Middle East – Page 103
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How significant is the Gulf's slowing capacity growth?
Expansion by the big Gulf carriers has been a dominant theme in the airline industry over the past decade.
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UAE unlikely to accept changed terms of EU access: Emirates chief
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark believes the UAE's government has little appetite to replace a plethora of European bilateral agreements with an EU-wide air transport arrangement.
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Egypt and Russia prepare for resumption of air services
Egypt and Russia have finalised a protocol on joint measures to ensure flight safety, with the aim of restoring bilateral air services shortly.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Israeli transport minister Yisrael Katz
Last year, an analysis revealed that fewer than half of Israeli government decisions were actually implemented, even if partially implemented decisions were included. One decision, though, passes the test with flying colours: the 2013 undertaking to open Israel's skies.
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Qatar Airways to receive first A320neo-family jet next year
Qatar Airways expects to take delivery of its first Airbus A320neo-family aircraft in 2018.
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Emirates needs to 'adjust' business: chief
Emirates Airline is undertaking what its president Tim Clark terms a "major exercise" to adjust its business amid changing customer demand.
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A380 wake suspected in Challenger loss-of-control event
Investigators are considering the possibility that Airbus A380 wake turbulence might have contributed to a loss-of-control event that badly damaged a business jet in January.
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: Mid-life aircraft trading patterns and the impact of lessors
Operating lessors today manage 40% of the commercial jet passenger fleet and are a key player in the aviation industry. Forty years ago, operating lessors accounted for less than 2% of the fleet and even by the early 1990s, they still managed only 15%. Lessors depend on the trading of ...
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F-35 to fight ISIS in a few years
The US Air Force’s F-35A will fight ISIS in the near future, but don’t expect to see the Lockheed Martin Lightning II flying over Iraq or Syria this year.
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SNAPSHOT: Used jet market, 8-22 February
Remarketing older aircraft can be a lengthy process. In September 2016, Taiwanese flag carrier China Airlines mandated AMS Aircraft Services and EastMerchant to jointly remarket five Boeing 747s. Part-out firms and African airlines are showing interest in the jets – but talks are still at the early stages, FlightGlobal understands.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: GAMA reports mixed performance in 2016 for fixed-wing market
There were mixed fortunes for the business and general aviation market in 2016, with the turboprop sector one of the few bright spots.
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ANALYSIS: Downturn in offshore helicopter sector may be bottoming out: Flight Ascend Consultancy
The downturn in the oil and gas sector that has seen deliveries and values of large and medium helicopter types plummet in the past two years may be bottoming out – but any recovery is likely to be at least a year away, believes Flight Ascend Consultancy.
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Diamond delivers first DA62 to Israel
Business aviation services company FNA Aviation has become the first Israeli owner of the Diamond DA62, following delivery of the piston-twin in early February.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Perception lags improving airline safety
Aviation professionals are pessimistic about the ability of the industry to continue to improve airline safety.
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ANALYSIS: How A320 changed the world for commercial pilots
As the world’s first digital fly-by-wire (FBW) airliner, Airbus Industrie’s A320 was positioned to bring commercial flying and flight management into the 21st century when it was rolled out in 1987.
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: V1EWPoint - a review of 2016 and how this year will be different
At first glance, 2017 looks like it will be a tough year. Demand outlook indicators have largely turned from green to amber as we see the potential slowing of the demand cycle. Traffic growth will also be lower in 2017 than 2016, with Airlines facing cost increases from fuel prices ...
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: What you want to know about commercial aviation in 2017
Audience questions prompted by Flight Ascend Consultancy’s latest commercial aviation market update webinar reveal much about the industry’s concerns, with our consultants’ views sought on areas such as the future of the Bombardier CSeries and Airbus A380, values trends, and the likely impact of higher oil prices or Donald Trump’s ...
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Turkish Technic wins V2500 component deal from Royal Jordanian
Royal Jordanian has contracted Turkish Technic to provide component support for the International Aero Engines V2500 fleet powering a fleet of Airbus A320-family jets.
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Egyptian ministry refers to Airbus crash as sabotage
Egypt’s foreign ministry has described the crash of a Russian-operated Airbus out of Sharm el-Sheikh as having resulted from a deliberate attack.
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Demand cycle is weakening: Flight Ascend Consultancy
Passenger traffic and demand growth were both lower in 2016 compared with 2015, leading Flight Ascend Consultancy to conclude that aviation is past the cyclical peak.