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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How to engage with your infrequent flyers
Subject most frequent-flyer programmes to close scrutiny and you’ll find that the vast majority of members are not flying that often and don't have any real engagement with the scheme or the airline. While it may be tempting to shrug off this group in favour of concentrating on the high-spending ...
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NewsNo rush on A380 re-engine: Airbus
Airbus says a re-engine of its A380 superjumbo is something it plans to look at in the longer term, as its main priority is to ensure that the development schedules of the A350 and A320neo remain on-track.
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ANALYSIS: Amedeo’s simple plan to broaden A380 customer base
Airbus’s new A380 leasing customer Amedeo is confident that more demand can be created for the ultra-large aircraft by focusing marketing efforts around simple, higher-density seating configurations.
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ANALYSIS: Big two exchange blows over widebody strategies
Airbus and Boeing crossed swords during the Singapore air show over their contrasting strategies in the widebody sector, with each questioning the other’s logic for product development.
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NewsAirbus confirms Aerolineas A330 purchase
Aerolineas Argentinas has signed for four Airbus A330-200s as part of a fleet modernisation plan.
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SINGAPORE: Higher-density seating will boost A380 appeal - Amedeo
New A380 customer Amedeo will focus its marketing efforts around simple, higher-density seating configurations to create greater demand for Airbus's ultra-large aircraft.
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SINGAPORE: VIDEO - Production system key to Boeing’s 757 successor studies
Deciding on the production system that Boeing adopts for any new aircraft developed to address the niche in the narrowbody market previously filled by the 757 will be a key aspect of its studies to ensure low production costs.
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NewsSINGAPORE: A350 flight test pace "quite remarkable” - Airbus
The high availability rate of the A350 XWB flight-test fleet has enabled Airbus to de-risk the flight-test programme as it heads towards its summer 2014 certification target date on schedule.
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NewsVolaris leases 16 A320neo family aircraft
Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris has leased 16 new Airbus A320neo family aircraft, including its first larger A321neo.
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NewsSINGAPORE: Airbus confident on A350 performance numbers
Airbus will undertake detailed analysis of the A350 XWB’s fuel burn and range performance with the first fully representative aircraft when it flies in May, but is confident that it is on course to achieve all its targets.
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NewsAvianca temporarily grounds Fokker 50 fleet
Avianca has temporarily grounded its fleet of Fokker 50 turboprops, following an engine malfunction in Cali.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why 2013 was good for safety but not insurers
Last year was another good period from the point of view of airline safety but, with incurred losses equalling written premium in the year, it was not so good for insurers, writes Paul Hayes, director of air safety and insurance with Flightglobal advisory service Ascend.
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Satena extends ATR MRO contract with Barfield
Colombian regional carrier Servicio Aéreo a Territorios Nacionales (Satena) has extended its component maintenance agreement with Sabena Technics’ US subsidiary Barfield to cover three additional ATR 42-500 turboprops.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Lessors' mixed views on growth of leased fleet
Today, more than 35% of the world's airline fleet is leased, but not all lessors are convinced that the figure will grow to 50% by the start of the next decade as expected by various market observers, including Boeing.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Latest Max deal erodes Neo's lead among lessors
Boeing’s confirmation that lessor GE Capital Aviation Services is the previously unidentified buyer of an additional 20 737 Max aircraft means that the US lessor is now the largest leasing customer for the re-engined narrowbody.
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NewsAscend named appraiser of the year
Flightglobal advisory service Ascend has once again been voted appraiser of the year at the Aviation 100 awards.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: More funding sources on tap for airlines in 2014
Global airlines will have more sources of financing available to them, thanks to the expansion of some existing lessors and financiers, and the emergence of others, when they set out to finance their $112 billion worth of expected aircraft deliveries this year.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Commercial aircraft funding must hit new high
Commercial aircraft financing surpassed the $100 billion mark for the first time ever in 2013 and the level of financing required to cover this year’s deliveries is set to be even higher.
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Avianca commissions ATR 72-600 simulator
Colombian carrier Avianca has installed an ATR 72-600 full-flight flight simulator at its base in Bogota.
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Safety review 2013: Matter of survival
Last year, the world’s airlines proved that they could not maintain safety at the all-time high level they achieved in 2012. To put that in context, however, the 2012 figures had broken safety records by such a big margin that Flight International predicted at the time the figures would probably ...