All Analysis – Page 53
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Latin airlines start engine for overseas growth in 2018
Latin American airlines are set to grow international service in 2018, as the region's improving economies spur carriers to launch more flights abroad.
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ANALYSIS: Safety - good flying or just good luck?
Again the world’s commercial air transport industry has smashed all records for keeping passengers safe – in 2017 there were no fatal accidents on scheduled mainline passenger flights.
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ANALYSIS: No golden goal for A380 in China
Airbus is wooing China, hoping that the soon-to-be world's largest aviation market will order some A380s and breathe new life into the ailing programme.
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ANALYSIS: Emirates offers critical lifeline to A380
Emirates' decision to take up to 36 more Airbus A380s offers life-support to a programme at a point when the airframer had been openly talking about the possibility of its closure.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Freighter conversions up 7% in 2017 on 767 strength
Updated to reflect that 11 of Prime Air's 767s are -300ER BDSFs.
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ANALYSIS: China drives efficiency at state-owned airlines
Chinese state-owned carriers could become more competitive on the international stage, following the change in their parents' ownership structures.
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ANALYSIS: MRO providers build up 787 capabilities as fleet matures
Before the Boeing 787 arrived for its first maintenance check, engineers at Air France-KLM’s technical division knew servicing the highly computerised aircraft would require a new set of IT skills and services.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Thailand capacity growth moderated in 2017
Thailand's domestic seat capacity growth continued to moderate in 2017, with its six key carriers adding just 8% more seats on domestic routes compared with 9% in 2016.
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ANALYSIS: Hyperloop link promises Schiphol expansion
Hyperloop One, a California-based company that is seeking to make the concept of aircraft-speed ground transportation a commercial reality, is hopeful that talks with the Dutch Government to build a hyperloop track linking Amsterdam Schiphol and Lelystad airports could result in the two facilities effectively becoming one integrated aerodrome within ...
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ANALYSIS: US carriers' efficiency gains outstripped by growth
Alaska Airlines could lose its position as the most fuel-efficient US carrier on domestic routes as a result of its merger with the country's least efficient airline, Virgin America, according to a recent study carried out by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).
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ANALYSIS: Are carbon markets ready for aviation?
Key questions hanging over ICAO's forthcoming Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) include not just whether the airline industry will be ready in time, but whether the carbon markets will be able to cope with the high level of demand for offsets from their newest customer.
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ANALYSIS: Airliner orders rebound amid further output rise
The relentless rise in mainline jet output continued in 2017, with Airbus and Boeing both setting new production records and reaching almost 1,500 deliveries between them. There has also been a significant uptick in orders – which was not forecast a year ago – and the outlook for the near-term ...
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ANALYSIS: Airlines warned not to leave carbon accounting to last minute
Airlines are being strongly urged to submit their emissions-monitoring plans for ICAO's global carbon-offsetting scheme by the end of September 2018, ahead of the formal February 2019 deadline, regardless of whether or not their home state has agreed to participate in the voluntary phase of the market-based measure.
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ANALYSIS: ICAO carbon offsetting scheme under fire
Opinions are divided over whether ICAO's Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation should be the only market-based measure applied to the airline industry to address its impact on climate change.
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ANALYSIS: HNA could face regulatory hurdles for M&A
In December, Ness Technologies filed a civil action in New York State court against Pactera Technology International and Chinese parent HNA Group for alleged damages resulting from the failed sale of subsidiary Jersey Holdings to Pactera.
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ANALYSIS: Airbus powers up its other assets in Romania
Its helicopters division is not the only Airbus unit to have set up shop in Romania. In 2011, Premium Aerotec, the group’s wholly owned but autonomous aerostructures subsidiary, opened its first factory outside Germany next to the Airbus Helicopters facility in Brasov. The plant has since almost doubled in size ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Analysts speculate on impact of broader tax law
The only certainty about the impact of the new US tax law seems to be that some airlines, provided they remain profitable, will pay less federal tax in 2018.
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ANALYSIS: Airbus's big plan to revive the Romanian rotorcraft sector
If you build it, they will come. Airbus Helicopters might have been following the famous advice of the film Field of Dreams when it invested almost €52 million ($62 million) in a factory in Romania in November 2015. Two years on, the Brasov plant is ready to produce its first ...
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ANALYSIS: Economic surge drives Boeing commercial streak in 2017
For Boeing, the year 2017 dawned with a long list of concerns facing the commercial market. Net order totals for the company’s commercial aircraft had dropped for two years in a row. Demand for widebody aircraft 12 months ago, in particular, seemed even more worrisome, leaving Boeing struggling to fill ...
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ANALYSIS: The reinvention of Romania's Aerostar
On first appearance, Aerostar’s sprawling complex of buildings next to Bacau airport may reflect its heritage as a state-run enterprise focused on supporting the Romanian defence forces.