All Analysis – Page 22

  • Israir Airbus-c-Israir
    Analysis

    Court urged to bring Israir sale to a conclusion

    10 Dec 2020

    Lawyers working on the auction process for Israeli leisure carrier Israir have formally requested that a court set a timeframe to bring the sale of the airline to a close. Several bidders have put forward offers for the carrier, which is owned by parent IDB. But while an initial deadline ...

  • 505-c-Bell
    Analysis

    New models set to bring fresh competition to light-single helicopter segment

    7 Dec 2020

    Arguably the most competitive part of the helicopter market, the light-single segment is, however, not necessarily blessed with the most modern designs. Nonetheless, new models are in development which will bring innovation to the sector.

  • AW139-c-Leonardo
    Analysis

    New arrivals in medium helicopter sector threaten the old order

    7 Dec 2020

    Heading up the weight range means these medium-class helicopters are more capable but more complex – and come with a bigger price ticket. Despite this, there are big sellers in this category, alongside new entrants.

  • H135-c-AirbusHelicopters
    Analysis

    Airbus dominates light-twin helicopter market with German-built duo

    7 Dec 2020

    While not selling in the same quantities as their lighter siblings, light-twin helicopters play a significant role in society, notably in law enforcment and emergency medical services missions. 

  • H175-c-AirbusHelicopters
    Analysis

    Slow-selling super-medium-class helicopters make modest headway

    7 Dec 2020

    A few years ago there were many forecasts that the new super-medium-class helicopters would sell by the bucket-load. This has not quite come to pass, although those operating the rotorcraft in this weight class have used their performance benefits to push into new markets.

  • Mi171-c-RussianHelicopters
    Analysis

    Heavy-twin helicopters are dragged down by offshore slump

    7 Dec 2020

    Heavy-twins sit at the top of each manufacturer’s range and while a downturn in oil and gas services has hurt sales in some cases, interest from the search and rescue operators has remained strong.

  • United LAS-DEN coronavirus 042420
    Analysis

    ​How the pandemic has reshaped the leasing business

    7 Dec 2020

    During those buoyant years before Covid-19, executives from aircraft leasing companies would gather at industry conferences around Asia-Pacific and marvel at the unstoppable growth trajectory of aircraft deliveries in the region. Demand for aircraft seemed insatiable, based on OEM forecasts. Airlines’ appetite was plain to see, with ambitious budget carriers ...

  • Grazia Vittadini and Paul Stein
    Analysis

    Manufacturers see no single ‘silver bullet’ to reach aviation’s CO2 reduction target

    26 Nov 2020

    Airbus chief technology officer Grazia Vittadini has said that the aviation industry’s stated aim of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 had been a “pretty good problem to have” before the air transport sector and most other areas of public life were thrown into disarray by the coronavirus outbreak.

  • Emirates Airbus A380 at Munich airport
    Analysis

    Middle Eastern carriers face long recovery from crisis

    19 Nov 2020

    Having built their networks around the transfer of long-haul passenger through their hubs, with limited short-haul networks to fall back upon, the Middle East’s largest carriers are perhaps uniquely vulnerable to the coronavirus crisis.

  • HMS Sultan - Crown Copyright
    Analysis

    Is personal jet pack set for thrust into mass market?

    19 Nov 2020

    They have long been the stuff of sci-fi, but, after the collapse of the most prominent manufacturer of a personal propulsion device, other developers are confident of a breakthrough.

  • Boeing 737 Max test flight
    Analysis

    Questions persist after 737 Max recertification

    19 Nov 2020

    The grounding of Boeing 737 Max aircraft highlighted doubts about the effectiveness of US Federal Aviation Administration oversight. The FAA’s end of the Max flight ban on 18 November leaves families of Max crash victims unsatisfied and Congress trying to pass aircraft certification reform.

  • Comac C919 during its first flight in 2017 c Creative Commons
    Analysis

    How practical is a Chinese and US aerospace breakup over Taiwan?

    12 Nov 2020

    Despite opposition from the Chinese Communist Party, in the past year and a half the Trump administration has approved billions of dollars in potential arms sales to Taiwan. China, which claims the island democracy as its own, has vowed to retaliate.

  • Cathay Pacific aircraft parked at Hong Kong airport June 2019
    Analysis

    Hong Kong’s cautious approach to travel bubbles

    11 Nov 2020

    Hong Kong’s government will take a safety-first approach when its travel bubble with Singapore launches on 22 November, and the launching of further bubbles with other countries or regions will come with strict anti-Covid-19 preconditions. “It takes two to tango,” the city’s secretary for commerce and economic development Edward Yau ...

  • Thai Airways fleet at Bangkok airport May 2020, Shutterstock
    Analysis

    Lessors submit proposals to Thai Airways – reluctantly

    6 Nov 2020

    Thai Airways’ lessors were given a 4 November deadline to tell the carrier what by-the-hour rates, rental haircuts, and other concessions they would be willing to offer the struggling flag carrier to help with its restructuring. Sixteen lessors have exposure to the airline and its subsidiaries, to the tune of ...

  • Japan Future Fighter
    Analysis

    Tokyo weighs options for overseas participation in ambitious F-X future fighter programme

    29 Oct 2020

    As Tokyo advances its ambitious F-X future fighter programme, it must weigh a number of factors – including concerns around intellectual property (IP) and ease of upgrade – as it decides which nations to partner with for the effort, according to two leading airpower experts.

  • Air New Zealand A321neo
    Analysis

    Domestic travel green shoots in New Zealand, Australia

    23 Oct 2020

    Air New Zealand is relaunching its mystery holiday packages, showing how domestic travel remains a key focus in the region while Covid-19 continues to decimate international travel. Domestic travel is virtually the only way airlines in the Asia-Pacific region can get passengers to board their aircraft these days. In both ...

  • Firefly ATR 72-600
    Analysis

    For Malaysia Airlines, clarity and urgency in restructuring is key

    23 Oct 2020

    The future of Malaysia Airlines was recently thrust back into the spotlight, as it undertakes an urgent restructuring exercise. Again it confronts an existential dilemma about what, exactly, it needs to do.  

  • MQ-9 Reaper
    Analysis

    Landmark Taiwan MQ-9 sale would vex Beijing

    21 Oct 2020

    A reported US plan to sell the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 unmanned air vehicle to Taiwan will complicate Beijing’s incessant prodding of the island’s defences.

  • AERO NORWAY engine maintenance
    Analysis

    How engine shop Aero Norway has adapted to the crisis

    19 Oct 2020

    Engine overhaul specialist Aero Norway has implemented company-wide salary cuts and reduced working time for shop-floor staff in an effort to weather the Covid-19 crisis without losing experienced personnel. Chief executive Glenford Marston tells Cirium that the company has not made redundancies among its approximately 200 employees or received support ...

  • Xian H-6N
    Analysis

    Chinese H-6N appears with mysterious ballistic missile

    19 Oct 2020

    A brief video has emerged of a Xian H-6N bomber carrying what could be a ballistic missile or boost-glide vehicle along its centreline. The video appeared on the Chinese internet on 17 October. It goes some way to confirming a long-held theory that one mission for the H-6N, the most ...