All Analysis – Page 124
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AnalysisANALYSIS: North Sea helicopter operators call for improved offshore safety
Prompted by a number of rotary wing accidents in the North Sea oil support sector in recent years, helicopter operators both sides of the Atlantic are doing some serious safety soul-searching, and calling for involvement by the manufacturers.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Are halophytes the answer to fuel needs?
Seven years ago, Flight International reported on a seemingly far-fetched concept: the possibility of powering commercial aircraft with biofuel derived from saltwater plants, or halophytes, grown in the desert and irrigated using seawater.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airline start-ups and failures Q1 2014
Airline start-ups outweighed collapses during the first quarter of 2014, continuing the trend that developed last year as the economic climate brightened.
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ANALYSIS: What new London capacity means for green goals
Building an additional runway to address capacity constraints and meet future demand for air travel in and out of London has moved from a question of “if” to one of “where”.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Middle East hubs drive airport growth in 2013
Preliminary traffic figures from ACI World show airports handled 4% more passengers in 2013 than the previous year, tough the top 150 airports grew at a slightly faster rate.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Lessors tap into shift to the east
Airlines in search of cash of this year will have plenty of financing options available, but will find increased funding relief from Asian leasing sources that are gaining in strength.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How the 777 pushed Boeing forward
No aircraft roll-out ceremony is complete without a video montage, and the unveiling of the Boeing 777 on 9 April 1994 before 100,000 onlookers was no exception. As the Disney-style production opened on a screen wide enough to fill the aircraft assembly bay, an unseen narrator asked three questions:
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Chinese business jet market continues to bloom
Business aviation’s love affair with China continues to blossom. With its intoxicating mix of economic prosperity and an expanding wealthy personal and corporate customer base, this vast nation is unlikely to loose its appeal any time soon.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Falcon 7X gets in and out of tight corners
In early March – and in celebration of the 250th Falcon 7X taking to the air – I was briefed by Dassault on the commercial, technical, operational and customer service status of their flagship aircraft.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: MPL pilot training works, but still needs fine-tuning
Despite the initial reluctance by much of the aviation world to welcome a new training and licensing system for today’s airline pilots, the multi-crew pilot licence (MPL) looks as if it will survive its teething troubles and thrive.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: 747-400 still Asia’s leading big jet – for now
The number of Boeing 747s operated by Asia Pacific carriers for passenger services has fallen below 100 examples, but the type remains the region’s premiere very large aircraft.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Ex-Im fires back at complaints in reauthorisation push
The US Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) president Fred Hochberg calls claims that the bank’s loan guarantees to foreign carriers provide them with a competitive advantage over US carriers “erroneous”.
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ANALYSIS: Norwegian spells out pilot-employment policies
Widespread confusion about Norwegian’s pilot-employment contracting processes has been raising temperatures at flightcrew associations in Europe for more than a year – and has been having the same effect within US unions since the company applied for transatlantic services.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: LCCs make the running in Italian market
Few markets in Europe have been as fragmented and have seen non-home-market carriers make such inroads as Italy has.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: China looking to become a key player in general aviation
General aviation in China has existed on a minimal scale for decades. Little interest has been shown in this niche sector by the ruling party and the aerospace sector, resulting in a limited indigenous aircraft manufacturing base, a small installed base of light aircraft – mainly serving the agricultural and ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: India prime market for A380 upgauging
Singapore Airlines’ decision to become the first operator to use Airbus A380 aircraft on Indian routes is likely to be followed by several other A380 operators serving this giant market.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Electric aircraft grow in popularity but regulatory issues remain
Electric aircraft are coming. But not as quickly as their backers predicted just a few years ago.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Spain's unmanned aerospace credentials showcased through ATLAS
Near the village of Villacarrillo in Andalusia’s Jaén province, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains and two hours’ drive from Granada, there is, carved out of the region’s endless olive groves, a miniature airfield.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Direct aisle access key for business class seat design
Direct aisle access for every passenger is a major priority when it comes to designing business class seats. However, for airlines to squeeze as much revenue as possible out of its premium passengers this must be achieved without reducing the seat count.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The values to make 737-800 conversions viable
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has formally launched its freighter conversion programme for the Boeing 737-800 saying the model has now entered the ‘zone of conversion’.