consultancy head Rob Morris considers the changing picture for mid-life aircraft in the era of lower fuel prices
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IATA trims profits expectations for 2016 and 2017
IATA has scaled back its industry outlook for 2016 by almost $4 billion, though it still sees airlines posting a record net profit of $35.6 billion for the year.
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Tanzania orders two CS300s and one Q400
Tanzania has placed firm orders for two Bombardier CS300s and one Q400 turboprop, which will be leased to Air Tanzania.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: World air forces on the rise
If global instability is indeed the “new normal”, then the last 12 months brought more of the same, with major conflicts having continued to involve military air arms in the skies above nations including Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
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Fastjet chairman stands down as carrier plans new funding bid
Fastjet chairman Colin Child has resigned from his role as the airline prepares to begin a round of capital raising in the first quarter of next year due to “additional costs” associated with its restructuring plan.
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM AMADEUS: Airline disruption - soon to be a problem of the past?
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Air France-KLM's MRO arm wins ATR support deal from Air Mauritius
Air Mauritius has expanded its partnership with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance to include component support for its ATR 72 turboprops.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Tony Balestracci - servicing Textron's customers
Tony Balestracci is vice-president, global customer service with Textron Aviation, owner of the venerable Cessna and Beechcraft brands
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FLIGHT TEST: We put Bombardier's CSeries through its paces
In the 1960s, established manufacturers Boeing and Douglas dominated the lower end of the single-aisle mainline commercial aircraft market. Their original offerings – the 737-100 and DC-9-10 – seated fewer than 100 passengers. With the fielding of the 737-200 and DC-9-40, capacity increased to more than 120 passengers. This trend ...
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: Conversions dominate soft cargo market
Chris Seymour, head of market analysis at Flight Ascend Consultancy, examines cargo’s mixed fortunes as yields fall, and looks ahead in a 20-year aircraft delivery forecast
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: Flight Fleet Forecast's single-aisle outlook 2016-2035
The 2016 Flight Fleet Forecast predicts the delivery of 42,800 new passenger and freight commercial aircraft over the next 20 years, worth almost $3 trillion in 2016 delivery values. About 63% of those deliveries – some 26,860 units – are expected to be single-aisle passenger aircraft, representing 46% of the ...
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INSIGHT FROM INMARSAT: Going Global with GX for Aviation
10 cities visited across four continents and 80,128km travelled – how the GX Aviation Tour showcased aviation’s connected future
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AnalysisANALYSIS: UK concerns slow Sharm el-Sheikh returns
A year on since airlines begun pulling flights to Sharm el-Sheikh, just over 100 international services into the Egyptian airport are still not flying FlightGlobal schedules data shows.
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: Flight Fleet Forecast's engine outlook
The 2016 Flight Fleet Forecast predicts the delivery of 42,800 new commercial passenger and freighter aircraft over the next 20 years. This drives a market for 86,500 installed engine deliveries, with the fleet in service growing from just over 60,000 engines today to 103,000 in 2035. The aerospace market is ...
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: Flight Ascend Consultancy Business jet webinar
Ahead of the NBAA event now under way in Orlando, Florida, analysts at Flight Ascend Consultancy held their regular pre-show webinar, using their extensive data and valuations expertise to assess the state of the business aviation market, both in terms of new deliveries and residuals.
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NBAA: Business jet output still struggling – Flight Ascend
Anyone anticipating a return to the halcyon days of the mid-2000s for business aviation may face a long wait. Analysis of annual jet deliveries shows the market may have hit a new normal, hovering around the 700 mark for the past six years and staying stuck at 720 or so ...
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MetroJet A321 suffered internal high-energy event: inquiry
Russian investigators have disclosed that a MetroJet Airbus A321 which crashed in Sinai a year ago had experienced high-energy damage to its fuselage skin from within.