All Opinion articles – Page 40
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Comment: Turboprops can be life savers too
For most of us, an aircraft like the ATR 42 makes pleasant work of short-hop holiday or business trips. Such turboprops fly lower than jets, so the view reminds us that flying can still be a joy.
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Comment: A clash over ash
Opinion may be divided on how to cope with volcanic eruptions. But caution is the only option until Europe has scaled a steep learning curve - which it must, given rising seismic activity
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Comment: Giovanni's decade
In an IATA career spanning a decade, Giovanni Bisignani has dragged this venerable air transport industry institution kicking and screaming into the 21st...
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Comment: Money loves Russia?
Forced to abandon plans for a London share listing, the maker of Mil and Kamov helicopters was disappointed - but not too ruffled. And Oboronprom's sangfroid is well justified
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Comment: We can beat your offer – with state help
That interminable World Trade Organisation dispute between Airbus and Boeing over government subsidies to large airliner programmes flared up again last...
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Comment: The future is big
Emirates is making serious money while EasyJet has its major shareholder worried. The difference between the two may have more to do with hardware than strategy
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Comment: Cranfield cabin air test finds toxins
Cranfield University's study of cabin air quality has served a useful scientific purpose, even if it is not as useful as the test team might have hoped.
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Comment: India's MMRCA shortlist backs substance over style
New Delhi narrowed its medium fighter contest to two European products after seeing through the marketing gimmicks at Aero India. At last, the competition has got serious ...
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Comment: See-and-avoid entails looking out
A Cessna Citation pilot climbing away from the runway looks up from engaging the autopilot to find a Cessna 172 filling his windscreen.
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Comment: When the music stops
The USA's regional carriers are jockeying for position as the majors they feed consolidate. But the disadvantage of operating small jets is putting pressure on the traditional business model
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Comment: Note to EU: was Mangalore an anomaly?
If the "Swiss cheese" model describes an unfortunate alignment of safety holes conspiring to cause an accident, the crew in the Mangalore overrun stacked...
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Comment: Enter Sandman - DoT’s mixed message on safety
Officials at the US Department of Transportation, parent to the Federal Aviation Administration, moved quickly to pull controllers apparently guilty of a...
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Comment: Nudging the naysayers
Sukhoi's first Superjet 100 delivery may be well behind schedule - but it confounds critics of the erstwhile Russian Regional Jet who doubted whether the project would even get this far
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Comment: Time to get over commitment phobia
A steady stream of press releases is continually adding names to the list of airlines that have decided to undertake biofuel test flights. From an environmental...
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Comment: Joining the big league
As it prepares to host the 2014 World Cup, Brazil needs to raise its security game - but can willingness to spend match its ambitions as Latin America's emergent military powerhouse?
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Comment: Heat, fuel, oxygen and delay bring disaster
Few threats to an aircraft in cruise hold the same dread as cabin fire. Combustion is a complex process that seems to defy its purely physical and chemical...
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Comment: Air France 447 should teach the industry a lesson
For 22 months the commercial air transport industry has been proceeding in ignorance of why Air France 447 crashed. This state of affairs is unacceptable for the future
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Comment: Tragically familiar
With the probe yet to uncover evidence of any technical problem, the fate of Ethiopian Airlines 409 seems to mirror that of Kenya Airways 507 - emphasising the need for airmanship
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Comment: Digging deep for naval aviation's future
In less than three decades from 1910, the aircraft carrier rose to overcome centuries of naval tradition and be crowned the new ruler of the seas.
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Comment: New 'Dawn', same feel to Libyan campaign
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 ...