All articles by Murdo Morrison – Page 15
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Slovakia offered long-term industrial participation in L-39NG
Czech proposal for neighbour’s acquisition of eight examples of new-generation jet trainer promises an end to US-based instruction for fighter pilots
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Airline Business
How coronavirus has turned the freight market on its head
With most passenger flights grounded, urgent demand for cargo is keeping many airlines solvent. Will a continued shortfall of bellyhold capacity spur orders for longer-term passenger-to-freighter solutions?
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Safran unveils seating innovations for post-Covid market
French firm senses an opportunity for cabin products that help passengers feel protected from virus
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Covid-19 means medevac challenges for AirMed
Evacuating and repatriating patients worldwide is throwing up a different set of problems during the crisis for medical transport specialist
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Cutter claims a HondaJet record with flight to Canada
Phoenix-based US operator goes the distance returning citizens north of the border
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Harrods Aviation begins a slow recovery
London FBO business looks to traffic return despite concerns about UK quarantine regulations
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Flying start for Jetflite’s Challenger 650
Finnish charter operator completes frantic period of coronavirus repatriation and medevac flights with newest jet
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Elbit adds life-saving capability to Hermes 900
Israeli company says configuration gives UAV advantage over manned aircraft in long-distance maritime rescue scenarios
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Luxaviation UK predicts end-of-lockdown spike
Management and charter operator believes, however, that demand for leisure flights will remain slow until coronavirus vaccine
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Maker of virus-killing cabin air purifier ‘ramping up’ production
ACA says its system destroys pathogens related to coronavirus strains in business jets
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Analysis
Meet the latest weapons in the war on wildfires
As the northern hemisphere wildfire season takes hold, agencies have an array of new and improved aerial firefighting aircraft to choose from. However, despite recent devastating blazes, is the public sector still reluctant to make the necessary investments in new-generation equipment?
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Transatlantic traffic keeps Biggin Hill’s head above water
Wealthy passengers on private jets might not spring to mind when we think of essential travel during coronavirus lockdown. However at one of London’s busiest business aviation airports, Biggin Hill, international flights continue to land and take-off daily, although traffic is down 70% year-on-year.
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Germany’s Airbus suppliers ‘face ruin’, warns trade association
BDLI says that unless at least 50% of pre-crisis production resumes soon, many smaller companies could go out of business
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Concerns cargo belly-space shortage may persist after lockdowns lifted
The air freight sector is struggling to find aircraft to move medical equipment and other urgent supplies – often from Asia to the West – as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
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Analysis
Top 10 aerospace mergers that never were
From Textron-Bombardier to Lockheed-Northrop and EADS-BAE, we review industrial giants that might have been, had proposed or mooted unions over the past quarter century gone ahead.
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In depth
Can pilots hold onto their jobs? Careers under threat as demand for flights collapses
Almost 20 years ago, the aftermath of 9/11 saw a raft of lay-offs among flightcrew as demand for flying collapsed. Now, amid an even bigger crisis for aviation, we assess the likely impact on cockpit careers
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Meggitt races to develop coronavirus ventilator
UK manufacturer heads an aerospace team looking to meet urgent government need for life-saving kit
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Honeywell pushes Forge into business aviation
Analytics platform integrates company’s existing tools with third-party services on single dashboard
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Airline Business
El Al chief Gonen Usishkin grapples with unique challenges
Speaking before the scale of the coronavirus impact became clear, El Al chief executive Gonen Usishkin explains how the Israeli flag carrier handles its unique operating environment
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Bombardier replaces Bellemare with former business aircraft chief Martel
Bombardier chief executive Alain Bellemare is to leave just weeks after the sale of its rail division left it as an exclusively business jet manufacturer.