All Analysis articles – Page 6
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AnalysisWhich types retired in our latest World Air Forces review?
We detail some of the most notable national fleet retirements recorded in the 12 months since we published our last World Air Forces directory at the end of 2022.
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Analysis2024 World Air Forces directory: how major conflicts impacted global fleet
Air forces are maintaining a high operational tempo, including performing combat duties in Europe and the Middle East. Our annual review details the global military fleet and nations’ procurement plans.
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AnalysisAsia-Pacific airlines look to make up for lost time on SAF momentum
A refurbished refinery in Singapore is about to become one of the world’s biggest sources of sustainable aviation fuel, with capacity to produce up to 1 million tons per year.
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AnalysisWidebodies account for almost half the order business at Dubai show
A breakdown of all the commercial airline orders and commitments announced at the Dubai air show
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AnalysisSuppliers seek to renegotiate loss-making contracts with Airbus and Boeing
Aircraft makers are facing increasing pressure to renegotiate discounted supplier contracts that have turned unprofitable amid slow production, high inflation and other post-pandemic business challenges.
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AnalysisPower shift: how GCC-member air forces are getting stronger
The United Arab Emirates surprised many with its $17 billion deal for 80 Rafale fighters, but its potential interest in acquiring Chinese or Russian aircraft has put the brakes firmly on a suggested F-35 buy.
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AnalysisHow Middle East MRO giants are maintaining their advantage
The pandemic may have put progress on the blocks for two years, but the Middle East’s ambitious third-party maintenance, repair and overhaul houses are very much in growth mode.
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AnalysisHow Al Maktoum International’s aerospace hub is coming together
For most of the 13 years since Dubai’s second airport opened, the area around Al Maktoum International has comprised a few aviation enterprises dotted amid the desert. Slowly, however, more infrastructure has emerged, and the long-term vision of creating a thriving cluster of business aviation, pilot training, MRO, and other service providers is finally taking shape.
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AnalysisDubai looks to take off for eVTOL ambitions
From pushing for driverless cars to unmanned delivery drones and hydrogen-powered buses, Dubai has long seen itself as a pioneer in disruptive transport. So too with urban air mobility.
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AnalysisGlobal gateways: how the UAE’s airports bounced back after pandemic
We didn’t waste a good crisis,” reflects Dubai Airports chief executive Paul Griffiths on the decision to use global aviation’s enforced near-shutdown in the pandemic to “reset the business” for what turned out to be a rapid recovery.
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AnalysisHow UAE is making the case for space
The UAE has had quite a journey into the cosmos since setting up its first satellite telecommunications provider just a quarter of a century ago. As well as becoming a major player in satellite technology, the federation has ventured into space science and exploration, embarking on a Mars mission, landing a rover on the Moon (albeit not 100% successfully), and sending an astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS).
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AnalysisWill it be ‘Dubai, buy, buy’, as UAE’s showpiece event returns?
“Dubai, buy, buy” proclaimed the front-page headline of the second edition of Flight Daily News at the 2013 Dubai air show, with photographs of beaming airline and aircraft manufacturer executives. It followed a remarkable opening day that saw record orders placed for 623 aircraft, including 269 for Boeing’s new flagship widebody, the 777X.
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AnalysisUK MoD to buy six H145s in fresh blow to NMH plans
Fresh uncertainty has emerged over the scope of the UK’s New Medium Helicopter (NMH) programme after it emerged that defence officials intend to buy a fleet of six Airbus Helicopters H145s to be operated in Brunei and Cyprus.
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AnalysisUAE ramps up SAF ambitions ahead of Dubai air show and COP28
Dubai will next month host two major global events which are likely to underline the UAE’s ambition to be a significant player in the supply of renewable energy, particular sustainable aviation fuel.
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AnalysisNBAA brings business aviation back to Las Vegas
Strong aircraft backlogs and resilient demand for private air travel mean the business aviation industry is approaching 2024 in good shape.
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Analysis‘New dawn’ for Britten-Norman, as it opens repatriated Islander production line
Britten-Norman (B-N) has heralded “a new dawn” for its evergreen BN-2 Islander, after formally opening a new domestic production line which will next year complete the first wholly UK-built example of the twin-engined type since 1968.
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AnalysisWhy green assets are attracting investment from air finance sector
As alternative propulsion technologies with improved sustainability credentials to power regional aircraft advance, specialist players in the air finance world have started placing orders.
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AnalysisWhy business aviation leaders are highlighting sector’s environmental gains
With climate activists targeting business aviation, what progress is the sector making towards achieving its sustainability targets?
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AnalysisHow partners will stay in formation as GCAP workshare discussions advance
Nine months into their Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) venture, defence ministry and industry leaders from partners Italy, Japan and the UK say they remain in close formation as formal requirements and workshare arrangements continue to take shape.
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AnalysisRAF to highlight need for strong UK defence industrial base during DSEI show
Engagement with industry is among the UK Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) main objectives as it prepares to participate in the first DSEI exhibition since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.