All Analysis articles – Page 25
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AnalysisInternational consensus key to returning 737 Max to service
Boeing has reiterated that achieving consensus among national aviation regulators will be key to ensure a successful return to service for the 737 Max, which has been grounded since March this year.
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AnalysisBoeing NMA future doubted after United orders 50 Airbus A321XLRs
The future of Boeing’s proposed New Mid-market Airplane (NMA) seems more uncertain than ever thanks to United Airlines’ recent order for Airbus’s competing A321XLR. But it might still be a go.
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AnalysisUnited’s Airbus XLR order spawns visions of a different NMA
United Airlines has served notice to its US competitors, and to Boeing, that it will not put its middle-of-the-market ambitions on hold.
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Analysis'Great Power' friction to inflate 2020 military budgets
Chilling relations between the USA, China and Russia are forecast to push military spending higher in 2020, continuing a trend that bodes well for the aerospace industry.
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AnalysisBusiness jet shipments strongest for a decade
Business jet output for the first nine months of 2019 reached its highest level for a decade, due to the introduction and production ramp-up of a slew of new and long-awaited aircraft models, and renewed confidence in the market from its customer base.
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AnalysisDubai air show Order Tracker
It means the show ends with 298 order commitment announcements - less than half the level of deals announced two years ago, even if the Emirates tentative deal for 40 787-10s is stripped out of the 2017 figures. The majority, 231 aircraft, are firm orders - though many represent the ...
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AnalysisGE wraps up GE9X trials as 777X flight tests near
GE Aviation wants the industry to know it has fixed a GE9X problem that delayed first flight of the Boeing 777X.
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Collins chief says integration ahead of plan
Almost exactly a year ago, Rockwell Collins completed its long-running merger with the UTAS division of United Technologies to create one of the most diversified businesses in aerospace. Collins Aerospace – itself an amalgam of a series of acquisitions over the past decade, including B/E, Arinc and Goodrich – emerged ...
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AnalysisAbu Dhabi's Sanad Aerotech looks to engines for growth
Abu Dhabi’s signage suppliers have been kept busy at the aircraft engineering complex next to the city’s international airport during the operation’s transitions through many identities. Originally Gulf Aircraft Maintenance Company or GAMCO – the third-party MRO division of Gulf Air – it was renamed Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) ...
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AnalysisUAE's bold vision for space
No-one could accuse the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of lacking a long-term vision for space. The country has a project to put settlers on Mars by 2117. Its recent achievements and immediate objectives are impressive too. The Gulf nation has just sent an astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS), ...
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AnalysisDAE shifts focus from big order to possible acquisition
Do not expect Dubai Aerospace Enterprise to be among the big spenders at the air show that kicks off in its home city on 17 November. Not long ago, a mega, 400-narrowbody order seemed on the cards from the government-owned entity – which vaulted into the top echelon of lessors ...
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AnalysisStrata comes of age
In the 10 years since it was established in a desert plot next to Al Ain airport, Strata Manufacturing has achieved a great deal. As well as being the Gulf’s only tier one aerospace manufacturer, with clients including Airbus, Boeing and Pilatus, the composite aerostructures specialist has spearheaded what some ...
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AnalysisUAE unveils defence conglomerate Edge
Long one of the world’s biggest oil and gas producers, the United Arab Emirates has diversified over the past 20 years to become a world leader in the aviation market, a leading tourist destination, and a major trading and financial centre. The one area in which it has arguably lagged ...
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AnalysisGeneral Atomics ready to add SparrowHawk attritable drone
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is developing a new attritable jet-powered unmanned air vehicle (UAV). Called SparrowHawk, it is intended to be air-launched from and air-recoverable by the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) MQ-9 Reaper.
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AnalysisHow will Dubai air show orders play out in 2019?
Predicting the likely commercial air transport order activity every two years at the Dubai air show is nigh-on impossible at the best of times, let alone with the extra layers of uncertainty currently underpinning the airline industry.
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US regulators turn gaze on aircraft acquired overseas
Whistleblowers at the US Federal Aviation Administration and the US Department of Transportation contend that some aircraft operated by Southwest Airlines that had previously been operated by airlines outside the US remained in service despite having maintenance records that were “alarmingly insufficient,” according to the US Senate Committee on Commerce, ...
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AnalysisMROs see fringe benefits from Max grounding
As the Boeing 737 Max crisis continues to unfurl – and as its grounding wears on – much has been said about how it impacts airlines.
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AnalysisContrasting fortunes of UAE's two low-cost carriers
It has been a year of contrasting fortunes for the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE’s) two low-cost carriers. All-Airbus operator Air Arabia has continued to thrive, notching up robust first-half profits and adding its first three A321LRs to its fleet of 52 A320s.
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ANALYSIS: Russian Helicopters looks for growth path around US sanctions
The Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, located in southern Siberia, has over its 80 year history produced hundreds of aircraft, from Lavochkin fighters to early Kamov helicopters – as well as more mundane items such as spoons, caskets and washing machines.
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Airlines body IATA seeks spares-market transparency
IATA is in the process of preparing a web-based tool to help airlines and aftermarket players evaluate used spare parts in an effort to make pricing for such material more transparent.