All Opinion articles – Page 54
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Comment: View from the top
The industry has clearly passed its peak. Now the question is how precipitous will the decline be and will the downturn finally spur consolidation in North...
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Comment: Protest vote
The US Air Force's decision to choose Northrop Grumman and Airbus over Boeing in its KC-X tanker contest raises the prospect of a protectionist backlash in the USA
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Comment: MPL is no more likely to be abused than the CPL is now
Action to ensure the new multi-crew pilot licence is not misused should be matched by a campaign to improve the international consistency of traditional flight training systems
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Comment: Marketing mix-up
The web has clearly revolutionised the world of airline marketing, but many carriers are still learning how to correctly blend the online sales channel to...
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COMMENT: Should there be competition to power JSF?
Twenty years ago, there would have been no problem in having competing engines for a US fighter. Competition was king and everyone thought they benefited...
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Comment: Parallel worlds
The order blitz at the Dubai air show shows the optimistic side of the industry, with more growth led by the fast expanding Gulf carriers. But outside the...
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Comment: British Airways - busting through barriers
British Airways' plan to set up a wholly owned subsidiary operating Boeing 757s out of Europe's major hubs to the US East Coast looks set to put a cat among...
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Comment: NASA's error of judgement over safety study
NASA was wrong to attempt to keep safety data from the public. The organisation should be endeavouring to do the exact opposite and keep people as well informed as possible
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Comment: China's great leap for commercial space?
If China does pass legislation next year enabling the public private partnerships (PPP) Flight International has been informed are planned for its spaceflight...
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Comment: Green sidestep
The tensions over whether carbon trading should be a part of air transport's efforts to reduce its emissions mounted at the recent ICAO assembly. European...
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Comment: the need for speed
Sixty years ago this week Chuck Yeager in a Bell X-1 dropped from the belly of a Boeing B-29 and rocketed through the sound barrier in level flight over...
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Comment: learning the hard way
Have Airbus and Boeing found themselves promising more than they can deliver In their haste to bring the A380 and 787 to market? And what should the botched execution tell them?
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Comment: Efficiency choker
There is no point in making flights quicker and greener if a lack of runways in Europe is going to choke all the efficiencies delivered by sophisticated ATM in a Single European Sky
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Comment: The way back from the brink
It would be easy to write off commercial aviation safety in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) as a lost cause. But actually, aviation...
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Comment: Crash and burn? 787 safety questioned
Criticism by a former Boeing engineer has brought renewed scrutiny to the crashworthiness of the 787's composite airframe. Are the concerns real or just out-of-date thinking?
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Comment: China's balancing act
The Chinese government has been skilfully balancing the need to reform and open up its booming air transport market over the past decade, with much success....
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Comment: Danger signs
IATA is forecasting a further improvement in industry profits in 2007 and 2008. But recent signs point to a downturn sooner rather than later. The "super...
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Comment: Boeing back on form with 787
The entire aircraft industry, with the exception of Toulouse, can rejoice that the public debut of the first fully assembled 787 finds Boeing back in peak...
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Comment: green manifesto
IATA turned the spotlight on the environment at its recent annual meeting in Vancouver. And while some find dealing with an issue that doesn't seem to affect their region uncomfortable, the simple truth is that every airline needs to develop a green strategy
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OpinionAirbus's A350 rethink splits customer opinion, with delays concerning Yemenia as Finnair takes a relaxed view
Airlines with Airbus A350s on order have given a mixed response to the proposal to relaunch the aircraft with a raft of major improvements that will delay its entry into service by several years.