All Analysis – Page 102
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Helicopter products set to star at LIMA
Big orders for passenger jets tend to dominate air shows. At Paris, Farnborough, Dubai and Singapore, helicopters – while present – tend to be overshadowed both on the static display and by the big orders.
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ANALYSIS: Mystery intact as MH370 report attempts no conclusions
A Malaysia-led multinational investigation team has published what facts it knows about Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the scheduled Kuala Lumpur-Beijing flight that disappeared without trace on 8 March 2014.
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ANALYSIS: What low oil prices might mean for sales and leasebacks
Airlines could lose appetite for sales and leasebacks as cheaper fuel creates healthier cash positions, a lessor cautions.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Asian airframers brace for the big leagues
Asia’s commercial aircraft manufacturing scene has seen a flurry of activity in recent years. For the first time history, three commercial aircraft types are being built here. One is on the brink of entering into service, while the other two are gearing towards a first flight milestone.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The state of the search for MH370 on the anniversary of its loss
The first anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will be marked on 8 March 2015. Although the Australian Transport Safety Bureau continues to lead the multinational team searching the southern Indian Ocean seabed, no trace of the missing Boeing 777 has been found.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airbus Group eyes rising fortunes as ramp-up rolls on
For a neat summary of the state of affairs at Airbus Group, look to its newest civil airliner, the A350. Calendar 2014 ended with the first delivery, to Qatar Airways.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: GE's growth at Peebles shows scale of ambitions
Drive west from Cincinnati along Ohio state highway 32 towards Virginia and the roads get progressively emptier. Small towns hunker down in the frigid Midwestern winter landscape, dots of colour in a sea of rolling brown hills. The further west you get, the deeper into Amish country you are - ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Brickbats to bouquets for Qantas and Virgin Australia
The brickbats of a year ago turned to bouquets in February as Qantas and Virgin Australia both revealed a return to profit for the six months to 31 December.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How 3D printing could change the way R-R develops products
Contained within the vast complexity of a modern widebody jet engine it may look like just another large, intricately-designed metal structure. But a 1.5m-diameter titanium front bearing housing (FBH) inside a Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engine is a structure with a difference. It could point the way to an eventual revolution ...
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ANALYSIS: P&W reveals new aggressiveness in A320neo orders race
In a little over four years, Airbus has signed firm orders for more than 3,600 A320neo-family aircraft. Forty percent of those tail numbers – representing an astounding roughly 1,450 aircraft – remain up for grabs in the competitive engine duel between CFM International and Pratt & Whitney.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Turbomeca gears up for a busy future
Visit rotorcraft forums on the internet often enough and you would be forced to come to the conclusion that while French helicopter engine manufacturer Turbomeca may make decent enough products, its aftersales operation is lacking.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: IAI to start widebody TaxiBot certification in autumn
Israel Aerospace Industries and Lufthansa Technik's ground services unit LEOS have signed a tentative agreement to jointly conduct certification tests for an in-development widebody version of IAI's pilot-controlled tow tractor TaxiBot with a Boeing 747.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: A380 re-engining continues to divide analysts
In a lightly attended Dubai air show press conference about 15 months ago, then-Engine Alliance president Dean Athans delivered an unexpected message. The joint venture between GE Aviation and Pratt & Whitney was evaluating a wide range of performance upgrades for the GP7200, including offering an all-new engine to power ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Dauphin's demise spurs X4 development at Airbus Helicopters
On 3 March in Orlando, Airbus Helicopters will finally reveal the future of its medium-class rotorcraft. Work on the new model, known so far by its experimental designation of X4, has been under way since at least 2010, but there is still little clarity on what the helicopter looks like ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Oil prices create super uncertainty
At least three commercial helicopter programmes – the Airbus Helicopters EC175, AgustaWestland AW189 and Bell 525 Relentless – owe their existence to sustained oil prices over $100 per barrel. All three were launched within the last decade to capture demand from oil and gas exploration companies as they pushed drilling ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: US carriers focus on alleged subsidies to Gulf carriers
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are concerned about the magnitude of subsidies they believe Gulf carriers receive, as the US carriers push to limit open skies with Qatar and the UAE.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: India-owned Mahindra extends its footprint from Australia to North America
With a manufacturing base in Australia, a marketing and assembly operation in the USA, a growing global sales and support network and ownership by an Indian conglomerate, Mahindra Aerospace is truly a global company.
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ANALYSIS: Slow-down for Australia's formerly booming rotorcraft sector
Growth in Australia’s once-booming helicopter sector is slowing down at a time when the industry is grappling with a series of obstacles ahead of it.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: RAAF's transport capabilities in transition
The Royal Australian Air Force's air transport capability is midway through a massive transformation that is revolutionising how it conducts operations.