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E-JETS REBORN
Embraer unveils new
engines, wings and
avionics for family’s
next generation
NH90 SALES PUSH
European consortium
behind tactical transport
helicopter condent on
fresh orders in 2013
FAN CLUB
POWER PLAYERS
EMERGE IN ENGINE
MAINTENANCE
MIDDLE EAST MRO
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ANALYSIS
SAFETY IN
NUMBERS
What last year’s accident gures
really tell us about long-term trends
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VOLUME 182
NUMBER 5373
15-21 JANUARY 2013
E-JETS REBORN
Embraer unveils new
engines, wings and
avionics for family’s
next generation
NH90 SALES PUSH
European consortium
behind tactical transport
helicopter condent on
fresh orders in 2013
FAN CLUB
POWER PLAYERS
EMERGE IN ENGINE
MAINTENANCE
MIDDLE EAST MRO
PIC OF THE WEEK
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Hounddogone, posted this shot of the
civilian AeroStars aerobatic display team
flying six Yakovlev Yak-50 aircraft at the
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ANALYSIS
SAFETY IN
NUMBERS
What last year’s accident gures
really tell us about long-term trends
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COVER IMAGE
Lauren Mills designed this
montage of photographs
used to illustrate our cover
feature, an analysis of last
year’s airliner accidents
and investigation findings.
The 2012 figures set a
new safety record.
See Cover Story
P28
Congress urged to reject bill that would extend new crew
rest regulations to cargo operators
P18
. A330 and A400M
costs result in £468 million leap in defence bill
P12
flightglobal.com/imageoftheday
NEWS
COVER STORY
28
A very good year for safety
NEWS FOCUS
21
China’s strategic investment – Beijing
conrms work on Xian Y-20 transport
We analyse
the statistics for 2012 in our annual review
and explore whether the exceptionally good
performance was a uke
THIS WEEK
8
Mitsubishi patient on MRJ engine slip
BUSINESS AVIATION
9
Embraer rings changes for next E-Jet
10
Bond, Bristow in two-way tussle for UK’s
SAR contest
22
Farnborough quiets dissent with stringent
noise limits.
Raisbeck, Hartzell reveal new swept-wing
propeller
FEATURES
36
11
End of Raptor woes in sight as modied
systems arrive
MAINTENANCE – MIDDLE EAST
37
Engines of growth
Locals hone powerplant
capabilities as competition builds
23
VisionAire Jets taps China to fund new
entry-level aircraft
12
UK reins in military cost overruns
39
Springing back
EgyptAir in recovery
AIR TRANSPORT
TECHNOLOGY
40
Sum of the parts
Arab airlines seek
MRO economies of scale.
14
Qatar debuts gas-liquid fuel.
Rise in overruns concerned Russian
authorities before fatal Tu-204 crash
24
No clear-cut way past blades
40
Virtual learning
Technical simulation
SPACEFLIGHT
25
Looser regulation to boost US-based
satellite builders
15
JAL 787 battery re fails to unsettle faith
in lithium-ion
16
Hawaiian Airlines banks on range of
A321neo
BUSINESS
26
Costly risk is raising prices
18
Carriers turn on freighter fatigue bill.
Range demand keeps A350-800 in
family line-up
REGULARS
7 Comment
42 Letters
44 Classified
47 Jobs
51 Working Week
48
JOB OF THE WEEK
Nagacorp, General
Manager, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
DEFENCE
19
Airbus tanker wins second Indian deal.
Fresh orders boost targeted by NH90
partners
NEXT WEEK
NH90 SPECIAL
Last year brought rst deployment of NH
Industries’ tactical transport helicopter,
by Italian forces in Afghanistan. We look
into the type’s in-service performance
20
Bidder looks to Eclipse Jayhawk eet.
