Aerospace

Pilatus PC-12 NG aircraft

In this issue

- Asia provides an uplift for aviation industry
- Desert becomes a graveyard of cargo hopes
- Is Comac state funding a blessing or a curse?

Feb 13, 2012

Overview: Asia gives aviation sector reasons for cheer

With the global economic crisis hitting long-established European and US carriers, the demand for travel in the region, especially in China, will provide much-needed relief for the industry at the Singapore Air Show

China Southern Feb 13, 2012

Video: Asian airlines boost aviation industry

With western airlines braced for losses in 2012, Andrew Parker, aerospace correspondent, says Asian carriers should provide some cheer

Comac Feb 13, 2012

State aid: China’s upstart aims to put rivals in a spin

Comac has hopes of challenging Airbus and Boeing, but the aircraft manufacturer may discover that state funding is as much of a burden as a benefit, reports Simon Rabinovitch

mojave airport aerospace Feb 13, 2012

Crisis fallout: Signs of cargo’s woes fill desert

The downturn in European consumer demand, as well as weakness in other parts of the world economy, have lead to an increasing number of the world’s goods-carrying aircraft being left idle in the Mojave, writes Robert Wright

French Rafale fighter airplane Feb 13, 2012

Air power: Rafale swoops to top of India’s list

The choice of the fourth-generation fighter provides a much-needed boost for French economic and industrial prestige and opens the way to a transfer of technology that will help build India’s own aerospace industry, writes James Lamont

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