All Analysis – Page 80
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airports hunt for meaningful security improvements
Airport security has been thrust back into the spotlight several times over the past 12 months, following last year’s suspected bombing of a MetroJet Airbus A321 shortly after take-off from Sharm el-Sheikh and this year’s terrorist attacks at Brussels and Istanbul Ataturk airports.
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ANALYSIS: Boeing looks to 3D-print thermoplastic aircraft parts
Making aircraft parts on 3D printers is becoming increasingly popular, despite several stubborn constraints. Among the most limiting features are the laptop computer-sized dimensions of the 3D printing machines. Coupled with a relatively plodding material lay-down rate, 3D printers are confined to making only the smallest and usually most intricate ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Credit Suisse says market misread Canada capacity gains
For months, executives at Air Canada and WestJet have defended to investors their recent rapid expansion, insisting new international routes will pay off despite the relatively slow growth of Canada's economy.
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ANALYSIS: How L-3 transformed its training business
Eighteen months on from its acquisition of UK-based training provider CTC Aviation, L-3 Communications has further strengthened its position in the sector, by successfully transforming its simulator production process.
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ANALYSIS: Why Enders has brought Airbus closer together
The Tom Enders revolution continues at Airbus Group, soon to be simply Airbus under a plan to merge the corporate entity with its commercial aircraft division and near-namesake. The proposal, the latest bold stroke by its German chief executive – approved by the board on 29 September and which will ...
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ANALYSIS: Latest 787 line remake adds AGVs and 2h work kits
Within a few months, the world’s busiest widebody aircraft assembly line will change again. Mobile robotic carts will begin replacing human workers shuttling parts and tools to machinists assembling Boeing 787s in Everett, Washington. Each automated cart will bear kits loaded with precisely enough gear to occupy a machinist for ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Latin American airports expand despite economic woes
Latin American airports are investing for passenger growth, despite macroeconomic concerns clouding the outlook of the region's airlines.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Cathay’s 747s enter their twilight hour
Cathay Pacific will retire its last Boeing 747 passenger aircraft next month, a key milestone as the venerable type becomes increasingly less common in Asian skies.
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ANALYSIS: MRJ readies for its ultimate test
Mitsubishi Aircraft is a Japanese company based in Nagoya, but its fate resides a three-hour drive west of Seattle, where most of the flight test campaign of the MRJ regional jet programme will occur.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Fastjet turns attention to South Africa
Fastjet’s disclosure on 20 September that it will relocate its headquarters from London Gatwick to Johannesburg came as something of a surprise, given that the airline primarily operates out of Tanzania.
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ANALYSIS: How airlines can target illegal wildlife trade
Criminal gangs are exploiting the global aviation network to transport illegal wildlife products around the world, putting at risk the survival of many endangered species and posing a major threat to public health. Earlier this year, the airline industry pledged to do what it could to fight this trade, by ...
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ANALYSIS: Market turmoil for offshore operators
Lower oil prices may have provided great benefits to the world’s commercial airlines, but for helicopter operators serving the oil and gas market, they have prompted a reversal in fortunes. Since the end of 2015, the in-service fleet in the offshore support market has fallen by over 180 aircraft, some ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Market forces coalesce for first sub-3% EETC coupon
Market forces coalesced around United Airlines’ $920 million enhanced equipment trust certificate (EETC) transaction earlier in September, resulting in a record low sub-3% coupon that even frequent issuer American Airlines could not match less than a week later.
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ANALYSIS: Increased sophistication drives UK's HEMS market
Paul Westaway, director of customer services at Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore – the former Bond Offshore Helicopters – has been working in the UK’s helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) segment since its earliest incarnation 30 years ago.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Japan’s changing commercial fleet
Major changes in the market have shaken up the perception that Japanese carriers’ fleets are built around tightly-packed widebody aircraft.
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ANALYSIS: Ultimate engine project has core focus
A new EU-funded initiative to develop radical concepts for ultra-efficient aero engines will focus on revolutionising the core of the powerplant, for deployment on future advanced tube-and-wing aircraft.
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ANALYSIS: A second chance for A380s?
The news that Singapore Airlines will not extend the lease for its first Airbus A380 was not a shock to the finance community.
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ANALYSIS: ICAO seeks consensus on global emissions scheme
As ICAO prepares to host its 39th Assembly in Montreal later this month – where it is hoped that a long-awaited global market-based measure (MBM) to address international aviation emissions will be agreed – the UN body has released a draft resolution which indicates that the scheme will be voluntary ...
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ANALYSIS: Cardiff Aviation cadet scheme to bolster Wings Alliance
When it comes to pilot training, one size definitely does not fit all. That’s according to one of the key proponents of the UK-based Wings Alliance initiative, Cardiff Aviation chairman Bruce Dickinson.
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AAPA sees robust Asian passenger traffic despite uncertainties
Demand for air travel remains strong among Asia-Pacific carriers, as traffic levels stay high despite various market uncertainties.