Op-Ed Columnists – Page 15

  • Opinion

    Comment: New 'Dawn', same feel to Libyan campaign

    2011-03-28T10:00:00Z

    The US-led coalition taking on Libyan leader Col Gaddafi has again shown the rapid effect of overwhelming air power, but must avoid getting bogged down like in Iraq and Kosovo ...

  • Opinion

    Comment: Green is the colour

    2011-03-21T13:00:00Z

    Patriotism is being invoked in an attempt to stave off a Chinese bid for Minnesota-based, Bahrain-controlled Cirrus Aircraft, but short-term gain will remain the priority of US investors

  • Opinion

    Comment: Virtual airline, actual risk

    2011-03-21T10:00:00Z

    Now the Irish Air Accident Investigation Unit has published its initial factual report on the fatal Manx2 commuter crash at Cork, the emerging details reinforce the argument that "virtual airlines" should be made illegal in the European Union.

  • Opinion

    Comment: Now, can the Single European Sky deliver?

    2011-03-14T15:00:00Z

    Volcanic ash taught Europeans what aviation means to their economy and amplified calls for a single sky, but obstacles must be overcome if the new system is to deliver

  • Opinion

    Comment: Where on earth does the FCC get its ideas?

    2011-03-14T12:00:00Z

    GPS has become synonymous with freedom of mobility. But that freedom is under fire, thanks to the US Federal Communications Commission.

  • Opinion

    Comment: Fuelling the fire sales?

    2011-03-01T10:00:00Z

    BA-Iberia's bid to improve its fuel economy by getting rivals to give up modern aircraft may be ambitious, but with airline bosses rightly nervous about rising oil prices it just might work

  • Opinion

    Vertical lift consortium splits US rotorcraft industry opinion

    2011-03-01T08:00:00Z

    There are divided opinions in the US helicopter industry on the efficacy of a new consortium tackling procurement problems

  • Opinion

    Comment: Embraer deserves to steer its own tanker

    2011-02-28T10:00:00Z

    Nearly two years have passed since Embraer and the Brazilian air force formally launched the KC-390 tanker-transport ...

  • Opinion

    Comment: German EADS power trumps share trading

    2011-02-21T12:00:00Z

    Chatter about the delicate issue of EADS ownership rose in volume on reports that Daimler wants the German government to relieve it of at least some of the burden of the country's France-balancing equity interest in Europe's aerospace champion.

  • Opinion

    Comment: Virtual airlines look real, but the security of the product is very different

    2011-02-20T12:00:00Z

    Airlines are as tightly regulated as they are for a good reason - and while virtual airlines can provide what looks to customers like an airline product, there are crucial differences

  • Opinion

    Comment: Brain drain? Learn lessons from football

    2011-02-08T09:00:00Z

    Sam Sayani, second-in-command at Pakistan International Airlines, may have tempered his words to spare his hosts' blushes. But his message at a session entitled Competing For People at last week's MRO Middle East conference and exhibition in Dubai was clear: stop poaching our people just because you can.

  • Opinion

    Comment: Enough now children

    2011-02-07T12:00:00Z

    If it weren't so serious, the seemingly interminable World Trade Organisation dispute between Airbus and Boeing might be funny.

  • Opinion

    Comment: Taking the slow road

    2011-02-01T12:00:00Z

    India will pick the MMRCA fighter competition's winner in its own sweet time - and with defence budgets down elsewhere, manufacturers have simply no choice but to wait

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    Opinion

    Opinions divided on merits of A320neo

    2011-01-26T09:33:00Z

    Airbus has begun racking up orders and commitments for its upgraded A320neo family, but some industry observers have raised questions about the decision to develop the new variants.

  • Opinion

    Comment: Cash talks – but what is it saying?

    2011-01-25T10:00:00Z

    EADS, poor thing, has a problem: what to do with a €10 billion ($13.5 billion) cash pile?

  • Opinion

    Comment: Super-sized ambition

    2011-01-25T10:00:00Z

    Sukhoi's regional jet order from a Mexican budget airline has been touted as an international breakthrough - but making inroads in the USA requires heroic effort from its marketing team

  • Opinion

    Comment: Forever the bridesmaid

    2011-01-21T12:39:07Z

    As British Airways and Iberia finally walk down the aisle, European rivals are accelerating their search for the perfect...

  • Opinion

    Comment: Shock of the new

    2011-01-17T12:00:00Z

    By going public with IndiGo's intention to take 150 re-engined A320 aircraft, Airbus is aligning its ambitions with global economic shifts - and turning up the heat on its dithering rival

  • Opinion

    Comment: The airline safety gap is growing

    2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Airline safety performance has just recorded its eighth year in a row in which accident numbers and rates have resolutely failed to fall. But why should...

  • Opinion

    Comment: Don't be fooled

    2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

    On the surface, the dramatic emergence of a previously-secret Chinese fighter might cause consternation in the West. But Beijing is a long way from developing a true modern warplane