All Analysis – Page 108
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AnalysisANALYSIS: MRJ rolls out, but real test lies in certification
When Mitsubishi Aircraft rolled out its first flight test aircraft before a crowd of close to 600 on 18 October, it reached a long-awaited - but largely symbolic - milestone for its MRJ regional jet programme.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Textron Aviation makes debut as Cessna-Beech integration continues
Beechcraft and Cessna have occupied opposite corners of Wichita, Kansas for some 82 years, stationed only 21km apart on the eastern and western fringes of Kellogg Avenue. Such proximity bred a special kind of internecine corporate conflict, with even families divided by opposing allegiances to two of the city’s largest ...
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ANALYSIS: A330 rate cut shows challenge of bridging to A330neo
While Airbus has been overbooking its A320 line, ahead of starting its transition to the A320neo next year, it does not have the same flexibility to ease the path to A330neo production.
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ANALYSIS: Completions companies vie for VIPs in a shrinking market
“You complete me,” declared Jerry Maguire to his Dorothy in the schmaltzy 1996 movie named after him. Eighteen years later, one trusts their happy relationship is still going strong – unlike that between the large US interiors houses and American aircraft buyers. The latter seem to be eschewing the notion ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Business aircraft programmes round-up
The past six years have brought mixed fortunes for business aircraft manufacturers. How are each of the sectors faring and what new models is this innovative aviation sector hoping to bring to the market over the coming few years to whet the appetite of their discerning customers?
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AnalysisANALYSIS: New-model airlines lead Europe's revolution
The dawn of the new millennium saw the beginnings of a European aviation market revolution driven by deregulation, but the last decade has seen the compounding of a new order.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Gulfstream stuns watchful industry with new large cabin strategy
Keeping a secret as large as a new business jet is not so easy anymore, but on 14 October Gulfstream managed to reel off a handful of major surprises as it unveiled a powered G500 and introduced the G600 inside a Savannah, Georgia, factory built to produce them.
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ANALYSIS: Super-medium rotorcraft demand to sustain values
Deliveries of super-medium helicopters will climb to around 170 per year by 2023, reaching a total of 1,200 rotorcraft over the period, predicts Flightglobal's insight report into the emerging weight class.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Flying Colours expands completions portfolio
It’s difficult to tell the difference between Bombardier’s CRJ-200 regional jet and the Challenger 850 corporate aircraft. It’s equally difficult to tell the difference between Sean and Eric Gillespie, Vice Presidents of Flying Colours. Along with their father, John, the twin brothers are guiding the corporate jet completion ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Rockwell Collins readies voice recognition for commercial cockpits
Speech recognition technology is pervasive everywhere, it seems, except in the commercial cockpit. Voice commands now field customer service queries, dictate text messages and assist drivers. Cockpit avionics, however, are commanded exclusively by human fingers and feet, which interface with the computers and controls by tapping pedals, turning knobs, pushing ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why Snecma is confident Silvercrest can win further applications
Snecma started powering up for its first foray into business aviation just as the sector itself was about to power down. Seven years on from the beginning of the test campaign on the Silvercrest core engine demonstrator in December 2007, the French propulsion specialist is convinced it made the right ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: PAL's new management eyes fleet changes
Less than a month after returning to Philippines Airlines (PAL) as its general manager, former president Jaime Bautista has come out to say that the carrier has “too many planes”.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: US airports build for the future
US airports are buzzing with construction activity. Everything from new runways and major terminal renovations are under way at airports from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale and Los Angeles.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The ARJ21 progress report
Comac appears to be on the verge of finally getting its much delayed ARJ21 regional jet certificated, after having completed all the necessary ground tests and 95% of all flight test modules.
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ANALYSIS: Boston Logan fire spurs e-cigarette concerns
Concern is growing in the aviation community about potential fire hazards posed by electronic cigarettes.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Can a new CEO fix JetBlue's problems?
An incoming change of leadership at JetBlue Airways will dovetail with new revenue opportunities at the carrier in 2015, although analysts say the airline still needs to do more to fix its lagging margins.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airports evolve LCC-focused funding models
European low-cost airlines' rise to prominence over the past 10 to 15 years has brought new opportunities for airports to fund their infrastructure needs – but they have learnt that this comes with its own challenges.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Filling the void left by Little Red's demise
IAG chief executive Willie Walsh is no doubt celebrating after his predictions that Virgin Atlantic would scrap its Little Red domestic operation came true today – but it is not clear who will benefit most from the venture's demise.
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ANALYSIS: Debate continues over regional subsidies
Recent controversies in New Zealand and Australia highlight the debate over whether, how, and how much to subsidise regional air service.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airbus Helicopters revamps range for the future
At an as-yet undisclosed point in the fourth quarter, likely to be October or early November, Airbus Helicopters will deliver its most important new model, the clean-sheet EC175.