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IN DENIAL ABOUT
ONBOARD RISK?
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ALMOST THERE
CSeries nears high-speed
taxi trials as long-delayed
rst ight for Canadian
airliner edges closer
FAST DEVELOPER
Russian Helicopters
moving quickly to have
racy RACHEL prototype
in the air by 2018
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NUMBER 5406
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CABIN FIRES
IS THE INDUSTRY
IN DENIAL ABOUT
ONBOARD RISK?
FEATURE P32
ALMOST THERE
CSeries nears high-speed
taxi trials as long-delayed
rst ight for Canadian
airliner edges closer
FAST DEVELOPER
Russian Helicopters
moving quickly to have
racy RACHEL prototype
in the air by 2018
PIC OF THE WEEK
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VERSUS ETS
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COVER IMAGE
AirTeamImages supplied
this skyward view of an
Airbus A340, showing just
why aviation is struggling
to reconcile demand for air
travel with calls for a
workable, global emissions
control regime
P26
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group buys Beechcraft’s
largest European MRO business
P21
First flight of Japan’s
Epsilon launch vehicle cancelled
P23
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NEWS
COVER STORY
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Clearing the air
18
Israeli air force pushes for 12-aircraft
KC-135R deal
How best to tackle
airline industry emissions
THIS WEEK
BUSINESS AVIATION
8
Early Hawk T2 use aids RAF students
20
Russian Helicopters speeds progress of
next generation.
Modied Twin Otter helps G-Sky grow
9
FAA nalising ‘critical’ 787 review.
Delta weighs in with A330 deal
FEATURES
28
ENVIRONMENT
Electric avenues
Airlines are weighing up high-tech taxi
systems as they look to reduce fuel use
and cut turnaround times
10
Human factors loom in crash report
21
Ambitious Marshall snaps up Beechcraft
MRO centre.
Rostec reveals 19-seater price tag
11
Dirty fuel blamed for Cathay A330’s
engine emergency
30
Alternative medicine
Carriers are
looking to substitute sources of energy
AIR TRANSPORT
GENERAL AVIATION
12
Crew failed to adapt to poor visibility.
Kazakhstan safety drive targets EU
blacklisting
22
Atlant Arctic airship bouyed by answer
to weighty issue.
Ansat clinches civil certication.
Kit-built Zodiac CH 640 set for Russian role
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SAFETY
Onboard blazes
are still a considerable risk, despite a
recent fall in the number of fatalities
Fire alarmed
13
Court raises questions over Austrian’s
Tyrolean transfer.
IAE faces court challenge from Kingsher
owner
SPACEFLIGHT
23
Bad timing delays Epsilon rst ight.
Zenit makes safe return
14
Virgin Australia eyes new widebodies.
Comac matures edgling C919 iron
bird test rig
BUSINESS
24
Boeing faces export storm
15
MRJ delay pinned on FAA paperwork.
Ecojet project on approach to production
phase
REGULARS
7 Comment
36 Straight & Level
37 Letters
40 Classified
43 Jobs
47 Working Week
DEFENCE
NEXT WEEK
HELI-TECH PREVIEW
On the eve of the annual rotorcraft
industry exhibition in its new venue at
London’s ExCel, we look at helicopter
safety, performance and prospects
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UK reveals AEW programme costs.
F-35 engine production agreement a ‘fair
deal’
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Auditor slams Indian AW101 contract.
Embraer delivers AMX upgrade
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IN THIS ISSUE
Companies listed
AeroVironment .............................................25
AgustaWestland...........7, 8, 10, 17, 20, 22, 23
Air Astana ....................................................12
Airbus ....................8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 28, 35, 37
Air France ..............................................28, 29
Air New Zealand............................................. 8
All Nippon Airways ...........................25, 33, 35
ANA Holdings...............................................25
Antonov .......................................................23
Asiana ...................................................32, 34
Austrian Airlines ...........................................13
Austro Engines.............................................25
Aviat ............................................................30
Aviation Alliance ..........................................20
BAE Systems ................................................. 8
Beechcraft ...................................................21
Boeing .........7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 24, 29
Bell Boeing ..................................................18
Bombardier .......................................9, 15, 37
Cathay Pacic ..............................................11
Cessna ........................................................23
CHC Scotia ..................................................10
Comac .........................................................14
ConnectJets .................................................23
Diamond Aircraft ....................................23, 25
EasyJet ..................................................28, 37
Elta Systems................................................16
Emirates ......................................................24
Ethiopian Airlines ...................................32, 33
Embraer .......................................................17
Eurocopter .......................................10, 20, 22
Eva Air .........................................................12
G-Sky Aviation .............................................20
Gulfstream .............................................20, 25
Hawaiian Airlines .........................................24
Honeywell Aerospace .......................25, 28, 29
Ikhana Aircraft Services................................20
Ilyushin Finance...........................................15
International Aero Engines ...........................13
Israel Aerospace Industries ..........................28
Jet Aviation ..................................................20
JetBlue Airways ............................................12
Kamov .........................................................20
Kingsher Airlines ........................................13
KLM .............................................................29
LiveTV ..........................................................12
Lockheed Martin ..............................16, 18, 31
Lufthansa ..............................................13, 29
Marshall Aerospace .....................................23
Meggitt ........................................................25
Mitsubishi Aircraft ........................................15
Northrop Grumman......................................16
Pratt & Whitney ............. 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 30
Qantas ...................................................14, 25
Rafael ............................................................ 8
Red Wings ...................................................15
Rolls-Royce............................8, 11, 14, 25, 47
RosAeroSystems ..........................................22
Rosaviaconsortium ......................................15
Rostec .........................................................23
Russian Helicopters .........................20, 22, 23
Safran .............................................25, 28, 29
Sikorsky .................................................10, 20
Spirit Aerosystems .......................................24
Swissair .................................7, 32, 33, 34, 35
Transaero Airlines .........................................47
TUI ...............................................................28
Turbomeca ...................................................25
Turkish Aerospace Industries ........................18
United Airlines .............................................12
UPS ...................................................7, 32, 34
UTAir ............................................................22
VIM-Avia ......................................................15
Virgin Australia .............................................14
WheelTug ...............................................28, 29
BEHIND THE
HEADLINES
THE WEEK ON THE WEB
flightglobal.com
Defence editor
got
some hands-on practice using a
ight training device for the UK’s
new
Craig Hoyle
With allies and foes feeling the
Syrian
heat in the eastern
Mediterranean
, Israel and the USA should perhaps have let
the Russians know they were planning to air-launch a couple
of targets designed to
simulate the trajectory of a
Scud
Hawk T2
trainer during a
visit to the
base at Valley, Anglesey. The UK
is looking to
Royal Air Force’s
its use of
the 28-strong T2 eet, and cites
strong
ramp up
ballistic missile. As
The DEW Line
international interest
in
found,
Russia’s defence ministry
was spooked to detect
unidentied “ballistic
the capability (
P8
).
objects” that were, actually,
Sparrow
-series targets
released from an
Israeli
air force
Boeing F-15
(
pictured
).
And,
nds the Syria crisis, which is unravelling
UK-US relations with Russia, is raising questions about
whether
Hyperbola
Moscow
would disrupt plans for manned
launches
to the
Space Station
in the event of an
attack
on
Damascus. After the fatal
Super Puma
crash off the UK,
David Learmount
looked at offshore
helicopter safety
and asks, why does
Norway
get it right?
Find all these items at
flightglobal.com/wotw
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Last week, we asked:
Safety record of North Sea helicopters:
You said:
Excellent given
challenging environment
Some areas
of concern
Simply not
good enough
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