All Analysis – Page 137
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ANALYSIS: Financial problems at airlines cannot be solved until they are identified
While identifying problems is crucial for the financial health of airlines, selecting the correct solution is more important still
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ANALYSIS: No Indian summer for Kingfisher
Six years ago, Kingfisher Airlines boss Vijay Mallya told Airline Business during a cover interview how he was "building a sustainable business model in...
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ANALYSIS: US regionals reach new turning point
It is 1984 again with US regional airlines. That year was a turning point for the industry, when the first capacity purchase agreements established the dominant...
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ANALYSIS: Fleet Watch - orders September 2012
ANALYSIS: Fleet Watch - orders September 2012
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ANALYSIS: Oneworld's Qatar moves shows changing world order
Confirmation that Qatar Airways is to join the Oneworld alliance and that Air France-KLM will begin codesharing with Etihad Airways and its partner Air Berlin,...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Is the weakness in the cargo market a temporary dip or a long-term trend?
"Our approach has primarily been to build our existing... large palletised bellyholds and combi capacities" Pierre-Olivier Bandet SVP marketing,...
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ANALYSIS: Are regional carriers an endangered species?
Regional airlines may be endangered as they restructure the business in the face of market changes, but they are not yet ready for extinction
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ANALYSIS: Regional airlines must choose whether to align with a major carrier or go it alone
Many regional airlines face tough choices between independence and integration as the consolidation of major carriers prompts a rethink in business strategy
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ANALYSIS: US FAA orders repetitive inspections on GEnx fan midshaft parts
The US Federal Aviation Administration will require Boeing 787 and 747-8 operators with General Electric engines to perform repetitive ultrasonic inspections...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: New commercial programmes central to MTU's growth strategy
With military budgets shrinking, new commercial aircraft programmes are at the centre of MTU's growth plans
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Liebherr expects 50% aerospace business growth until 2018
Landing-gear expertise has gained Liebherr valuable footholds in new programmes and will help drive growth in the next few years
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AnalysisANALYSIS: EFW seeks more MRO to balance freighter conversions
After enduring hard times in the air cargo sector, EFW sees its future in airframe MRO, despite a high-cost location in Dresden
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AnalysisANALYSIS: No crisis for 787 despite big Qantas cancellation
Boeing has suffered its largest Dreamliner cancellation so far after Qantas scrapped its firm order for 35 787-9s worth $8.5 billion, taking the cumulative...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Embraer concepts reveal work continues on all-new narrowbody airliner
Embraer is carefully preparing for a narrowbody airliner that could succeed a re-engined and possibly re-winged E-Jet family sometime after 2025. Early...
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ANALYSIS: Second quarter financial round-up
While financial fortunes differed across the regions in the second quarter of the calendar year, the pain of fuel volatility was a constant for all. Even...
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ANALYSIS: Capacity grip tight on transatlantic market
Alliances are turning a corner over the North Atlantic. The days of capacity growth that followed open skies and last year's improving economic prospects...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: American pilots decision largely favours airline
American Airlines is the likely benefactor of a bankruptcy court's 15 August decision to deny American's request to reject its pilots contract. Judge...