All Analysis articles – Page 26
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AnalysisBoeing set for overhaul aimed at improved safety
Boeing seems set to undergo a broad internal overhaul to conform with several safety recommendations handed down by the company’s board of directors.
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AnalysisWhy Thomas Cook's UK fleet stayed grounded
One of the more frustrating aspects of the Thomas Cook Group failure has been the necessity of creating, at short notice, a major UK carrier to repatriate customers, while the leisure company’s fleet remained dormant.
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AnalysisThe breakdown of Adria's fleet as CRJ leases are ended
Lessors have moved to repossess aircraft in Adria Airways’ fleet while the Slovenian carrier continues its hunt for fresh capital.
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AnalysisStrategic struggles preceded Thomas Cook failure
Thomas Cook Group can arguably trace its collapse back more than a decade, to a round of leisure industry consolidation which resulted in its creation through a 2007 merger between German-owned Thomas Cook and UK holiday carrier Airtours’ parent MyTravel Group.
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AnalysisAll change at the regional aircraft manufacturers
Dennis Lau, an aviation analyst with Ascend by Cirium, considers recent developments in the regional aircraft market
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AnalysisAustralia's airports in growth mode
As delegates gather in Adelaide for the World Routes convention, several of Australia’s airports will be highlighting their major investments in infrastructure, but may also face questions about the slowing rate of travel and disputes over charges.
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US airline stocks rally after oil panic plunge
US airline stocks mostly recovered on 17 September after falling on news of attacks on two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, which is expected to disrupt oil supply.
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AnalysisFlying Colours charts more growth as finishing work builds
Two partly completed aircraft hangars tower over a plot of land beside the municipal airport in Peterborough, Ontario, an outlying suburb of Toronto.
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AnalysisSix months on from the Boeing 737 Max grounding
It was on 13 March this year that the US Government ordered the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft, the final stage in a series of rulings by regulatory agencies around the world halting flights with the type.
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AnalysisMitsubishi bolsters support team as M90 deliveries near
Mitsubishi Aircraft is assembling what it describes as an industry-leading customer service team to support the coming entry-into-service of the company’s SpaceJet M90.
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AnalysisChina's lessors brace for wave of redeliveries
Once the new kid on the block, China’s aircraft leasing industry is now well into pre-adolescence – a milestone that will be marked by a wave of redeliveries as the first leases begin to expire.
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AnalysisDespite troubles, Super Puma remains key for Airbus
Speaking to employees gathered in a delivery hangar at its Marignane site, Airbus Helicopters chief executive Bruno Even laid out the importance of the Super Puma family to the airframer.
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AnalysisEASA concerns show scale of Max challenge
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has outlined that there is “still a lot of work that needs to be performed” before the Boeing 737 Max can return to service.
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AnalysisHow shelving of 777-8 could prompt Boeing rethink
The decision by Boeing to shelve development of the 777-8 while it focuses on recovering the schedule of the baseline -9 aircraft is unlikely to have a significant impact on the overall programme. However, the move raises questions about the future of the smaller variant and could create opportunities for Boeing to refocus the 777X line-up.
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AnalysisBoeing works to complete 777 bridge sales
This week’s order from KLM for two Boeing 777-300ERs is the first announced this year for the current version of the airliner, and comes as production transitions to the new-generation 777X. It is unclear how many additional production “bridge” aircraft remain to be sold, but Boeing is working on additional campaigns as the sun sets on the -300ER.
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AnalysisAirline start-ups outweigh failures over summer months
After a challenging first few months of the year in which a number of high-profile carriers were forced to suspend operations amid mounting financial problems, the summer months have largely proved a stable period in which more attention has focused on start-up projects.
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AnalysisDe Havilland eyes Dash 8 resurgence
The Dash 8 turboprop may have just received the adrenaline injection it has needed for a decade.
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AnalysisRyanair's industrial relations stuck in holding pattern
Ryanair’s combative chief executive Michael O’Leary is not a man prone to understatement. But when he was quoted as saying that cutting off his own hands was preferable to recognising trade unions, his point was clear. Keeping organised labour out of his aircraft has been a key feature of Ryanair’s low-cost business model that, over the course of three-and-a-half decades, has powered its ascent from regional player with one 15-seat turboprop to Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers.
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ANALYSIS: Rostec funds give lift to UEC's civilian programmes
Earlier this month, Russian state-owned firm Rostec disclosed a Rb35 billion ($541 million) loan package to boost development of several civil gas turbine programmes at the group's United Engine (UEC) subsidiary.
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ANALYSIS: Taiwan's F-16 deal and the price of deterrence
Washington's formal approval to sell 66 new Lockheed Martin F-16 C/D Block 70s to Taiwan provides a much-needed boost for the island state, but has already drawn the (inevitable) ire of Beijing.