Op-Ed Columnists – Page 22
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Comment: Age before beauty
Delta Air Lines boss Richard Anderson asserts that operating costs of his fuel-thirsty Boeing MD-80s are more than a match for the 737-800, an airliner design...
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Comment: The people's plane
As Boeing gets ready to fly the next generation of 747, it has just delivered the last of the original. The Jumbo's remarkable journey over the last 40 years saw it transform the world
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Comment: Time to quit fighting and love the F136
Despite a library full of news articles to the contrary, President Barack Obama never threatened to veto a defence spending bill that included funding added...
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Comment: A Decennis Horribilis
Collosal losses, major restructuring efforts, boardrooms swinging from crisis to crisis. As the decade of the noughties comes to an end, it has earned the sorry accolade as the 10 worst financial years in aviation history
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Comment: In space, it's best not to go alone
Next year could be a milestone for space exploration. The world's major spacefaring nations should be fleshing out plans for a new era of collaborative missions...
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Comment: A military aviation authority is a good idea, but it could still be badly executed
Setting up an independent military aviation authority to oversee airworthiness standards is an excellent idea, but those in charge are going to need a special type of bravery to be effective
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Comment: Heavy guns for an existential struggle
More than 170 people were killed during last year's Australian fire season. That's a massive human tragedy by any measure, made worse by the fact that many...
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Comment: Reality check
Pioneering Gulf Air was left behind as its former shareholders spun off their own network carriers. A new action plan must turn its fortunes around if it is to stay viable in the long term
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Dubai 09: Comment: A quiet Dubai?
What signals did last week's Dubai air show give about an aerospace recovery? Do not be misled by the lack of big home-grown airliner orders. The region is powering up again fast
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Comment: American's Agenda
Despite limited room for manoeuvre, carriers are trying to force through global joint ventures and pacts as they play out growth strategies for when the good times return. American Airlines is involved in deals that could give it big wins both east and west
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Comment: Have BA and Iberia got it 20% right?
The decision by British Airways and Iberia to pursue a merger has re-ignited the debate on airline consolidation and its merits - or lack thereof. Proponents...
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Comment: Market reality and the US middle man
Italy's Finmeccanica, virtually unknown in the US defence market even five years ago, seems to have set its sights on cracking the ultimate transatlantic...
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Comment: Stripping out margin for error
Aviation has a long and worthy tradition of calculating safety performance to allow for error or the unexpected. This is being challenged by today's lean operating philosophy
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Comment: A400M: the first cut
South Africa has finally lost faith with Airbus Military's delayed airlifter, but only time will tell whether it was right to withdraw now, rather than hold formation through flight test
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Comment: Are old habits working against new vision?
NASA's commercial crew and cargo programmes are about changing the way it does...
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Comment: SESAR off the radar?
Air traffic management is usually low on the political horizon unless there is a crisis, but with traffic down, the Single European Sky is in danger of disappearing behind the clouds
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Comment: Awakening from a connectivity coma
Boeing has far more important things to worry about than deciding what in-flight connectivity it will choose for the 787. Shouldn't it focus on getting the...
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Comment: USAF stealth strategy jammed on lock
Radar jammers are an inconvenient necessity. After all, a 30-year-old US Air Force strategy has poured billions of dollars into stealth technology ...
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Comment: Foundation shaken
Times are hard, and companies are not the only organisations whose existence is threatened by economic crisis. The Flight Safety Foundation, a priceless industry asset, is also at risk