All Analysis – Page 63
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AnalysisANALYSIS: United makes bigger play for Hawaii
United Airlines is growing. The carrier has upped system growth to as much as 3.5% this year, with its domestic available seat miles jumping as much as 4.5%.
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ANALYSIS: China's mixed signals on military aircraft exports
On the second day of the 2015 Dubai Air Show, reporters crowded into the Avic chalet. Expectation was high: a sign outside a day earlier had proclaimed there would be a briefing on the CAIC WZ-10 attack helicopter. Minutes passed while Avic officials avoided eye contact. The time set for ...
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ANALYSIS: Will the Paris air show bring much order activity?
The air transport industry descends on Paris for the biennial air show with few signs that aircraft order activity will match the high levels seen two years ago.
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ANALYSIS: Boeing blows past September delivery date for tanker
Boeing will deliver the US Air Force’s KC-46A tanker by the end of 2017, pushing past the air force’s original September delivery date.
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ANALYSIS: Why Rockwell Collins and Safran are comfortable with cabin interiors mergers
One of the two biggest names in airline interiors is under new ownership – and the other could be shortly – as part of the largest burst of consolidation the sector has seen. In April, Rockwell Collins completed its acquisition of fellow US company B/E Aerospace – the 36th biggest ...
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ANALYSIS: 737 Max cutaway and technical description
When Airbus upped the single-aisle stakes with its A320neo, Boeing's response was to push its venerable 737 to the Max
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ANALYSIS: Dassault sets sights on further Rafale sales
Although its Falcon business jet unit is enduring something of an orders slump, Dassault Aviation’s defence arm is enjoying a bumper time with its Rafale multirole fighter, with production already assured through at least the middle of the next decade.
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ANALYSIS: Brexit casts shadow over UK aerospace
UK-based aerospace and defence companies are watching Brexit with great interest and, in some cases, considerable concern
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AnalysisANALYSIS: A350-900 deployment highlights broad network coverage
As Airbus closes on certification and first deliveries of the A350-1000, its smaller sibling has been earning its crust on global networks for 30 months. And the 80 A350-900s now in service with 12 operators are demonstrating the twinjet's deployment flexibility, flying relatively short-haul routes, mid-distance sectors and very-long-range services.
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ANALYSIS: F/A-18 production poised for a comeback
Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet will emerge as the comeback kid at this year’s Paris air show, with new orders from the US Navy and prospects cropping up across Europe and the Middle East.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why US ATC overhaul might actually happen
Aviation observers and policy experts say the current push to corporatise ATC may actually have the broad support needed to pass into law.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How Airbus managed a six-variant A320neo test campaign
The first flight of the Airbus A319neo in March marked the beginning of the end of a flight-test programme that has already lasted almost 36 months and will ultimately culminate in six new A320-family variants being cleared for service.
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ANALYSIS: Airbus gearing up for A400M export push
Europe's A400M tactical transport programme will achieve a milestone later this year, when Airbus Defence & Space hands over its 50th production example of the "Atlas".
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ANALYSIS: NATO nations take aim at 2% spending target
For decades, the United States has been by far the largest contributor to the NATO’s military strength. Its budget dwarfs those of all the other nations added together, and the US has long sought to have its partners pay more towards the cost of the alliance. Now, President Donald Trump ...
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ANALYSIS: Outside shocks dominate debate at IATA AGM
If there were any reminders needed of the potential for external events to impact the airline industry, developments both immediately before and during the recent IATA annual general meeting in Cancun provided further evidence of how outside factors could threaten to push the industry from its profitable altitude.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Long march ahead for China airliner exports
The first flight of the Comac C919 on 5 May was a clear reminder of China's aerospace ambitions.
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ANALYSIS: Arianespace guns for Asia communications market
The Paris air show is famously attractive to Asia-Pacific customers of commercial airliners and military aircraft, but the region is also one of the world’s hottest markets for a higher-altitude aerospace segment: commercial satellite launches. Here, European launch operator Arianespace is a world leader and vying for business.
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ANALYSIS: Scrapping of Niki-TUI plan piles pressure on Air Berlin
So, TUI and Etihad have abandoned their plan of merging TUIfly with Niki – an Austrian unit of Air Berlin, in turn part-owned by Etihad – to form a European leisure carrier. And the party most affected is Air Berlin.
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ANALYSIS: CSeries advancing, slowly
Nearly one year has passed since Bombardier's CSeries narrowbody entered revenue service, and since then the aircraft has apparently met performance and reliability expectations and received certification to operate at London City airport. Executives at the Montreal manufacturer say the CS100 and larger CS300 have proved capable of meeting the ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How Beluga XL will boost Airbus's logistics capability
Two decades after retiring its original outsize transport, the Super Guppy, Airbus is gearing up to introduce its third-generation airlifter in two years' time, bolstering its air-logistics capability as production ramps up across its plants.