All articles by Murdo Morrison – Page 26
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MENA looks to outsourcing MRO model
Aviation services provider MENA Aerospace is switching strategy after 13 years to focus on providing outsourced maintenance, repair and overhaul to other MROs from its hangar at Bahrain airport.
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PICTURE: Texel debuts 737-700 FlexCombi at Bahrain air show
Texel Air is debuting the first Boeing 737-700 FlexCombi freighter from Pemco World Air Services at the Bahrain air show, ahead of its service entry in January.
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Bahrain confirms purchase of 12 AH-1Z Vipers
Bahrain has confirmed its order for 12 Bell AH-1Z Vipers, six months after the US Department of State approved the deal, worth an estimated $912 million, under the Foreign Military Sales process.
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Gulf Air agrees sale-and-leaseback with SMBC for six A320neos
Gulf Air has agreed a sale and leaseback deal with SMBC Aviation Capital for the first six of its 12 Airbus A320neos on order, the first one of which entered service in August with the Bahrain-based carrier.
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SaudiGulf signs for A320neo family aircraft
SaudiGulf Airlines has signalled a major fleet expansion with plans to lease and buy up to 40 Airbus A320neo and A321neo aircraft over the next five years.
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Turkish Aerospace: indigenous engine for T625 on track
Turkish Aerospace Industries says development of an indigenous engine for its T625 commercial and parapublic helicopter is on track for integration in 2021 – although the intermediate twin is likely to enter service before that with current CTS800 engines from Rolls-Royce/Honeywell joint venture LHTEC.
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Lockheed sees 400-strong market for new F-16s
Lockheed Martin sees a market for 400 new F-16s – mainly in the Middle East – after securing Bahrain as launch customer for the Block 70 variant.
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Arab airline consolidation unlikely, say AACO speakers
Strong political and cultural obstacles mean the Middle East and North Africa is unlikely to experience the sort of airline consolidation seen in Europe and the USA.
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ANALYSIS: Bahrain raises its game in aviation
Bahrain – the aviation capital of the Gulf in the last third of the 20th century – has had to watch from the sidelines over the past two decades as neighbours Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar have vied for its former position. Each of these emirates has invested hundreds of ...
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VIDEO: Business aviation sector upbeat as it packs up in Orlando
In the last of three videos from the annual NBAA convention in Orlando, FlightGlobal's Murdo Morrison sums up the big developments of the day, including the lead story from issue three of Flight Evening News.
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VIDEO: Switching onto electrics, and keeping ATC in public hands
The prospect of supersonic business travel dominated the news agenda as NBAA prepared to kick off on Monday. On Tuesday, as the show formally began, the focus switched to the other end of the spectrum, with the potential for electric power technologies.
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NBAA: Next-gen narrowbodies boost completion centres
They are the ultimate status symbols – Airbus and Boeing widebodies, purpose-built as residences in the sky for some of the world's most powerful plutocrats and leaders. Almost every business aviation show sees the unveiling of the latest cabin concepts for these twin-aisle types, with boardrooms, bedrooms and bathrooms fit ...
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NBAA: Ascend sees hopeful signs in used aircraft market
An uncomfortably large inventory of aircraft for sale has been a key feature of the sector for much of the past decade, and one of the main contributors to sluggish demand for new aircraft. However, research by Flight Ascend Consultancy, carried out ahead of the NBAA convention, shows that – ...
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NBAA: Jetcraft hails 2018 as turning point
Aircraft trading company Jetcraft has hailed 2018 as a “turning point” for the industry after a turbulent decade, and upped its prediction for aircraft deliveries in its fourth 10-year market forecast, issued ahead of the show.
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NBAA: P&WC ramps up production of PW800
As the first variant of its new PW800 starts earning its living on the Gulfstream G500, Pratt & Whitney Canada is ramping up production and preparing its service network for the 10,000lb (44.4kN) to 20,000lb-thrust class engine.
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Aeralis launches funding effort for 'modular' military trainer
A start-up behind a “modular” family of military jet trainers it plans to build in the UK has until the end of November to raise £1 million [$1.32 million] through crowdfunding to design a concept fuselage demonstrator in time for September’s DSEI defence show in London.
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NBAA: Engine programme update
From secret projects to damaging delays and changing loyalties, it has been a busy, and sometimes turbulent, few years for the business jet engine manufacturers. Four of the big six – GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Rolls-Royce and Safran – have new programmes in advanced development or final stages ...
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NBAA: Pilatus prepares to reopen PC-24 orderbook
When the producers of Goldfinger were seeking an out-of-the-way Alpine setting for a Bond villain's lair in 1963, they chose Pilatus in Stans. In fact, stick a pin in the middle of a blank map of Switzerland and it will be close to the company's mountain valley home of eight ...
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ANALYSIS: Duncan gears up for the ADS-B rush
Over the next 14 months, Duncan Aviation expects to be helping dozens of operators win a race against time. A Federal Aviation Administration mandate that all aircraft flying in certain controlled airspace in the USA must be fitted with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Out (or ADS-B Out) technology comes into force ...
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NBAA: Is the helicopter market ripe for disruption?
Flying 1,400ft above gridlocked streets, a helicopter speeds its passengers from airport to downtown heliport in minutes, delivering that ultimate luxury for the overworked executive or high-net-worth individual – productive time. With ground journey times taking longer than ever in many cities, urban rotor-taxis are becoming a more familiar sight ...