All Analysis – Page 94
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AnalysisANALYSIS: VietJet’s fatal flirtation with long-haul, low-cost
Vietnamese low-cost carrier VietJet Air used the Paris Air Show to restate its interest in launching a long-haul operation, but the carrier’s modest international footprint suggests that such a venture will not make sense for several years – if ever.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Asia-Pacific profits kept in check in 2014
Asia-Pacific's leading carriers were again in the black in 2014, though collective profits remain below previous highs as over-capacity, local issues and continued air freight market challenges hit yields for many in the region.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Mixed picture for European airline profits in 2014
Profits among leading European carriers improved slightly in 2014 though the picture remains extremely mixed between operators, the latest Airline Business World Airline Rankings underlines.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: North American profits run set to continue in 2015
North American carriers continue to generate record profits, even as the US economy weakens just as capacity growth ramps up.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airline profits hit highs in 2014
For an industry so used to shocks and red ink over the last 15 years, it is perhaps unsurprising that airlines may take some convincing that they've never had it so good.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How airlines are tapping into the Internet of Things
In a world where people casually tout the term disruptive technology, there are few predictions as sure as the coming of the Internet of Things and its potential to change the way we live, travel, and operate businesses.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: AgustaWestland outlines future of Yeovil factory
Despite its proud aeronautical heritage, the UK has only one aircraft manufacturer that has been in continuous production for 100 years.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Bluecopter eco-testbed showcases mature technologies
“Maybe the biggest breakthrough is that there is no breakthrough.”
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why SR Technics is partnering with AerFin for A340 MRO
SR Technics has established a joint venture with UK asset management firm AerFin to offer comprehensive support packages for Airbus A340-200/300 operators.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Aiming for 90,000ft with Perlan 2 glider
Making its debut at EAA AirVenture 2015 is a new aircraft that’s destined to shatter records: a remarkable glider called Airbus Perlan Mission II
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Textron Aviation turns integration focus to piston-powered aircraft
Since its founding less than 18 months ago, Textron Aviation has been quite busy. First, there was the critical task of blending two historically competitive organisations – Cessna and Beechcraft – into a unitary corporate system. Cessna also needed to concentrate on completing certification programmes of several upgraded and new ...
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ANALYSIS: How Heathrow is feeling the squeeze
Following the UK Airports Commission's recommendation for development of a third runway at London Heathrow to meet future airport capacity needs, analysis from Flightglobal’s Ascend consultancy highlights how lack of capacity at the UK’s biggest airport has seen it lose ground to other big hubs, in Europe and the ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How bridging to the A330neo has challenged Rolls-Royce
"It's not how I envisaged my first communication with the market," admitted new Rolls-Royce chief executive Warren East as, on his second day in the role, he delivered a profits warning covering the UK engine maker's core aerospace propulsion business.
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ANALYSIS: Star members demand more value from alliance
Star Alliance's sheer size leaves little room for network expansion, and its large members are tending to form separate, exclusive partnerships through joint ventures and codeshare agreements. Against this backdrop, the grouping faces a stern challenge in remaining relevant for both large and small carriers.
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ANALYSIS: Testing times for aviation funding
Airlines and lessors have been enjoying cheap funding from an abundance of sources for the past few years, but this favourable environment is about to be tested, as financial events on both sides of Atlantic begin to creep into the aviation sector.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Europe lags US in RNP airspace management
Europe may be well behind the rest of the world in using required navigation performance airspace management solutions in airport terminal areas, but aside from the successful Atlantic Airways project in the Faroe Islands, a few other European RNP projects are under way.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Plenty life left in the Caravan after 30 years
Cessna’s 208 Caravan has fulfilled many roles over its 30-year lifetime – from commuter airliner to feeder freighter, and from military transport to sightseeing aircraft – notching up 13 million flying hours in 100 countries along the way.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Europe takes selective approach to satellite guidance
Europe, compared with much of the rest of the world, has been slow to adopt satellite-guided required navigation performance (RNP) airport approach and departure procedures. Where they have been adopted they have been used for airports that cannot employ traditional ground-based aids because close terrain makes the signals from guidance ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Industry sees path to carbon-neutral aviation
In 1971 – 34 years after the first ground test of Frank Whittle’s prototype jet engine – General Electric’s CF6 commercial turbofan engine entered service with the Douglas DC-10-10, representing a historic breakthrough in fuel efficiency.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Wall Street rubbishes US collusion allegations
US carriers are working hard to become stable, margin-accretive and low-risk industrial companies, a process made possible through consolidation, capacity discipline and experience from the harsh competitive realities of a volatile industry.