All Analysis – Page 104
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AnalysisANALYSIS: MAS widebody sales allow for restart
One day before new Malaysian Airlines chief executive Christoph Mueller assumed one of the toughest jobs in aviation, the ailing carrier gave a major hint that the winds of change are gusting.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Middle East carriers slurp Vietnam Airlines' pho
Vietnam experienced strong growth in visitor arrivals from Western Europe in 2014, but this correlated with heavy capacity growth to Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi in recent years by the big three Middle Eastern carriers.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Could domestic widebodies make a comeback in the USA?
The announcement by United Airlines that it will bring back regular domestic widebody service in the coming years is the latest step in the on-going shift to larger gauge aircraft across the US industry.
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ANALYSIS: Is airline social marketing misunderstood?
Many marketers and consultants, including us, have been talking about the benefits of social marketing for airlines. Yet, today, it seems that organic reach may soon be a thing of the past, as airlines now have to pay in order to reach fans on “social media”. So what happened? Was ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The US Army grapples with bold new UAS plan
It is 2018, and an enemy of the US Army seems to be having a lucky day. Yes, an unarmed unmanned air vehicle flying overhead has spotted this particular target, but the army has already retired its fleet of armed scout helicopters and the Boeing AH-64E Apache is still parked ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Google gets serious about UAVs
Dave Vos flew radio-controlled aircraft in his native South Africa as a teenager until the hobby began to bore him.
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ANALYSIS: Small unmanned aircraft launched to shake-up civil market
UAV industry visionary Tad McGeer is hopeful his new "robotic aircraft", Flexrotor, will shake-up the established order
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AnalysisANALYSIS: MRJ and E2 face contract hurdles at US majors
Recent vintage Bombardier CRJ900s and Embraer 175s dot the ramp at Ronald Reagan Washington National airport these days, the fruit of the on-going refleeting of US regional fleets.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: With new civil strategy, Insitu comes full circle [UPDATED]
Before it was renamed the ScanEagle in 2004 and marketed to the US Marine Corps, the Insitu SeaScan was supposed to revolutionise tuna fishing. Its wingspan is shaped partly by a requirement to fit through a hatch on the Shackleton, an 18m (58ft) tuna boat that Insitu used for demonstrations ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: UAVs need to sense their way through crowded airspace
The proliferation of unmanned air vehicles and their use in a widening variety of roles has increased the pressure on industry, regulators, the military and even operators to find ways to integrate them into national airspace.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Can Turkey's business aviation stay the course?
Like many emerging economies with strong international trade and distant centres of population, Turkey has seen interest in business aviation soar in recent years. However, in common with similar countries, inadequate infrastructure and an immature regulatory environment is holding back the sector’s growth.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: China carriers look beyond Middle Kingdom
Chinese carriers will operate 7,356 weekly international flights in summer 2015, a 39.2% increase from the previous corresponding period.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: United brings back domestic widebodies amid fleet shift
Widebody aircraft flew domestically for United Airlines for years, with Boeing 777-200s frequently plying the skies between its hubs in the naughts and McDonnell Douglas DC-10s in prior decades.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: India improves on repossessions, but more needed
India has taken one step forward in making it easier for lessors to repossess aircraft, but it remains a challenging jurisdiction to work with.
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ANALYSIS: Emirates' Trent selection gives Rolls the A380 lead
Emirates’ decision to switch to Rolls-Royce engines for its latest batch of Airbus A380s nudges the UK manufacturer ahead of rival Engine Alliance, although the lead amounts to fewer than a dozen aircraft.
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ANALYSIS: Sharp eye and laser blasts promise to clean up space junk
Spacecraft, by nature, are delicate machines; they are certainly not designed cope with being hit by an exploding hand grenade
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AnalysisANALYSIS: TAI sets sights on export market
Just over 40 years ago, the government in Ankara embarked on a venture that was intended to transform the Turkish military from being largely dependent on foreign-sourced weapon systems by creating a capable national defence industry.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Can infrastructure catch up with Turkey's burgeoning air transport?
Arrive at Istanbul’s Ataturk International – all too often after passing time in a holding pattern over the city’s western reaches – and you get a clear impression of an infrastructure straining to accommodate the ambitions of the country’s aviation sector. The gateway to Turkey’s biggest metropolis does not have ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Fuel benefits outweigh currency headwinds at Delta
Delta Air Lines continues to see a strong financial year in 2015, despite mounting headwinds in international markets.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Has the bubble burst for China's business aviation sector?
China’s business aircraft market grows up China is still an immense private jet market, but a glut of new aircraft and a changing political and economic outlook are weighing on private jet sales.