Latin America – Page 109
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Novaer develops new trainer, utility aircraft for world market
Privately-owned Novaer Craft’s thirty-odd employees temporarily operate from rented offices in a rather rundown office park positioned at the very edge of the São José dos Campos aerodrome. The location – adjacent to Embraer headquarters – is appropriate. Founded and managed by ex-Embraer employees, Novaer trusts that its new side-by-side, ...
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EASA ponders commercial single-engine IMC ruling
EASA has recently completed its review of industry comments on the controversial subject of commercial single-engine turbine operations in instrument meteorological conditions (CAT SET-IMC), and expects to publish its Final Opinion “in the third quarter” of this year for rulemaking by the European Commission in 2016.
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NewsINTERIORS: Premium passengers face well-appointed future
As business class cabins become ever more luxurious, airlines find themselves at a fork in the road when it comes to deciding their future strategies for premium passengers.
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NewsINTERIORS: Boeing thinks smarter to boost 777, 737 appeal
Space may well be the final frontier, but for Boeing – and its airline customers – space is something else entirely. Given the confines of the average narrowbody – a 737 has an interior diameter of 11ft 7in (3.53m), slimmer even than the fans on some large jet engines – ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Preparing for a connectivity revolution
Like the air we breathe, access to wi-fi is increasingly seen as a necessity to get us through the day. Gone are the days when airline passengers were content to be incommunicado during their time on board an aircraft.
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NewsPICTURES: TAM's first A350 enters final assembly
TAM's first Airbus A350 has entered the final assembly line at Airbus facilities in Toulouse.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: What will a Delta-Aeromexico joint venture offer?
A planned joint venture between Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico will create a competitor on US-Mexico routes that can challenge the dominance of United Airlines and American Airlines, say Delta and Aeromexico.
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NAC places more ATR 72s
Nordic Aviation Capital has placed another pair of ATR 72s under operating lease agreements with Maldivian carrier Flyme and Brazil's Azul.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: KC-390 lifts expectations in Brazil
Embraer has a long tradition of identifying – and succeeding in – unattended market niches. Over the years, they have done this with regional turboprops and jets, turboprop trainers and counter-insurgency aircraft, airborne early warning aircraft, light business jets and now the mid-range military transport segment, where the Lockheed C-130 ...
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Aeromexico and Delta file for anti-trust immunity
SkyTeam carriers Aeromexico and Delta Air Lines have filed with US authorities for anti-trust immunity for a joint venture on flights between the USA and Mexico, taking the next step in deepening their partnership.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Gol's net loss echoes Latin American challenges
Depreciation of the Brazilian real and weakening corporate demand have impacted Gol's 2014 financial results, mirroring the challenges faced by other South American carriers last year.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Germanwings crash accident investigation
Airline pilot organisations have expressed their shock at the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash on 24 March – but also their distress that international standards for investigation and the release of information are not being followed.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: CFM leads in engine markets – but P&W on the rise
Powerplants are central to key airframe developments in the air transport sector as the tempo rises around the re-engined narrowbody sector – and the battle is raging as the manufacturers fight for market share.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Air France, Malaysia Airlines losses prompt rethink on flight data
Calgary-based communications specialist Flyht did not need events like the loss of Air France flight 447 or Malaysia Airlines MH370 to persuade it that airlines’ connectivity with their aircraft could beneficially be improved. It had been producing intelligent on-board satellite communications systems since 2003, and if either or both those ...
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NewsBackground to Germanwings A320 accident
There are few facts available about the 24 March Germanwings Airbus A320 crash in the French Alps, but it is an unusual event in that whatever precipitated the accident appears to have occurred in the cruise. In this case the cruise was a very brief period – less than 3min ...
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Europe launches latest SESAR plans
Launching the latest phase of the Single European Sky air traffic management (ATM) operational concept, Eurocontrol says the plan is, by 2019, to deliver an intelligent, networked system capable of optimising individual flight efficiency while maximising traffic flow through finite airspace and airports. Known as Reference Period 2 (RP2) of ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Can Airbus challenge 787 with A330neo?
Airbus added a dash of spice to the mid-range, mid-size market with last year’s launch of an updated version of its best-selling widebody, the A330. But in a sector where there are already several established types, is there enough room for another big twin to be dropped into the mix?
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OpinionOPINION: Why Airbus is wrestling with its 'A380neo' decision
With re-engining central to four successful airframe-refresh programmes, one could be forgiven for wondering why Airbus is wrestling with its decision about whether to update its flagship product.
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EASA awards contract for cabin air contamination research
EASA has commissioned a pair of German organisations – one a medical school and the other an applied research establishment – to research cabin air quality. The agency says the research will start with in-flight work to identify suitable instrumentation to measure cabin and cockpit air contamination.
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EASA proposes new safety oversight management
Following broad consultation with national aviation authorities, the European Aviation Safety Agency has published proposals for a more flexible and responsive way of managing safety oversight in Europe.