All Analysis – Page 107
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ANALYSIS: The impact of DC-10 and MD-11 on aviation
All journeys on a passenger jet these days will be on a type that has two, or occasionally four, engines. This year marked the end of the era of the three-engine airliner and, with it, the presence in the flight schedules of a once powerful manufacturer. In a remarkable coincidence, ...
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ANALYSIS: Drop in oil prices ‘simply upside’ for airlines
Airline stand to benefit from the rapid decline in global oil prices in recent months, as many continue to operate with higher fuel prices in mind.
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ANALYSIS: Should Rolls-Royce stick to aero engines?
Rolls-Royce made the news with a call for its breakup
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ANALYSIS: 787's voice and data recorder concerns not unique
The types of problems raised in recent days with the Boeing 787’s cockpit voice and flight data recorder are not unique to that aircraft, say industry sources and a former accident investigator.
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ANALYSIS: How will US scope clauses impact regional fleets
Michael Lapson, senior analyst in the New York office of Flightglobal’s Ascend consultancy, examines the impact of revised scope clauses in the US market
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ANALYSIS: Ending Dassault's Airbus connection opens new doors
France's aerospace industry must pay close attention as Dassault and Airbus disengage
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ANALYSIS: Miltary faces 'perfect storm' of budget vs need
European defence forces are facing a “perfect storm”, and those in the UK are at its eye. So says Andrew Dorman, Professor of International Security in the defence studies department at Kings College, London, and a lecturer at the UK Joint Services Command and Staff College in Shrivenham.
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ANALYSIS: Has the Boeing 787 been a network changer?
Three years after the Boeing 787's long-awaited entry into service, Henk Ombelet from Flightglobal's Ascend consultancy looks at whether the Dreamliner has changed the market
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ANALYSIS: 747-400 numbers healthy a decade after final delivery
A decade after Boeing built the last passenger variant of the 747-400, more than half the delivered fleet remains in service in the airline role, but the retirement rate is beginning to build momentum.
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ANALYSIS: Grey charter spreads gloom among Middle East operators
The perennial issue of illegal or grey charter continues to infuriate established commercial operators around the Middle East.
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ANALYSIS: Middle East business aircraft operators surge
The Middle East – replete with a never ending supply of very wealthy individuals and thriving corporations – has provided a dependable and consistent revenue stream for many business aviation companies for years.
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ANALYSIS: MTU Maintenance Zhuhai geared for expansion
MTU Maintenance Zhuhai – the engine overhaul joint venture between one of China's big-three airlines China Southern and German powerplant specialist MTU – is seeking to expand across its current narrowbody engine portfolio and has an eye on maintaining new types like CFM International's Leap and Pratt & Whitney’s PW1000.
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ANALYSIS: Lion tops ATR ranks after landmark deal
Indonesia's Lion Group has cemented itself as ATR's largest customer as it agreed to purchase 40 more turboprops, taking its total to 100 from the European airframer.
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ANALYSIS: Alliance opportunities and Qatar's Oneworld motivation
Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker candidly explained his reasons for joining Oneworld – revealing a potential missed opportunity for Star Alliance – using his trademark straight talking at the recent Airline Business Aviation Partnership Summit.
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ANALYSIS: Why falling oil prices alone put no pressure on backlogs
Jet fuel is suddenly looking very affordable. IATA’s online jet fuel monitor shows global prices have plummeted 21% compared to a year ago. The falling prices have saved the global airline industry $7 billion so far this year, IATA’s analysis suggests.
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ANALYSIS: Flightglobal’s latest census outlines shape of military simulator sector
A total of 75% of the close to 2,000 simulators in the defence sector are made by five manufacturers. L-3 Link Simulation & Training, a division of L-3 Communications, leads the market with a 24% share of active simulators, according to Flightglobal’s latest Military Simulator Census.
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ANALYSIS: How Iran's aerospace dream began and ended with the licence-built IrAn-140
When the sole airworthy HESA IrAn-140 turboprop crashed on takeoff from Tehran in August, Iran’s hopes of becoming an aerospace-manufacturing nation appeared to crash with it. The decade-and-a-half following Antonov’s decision to licence production of its An-140 to Iran has seen no more than a dozen IrAn-140s roll off the ...
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ANALYSIS: How airports are looking to new technologies
If you think augmented reality sounds as though it is something to be avoided, it is going to become increasingly hard to do so over the coming months and years.
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ANALYSIS: How VLM aims to evolve with Superjets
Belgium’s newly independent regional carrier VLM Airlines is aiming to grow revenue by two thirds with the planned introduction of two Sukhoi Superjet 100s into its Fokker 50 turboprop fleet in 2015.
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ANALYSIS: What do recent production rate changes mean?
Richard Evans, senior consultant, who recently joined Ascend from Rolls-Royce, examines recent announcements about production rate changes at Airbus and Boeing