All Analysis – Page 60
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ANALYSIS: Combat Dragon revival kicks off, but USAF light attack plans unclear
In 1968, the US Joint Chiefs of Staff needed an answer. The US Air Force then operated two vastly different types of aircraft to attack North Vietnamese trucks moving reinforcements and supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Virgin Australia set for another disappointing loss
Virgin Australia is all but certain to report yet another underlying loss for the year ended 30 June, as it continues to struggle against its high-flying competitor Qantas.
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ANALYSIS: Affinity ready to deliver on UK training deal
A trio of new types on static display at the 14-16 July Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) showcased the near future of the UK's fixed-wing training inventory for the first time.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Delta, Air France and Virgin seek to dominate Atlantic
Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways plan to dominate the transatlantic market under a new strategic partnership unveiled on 27 July.
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ANALYSIS: Aero Norway's leap of faith as independent engine MRO
Engine overhaul shop Aero Norway has carved a niche as an independent CFM International CFM56 support specialist – a role the company plans to expand to the Leap from 2020.
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ANALYSIS: Air accident reports issued January-June 2017
A little more than a year after the 19 May 2016 loss of an EgyptAir Airbus A320 over the Mediterranean Sea, Egyptian authorities have offered no data beyond some basic facts that came to light in the first few weeks.
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ANALYSIS: Airline safety record continues to improve
This year’s first six months have again smashed the record for safe airline performance worldwide. What other commercial transport mode can claim that in the first half of 2017 – globally – there have been only six fatal accidents, and the total death toll was 16?
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AnalysisANALYSIS: United challenges Frontier's growth in Denver
United Airlines president Scott Kirby offered harsh criticism of Frontier Airlines' day-old plans to launch 21 new routes from its Denver base by the spring of 2018.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Winter is coming for Russia-Thailand capacity
Russian tourism arrivals in Thailand rose sharply in early 2017, but airline capacity between the two nations shows no immediate signs of returning to the glory days of 2009-2015.
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ANALYSIS: Why are low-cost giants interested in Alitalia's sale?
EasyJet and Ryanair have both expressed interest in the Alitalia sale process – which could either mean that they are keen to have opportunistic peek at their ailing rival's books, or that they are genuinely considering bids for the Italian flag carrier.
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ANALYSIS: Eviation joins race to bring electric propulsion to general aviation
In a corner of the sun-drenched Paris air show static display, Israeli start-up Eviation co-founder and chief executive Omer Bar Yohay could look to his right and see the French air force’s corral, featuring Dassault Rafale and Mirage fighters. If he looked far enough to his left, he could see ...
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ANALYSIS: Airbus, Boeing prepare to thwart an aerospace Tesla
Electric-powered airliners aren’t coming any time soon, but Airbus and Boeing see potential.
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ANALYSIS: How has the CSeries performed in service?
A year after Bombardier's CSeries entered service, the aircraft's two operators – Swiss and Air Baltic – report that the clean-sheet twinjet's introduction has gone more smoothly than they expected.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: American nets savings from margin arbitrage moves
American Airlines has been taking advantage of market opportunities to steadily lower its cost of funding, saving it millions in interest expenses.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: IndiGo plans long-haul play with Air India acquisition
Air India could cease to exist in the near future should the Indian government go through with plans to privatise the loss-making carrier. So far, low-cost carrier IndiGo has been the most vocal about its interest in Air India.
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ANALYSIS: Russia's turbofan renaissance
As commercial aircraft programmes enjoy a surprising renaissance in Russia, so too are the makers of turbofan engines.
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ANALYSIS: The potential power of an Emirates-Flydubai merger
News that Emirates and Flydubai are working on closer collaboration – with "nothing off the table" – raises the distinct possibility that the two businesses could merge to create an even more powerful mega-carrier in the Gulf region.
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ANALYSIS: Oslo biofuel success points to global aviation potential
Eighteen months ago, Oslo Airport became the first international gateway to offer jet biofuel as a refuelling option to airlines through its main fuel system
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ANALYSIS: US climate reversal cast shadow over aviation's emissions scheme
US president Donald Trump’s announcement in June that the world’s second-biggest greenhouse gas emitter was to withdraw from the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change may have been no great surprise, though it was certainly disappointing to many. But inasmuch as Trump has underscored his credentials as climate-change sceptic-in-chief, he ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Surrey Satellites dodges Brexit bullet
One prominent British aerospace champion looks to have dodged a Brexit bullet, with Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) seeing off “fierce competition” to build the payloads for Europe’s next batch of navigation satellites.