All Analysis articles – Page 51
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Chinese lessors continue on growth trajectory
Once thought of as short-term irritants, Chinese aircraft lessors have grown to a size where they are changing the dynamics of the traditionally Western-dominated industry.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: United weighs timing on 757 and 767 replacements
United Airlines and its mainline peers in the USA face a dilemma over what to replace their ageing Boeing 757 and 767 fleets with – and when.
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ANALYSIS: How Serge Dassault helped shape global fighter fleet
Serge Dassault, who died on 28 May at the age of 93, is credited with having spearheaded Dassault's drive into the combat aircraft market, and for closing export sales of types from within the hugely successful Mirage series.
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ANALYSIS: Can Airbus make the CSeries realise its potential?
One month before of the 10th anniversary of the programme’s launch event at the Farnborough Air Show, Bombardier and Airbus executives met in Montreal to finalise an agreement to transfer the majority ownership of the CSeries aircraft family to the European manufacturer.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Dr Peters seeks to salvage A380s with part-out plan
After many months of exploring options, German asset manager Dr Peters on 5 June disclosed plans to part out two ex-Singapore Airlines Airbus A380s, as talks with several carriers had failed to produce any agreement to lease the aircraft.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: SIA's fleet transformation taking shape
Singapore Airlines’ fleet is gradually changing its focus onto the Boeing 787-10 and the Airbus A350-900, as the remainder of 2018 begins the ramp-up of new aircraft deliveries.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Air China and Air Canada embark on joint venture
Air Canada and Air China have closed a long-anticipated joint venture, signing a deal on 6 June that enables them to coordinate transpacific and domestic flights and to market themselves as one airline.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Mergers may fuel long-awaited E2 and CSeries sales bump
Bombardier for years has insisted airlines in the coming decades will need many thousands of 100- to 150-seat aircraft – a niche filled by the CSeries and arguably dismissed by major manufacturers.
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ANALYSIS: Diversity among the issues that dominated IATA's AGM
Diversity, specifically the lack of it, was a resonant theme at this year’s IATA annual general meeting in Sydney – even before the storm created when the association’s board chairman for the next year Akbar Al Baker responded to a question about gender equality, by saying that “of course” his own carrier Qatar Airways “has to to be led by a man because it is a very challenging position”.
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ANALYSIS: How will Boeing-Safran venture shake up APUs?
Tucked discreetly into the aft fuselages of most aircraft, auxiliary power units (APUs) almost never get the attention lavished on their wing-mounted, thrust-producing cousins in the gas turbine market, but that changed on 4 June with the announcement that Boeing and Safran were teaming up to take on Honeywell and ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: United maps future of Newark and Washington hubs
United Airlines is defining the future of its Newark Liberty and Washington Dulles hubs as it continues to focus on growing its US domestic market share.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: China's big three brace for new era of competition
Competition between China's big-three airlines looks set to soar, especially in Beijing, with the regulator's move to ease its policy of having only one operator on each long-haul route.
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ANALYSIS: Siemens ideally qualified for aircraft electrification
Since its founding 170 years ago, German conglomerate Siemens AG has built a global industrial empire, making electric power components for cars, hospitals and power stations.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: TIAD conference explores future of distribution
The recent Technology & Innovation in Airline Distribution (TIAD) conference in Bangkok, jointly organised by FlightGlobal and T2RL, explored the technological issues and challenges facing airlines as they court increasingly tech-savvy consumers.
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ANALYSIS: Rolls-Royce electric engines power the future
In Rolls-Royce's vision of aviation's future, the entire market will shift to electric power for propulsion in ways that will disrupt business models and even the design of gas turbine engines. Says Rolls-Royce Electrical global head Mike Mekhiche: "It's not a matter of if. It's a matter of when. The ...
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ANALYSIS: GE9X completes first phase of flight testing
In the second week of May, the crew of an Antonov An-124 operated by Russian cargo operator Volga-Dnepr got to work on the flightline at Victorville, California, loading a pallet measuring 3.96m (13ft) wide and 7.77m long into the cargo bay of the chartered widebody freighter for emergency shipment to ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Higher jet fuel costs test airline mettle
Rising jet fuel costs have been a constant talking point for airlines as they report their latest earnings and consider the outlook.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Constraint powers along Australian carriers
As seriously as a monk takes their vows, Australia’s two airline groups have been adhering to the mantra of capacity discipline – with strong results to prove it.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: MRJ attempts rebound with new schedule and strategy
Beyond the walls of Mitsubishi Aircraft offices in Nagoya and Seattle, a steady stream of ominous events have followed what the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) programme describes as that “dark, dark day” on 23 January 2017, when the company was forced to announce a fifth delay for the entry-into-service of ...