All Opinion articles – Page 41

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Comment: From 2025 millions of Europeans will be unable to fly

2011-03-28T10:00:00Z

Passengers at London Heathrow airport last December were denied travel for a few days because of snow. They were very annoyed.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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 ...

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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?

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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

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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...

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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

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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

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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...