All articles by Murdo Morrison – Page 32
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PARIS: UK carrier's helicopter fleet comes to the fore
While the Lockheed Martin F-35B will inevitably be the main attraction of the Royal Navy’s new Queen Elizabeth-class carrier, the service is expecting the rotary fleet to really come into its own through the deployment of the AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin, plus other possible rotorcraft in the future.
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PARIS: Hybrid Air Vehicles set to fly Airlander at Farnborough
Hybrid Air Vehicles is making its Paris debut but the first air show appearance of its radical Airlander hybrid airship is set to be at Farnborough next year, with the start-up keen to make the world's largest aircraft one of the stars of that show.
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PARIS: GKN Fokker to complete Dutch head of state BBJ
GKN’s Fokker business is to design and carry out the completion on the Dutch government’s new Boeing Business Jet.
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PARIS: Daher eyes US expansion opportunities
Daher is a long-established business from over here with big ambitions over there. The Paris-headquartered family firm – whose roots stretch back to the 19th century and with a portfolio that spans aerostructures and aircraft parts, supply chain management and the TBM turboprop – is at its home show to ...
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Interview: Embraer chief executive Paulo Cesar Silva
Paulo Cesar Silva is attending his first Le Bourget as Embraer chief executive, accompanied by the largest number of aircraft types the Brazilian manufacturer has brought to an air show. Silva, who formerly ran Embraer’s commercial aircraft division and took over the top job from Fred Curado last July, says ...
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PARIS: Triumph continues on its transformation journey
One year into what he calls a “three-year journey” to repair the balance sheet, reputation and fortunes of Triumph Group, chief executive Dan Crowley is “pleased with progress”. Crowley, brought in to head the aerostructures, aircraft systems and precision components specialist in 2015 after a period of untrammelled expansion led ...
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PARIS: Lord beds in FbW as it looks to further acquisitions
If Lord wanted to make its mark in the European fixed-wing market it could hardly have chosen a more apt acquisition than Fly-by-Wire. The US corporation bought FbW from SKF in June last year, adding to its diverse portfolio of “tip to tail aircraft systems” the French company’s range of ...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: What hopes for the A380 on the secondhand market?
Does anybody want a used A380? A few months off the 10th anniversary of the Airbus double-deck airliner entering service, orders have virtually dried up, production will fall to one a month from 2018, and there is increasing uncertainty over whether there is a viable secondhand market for the world’s ...
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PARIS: Chinese-owned Gardner looks at aerostructures expansion
With a warchest from its new Chinese parent, UK aerospace supplier Gardner Aerospace is eyeing acquisitions and expansion into China – aiming to benefit from what it believes will be further consolidation in the aerostructures sector, alongside an eastward shift in the supply chain.
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EBACE: Jetex to expand network with French airports tie-up
Fast-expanding trip planning and handling specialist Jetex is increasing its French presence through a 15-city tie-up with airport management company Edeis, it said at the show this afternoon.
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EBACE: Airbus Corporate Helicopters launched as new brand
Airbus is giving a greater focus to its corporate helicopter range by spinning off Airbus Corporate Helicopters as a separate brand.
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EBACE: Payment platform PayNode set for European launch
PayNode – the business aviation payment platform unveiled at NBAA in Orlando by the company behind the Avinode online charter marketplace – is to launch in Europe.
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EBACE: Rivals for power in the business aviation engine market
In a business aircraft market that has seen a spate of new programmes, they are the power behind the flown: the industry’s five main turbojet manufacturers have been busy of late.
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EBACE: Comlux delivers first EASA-certificated Sukhoi Business Jet
Comlux has delivered the first EASA-certificated VIP cabin completion on a Sukhoi Business Jet, and is preparing for the imminent entry into service of its largest aircraft – a VIP-configured Boeing 777-200LR that it will operate on behalf of an upmarket tour company.
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EBACE: GainJet to base new medevac operation at Stansted
Greek VIP charter operator and management company GainJet is basing a new medevac operation at London Stansted, using a Bombardier Challenger 604 registered under its Irish subsidiary’s air operator’s certificate.
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EBACE: MEBAA means business in Morocco
The Middle East Business Aviation Association is at EBACE to promote what it says is the sector’s next big event – September’s MEBAA show in Morocco – with founding and executive chairman Ali Alnaqbi promising its new location of Marrakech will attract more delegates than its 2015 precedessor in Casablanca.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: London's business aviation airports raise their game
No city in the world is better served for business aviation than London. Paris Le Bourget and Geneva are Europe’s busiest gateways for those travelling privately, but at least seven airports vie for business aviation traffic into the UK capital – and that does not include Heathrow and Gatwick.
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PICTURES: Airlander flies again after hard landing
The Airlander hybrid airship has flown again nine months after crashing on its second test flight. The world’s largest flying structure – built by Hybrid Air Vehicles – lifted from her moorings at Cardington airfield in the UK at 17.28 local time on 10 May, landing again after a flight ...
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ANALYSIS: Airlander exits ready to fly and find customers
Eight months after crashing on her second test flight and being spirited indoors for repairs, the Airlander prototype re-emerged from her Cardington airfield hangar on the evening of 7 April, with Hybrid Air Vehicles looking to resume flight testing within days. Staff have spent their time since the 24 August ...
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VIDEO: Why do so few women become airline pilots?
Why do so few women become airline pilots? Less than one in 20 pilots is female and the proportion is even smaller when it comes to captains, with just a few hundred in the entire world.