All Analysis – Page 116
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Southeast Asia’s long-haul, low-cost renaissance
No one will confuse Southeast Asia’s long-haul, low-cost carriers with their staid, full service rivals. Campbell Wilson, chief executive of Singapore’s Scoot, once held a competition with a colleague aboard a Boeing 777-200ER operating the Bangkok-Singapore route. He announced that each of them would push a duty free sales cart ...
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ANALYSIS: Firing up of first Leap-1B strengthens Boeing-CFM bond
The latest episode in one of the longest and most successful marriages in civil aerospace got under way on 13 June at an engine test facility near Paris. CFM International fired up for the first time the Leap-1B for the Boeing 737 Max at partner Snecma’s Villaroche site. As the ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: What to expect at this year's Farnborough
Farnborough air show boss Shaun Ormrod admits that hosting a major air show is harder than it used to be. A generation ago – with the industry concentrated in North America and western Europe and focused on a small number of events – the biennial UK gathering was a must-attend. ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Real-time data monitoring embedded in latest FFS from CAE
Real-time data monitoring and analysis will be coming soon to full-flight simulators (FFS), and both the pilots being trained and the simulator operator will feel the benefits.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Simulator manufacturers fight for advantage in crowded market
While small, the rapid growth of the civil flight simulator market is necessitating development of ever more complex and detailed interfaces
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The truth about the US pilots shortage
The US General Accounting Office says it does not know if there is an airline pilot shortage in the country. The Air Line Pilots Association says there is no shortage. The US Federal Aviation Administration says it is not the cause of the problem.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Could Emirates move to a two-type fleet?
Emirates Airline's decision to cancel orders for 70 Airbus A350s has opened up the possibility that its future fleet could only have two types – the Boeing 777 and A380.
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AnalysisFARNBOROUGH: Mitsubishi cranks up MRJ PR machine
Mitsubishi Aircraft is in public relations overdrive this year, as it seeks to highlight every milestone in the development of its MRJ regional jet programme, assuring customers and prospects like that a maiden flight in the second quarter of 2015 is well on track.
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ANALYSIS: European airlines step up white-label operations
Flybe Group had some good news to share with the stock market on 11 June, having made a pre-tax profit for the first time in four years in the 12 months ending 31 March – and the UK-based regional operator is keen to emphasise the role that white-label contract flying ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Crew training follows the evidence
Evidence-based training is redefining the nature of flightcrew instruction, focusing on direct analysis and direction in the areas a pilot needs to improve on, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why XWB isn’t extra enough for Emirates
Emirates’ decision to terminate its A350 XWB contract with Airbus as part of the A380 mega-order signed last year at the Dubai air show is not a major surprise. But could the loss of such a high-profile customer – not to mention some $13 billion-worth of business at list prices ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Northrop, Lockheed vie to connect F-22 to airborne network
Lockheed Martin has packed the F-22 with sophisticated tactical intelligence systems, but – in a throwback to a pre-networked era – no means of transmitting data to different aircraft.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Southwest gears up for international expansion
Southwest Airlines might have celebrated its 43rd anniversary this year, but it is just getting started in entering its next phase of growth as it prepares to expand beyond the US border.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Leahy pitches A330neo against 787
A concept still has to be formally presented to airlines, but a re-engined version of the A330 appears to be taking shape, with Airbus working on an aircraft it believes will match the cash operating costs of the Boeing 787-9 with the same number of seats.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Roadmap to Mars is paved with ambition, high hopes and money
A manned mission to Mars is a lofty goal, but with international effort beginning to align behind one cohesive plan, the next stage of human exploration may well become possible
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AnalysisANALYSIS: India powering ahead with heavy-lift launcher programme
India’s 12th five year plan period (2012-2017) has been generous to the Indian Space Research Organisation: 25 launches, 33 satellites into orbit and an overall budget of $6.4 billion. During 2014-2015, the space agency will spend just over $1 billion on its satellite, launcher and space exploration programmes.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: ABS Jets offering the best of both worlds in Prague
Like many aviation companies in the Czech Republic, ABS Jets – a Prague-based business aviation services company – markets itself on the “Western values/Eastern prices” principle.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Change in the air for NASA’s aeronautics research arm
NASA’s aeronautics research programme has seen a long period of decline since its glory days. Since 2000, a $1 billion annual budget for atmospheric flight research has been chopped roughly in half, and its share of overall NASA appropriation has declined from 7% to 3%.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: GE looks to turn former Walter Engines into its turboprop centre of excellence
GE Aviation’s Business and General Aviation Turboprops business in Prague – the former Walter Aircraft Engines – combines the Czech company’s decades-long expertise in small turboprop engines with the US giant’s vast experience in industrial production and new product development
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AnalysisANALYSIS: New ATR chief to focus on legal framework
The appointment of the Airbus’s head of contract negotiations, Patrick de Castelbajac, as ATR’s new chief executive comes as the Franco-Italian manufacturer works to transform its legal status from “groupement d’intérêt économique” (GIE) to “société anonyme” (SA) to pursue new objectives: managing suppliers, and launching a new turboprop.