All Opinion articles – Page 15
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OpinionOPINION: Can F-35 hit programme targets in 2019?
As years go, 2018 was about as good as it gets when casting a historical eye at the various trials and tribulations which have affected - and at times afflicted - the Lockheed Martin F-35 over the past decade or so.
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OPINION: How a football club's revival stirs hope for Flybe
Late steel entrepreneur Jack Walker's football club, Blackburn Rovers, rose from relative obscurity under his ownership, achieving notable prominence, only to then deteriorate and seemingly implode in the years after his death.
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OpinionOPINION: New Delhi's 'Lease in India' delusion
India’s commercial aviation sector has, arguably, been built on the back of favourable aircraft finance for its airlines, but could it follow to become the next air finance powerhouse?
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OPINION: Airbus team must seek to regain sales supremacy in 2019
The big-two airframers just about managed to get over the line to hit their delivery targets for last year, and in doing so set production records for themselves and the industry.
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OpinionOPINION: Despite 2018 set-back, aviation safety is improving
Over the next three-and-a-half hours, worldwide, more fatalities will be added to the grim toll of road traffic accidents than occurred on the global commercial passenger airline network during 2018.
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OPINION: A320neo and great expectations
An eagerly anticipated new aircraft type delivers much, disappoints some and implies a few hard truths about aviation in 2019
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OPINION: Flying high and feeling fine?
Spare a kind word and smile for the cabin crew next time you fly; they may need a lift
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OpinionOPINION: Which anniversary will top list in 2019?
As landmark years go, 1969 takes some beating. The USA put men on the Moon before the end-of-decade deadline set by President Kennedy, while on either side of the Atlantic, Boeing and an Anglo-French venture flew for the first time two of the most iconic airliners ever, the 747 and ...
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OpinionOPINION: Air France's naming of female chief must set a new trend
The appointment of Anne Rigail as the new chief executive of Air France is a positive end to a year in which gender diversity among airline leaders was thrust into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
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OpinionOPINION: HNA's annus horribilis set to roll into 2019
As the year comes to an end, China’s mysterious HNA Group appears to have made little headway in its ongoing struggles to pay down its debts, while investors punish its various operating arms.
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OpinionOPINION: Lockheed pact fuels Airbus tanker ambitions
Tradition states that after tasting the disappointment of defeat, one should try and try again. For Airbus, this means for the third time promoting its A330 multi-role tanker/transport to the US Air Force - but this time with the support of Lockheed Martin.
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OpinionOPINION: Will A330neo orders soar after slow start?
First delivery of the A330neo has brought with it a period of anxious waiting in Toulouse, as Airbus hopes for a smooth service entry from the twinjet.
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OPINION: Alitalia and Piaggio must answer compelling question
On the face of it, beyond the simple fact that both companies are Italian – and in administration – there seems little to link flag carrier Alitalia with airframer Piaggio Aerospace.
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OPINION: Is China closing military gap with USA?
China’s rising military prowess is a cause for concern among those of its neighbours unfortunate enough to be locked in territorial disputes with Beijing, but also increasingly for the US armed forces and any number of Western companies trying to export their equipment around the globe.
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OPINION: In praise of the Challenger
If you had typed "Bombardier" into a search engine for most of this year, the chances are the results would not have made pleasant reading.
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OPINION: Franco-German future fighter still has many hurdles to overcome
Announcing that France and Germany were pressing ahead with development studies for a joint future fighter, French defence minister Florence Parly signed off her Tweet with a flourish. "Ca avance!" she wrote; "It's moving!"
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OPINION: Pilots need proper training for envelope protection
Investigations into the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max tragedy last month are examining any role that a new automated stability system may have played.
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OPINION: Bombardier's commercial aerospace exit is self-inflicted
Once upon a time, in the not so distant past, Bombardier was the third-largest manufacturer of commercial aircraft in the world, behind the industry’s big two of Airbus and Boeing.
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OPINION: Pilots need answers on 737 Max safety systems
Readers may recognise my name from the many flight tests I have written for Flight International over the years.
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OpinionOPINION: Western industry must rethink relationship with China
On the surface, Airshow China this year was much the same as in 2016. A Sino-Russian joint venture had a mockup of a new widebody, the CR929, and the Comac ARJ21 garnered the customary orders from a Chinese lessor. Western airframers had a big presence, as usual, and tier ...