German army Tiger crews get ready for
operational debut in Afghanistan
I AM GLOBAL
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CONTENTS
IN THIS ISSUE
Companies listed
Aerion ..........................................................27
Aeroot ........................................................18
AeroVironment ............................................... 8
AgustaWestland .....................................12, 19
Airbus ................................. 11, 12, 14, 16, 18
Airbus Military........................................12, 19
Air Canada...................................................27
Air Charter Service .......................................11
Air France-KLM ......................................10, 18
Air Lease......................................................10
AirTanker ......................................................12
Air Transat ....................................................15
AJ Walter ......................................................27
Alaska Airlines .............................................16
All Nippon Airways .......................................10
Altavian ......................................................... 8
American Airlines .........................................16
AVIC .............................................................21
Ball Aerospace.............................................27
Boeing .............. 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 20, 22
Bombardier ............................................. 9, 14
Bond Helicopters .........................................10
Bristow Group ..............................................10
Cassidian ....................................................20
CFM International ..............................9, 14, 16
CHC Helicopter ............................................10
Chengdu Aircraft ..........................................21
Comac ..................................................... 9, 21
Dassault ......................................................27
Delta Air Lines...................................... 8, 9, 16
Eclipse Aerospace........................................20
Elbit Systems ................................................. 8
Embraer ................................................... 8, 27
Etihad Airways..............................................10
Eurocopter .............................................19, 20
Euroghter ...................................................12
Eurojet Turbo ................................................27
Eviation Jets.................................................23
Fokker....................................................19, 27
Garmin ........................................................23
General Electric ....................................... 9, 15
Gulfstream ...................................................27
Hartzell Propeller..........................................22
Hawaiian Airlines ...................................16, 18
Ilyushin ..................................................19, 21
Innovative Automation Technologies ............... 8
Japan Airlines ........................................10, 15
LAN Airlines .................................................15
Lion Air ........................................................11
Lockheed Martin ....................8, 11, 12, 20, 27
LOT Polish Airlines .......................................... 8
Lufthansa Technik ........................................27
MBDA ..........................................................12
Mitsubishi Aircraft .......................................... 8
NH Industries ...............................................19
Pegasus Airlines ...........................................16
Pratt & Whitney ......................9, 14, 16, 21, 27
PRV Aerospace.............................................27
Qatar Airways ...................................14, 15, 18
Qinetiq.........................................................20
Raisbeck Engineering...................................22
Red Wings ...................................................14
Rolls-Royce ..................................................15
Safran .........................................................27
Sukhoi .........................................................19
Tupolev ..................................................14, 21
United Airlines .......................................15, 16
United Technologies .....................................27
US Airways .............................................16, 18
UTair ............................................................14
Virgin Atlantic................................................. 8
VisionAire Jets..............................................23
Williams ......................................................23
Xian Aircraft .................................................21
Yakutia .........................................................14
BEHIND THE
HEADLINES
THE WEEK ON THE WEB
flightglobal.com
Operations and safety editor
David Learmount
has been con-
ducting
Flight International
’s an-
nual review of world airline safety
for 32 years. For his
On
, Craig Hoyle considered the likelihood of
the UK having to respond to a repeat of Argentina’s Falkland
Islands invasion of
The DEW Line
1982
: “Armchair generals and bathtub
admirals delight in warning
how the UK’s armed forces
could not mount a
of
the 2012 gures – in collabora-
tion with Flightglobal’s
analysis
Ascend
consultancy – he could not only
explore
repeat
how the industry is per-
forming year-on-year in the 21st
century but also
of the famous campaign
down south with today’s
resources. No
it with
the 1980s and 1990s. He asks
whether, after an
compare
Harriers
means
for the Royal Navy’s now lone
aircraft carrier, and the Royal Air Force can no longer pull an
Avro Vulcan
no fixed-wing assets
year, the industry can still im-
prove, and wonders if the
exemplary
bomber from retirement to conduct long-range
psychological strikes. But what these discussions fail to
address is the state of
holy
grail
will ever
be possible. See P28 and visit
flightglobal.com/safety2012
of
zero accidents
’s own military, which has
seen only limited equipment investment in the last 30 years.
According to our recently-compiled World Air Forces directory,
its air force only has a combined
Argentina
for the online presentation.
76
aged combat aircraft
[supported by] just one KC-130H tanker and two Hercules
transports;
hardly
the make-up of a future
invasion
force
.”
Find all these items at
flightglobal.com/wotw
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Last week, we asked for your thoughts on
China’s ambitions to
design latest-generation military aircraft:
You said:
Matter of time – formidable
player by 2020s
Will still rely on reverse
engineering
It’s all window dressing
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Hawaiian signs MOU for 16 A321neos
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Embraer to revamp E-Jet with geared turbofans, new wings, y-by-wire
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