All Analysis – Page 79
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why Denmark is holding formation with F-35
The Danish government’s 12 May decision to hold formation with the Lockheed Martin F-35 is a welcome boost for the multinational programme in what will be a pivotal year, but is unlikely to have surprised rival bidders Boeing and the Eurofighter consortium.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: 787 conquers China's Big Four
China Eastern Airlines signed for 15 787-9s in April, becoming the last of the big four Chinese carriers to commit to the type.
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ANALYSIS: North Sea safety a work in progress
UK-based North Sea oil support helicopter operators have been engaged in a whirl of activity ever since the UK Civil Aviation Authority published its review of the sector’s safety performance in February, and some new ditching survivability measures are already in place.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Are cost savings enough for United to grow at Dulles?
United Airlines celebrated the 30th anniversary of its hub at Washington Dulles International airport today, even as the future of its operation there remains in question.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Asia orders strength underpins jet backlog
There has been much industry comment about whether the market has “over-ordered”, as the global firm backlog for commercial jets now represents a 60% share of the current fleet and almost nine years of production at 2016’s rate.
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ANALYSIS: European airline merger talks ramp up
Consolidation talk among European airlines has stepped up a level, led by speculation around UK leisure carrier Monarch Airlines, Lufthansa's moves to expand its Eurowings concept, and Alitalia's opening of talks to acquire a stake in Air Malta.
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ANALYSIS: For Arianespace, one launch is just the beginning
It took four attempts to get it off the ground, but all involved can be rightly delighted to have Europe’s latest Earth observation satellite, Sentinel 1-B, safely in orbit following a successful Soyuz launch from French Guiana. In the rocket launching business, after all, the alternative to a good outcome ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Asian capital teams up with Western lessors
Asian investors' appetite for aircraft investments appears to remain strong: three new joint ventures involving established players were announced in the first quarter of 2016.
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ANALYSIS: California's waterbomber fleet is matched only by its wildfire problem
California is a US state known for its big-budget movies and wine, but also scorching droughts and massive wildfires
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Delta sees long upgauge runway ahead with A321s
Delta Air Lines debuts its first Airbus A321 tomorrow, its 19th mainline fleet type as it continues to shift its fleet towards larger gauge aircraft.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: House panel approves funds for 11 F-35s and 14 F/A-18s
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II might be the world’s costliest and most divisive warplane, but there’s something to be said for the seemingly Teflon-coated Joint Strike Fighter’s resiliency.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Global Hawk prepped for next decade of service
The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk is an aircraft finally coming into its own. Having first flown on 28 February 1998, the unmanned aircraft is nothing if not resilient.
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ANALYSIS: Europe looks inward for future UAV ops
European forces operate a diverse range of aircraft – including unmanned – due to their relatively high, NATO-level defence budgets and involvement in a number of international arenas.
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ANALYSIS: Battling the squeeze at Beijing Capital airport
With Beijing Capital International airport (BCIA) bursting at the seams, and the city’s second airport to be operational only in 2019 at the earliest, China is using a coordinated approach to manage traffic in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The fierce battle for Virgin America
A battle between Alaska Air Group and JetBlue Airways to win Virgin America’s hand was fought until the very last moment, with rapid counter-offers from the two airlines before Alaska triumphed with its proposal to pay $2 more per share for Virgin America’s stock.
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ANALYSIS: General Atomics building on Avenger as it looks to MQ-X
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ Predator brand has become something of a household name over the past 15 years of American-led counterterrorism operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria and many other troubled hotspots in North Africa and around the globe.
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AnalysisROUTES: How airlines have deployed their 787s
Since its entry into service with All Nippon Airways in late 2011, airlines have clocked more than 100,000 revenue flights with Boeing 787 aircraft.
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ROUTES: UK market key part of short-haul European growth
European airlines have been adding some of the most capacity into UK airports analysis of data from Flightglobal's schedules specialist Innovata for the second quarter shows.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How Europe's low-cost carriers overlap
Low-cost carriers have made their advance in Europe largely by finding new markets or competing with legacy rivals rather than taking each other on directly.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: FAA creeps closer to UAV integration
In the months before the 2015 AUVSI Unmanned Systems exhibition in Atlanta in May, the US Federal Aviation Administration had issued its proposed ruling on the operation of small unmanned air vehicles in national airspace.