All Analysis – Page 68
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ANALYSIS: 777X tests Boeing's transformed production system
Boeing's 777X is much more than a revamp of a venerable widebody; it's the test-bed for a whole new production system
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ANALYSIS: Has P&W's geared turbofan turned the corner?
Pratt & Whitney admits the first 18 months of commercial operations with the PW1100G engine could have gone better.
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ANALYSIS: Boeing, Airbus jockey to define MoM options
With a new mid-sized aircraft (NMA) still months from a launch decision and perhaps eight years away from carrying paying passengers, Boeing vice-president Mike Delaney seems most at ease describing the project by all the things it isn't.
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ANALYSIS: What hopes for the A380 on the secondhand market?
Does anybody want a used A380? A few months off the 10th anniversary of the Airbus double-deck airliner entering service, orders have virtually dried up, production will fall to one a month from 2018, and there is increasing uncertainty over whether there is a viable secondhand market for the world’s ...
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ANALYSIS: Rolls-Royce moves forward with Advance3 demonstrator
Just ahead of the Paris air show, Rolls-Royce today completed a significant step in preparations for its next generation of commercial aircraft engines.
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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.