All Analysis – Page 44
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ANALYSIS: UK industry awaits defence review decisions
With the biggest players from its defence industry showcasing their products at the Farnborough air show, this year's main aerospace event could offer an ideal platform for the UK government to outline its equipment and investment priorities for the years to come.
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ANALYSIS: How BAE's Air unit aims to maintain European ties
BAE Systems' Air division is heading for its first Farnborough air show since being formed through a major reorganisation of the UK's leading defence contractor, and with an executive team optimistic of maintaining its position at the forefront of Europe's combat air system mix.
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ANALYSIS: USAF tries to stop aircraft software problems with agile methods
For decades, the US Air Force and its lead aircraft supplier, Lockheed Martin, have struggled to efficiently write the code that runs their aircraft. The result is numerous cost overruns, delays and aircraft dysfunction – especially in the much-maligned Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II programme, whose software problems have put ...
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INFOGRAPHIC: How is the narrowbody market-share shaping up?
As orders for the re-engined A320neo and 737 Max soar past 10,500 aircraft, we call on Flight Fleets Analyzer data to show how the narrowbody market-share battle is shaping up
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ANALYSIS: The history of the Supermarine Spitfire and Eurofighter Typhoon
To mark the 100th anniversary of the UK establishing the Royal Air Force as the first independent service of its kind, our cutaway choice for this Farnborough air show preview issue features two of the most significant types flown during its first century of operations.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why JetBlue chose the A220
Economics, network range, and fleet plan flexibility. Those factors sealed the deal for JetBlue Airways in choosing the Airbus A220-300 after an "incredibly close" battle with the Embraer E195-E2, moving the airline towards becoming an all-Airbus operator.
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ANALYSIS: Drone industry says Trump export policies don't go far enough
Despite new regulations issued by President Donald Trump’s administration in April 2018, loosening the rules which govern the exportation of drones to foreign militaries, industry analysts say unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturers still have their hands tied by regulations when it comes to marketing and selling their aircraft abroad. US drone ...
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ANALYSIS: Why Airbus foresees laminar wings on next-gen aircraft
In the quest for greater efficiency of large transport aircraft, efforts to reduce wing drag through conventional aerodynamic tweaks have largely been exhausted, in the view of Airbus senior vice-president of research and technology Axel Flaig.
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ANALYSIS: How a 'full-digital approach' renewed Airbus's Beluga
Airbus aircraft once used to begin life inside a Boeing, of sorts. Specifically the structures of Airbus jets would be ferried in a heavily modified version of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, adapted by US specialist Aero Spacelines into the Super Guppy turboprop transporter.
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ANALYSIS: Are composite airframes feasible for narrowbodies?
Boeing and Airbus has been building aluminium aircraft for decades when they switched to composite designs for their respective 787 and A350 programmes. Whether that material change can be replicated for next-generation medium-haul aircraft, however, is unclear.
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ANALYSIS: A380 scrapes along in hope of revival
Only twice in the first decade since the Airbus A380 entered service has the double-deck aircraft ended a year with its order backlog higher than that of the previous one. On both occasions Middle Eastern carrier Emirates alone had spared the programme from recording a duck for the year. Emirates ...
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ANALYSIS: Could Ankara be ejected from F-35 programme?
Opposition from the US Senate, House of Representatives and Department of State to the transfer of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIs to Turkey is putting the latest delivery of the stealth fighter in jeopardy. That is despite the company having officially presented the fifth-generation aircraft to Turkish officials during a ...
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ANALYSIS: P&W details revised geared turbofan recovery path
Losing four geared turbofan engines to in-flight failures as a result of a botched durability upgrade was not how Pratt & Whitney wanted 2018 to begin – quite the opposite.
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ANALYSIS: Mitsubishi poised to put MRJ90 centre-stage
Mitsubishi Aircraft started flying the MRJ90 in November 2015. For 31 months, the test fleet has performed standard trials, mostly out of public view. In public, the MRJ90 test fleet has been shown parked in a static display of a major air show.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: A330neo nearing first delivery four years after launch
Just 1,400 days after Airbus disclosed – to a Farnborough air show audience – its intention to re-engine its popular A330 family, the first customer aircraft carried out its maiden flight from Toulouse. Its original 42-month development schedule had always been ambitious, but the A330neo nevertheless appears set for service ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Delta eyes Austin to close Texas gap
Delta Air Lines is looking at Austin as a possible point of network growth in the coming years.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Just two women among the chiefs of top 100 airlines
Weeks after Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker stoked controversy with his "joke" at the IATA AGM that his airline had to be led by a man, FlightGlobal's latest survey of gender diversity in the industry shows that the number of female chief executives among the top 100 carriers ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Singapore-Japan capacity continues declining trend
Seat capacity between Singapore and Japan peaked in 2015 but has been in decline ever since as carriers have downgauged aircraft and focused on more nonstop services between Singapore and the United States.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Bamboo who? Vietnam start-up’s ever-shifting strategy
Vietnamese start-up Bamboo Airways’ commitment to 20 Boeing 787-9s represents a startling growth in ambition, but the prospective carrier’s strategy is far from clear.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: American ends run of venerable Dash 8 turboprop
Piedmont Airlines retires its last Bombardier Dash 8 tomorrow, ending 33 years of turboprop history at the carrier.