All Analysis articles – Page 81
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How upgauging could help China combat constraints
There is little doubt about the potential for growth in the Asian market and China in particular. Air travel has grown sharply in China, amid relatively strong economic growth. This has seen strong growth among Chinese carriers and airports, and an increasing focus on international services.
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ANALYSIS: Can nations agree how to curb greenhouse-gas emissions?
Global agreement on a market-based measure to curb aviation emissions is not the only possible environmental milestone of the upcoming ICAO Assembly in Montreal. Also on the cards is the final endorsement of the first-ever global carbon dioxide efficiency standard for aircraft, which was agreed and recommended in February by ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: US regionals at sharp end of labour pains
US regional carriers continue to struggle to attract enough pilots to fill their ranks, despite many of them implementing programmes aimed at attracting entry-level recruits, industry executives say.
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ANALYSIS: AFRL prepares to unveil 20-year propulsion vision
Since the arrival of the high-bypass turbofan almost 50 years ago, jet engines have made huge strides in efficiency without altering the basic architecture. Two air flows of constant volume either bypass or enter a core section. The core combusts a mixture of compressed air and fuel to generate thermal ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: New narrowbodies' long-haul challenge to widebodies
Airlines appear to be increasingly interested in using new-generation narrowbodies to make thinner long-haul routes more economically viable.
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ANALYSIS: Airship could offer lighter-than-air alternative for Gremlins
While the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has set a firm requirement that its Gremlins unmanned air vehicles return to a Lockheed Martin C-130 cargo aircraft, an airship could offer an attractive option for future recoverable drone missions.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: US network carriers diverge on Asia strategies
The varying strategies of US mainline carriers to Asia is a nice contrast to their convergence elsewhere, ranging from inflight amenities to the structure of their frequent flier programmes.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Swarming UAVs set to disrupt battlespace and marketplace
As the United States continues its two flagship multi-billion acquisition programmes – the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber – the Department of Defense’s research arms have their eye on cheaper, disposable drones that would overwhelm the enemy in contested environments.
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ANALYSIS: Europe looks towards emerging weapon technology
The development of future combat aircraft – fifth- or sixth-generation fighters and unmanned combat air vehicles – is at the forefront of military planning.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Europe's leisure carriers fight over tight market
Leisure carriers in Europe have not been short of challenges over the past 12 months. Already adjusting to falls in demand to North African destinations, further tourism hotspots have been hit by damaging geopolitical events. On top of that, the Brussels and Istanbul airport terror attacks highlighted the vulnerability of ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Rivals share spoils in 2016 orders so far
With the last big air show of the year behind them, Airbus and Boeing have all but matched each other in sales during the first seven months of the year. But the picture is very different in the output arena, where Seattle has again established a significant lead.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Was Kirby forced out at American?
Scott Kirby’s surprising move to United Airlines from American Airlines appears an opportunistic one on his part but may have been prompted by an unexpected break with the latter.
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ANALYSIS: Neo lease-rate premiums restrained by low oil prices
In December 2010, Airbus appeared to gain a first-mover advantage by launching the A320neo before Boeing's decision to re-engine the 737. With oil prices depressed, the European manufacturer was in pole position to start raking in the orders.
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ANALYSIS: Russian military aviation battles back
Russia’s military-industrial complex – and its aircraft-making industry as an integral part of it – is striving to adjust to the new geopolitical reality that emerged as a result of the annexation of Crimea, the civil war in neighbouring Ukraine and Moscow’s military aid to the Syrian government of Bashar ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Cathay Pacific put to the test
Cathay Pacific’s share price has slipped close to 14% over the last week, after it announced an 82% plunge in its net profit for the first half of the year, falling well below analysts’ expectations.
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ANALYSIS: UAC chief looks to build on MC-21 with new widebody
In a Hollywood version of the Russian commercial aviation story, the last 15 years fits the narrative of a classic comeback script, with the final act – the unlikely-yet-somehow-triumphant entry-into-service of a Russian-Chinese widebody around 2025 – still to be written.
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ANALYSIS: Superjet primed for home stretch after false starts
At some point in the next 12 months, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) will be ready to give the Superjet programme a gift rarely bestowed in the modern aviation industry: a second chance.
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ANALYSIS: PD-14 revives Russian hopes for commercial engines
Until last November, Russia’s first high-bypass turbofan engine was also its only one. The Aviadvigatel PS-90A entered flight testing on a four-engined Ilyushin Il-76 testbed in 1987. Twenty-eight years later, on 3 November last year, another Il-76 carried Russia’s second high-bypass turbofan engine into flight testing.
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ANALYSIS: Air Berlin results fail to dispel gloomy outlook
In a July research note, HSBC Bank lowered its target price for Air Berlin from €0.10 per share to €0.01. The price has over the past year fluctuated between a low of €0.53 and high of €1.53.
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ANALYSIS: Leonardo eyes Asia-Pacific helicopter deals
Leonardo Helicopters’ Stefano Bortoli can list several rotorcraft opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region for the freshly re-branded company. These range from military applications such as troop transport, anti-submarine warfare to civilian opportunities such as VIP transport.