All Analysis articles – Page 95
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Eva Air gives 787-10 boost in Asia-Pacific
Eva Air’s planned order for 24 Boeing 787-10 aircraft is an important boost for the variant in the Asia-Pacific region.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Etihad and Alitalia undaunted by rebuilding task
Few would have underestimated the task Etihad boss James Hogan took on by adding Alitalia to the Gulf carrier's expanding fold of equity partners.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: A network US Airways built through mergers
US Airways was an airline with ambition, growing through five separate mergers to become the fourth largest US carrier when its flight lands this Saturday.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airlines in bloom despite mixed market messages
Global airlines should consider themselves extremely lucky right now, as their feelings of general good health and optimism, do not span all industries, particularly those in the emerging markets.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Asia-Pacific MROs weigh options amid changing landscape
Third-party MRO players in the Asia-Pacific region see a number of challenges in the coming years, ranging from increased OEM involvement in the industry to more assertive customers. Still, they are optimistic about the opportunities available to them, and are taking steps to create new lines of profitability. Most ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The complicated conception of KFX
South Korea’s indigenous fighter programme has always been ambitious, but a failure to gain US technology export licences makes the project that much more formidable
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Africa's aviation market remains on the fringes
A common theme across the African air transport sector over the past two decades has been calls to unlock the continent's growth potential through opening up its skies.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Orbital ATK still looks like marriage made in heaven
Back in April 2014, when Orbital Sciences and ATK announced plans for an all-stock merger, the move looked like the proverbial marriage made in heaven – or at least a tie-up destined for the stars.
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ANALYSIS: Korean Air eyes MRO opportunities
Korean Air’s Tech Center lies west of runway 16L at Busan’s Gimhae International airport. A sprawling array of hangars, warehouses, and production facilities, it is home to the flag-carrier’s low-profile aerospace division, KAL-ASD. It is here where the company performs the majority of its MRO work, and where it also ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: A Chinese white knight for CSeries?
Having been snubbed by Airbus, Bombardier all but certainly sees an urgent need to accelerate talks with other potential investors, including Comac, about its CSeries programme.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: PMA demand to surge with new aircraft deliveries
Thousands of new aircraft deliveries appear set to drive a worldwide surge in demand for PMA parts, which today play a relatively small but critical role in the market.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: CMC testing bodes well for 777-9X efficiency
Ceramic matrix composites destined for use on the General Electric GE9X engine have passed the first phase of endurance testing with no red flags, despite a surprise exposure to an unplanned engine surge.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airlines size up capacity at Gatwick and Heathrow
When Flybe sold its London Gatwick slots to EasyJet in 2013, it marked not only the almost complete departure of UK regional operators from the gateway but also a virtual disappearance of turboprops.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Importance increases for training of commercial UAV operators
In its shake up of the regulations governing unmanned air vehicle operations in Europe, EASA has proposed that training and licencing of pilots be incorporated into its future rule-making.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Predator training demand continues in New Mexico
The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1 Predator unmanned air vehicles are the backbone of the US Air Force unmanned surveillance fleet, and their use in multiple theatres demands a robust training schedule.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: UK airport capacity debate gets political
Despite giving its unequivocal backing for a third runway at London Heathrow, the Airports Commission appears to have failed to put an end the airport expansion debate in the UK.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: USAF crash marks sixth hull loss for C-130J
The fatal accident involving a US Air Force-operated Lockheed Martin C-130J in Afghanistan on 2 October is the sixth hull loss to have involved a “Super Hercules”, and the first in which US personnel have died.
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ANALYSIS: Intrepid Aviation's new management focus
Intrepid Aviation has a new management team in place to focus on the lessor’s long-term competiveness following the bankruptcy filing of its largest lessee, Skymark Airlines, earlier this year.
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ANALYSIS: Royal Navy opens doors for UAV ops discussions
In an effort to progress in its understanding of unmanned air vehicle operations, the Royal Navy held a maritime unmanned air systems awareness conference at RNAS Culdrose – home of the 700 Xperimental (700X) naval air squadron that operates the Insitu ScanEagle UAV – on 24 and 25 September.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Will Boeing's next aircraft be an oval or a circle?
With speculation continuing about Boeing's plans for its future aircraft development programme, two reports now predict that the airframer's next clean-sheet design will feature the aviation novelty of an oval fuselage cross-section.



















