All articles by Murdo Morrison – Page 2
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NewsEDGE fund: UAE defence house has acquisition warchest and targets in mind
EDGE had a frenetic fourth anniversary in the run-up to November’s Dubai air show.
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NewsAura seeks fresh investment as new ERA nears
Hybrid-electric developer Aura Aero is embarking on a second financing round to keep on track a plan to deliver its 19-seat hybrid Electric Regional Aircraft, or ERA, by 2028. The Toulouse-based company has already raised €55 million ($59 million) since its founding five years ago and needs roughly the same ...
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AnalysisHow Middle East MRO giants are maintaining their advantage
The pandemic may have put progress on the blocks for two years, but the Middle East’s ambitious third-party maintenance, repair and overhaul houses are very much in growth mode.
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AnalysisHow Al Maktoum International’s aerospace hub is coming together
For most of the 13 years since Dubai’s second airport opened, the area around Al Maktoum International has comprised a few aviation enterprises dotted amid the desert. Slowly, however, more infrastructure has emerged, and the long-term vision of creating a thriving cluster of business aviation, pilot training, MRO, and other service providers is finally taking shape.
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AnalysisDubai looks to take off for eVTOL ambitions
From pushing for driverless cars to unmanned delivery drones and hydrogen-powered buses, Dubai has long seen itself as a pioneer in disruptive transport. So too with urban air mobility.
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AnalysisGlobal gateways: how the UAE’s airports bounced back after pandemic
We didn’t waste a good crisis,” reflects Dubai Airports chief executive Paul Griffiths on the decision to use global aviation’s enforced near-shutdown in the pandemic to “reset the business” for what turned out to be a rapid recovery.
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AnalysisHow UAE is making the case for space
The UAE has had quite a journey into the cosmos since setting up its first satellite telecommunications provider just a quarter of a century ago. As well as becoming a major player in satellite technology, the federation has ventured into space science and exploration, embarking on a Mars mission, landing a rover on the Moon (albeit not 100% successfully), and sending an astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS).
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NewsEDGE opens multi-modal test range island to international clients
UAE defence house EDGE has unveiled the Arab world’s first multi-modal military test facility – occupying an entire 350km sq island off the coast of Abu Dhabi.
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NewsCFM in active talks with big two airframers about RISE
CFM International says it is in active talks with Airbus and Boeing about its in-development open-fan RISE (Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines) programme as it continues to work on a prototype with a view to testing it in flight around “mid-decade”.
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AnalysisWill it be ‘Dubai, buy, buy’, as UAE’s showpiece event returns?
“Dubai, buy, buy” proclaimed the front-page headline of the second edition of Flight Daily News at the 2013 Dubai air show, with photographs of beaming airline and aircraft manufacturer executives. It followed a remarkable opening day that saw record orders placed for 623 aircraft, including 269 for Boeing’s new flagship widebody, the 777X.
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NewsEDGE takes majority stake in UAV developer Anavia
Abu Dhabi national defence house EDGE has added to its autonomous air vehicle capabilities with a majority stake in Anavia, a Swiss developer of vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
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AnalysisNBAA brings business aviation back to Las Vegas
Strong aircraft backlogs and resilient demand for private air travel mean the business aviation industry is approaching 2024 in good shape.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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. Teamed with General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada, the airframer is proposing a militarised version of its Global 6500 to replace ...
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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.
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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.
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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.