All Analysis – Page 141
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AnalysisANALYSIS: ATR takes lop-sided lead in turboprop race
Airline demand for regional turboprops continued a lop-sided rebound last year, with customers favouring ATR's 50-70-seaters nearly exclusively over Bombardier's...
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ANALYSIS: American talk stokes alliance fires
Delta's rumoured interest in making a run for Oneworld airline group AMR could turn the joint ventures forged in the past few years among the big three alliance...
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ANALYSIS: Asia leads returning appetite for equity markets
After an adverse year, equity markets may be receptive again to airlines that want to raise capital. The most optimistic is Japan Airlines (JAL), which...
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ANALYSIS: Will Latam alliance endgame spark scramble?
Alliance positioning is reaching a critical phase in Latin America. The scramble started when LAN and TAM first announced plans to merge, setting off a storm...
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ANALYSIS: Challenge puts Exim financing back under scrutiny
A legal challenge to the export credit offered by US Export-Import Bank is troubling the air finance sector at a time when it is already worried about Europe's debt crisis and shrinking access to commercial loans.
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ANALYSIS: Industry malaise grows after difficult 2011
at this time of year there is cause for reflection on the past 12 months and thoughts of what might occur in the next. To say 2011, after the record industry...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Order book for C919 hints at strong prospects for programme
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) has, in recent months, received a slew of orders and commitments for its in-development C919 aircraft.
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ANALYSIS: Spirit Airlines gives new face to market stimulation
Spirit Airlines is taking a page from the playbook of the early days of Southwest Airlines using ultra low fares to stimulate markets and grow its profits....
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AnalysisANALYSIS: American fleet plan unlikely to suffer in bankruptcy filing
Today's American Airlines bankruptcy protection filing comes just four months after its record-breaking $38.5 billion deal for 460 Airbus A320 family and...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why Embraer’s narrowbody call could be smart move
Embraer's decision not to follow Bombardier into a head-to-head fight with mainline airliner manufacturers and concentrate on developing an enhanced, re-engined E-Jet instead has been well received by analysts and rivals.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Boeing and Airbus maintain the narrowbody status quo
When Boeing bowed to the inevitable in July and abandoned plans for its New Single Aisle aircraft and instead opted to offer a re-engined version of its 737, there was always some doubt as to how the market would shape up.
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ANALYSIS: Will airlines go to the sales after BMI deal?
While the first preliminary deal has been struck for one of several European airlines up for grabs, it remains to be seen if more will follow in a new round...
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ANALYSIS: Striking the right balance on labour
Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce and his management team won the first hand of a highly risky gamble after its high-profile grounding of the airline...
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ANALYSIS: Reality bites for airline profits in third quarter
After battling to retain their hard-won profitability in the second quarter, results for the 2011 third quarter proved to be a further challenge for airlines....
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why Embraer’s narrowbody call could be smart move
Embraer's decision to focus on developing a major upgrade for its E-Jet family rather than following its rival Bombardier into a head-to-head fight with...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: CCDev walks the fine line
The commercial crew development (CCDev) programme, on which NASA has pinned its hopes for low Earth orbit (LEO), is entering a crucial period. The resolution...