All Japan articles – Page 8
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News
SMBC secures $1 billion from shareholders
SMBC Aviation Capital has finalised a capital infusion of $1 billion from its shareholders based on an agreement first announced in November last year.
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SINGAPORE: Bell bets on tiltrotor export sales
Tiltrotor technology will provide the tool to allow Asia-Pacific nations to overcome the "tyranny of distance over water" in the future, believes Bell Helicopter's global head of military business.
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Opinion
OPINION: Travel disruptors are airline investment opportunity
Japan Airlines flight JL001, operated with a Boeing 777, needs roughly 12h to fly about 4,500nm (8,330km) from Tokyo to San Francisco. A Mach 2.2 airliner could cover the same distance in about 5.5h, or around the time it takes a subsonic airliner to fly across the USA.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: JAL invests heavily in supersonic Boom
Japan Airlines has agreed to invest $10 million in Colorado-based Boom Supersonic and pre-order up to 20 of the Mach 2.2-capable airliners scheduled to enter service in the mid-2020s.
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Northrop flies first E-2D for Japan
Northrop Grumman has performed the first flight of Japan’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early warning and surveillance aircraft.
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MCAP quietly approaching buyers
Japanese lessor MC Aviation Partners is running a quiet sale process for its owned aircraft fleet, sources tell FlightGlobal.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Japan country report May-July 2017
The chairman of Japan Airlines has warned that plans to expand to expand Tokyo's two international airports will not be sufficient for traffic growth in the coming years, and expressed concern about a shortage of slots.
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News
Qantas to launch seasonal Sydney-Osaka service
Qantas will launch seasonal services between Sydney and Osaka's Kansai International airport on 14 December.
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Opinion
OPINION: Why the MRJ should be at Le Bourget
Mitsubishi Aircraft’s new president has surprised many an industry watcher by unveiling a plan to bring the company’s troubled MRJ90 to the Paris air show in June.
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News
PICTURE: Japan Air Commuter begins ATR operations
Japan Air Commuter (JAC) operated its first ATR 42-600 flight on 26 April, deploying the aircraft on the return Kagoshima-Yakushima and Kagoshima-Okinoerabu services.
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News
Japan partners with UK to study future fighter
Japan and the UK have agreed to explore options for co-developing a future fighter aircraft, but Tokyo will also continue discussions on developing a next-generation combat jet with other countries, the Japanese Ministry of Defense says.
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Opinion
OPINION: Why tardy MRJ is worth waiting for
Defending the latest delay to its MRJ programme, Mitsubishi Aircraft official Yugo Fukuhara notes: “Building and certifying a new aircraft is a very complex process and includes a lot of challenges.”
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Sam Hill, CEO Quest Aircraft
Sam Hill is chief executive of Quest Aircraft – manufacturer of the Kodiak single-engined turboprop. After spending half a century in the aviation industry, he is set to retire, but will still be involved in key projects
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NewsPICTURE: Lockheed delivers 200th F-35
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 200th production example of its F-35, an aircraft manufactured for export buyer Japan.
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NewsPICTURES: Japan receives first F-35
Japan has received its first Lockheed Martin F-35A , marking the first delivery of a Joint Strike Fighter acquired via the foreign military sale (FMS) route.
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NewsRAF Typhoon begins operational assessment of new upgrades
The UK Royal Air Force has begun an operational evaluation of upgrades to its Eurofighter Typhoon, which will ultimately enable it to take over the ground-attack role currently performed by the Panavia Tornado GR4.
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News
JAPAN AEROSPACE: Yamaha promotes new unmanned helicopter
Yamaha is promoting a new unmanned helicopter called the Fazer RG2.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Tokyo faces up to future fighter options
The Japan International Aerospace Exhibition is a rarity among air shows, occurring not every two years, but every four. It is also a moving target. This year the show is in a Tokyo conference hall. In 2012 it was held at an exhibition centre in the industrial outskirts of Nagoya. ...
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Opinion
OPINION: MRJ has certification hurdles ahead
For a while it almost felt like the Mitsubishi Regional Jet would never make it to the USA. It is not often that a flight-test prototype aborts its mission twice in two days, but that was just what happened when Mitsubishi Aircraft attempted to ferry its first flight-test article to ...
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News
Japan rolls out first F-35A
Lockheed Martin rolled out the first 42 F-35As ordered by the Japan Air Self Defence Forces to replace a nearly 80-strong fleet of McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms.