All Analysis – Page 106
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AnalysisANALYSIS: New routes driving up USA-UK capacity in 2015
A slew of new nonstop routes between the USA and the UK will drive up capacity during the summer of 2015, surpassing the peak set earlier this year.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Baltic air policing mission in Estonia to continue through 2015
The increased tensions in Eastern Europe as a result of Russia’s advances into Ukraine resulted in NATO’s Baltic Air Policing (BAP) effort ramping up in May this year, including the establishment of a permanent detachment being based out of Amari air base in Estonia.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The A350 sales story as shipments start
As Airbus begins deliveries of the A350-900, the order backlog for its latest all-new widebody stands at impressive total of nearly 800 aircraft.
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ANALYSIS: Senior 777 captain ‘calculates MH370 crash site’
A senior Boeing 777 captain believes he has calculated where the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 may have crashed into the Indian Ocean
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ANALYSIS: Will precondition for antitrust immunity be relaxed?
The US precondition of Open Skies before it will grant antitrust immunity is about to face a challenge.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: EC175 finally arrives just as civil helicopter market slows
Another blue-sky day in Marseille. No clouds mar the horizon, but a stiff breeze whips across the airfield, snapping out the bright orange safety tags attached to the helicopter’s rotorblades. The yellow-liveried aircraft – and its sister ship parked inside the nearby hangar – is an EC175; “the first brand-new ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: US airlines gear up for another strong year
From Worst to First was the title of former Continental Airlines chief executive Gordon Bethune’s book on how he turned around the ailing airline in the 1990s, fast forward more than a decade and it is an appropriate description for the US airline industry among their global peers.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Can European carriers find profits momentum?
European airlines have strengthened their tentative grip on profits in 2014, but restructuring remains very much a work in progress for many.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: SpiceJet's winter of discontent
As 2014 comes to a close, it is difficult to imagine the folks at SpiceJet looking forward to a happy new year.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Will overcapacity in Southeast Asia continue in 2015?
Carriers in Southeast Asia have battled overcapacity this year, but as they dial back their growth plans, there is a good chance that the market should be better placed to meet demand, with a positive impact on yields.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Latest 777X suppliers show 787 commonality
A new round of supplier selections on the 777X re-affirm Boeing’s strategy to emphasise commonality with the computing and display systems on the 787.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Few winners in Venezuela currency crisis
When the topic of airline funds trapped in Venezuela came up for discussion at the ALTA Leaders Forum in Nassau in November, a fire alarm at the event venue went off.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Delta eyes a ‘fantastic’ 2015 as strength continues
Any one who has listened to a Delta Air Lines investor presentation in the past two years knows the drill – margin improvement, returning capital to shareholders and building a balance sheet that equals or surpasses those of investment grade industrials.
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ANALYSIS: Airbus works to resolve Qatar A350 issues
Airbus concedes that the last-minute postponement of the first A350-900 delivery to Qatar Airways came after it was overly optimistic with the interval allowed for the acceptance process, but the manufacturer is confident the handover can still be completed this year.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Ryanair's new profits course takes shape
If there was some scepticism when Michael O'Leary a year ago began taking tentative steps in repositioning Ryanair, a fourth profit upgrade of this financial year suggests that the budget airline many loved to hate is doing something right.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Will lower fuel costs alter airline strategies?
While the recent relenting in oil prices has provided airlines with an unexpected but welcome easing of their costs, the pain that has been caused by fuel volatility makes it unlikely that carriers will too drastically alter their current course.
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ANALYSIS: No end in sight for Norwegian saga
For almost two decades, the Norwegian embassy has dolled up a giant Christmas tree at Washington DC's Union Station every December in what the Scandinavian country hails as a symbol of friendship between Norway and the USA.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: UAV studies warn of risks as industry burgeons
Confirmation by the UK authorities that an unidentified unmanned air system was involved in a near collision with an Airbus A320 on the approach to London Heathrow airport's runway 09L in July has put the issue of regulation in the spotlight. This is a topical issue because in just one ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: World air forces fighting on many fronts
After a more than decade-long involvement in Afghanistan, the air wings of multiple nations had expected some respite from years of combat activity by late 2014, as the NATO-led mission completes its transition of control to the authorities in Kabul.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: French Guiana increases air surveillance network
The air base at French Guiana has become the first French site to bolster its air defence and surveillance capability following the inauguration of the ThalesRaytheonSystems Ground Master 400 radar on 27 November.