All Analysis – Page 81
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Market forces coalesce for first sub-3% EETC coupon
Market forces coalesced around United Airlines’ $920 million enhanced equipment trust certificate (EETC) transaction earlier in September, resulting in a record low sub-3% coupon that even frequent issuer American Airlines could not match less than a week later.
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ANALYSIS: Increased sophistication drives UK's HEMS market
Paul Westaway, director of customer services at Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore – the former Bond Offshore Helicopters – has been working in the UK’s helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) segment since its earliest incarnation 30 years ago.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Japan’s changing commercial fleet
Major changes in the market have shaken up the perception that Japanese carriers’ fleets are built around tightly-packed widebody aircraft.
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ANALYSIS: Ultimate engine project has core focus
A new EU-funded initiative to develop radical concepts for ultra-efficient aero engines will focus on revolutionising the core of the powerplant, for deployment on future advanced tube-and-wing aircraft.
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ANALYSIS: A second chance for A380s?
The news that Singapore Airlines will not extend the lease for its first Airbus A380 was not a shock to the finance community.
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ANALYSIS: ICAO seeks consensus on global emissions scheme
As ICAO prepares to host its 39th Assembly in Montreal later this month – where it is hoped that a long-awaited global market-based measure (MBM) to address international aviation emissions will be agreed – the UN body has released a draft resolution which indicates that the scheme will be voluntary ...
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ANALYSIS: Cardiff Aviation cadet scheme to bolster Wings Alliance
When it comes to pilot training, one size definitely does not fit all. That’s according to one of the key proponents of the UK-based Wings Alliance initiative, Cardiff Aviation chairman Bruce Dickinson.
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AAPA sees robust Asian passenger traffic despite uncertainties
Demand for air travel remains strong among Asia-Pacific carriers, as traffic levels stay high despite various market uncertainties.
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ANALYSIS: HAV makes plans to return Airlander 10 to flight
As he stands near the spot on the grass airfield where the Airlander 10’s second flight came to a bumpy end on 24 August – a nose-first landing described as the “world’s slowest air crash” – Hybrid Air Vehicles’ Chris Daniels admits “the world will be watching” next time the ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The NTSB's years-long quest for better runway reporting
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has reiterated a longstanding recommendation for better runway condition reporting -- a call that comes just weeks before new reporting standards are set to take effect.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How upgauging could help China combat constraints
There is little doubt about the potential for growth in the Asian market and China in particular. Air travel has grown sharply in China, amid relatively strong economic growth. This has seen strong growth among Chinese carriers and airports, and an increasing focus on international services.
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ANALYSIS: Can nations agree how to curb greenhouse-gas emissions?
Global agreement on a market-based measure to curb aviation emissions is not the only possible environmental milestone of the upcoming ICAO Assembly in Montreal. Also on the cards is the final endorsement of the first-ever global carbon dioxide efficiency standard for aircraft, which was agreed and recommended in February by ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: US regionals at sharp end of labour pains
US regional carriers continue to struggle to attract enough pilots to fill their ranks, despite many of them implementing programmes aimed at attracting entry-level recruits, industry executives say.
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ANALYSIS: AFRL prepares to unveil 20-year propulsion vision
Since the arrival of the high-bypass turbofan almost 50 years ago, jet engines have made huge strides in efficiency without altering the basic architecture. Two air flows of constant volume either bypass or enter a core section. The core combusts a mixture of compressed air and fuel to generate thermal ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: New narrowbodies' long-haul challenge to widebodies
Airlines appear to be increasingly interested in using new-generation narrowbodies to make thinner long-haul routes more economically viable.
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ANALYSIS: Airship could offer lighter-than-air alternative for Gremlins
While the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has set a firm requirement that its Gremlins unmanned air vehicles return to a Lockheed Martin C-130 cargo aircraft, an airship could offer an attractive option for future recoverable drone missions.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: US network carriers diverge on Asia strategies
The varying strategies of US mainline carriers to Asia is a nice contrast to their convergence elsewhere, ranging from inflight amenities to the structure of their frequent flier programmes.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Swarming UAVs set to disrupt battlespace and marketplace
As the United States continues its two flagship multi-billion acquisition programmes – the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber – the Department of Defense’s research arms have their eye on cheaper, disposable drones that would overwhelm the enemy in contested environments.
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ANALYSIS: Europe looks towards emerging weapon technology
The development of future combat aircraft – fifth- or sixth-generation fighters and unmanned combat air vehicles – is at the forefront of military planning.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Europe's leisure carriers fight over tight market
Leisure carriers in Europe have not been short of challenges over the past 12 months. Already adjusting to falls in demand to North African destinations, further tourism hotspots have been hit by damaging geopolitical events. On top of that, the Brussels and Istanbul airport terror attacks highlighted the vulnerability of ...