Chronicles

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Chronicles 1 June 2012

Flying in 2050 – Traffic statistics are not going to reach the sky.

How to predict the future of air transport by 2050? The ID Aéro consultancy are not the only ones to take up the challenge: last…

Chronicles 6 January 2012

The Concorde in Versailles – Within 3 months, judgment in appeal of the July 2000 accident.

Dura lex sed lex. In exactly three months, the Concorde will come again in front of the judges. Or more precisely Continental Airlines, which became…

Chronicles 31 March 2011

Sustainable mobility – The European Commission has a dream: “competitive” transports.

There is no point of making a knowing look and to act as if everything was understood… Convened in Madrid for a conclave, the thinking…

Chronicles 22 March 2011

China, always China – Is Avic group exaggerating?

One can wonder: by constantly getting ahead of schedule, wanting to be on the top level as fast as possible, isn’t the Chinese aerospace industry…

Chronicles 18 November 2010

A New World – This time, the Chinese have really entered the race

The China air show in Zhuhai has provided a launch platform for the C919, the declared competitor of the A320 and 737. The Chinese, naturally,…

Chronicles 29 September 2010

Montaudran, La Roseraie, Wichita – Spirit AeroSystems is interested in Latécoère. Should we worry?

It is rather unlikely that Spirit Aerosystems CEO Jeff Turner reads the French regional press – fortunately. Otherwise he might be offended to see his…

Chronicles 14 September 2010

Dark Horse – Embraer causes a surprise with the KC-390

A remarkable industrial operation is underway. Two years ago Embraer unveiled the KC-390, a project for a military transport twin-jet, able to carry a payload…

Chronicles 9 August 2010

Private Jets – Top-end aviation is going through a rough patch

In the first half of the year, Dassault Aviation delivered 45 twin and tri-jets of the Falcon business jet family, but during the same period…

Chronicles 17 May 2010

UnEasy – EasyJet – the stakes in a battle between old and new.

The confrontation is not new, but it’s just taken on a new dimension. EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou disagrees with the strategy of the airline he…

Chronicles 4 May 2010

Superlatives – The United/Continental merger will create the world’s largest airline.

Is this a logical conclusion or simply delusions of grandeur? Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion after analyzing the results of the…

Chronicles 20 February 2009

The Airways are Safe – 20-02-2009

Aviation safety has reached a high level – higher for some than for others. Passengers do not all enjoy the same level of air traffic…

Chronicles 25 January 2007

The great comeback of twin turboprop planes in regional aviation is confirmed. The leader : ATR.

On the 25th of January the French Italian operator ATR announced the sale of seven ATR72S to the Brazilian company Transport Regionais do Interior…

Chronicles 22 January 2007

The former heads of Swissair are facing legal judgement. The case is about incompetence.

Bulach, a small town in the region of Zurich, is in the spotlight: the Swissair case is happening there. The members of the Board of…

Chronicles 15 January 2007

The Italian aerospace industry is showing a new lease of life. It’s like a renaissance.

There’s a new and unexpected direction for regional aircraft; a Moscow-Rome route with an extension to Paris. We are undoubtedly witnessing the rebirth of…

Chronicles 10 November 2006

Super Galland

Yves Galland, president of Boeing France, is certainly noticed when he stays in Toulouse. Having come to the pink city to attend a conference organised…