All Analysis – Page 50
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ANALYSIS: Laudamotion network built on Niki foundations
When IAG disclosed its plan to acquire Niki in December 2017, the group's chief executive Willie Walsh described the Austrian carrier as the "most financially viable part of Air Berlin".
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ANALYSIS: Lockheed proposes new U-2 transformation into triple-spying threat
In a hangar known as Site 2, opposite the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works on the Palmdale airport runway in California, the 60-year-old ritual of programmed depot maintenance for each of the 27 U-2S "Dragon Lady" aircraft remaining in service continues, a full decade after the US Air Force launched a ...
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ANALYSIS: Why European airline groups want standardised fleets
SAS's negotiations with Airbus about an order for further A320neos to replace Boeing 737s – disclosed by the Scandinavian group last month – is the latest step in its efforts to standardise its fleet.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Financiers remain upbeat despite concern about cycle
"If it's good, it's going to get bad," said Pam Hendry, an industry adviser, moderating a finance panel discussion at an aviation conference in San Diego earlier this month.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: WestJet CEO switch reflects company in flux
The abrupt and unexpected departure last week of WestJet chief executive Gregg Saretsky reflects increasingly contentious relations with newly-unionised pilots and other challenges posed by a broad business transformation, say financial analysts.
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ANALYSIS: How business aviation boosts Europe's economy
Critics may decry it as a perk for a wealthy elite, but business aviation is a bulwark of Europe's economy, supporting 374,000 jobs and contributing €32 billion ($40 billion), or just under 0.2% of the total value of goods and services produced in the region each year. That is according ...
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ANALYSIS: How Boeing built 10,000 737s
The roll-out of the 10,000th 737 at Boeing's Renton, Washington plant marks an impressive milestone, not just in terms of production volume but also from a product longevity perspective. And it is appropriate that the recipient of the 10,000th aircraft will be Southwest Airlines as the carrier heads the customer ...
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ANALYSIS: Quality pays for Australia's jet fighter training simulation
With an ongoing push to expand and improve the efficiency of its fast jet pilot training, the Royal Australian Air Force has implemented three new flight mission simulator (FMS) stations at its Williamtown Base (New South Wales) and Pearce Base (West Australia) training campuses.
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AnalysisINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: The Big Data landscape
How the aviation and aerospace sectors view the Big Data opportunity
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ANALYSIS: Aero Vodochody gets back in training with L-39NG
Half a century since its first flight and almost two decades after production ended, the latest iteration of one of the most ubiquitous Cold War jet trainers is set to take to the skies. Thousands of pilots for Warsaw Pact air forces and other Soviet allies learned their combat aviation ...
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ANALYSIS: Crunch time for T-X trainer bidders
There’s no question the pending contact for the USAF's T-X advanced pilot training system will shape the global market for supersonic trainers
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Air Canada opens Canadian dollar EETC market
Air Canada priced what may be the first Canadian dollar-denominated enhanced equipment trust certificate (EETC) transaction in February, simultaneously opening a new financing option for Canadian carriers while de-risking its balance sheet.
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ANALYSIS: Where does Hawaiian switch leave A330-800?
It is too early to determine whether the decision by Hawaiian Airlines to ditch its A330-800 order in favour of the Boeing 787-9 is a critical moment for the Airbus twinjet, but it certainly creates some headaches for Toulouse.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airline chiefs disagree on chances of Brexit disruption
The A4E Aviation Summit in early March showed that Europe’s biggest airlines can agree on some issues, there will always be significant differences bubbling beneath the surface.
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ANALYSIS: Airbus Helicopters takes twin-track approach to urban air mobility
A strategic partnership between Airbus Helicopters and on-demand rotorcraft provider Fly Blade announced on 28 February in Las Vegas marks a new high in the rapid ascent of the urban air mobility market.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Optimism returning to business aircraft industry after modest 2017
Although there were mixed fortunes for the business aviation market in 2017, a late surge in sales activity across the sector has triggered a palpable sense of optimism, not felt by the industry for some years.
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ANALYSIS: German military wrestles with aircraft availability
Germany is struggling to maintain the operational readiness of its military aircraft inventory, as obsolescence issues and challenges around the introduction of new platforms combine to diminish front-line availability.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Rising traffic feeds Georgia's hub ambitions
Georgia was once an important point on the historic Silk Road trade route linking China with Europe. Now the country has ambitions to develop itself once more as a transit hub – this time on the back of a burgeoning aviation market.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Aircraft retirement wave poses challenges for recyclers
Aircraft recyclers are expecting a rise in retirements, after a decline in recent years as airlines held on to ageing equipment amid healthy traffic and low oil prices.
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ANALYSIS: Surging economies lifting air cargo demand
Of all the signs that the global economy is recovering after a prolonged post-crisis slump – rising employment, rising business confidence and even inflation – one sure indicator of better times can be found in air freight. Indeed, 2017 was an exceptional year for air freight demand, with industry-wide freight ...