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7 Latreilleville Avions Civils I Texte SOMMAIRE DU VOLUME I LA CONDUITE DES PROGRAMMES CIVILS AVANT-PROPOS ET REMERCIEMENTS........................................................................... 3 PREFACE.............................................................................................................................. 5 PRESENTATION GENERALE ............................................................................................. 9 CHAPITRE 1 PRESENTATION DE L’ACTIVITE...................................................................................... 11 LE MARCHE DU TRANSPORT AERIEN .................................................................................. 11 Le passager et l’évolution du trafic.......................................................................................... 11 Les compagnies et la flotte d’avions ....................................................................................... 13 LA CONSTRUCTION DES AVIONS CIVILS .............................................................................. 14 Les caractéristiques de l’activité.............................................................................................. 14 La compétition et son évolution............................................................................................... 18 La dimension économique et monétaire ................................................................................. 20 L’ADMINISTRATION ET SES MISSIONS ................................................................................. 22 La tutelle militaire de l’industrie ............................................................................................... 22 Le cas particulier de l’aviation civile ........................................................................................ 23 Le budget de la construction aéronautique civile .................................................................... 25 Le cas de la navigabilité .......................................................................................................... 27 Le rôle du CEAT et du CEV .................................................................................................... 33 CHAPITRE 2 LE PROGRAMME CARAVELLE ........................................................................................ 39 LE LANCEMENT DU PROGRAMME ....................................................................................... 41 LA CARAVELLE AUX ÉTATS-UNIS ....................................................................................... 42 LES ACQUIS DU PROGRAMME ............................................................................................ 43 LA DEFAILLANCE COMMERCIALE ........................................................................................ 45 CHAPITRE 3 LE PROGRAMME CONCORDE......................................................................................... 47 LA GENESE........................................................................................................................ 47 LE PROGRAMME FRANCO-BRITANNIQUE............................................................................. 54 CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................... 60 EPILOGUE ......................................................................................................................... 61 CHAPITRE 4 LE PROGRAMME MERCURE ........................................................................................... 63 DASSAULT ET LES AVIONS DE TRANSPORT AVANT LE MERCURE ......................................... 63 Concorde-Galion ..................................................................................................................... 64 AUX ORIGINES DU MERCURE ............................................................................................. 65 Dassault seul ........................................................................................................................... 65 Le Mercure intéresse l’État...................................................................................................... 66 Les partenaires........................................................................................................................ 68 LE PROGRAMME MERCURE ............................................................................................... 69 Le lancement du programme .................................................................................................. 69 La première phase................................................................................................................... 70 Le développement complémentaire est lancé......................................................................... 71 Air Inter, compagnie de lancement.......................................................................................... 72 Air Inter prépare l’arrivée des Mercures.................................................................................. 75 Mercure entre en service… avec six mois de retard............................................................... 76 Mercure s’est bien comporté ................................................................................................... 76 Air France et le Mercure.......................................................................................................... 78 Vendre des Mercures 100 ? .................................................................................................... 79 Un Super Mercure ? ................................................................................................................ 80 SNIAS contre Dassault............................................................................................................ 81 Des partenaires ? .................................................................................................................... 82 1 Douglas ................................................................................................................................... 83 SNIAS avec Boeing ................................................................................................................. 84 Choix du Mercure 200 avec Douglas ...................................................................................... 85 Nouvel échec transatlantique .................................................................................................. 85 Joint Engineering Team........................................................................................................... 86 LE BILAN FINANCIER .......................................................................................................... 87 CHAPITRE 5 LES PROGRAMMES D’AVIONS DE TRANSPORT REGIONAL EN FRANCE................ 89 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................. 89 LE NORD 262.................................................................................................................... 90 Les origines et le lancement.................................................................................................... 90 Le développement ................................................................................................................... 90 La pénétration du marché ....................................................................................................... 91 L’élargissement de la famille ................................................................................................... 91 L’arrêt de la production et la tentative de relance ................................................................... 92 La poursuite des opérations .................................................................................................... 93 LE PROGRAMME ATR........................................................................................................ 93 Le lancement ........................................................................................................................... 93 Le partage des responsabilités entre les partenaires ............................................................. 98 Les relations avec les administrations................................................................................... 101 Le développement de la version de base ATR 42 ................................................................ 103 La pénétration commerciale .................................................................................................. 105 L’élargissement de la famille (ATR 72) ................................................................................. 106 Les améliorations (ATR 42-500 et ATR 72-500)................................................................... 108 Les autres dérivés ................................................................................................................. 109 Les changements d’organisation........................................................................................... 111 LES TENTATIVES D’ELARGISSEMENT DE LA COOPERATION................................................ 112 L’essai de rachat de de Havilland de la coopération............................................................. 112 Les discussions avec SAAB et CASA sur l’ATR 82 .............................................................. 113 A(I)R, l’alliance provisoire avec British Aerospace...............................................................
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