All Analysis – Page 23
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AnalysisAerospace industry’s rebound may be hindered by state of suppliers
Although the big players in aerospace are looking to increase production rates and bounce back from 2020’s horrific downturn, global shortages of labour and materials have the potential to throw that recovery off course.
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AnalysisWhat might COP26 mean for the airline industry?
On the eve of the UN climate change conference COP26, the airline industry is braced to discover what the eventual outcomes will mean for its growth path.
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AnalysisCathay recovery still uncertain, amid prolonged border closures, fresh competition
More than a year after a massive restructuring, Hong Kong’s embattled Cathay Pacific looks to enter 2022 with its recovery in jeopardy, as the city’s international borders remain tightly shut, and new competition takes shape in its home turf.
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AnalysisTentative reopening steps continue in Asia but long route to recovery
International travel in Asia-Pacific has been paltry since the crisis hit amid some of the tightest approaches to border control in the world and lagging vaccination roll-outs.
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AnalysisRaised capacity on US-Mexican border routes bucks international trend
In an environment where a rebound in travel to pre-crisis level for most international markets is off the horizon for perhaps multiple years, the speed and scale of the recovery in the US-Mexican market is a stand-out.
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AnalysisAirline earnings season begins with warning on winter fuel prices
If airlines were banking on a helpful cost environment during what was already shaping up to be a challenging northern hemisphere winter season, those hopes took a hit this week with a warning on jet fuel prices.
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AnalysisArrivederci Alitalia as famous brand bows out – for now
Italian national carrier Alitalia will carry out its last flight today as the company ceases operations, though it remains to be seen if it is the last time the long-standing and familiar brand is seen in the air.
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AnalysisHong Kong lags Singapore in travel reopening
Two typhoons that have hit Hong Kong over the past four days have caused flights to be cancelled and delayed, but their impact has been a drop in the ocean compared to the more than 18 months of disruption caused by Covid-19-related travel restrictions.
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AnalysisTata’s Air India coup to shake up Indian airline sector
Tata Sons’ successful bid for Air India is transformational for the country’s airline sector, possibly resulting in a serious rival to market leader IndiGo.
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AnalysisOpen-up October: Southeast Asia enters cautious reopening phase
Amid a growing shift towards living with an endemic coronavirus, a number of countries in Southeast Asia are gradually reopening their domestic and international borders, citing the need to boost a battered tourism sector, as well as regain some level of normalcy.
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AnalysisBoeing sees ‘alignment’ with Airbus on green ambitions despite differing emphasis
While Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury has been promoting the virtues of bringing a clean-sheet, zero-emission narrowbody-sized airliner into service by “around” 2035, Boeing has distanced itself from such ambitions and instead put an emphasis on the role sustainable aviation fuel will play in meeting targets.
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AnalysisHow the crisis tested airline-lessor relationships
When the Covid-19 pandemic devastated global passenger demand in early 2020, it set off a wave of rent deferral and restructuring requests from airlines to their lessors and asset managers. The scale of the cross-party correspondence, the legal and technical talks, and the contractual negotiations that this created can only ...
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AnalysisHow IATA thinks airlines could reach net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050
For some airlines, the net-zero target was nothing new. But for all carriers, the important task is working out how to get there – and then implementing that plan.
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AnalysisAirline industry comes back fighting under IATA chief Walsh
The IATA AGM marked by a shift away from the harmonious front seen in parts of the commercial air transport industry at the height of the pandemic.
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AnalysisWhy Alaska Airlines has set 2040 target for net-zero CO2 operations
While the global airline industry took a further step to tackling its environment footprint by collectively committing to reaching net-zero C02 emissions by 2050 under a resolution agreed at the recent IATA AGM, Alaska Airlines has a goal of reaching that point 10 years sooner.
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AnalysisAirline Strategy Awards signal return of international airline events
As Covid-19 travel restrictions are relaxed in some key airlines markets, the return of international in-person events is a growing trend – and an important one for an industry that would struggle if Zoom became the default setting for business networking.
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AnalysisZhuhai shows Chinese commercial market prowess, but uneasy realities remain
Airshow China 2021 — the first major air show to be held in China since the coronavirus pandemic first broke — was less about notching headline orders, but more about showcasing to the world the importance of the Chinese civil aviation market.
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AnalysisRolls-Royce to broaden its presence with electrics nous
Rolls-Royce will in the coming weeks attempt to set a speed record for electric aircraft with a battery-powered single-seat racing aircraft, concluding a three-year project to create capabilities and momentum for electric propulsion at the UK engine maker.
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AnalysisCan airlines overcome supply-chain challenges to meet strong air cargo demand?
The surge in demand for air cargo and attractive yields do not come without complications. Crucially, the sector is unavoidably part of the wider supply-chain issues that have been reported around the world in recent weeks.
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AnalysisWill AirAsia X hold a creditors’ meeting in October?
AirAsia X hopes to hold a creditor vote on its restructuring by the end of October, but three of its lessor creditors tell Cirium they think the airline may need more time.