All articles by Murdo Morrison – Page 13
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NewsC-390 gaining credibility in Gulf, says Embraer’s Schneider
Embraer has no Middle East customers for the KC/C-390, but governments in this long Lockheed Martin C-130-favouring region are now taking the Brazilian twijet transport/tanker seriously. Source: Jason Wells/Shutterstock Brazilian air force’s operations are boosting aircraft’s credibility, says Schneider So says Jackson Schneider, president of Embraer Defence ...
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NewsHow Sumati Sharma took on aviation’s gender imbalance
As an Oliver Wyman partner and former member of Virgin Atlantic’s leadership team, Sumati Sharma is the driving force behind a charter that pledges signatories to work to create a less male-dominated aerospace industry
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AnalysisHow regional freighters offer a load to recovery
The big cargo carriers from Airbus and Boeing might grab the headlines, but at the sub-100-seat end of the market, demand for new-build and especially passenger-to-freighter conversions is growing.
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InterviewHow Parent nurtured CAE to become services powerhouse
Chief executive’s record in transforming the Canadian training company with a succession of acquisitions over 13 years is reflected in leadership award.
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AnalysisWill airlines change course and explore single-pilot operations?
Could single-pilot commercial airliner operations become reality? Manufacturers and regulators want to know if removing a crew member from the cockpit is feasible – but unions are unconvinced.
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AnalysisWhy aerospace industry mergers could take off again in 2022
Covid-19 put a halt to a feast of mergers over recent years, but signs are that appetites for acquisitions are growing as the industry recovers.
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NewsSabena to offer Leonardo’s Miysis DIRCM system
Maintenance house Sabena Technics is teaming with Leonardo to market the Italian company’s UK-manufactured Miysis directed infrared countermeasure (DIRCM) to VIP aircraft operators in the Middle East, Europe, and Africa.
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NewsEmbraer may offer weapons from Abu Dhabi’s EDGE on Super Tucano
EDGE and Embraer are in talks about integrating weapons systems from the Abu Dhabi defence house’s Halcon subsidiary on the A-29 Super Tucano military trainer and counter-insurgency aircraft.
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NewsPost-Abraham Accords, how Israel and the UAE have rapidly made connections
From flights between Tel Aviv and Gulf cities to cooperation on defence technology and freighter conversions, last year’s landmark diplomatic deal has led to a slew of new partnerships
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NewsDestination Dubai: business aviation’s big return
The emirate has made a strong bounce back from the downturn - and private jets have followed.
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AnalysisHow a diversified portfolio and deep pockets helped DAE survive the pandemic
The Dubai-based aircraft lessor and MRO says it went into the downturn in good shape and is well placed for the recovery
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NewsBahrain’s MENA launches cargo airline
Operation launches with 737-300 P2F, but with ambition for fleet of 15 to 20 aircraft as it pushes to exploit under-served market for e-commerce air freight in Middle East and Africa
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InterviewJet Aviation president David Paddock on riding out the pandemic
Few companies in private air travel can take the temperature of the market as quickly and effectively as Jet Aviation. The Swiss-based service provider, part of Gulfstream parent General Dynamics since 2008, has operations on four continents, and across four distinct activities: maintenance, aircraft management and charter, fixed-base operations, and large-jet completions. Its 2018 acquisition of Hawker Pacific added a fifth: air force sustainment.
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NewsRolls-Royce sees faster than expected rebound in business aircraft sector
Almost all Rolls-Royce-powered business aircraft are back operating to pre-pandemic levels after what the engine manufacturer describes as a faster than expected recovery in the sector.
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InterviewNBAA chief executive Ed Bolen’s excitement at return of in-person event
After steering its way through the crisis, NBAA chief executive Ed Bolen says the business aviation community cannot wait to reconnect in person for the first time in two years
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NewsCovid-19 and Brexit a double hit for jobless UK flightcrew
The country’s job-seeking pilots have arguably been impacted greater by the crisis than their cross-Channel counterparts, a combination of tough travel rules putting a brake on recovery, and their licences no longer being recognised within the EU.
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AnalysisBetting on BACE
Despite worries about the pandemic’s effect on attendance, this year’s business aviation event in Las Vegas will cater for a booming sector awaiting a number of potentially disruptive developments.
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AnalysisCabin suppliers look to life after Covid
The past 18 months has been miserable for the interiors industry. But, with traffic and airline orders picking up, can the sector look to 2022 with confidence?
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ReportTop 100 aerospace companies ranked by revenue
This year’s Top 100 reflects an aviation industry hit by nine months or more of crisis – but also one where fortunes differ hugely depending on whether a business’s focus is defence or commercial.
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AnalysisCommercial downturn marks Boeing’s nadir
It was another awful year for Boeing’s commercial sales fortunes, with an almost 50% drop in revenues to just $16.2 billion. To put it in context, the company made just twice as much revenue from its range of single- and twin-aisle airliners as Gulfstream did in 2020 with a family of specialist business jets.