All Analysis articles – Page 52
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Gulf players grapple with growth constraints
After years of eye-catching expansion, the big Gulf carriers have spent much of the last 18 months taking stock, with a resulting impact on traffic and capacity growth.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: A look back at Comac's first 10 years
When China declared its ambitions to develop a large passenger aircraft and become a world-class player in aircraft manufacturing, it established the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) to spearhead this dream.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: WestJet defends transformation from analyst onslaught
Financial analysts bombarded WestJet's top brass on 8 May with questions heavy in skepticism.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Peach ripe for ANA's aggressive LCC growth plan
Efforts to integrate low-cost carrier Vanilla Air with its more successful stablemate, Peach Aviation, due to begin later this year, demonstrate that low-cost carriers in Japan are no passing fad.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Europe's airports face capacity crunch
European hubs are struggling to keep pace with growing demand for travel as short-term solutions fail to overcome the limits imposed by runway and air traffic control capacity
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airbus reveals its rate expectations
Despite concerns from its already stretched supply chain, Airbus believes monthly output of its A320neo can only climb further.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The legal travails of Panasonic Avionics
News that Panasonic Avionics, along with its corporate parent, has agreed payments to settle US federal allegations of corruption comes just months after it settled other allegations levied by business partner CoKinetic.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: American eyes nimbler international network
Gone are the days when American Airlines would fly marquee international routes to keep a dot on its map, in what executives call a more "nimble" network with no room for unprofitable flying.
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ANALYSIS: What do Trent troubles mean for Rolls-Royce?
What starts as a trickle can end up a torrent: when, in 2016, Rolls-Royce first announced a durability issue with blades in the Trent 1000's intermediate-pressure turbine (IPT), there was no indication that the modification programme would grow in scope and complexity, causing significant disruption for some Boeing 787 operators.
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ANALYSIS: Boeing sees KC-46A saga nearing final chapter
Seven unfinished 767-2Cs are lined up on a remote taxiway outside Boeing’s final assembly centre in Everett, Washington. They are held in storage to await modification into a KC-46A Pegasus tanker. About 40mi south, several more completed KC-46As also sit in storage on another remote ramp adjacent to Boeing’s modification ...
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ANALYSIS: Asia's aircraft carrier renaissance
November will mark the sixth anniversary of China's first fixed-wing flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier Liaoning. Conducted with Shenyang J-15s – a clone of the Sukhoi Su-33 – the development was greeted with much pride in China.
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ANALYSIS: Boeing pitches doubling navy's EA-18G Growler fleet
Stretched thinly by escort jamming responsibilities not only for its native US Navy, but also for the US Air Force and soon the US Marine Corps, the nation's 160-strong fleet of Boeing EA-18G Growlers may need to grow. That is the belief of the type's manufacturer, which is eyeing a ...
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ANALYSIS: US Navy takes lead in bringing Stingray on board
A "Group 5" unmanned air system holds a special place in the US military's jargon. As the largest and most capable UAS in the inventory, the Group 5 fleet forms an exclusive club. For now, only three aircraft types in development or production are included: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems' MQ-9 ...
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ANALYSIS: UK gets ready to rejoin aircraft carrier elite
Back in November 2010, then-Lt Cdr James Blackmore became the last BAE Systems Harrier pilot to launch from the flightdeck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, bringing to an end three decades of shipborne short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) operations from the service's three Invincible-class carriers.
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ANALYSIS: ALPA warns of strike as WestJet readies Swoop
The union representing WestJet's pilots has warned of a possible strike on 19 May, marking further escalation of a labour battle made contentious by WestJet's plans to launch ultra-discount unit Swoop.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Ingram takes past cues to craft Hawaiian's future
The new chief executive of Hawaiian Airlines views his job as a means to continue a major, company-wide transformation started by former chief executive Mark Dunkerley during a period of bankruptcy more than ten years ago.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Optimism abounds after Boeing posts glowing Q1 earnings
Judging by headlines from January through March, Boeing’s first quarter was a nightmare.
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ANALYSIS: Airframers set out on differing aftermarket paths
As the aircraft services market continues heating up, three major aircraft manufacturers are providing a closer look at their strategies for tapping the rapidly-expanding sector.
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ANALYSIS: US Army's powerful vision for ITEP engine
A 12-year-old competition to define the most important military helicopter engine for perhaps the next half-century has entered an intense, final phase.
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ANALYSIS: UK Royal Navy eyes rotary-wing UAV capability
The Royal Navy has taken a measured approach to its exploration of UAVs for use in vessel-based operations, but is yet to have a robust capability in either the fixed- or rotary-wing categories. The service operated the Boeing Insitu ScanEagle on a contractor-owned, contractor-operated basis from 2013 to 2017 – ...