Murdo Morrison
Murdo Morrison FRAeS is head of strategic content at FlightGlobal, responsible for devising and creating marketing partnerships for clients. He also runs the Flight Daily News show daily portfolio and contributes extensively to other FlightGlobal platforms, including writing articles and moderating webinars and conferences. A journalist since 1986, he has edited four UK-based business-to-business titles, including Flight International – the world’s oldest aviation magazine – and regularly appears as an industry commentator on television and radio.
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InterviewATR chief targets 40-plus deliveries in 2023 as ‘recovery on track’
Twelve months into her four-year mandate as ATR’s first female chief executive, Nathalie Tarnaud Laude maintains the Toulouse-based airframer’s recovery is “on track” and that it will deliver at least 40 aircraft this year, after shipping 20 units in the first eight months.
NewsMarshall breaks ground on first US site
UK military MRO specialist Marshall Aerospace has held a ground-breaking ceremony for its new US facility in Greensboro, North Carolina.
NewsGulf apart: the distinct growth trajectories of Flydubai and Air Arabia
The United Arab Emirates’ two home-grown short-haul airlines have come a long way since their foundation – 15 and 20 years ago, respectively – as supposedly low-cost upstarts. Both are following their own growth strategies as they bounce back strongly from the Covid-19 downturn, expand their route maps, and edge towards three-figure fleet sizes.
NewsParamount adds weapons capability to Mwari as it steps up deliveries
Defence group Paramount will integrate weapons onto its Mwari light surveillance platform by early next year, as it steps up deliveries of the two-crew, single-pusher turboprop to initial operators Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
NewsCanadian cabinet shake-up could open door to maritime patrol aircraft contest: Bombardier
Bombardier Defense believes the appointment of a new Canadian defence minister is an opportunity to restate its case that Ottawa should run a contest for its new maritime patrol aircraft fleet.
NewsBAE to collaborate with Airlander 10 developer in military market
BAE Systems is to “explore the potential in security and defence applications” of the Airlander 10 hybrid airship.
NewsAir Nostrum doubles Airlander 10 commitment to 20 aircraft
Spanish airline group Air Nostrum has doubled its commitment for Hybrid Air Vehicles’ (HAV) Airlander 10 to 20 aircraft, delivering a boost to the UK developer ahead of its planned production start and certification campaign.
AnalysisClass apart: why all-premium airline services have struggled to survive
As an elevator pitch, you can understand the appeal. Take city pairs with a sizeable daily demand for mid-haul premium flights; provide travelers with an exclusive, intimate experience using smaller, more efficient aircraft configured with a few dozen business class seats; and perhaps choose convenient, secondary airports to avoid traffic congestion and crowded terminals.
AnalysisTop 100 aerospace companies ranked by revenue
The past financial year was one of post-pandemic recovery for many of the largest aerospace companies. However, supply chain woes and a depressed defence sector were a brake on growth.
AnalysisHow UK training school collapses shattered students’ dreams
A spate of failures at UK flying schools has crushed the career ambitions of dozens of heavily indebted students and led to calls for tighter regulation – at a time when demand for new airline pilots is at a high.
AnalysisDefence sales slide, despite heightened global tensions
Defence sales slid by 4.1% in 2022 versus the previous year.
AnalysisCommercial aviation flying high after pandemic squeeze
Commercial aircraft business soared in 2022, as demand rose in a post-pandemic hurry.
AnalysisMontana Aerospace leads the sales growth climbers
Montana Aerospace’s acquisition of rival Asco in early 2022 has seen it vault up the Top 100 and head the sales growth table with a revenue increase of 123%.
AnalysisAcquisitive TransDigm tops list of leading margin makers
Acquisitive TransDigm tops the operating margin table in our annual Top 100 report.
NewsBombardier ‘on track’ to hit 138-aircraft delivery target
Bombardier chief executive Eric Martel is “totally comfortable” about hitting the company’s 2023 delivery target of 138 aircraft, after today announcing second quarter results that show the Canadian business jet manufacturer’s recovery on track.
NewsFlexjet gets deeper into MRO with Flying Colours buy
Fractional ownership firm Flexjet has bought Canadian maintenance, repair and overhaul company Flying Colours to bring more of its MRO activities in house and differentiate itself from its rivals.
NewsProfessor Cingolani begins process of change at Leonardo
Leonardo’s new chief executive Roberto Cingolani is a former professor of experimental physics who holds more than 100 patents. Now he has begun the process of reinventing Italy’s biggest aerospace company to become a global force in the burgeoning sectors of space and cybersecurity.
NewsAcro to supply seats for Deutsche Aircraft’s D328eco
German turboprop developer Deutsche Aircraft has Acro Aircraft Seating to supply its Series 9 for the in-development D328eco, while Moldovan low-cost carrier FlyOne has chosen the latest version of its Mirus Aircraft Seating’s Hawk economy seat to retrofit a pair of Airbus A321s.
NewsWhy seat manufacturers are taking dynamic product testing in-house
A clutch of new simulation facilities have opened since the pandemic, with Thompson Aero Seating the latest to invest in such a capability
NewsATR launches upscale cabin concepts as it targets VIP, state and charter markets
ATR is launching a series of upmarket cabin concepts, dubbed HighLine, it hopes will open new markets for its regional turboprop types.