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news eBACE SHOW REPORT cover story 22 Learjets reinvented from inside out 30 Brazil takes off Embraer has long this week 23 Cessna sizes up with Longitude. dominated the aerospace industry of 8 Indonesia to lead Superjet Inquiry Qatar Airways takes a flexible route to USA Latin America’s largest country. It will 9 Saudi air force set to buy PC-21s as 24 Hawker Beechcraft owners to ditch their continue to do so as it builds defence as lead-in trainers equity stake. a third major revenue stream, and invests 10 US regionals to be surprise package Embraer passes Legacy milestones in overseas engineering and 11 G650 lands at EBACE in record time. 25 Third HondaJet joins the flight test manufacturing capabilities. Elsewhere, CAE extends global reach with academy programme. the sector is maturing as a thriving Daher-Socata celebrates reception of economy boosts airlines, airports and Air Transport TBM 850 training and maintenance providers, and 12 Complex wing fix drags on A380 line a home-grown supply chain develops. 26 War of words over Hawker 400 series. And, with Brazil a key market for VIP and 13 A340 probe supports ‘shock’ tactics First flight for on-schedule AW169 14 merpati expansion rethink threatens ARJ utility rotorcraft, industry is setting its and Sukhoi. spaceflight sights on a true indigenous helicopter. Electric-taxiing partners extend testing 27 ATK set to develop capsule for Liberty to 737 launch vehicle 16 Hard touchdown prompts calls to refine flight data. Business Emissions-trade boycott fails to gain 28 KAI feels the export blues momentum regulars Defence 7 Comment 18 F-22 fleet hit by fresh restrictions. Saudi Arabian Typhoons to get capability 40 straight & Level 41 letters International E uroprop boost next week military engines 43 Classified 19 US Navy jammer proceeds but F-35 With its TP400-D6 in series production, integration stalls. 46 Jobs we find out howE uroprop International is Russia set to resume hypersonic missile 51 Working Week switching its focus to the aftermarket activities 49 Job of the Week Captains, Qatar and supporting export campaigns. FIN_DIRECTORY__25x180:121 Hammond fills UK budget black hole Airways, Doha, Qatar

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FIN_220512_006FlightAwards2012_Vote_Ad.indd 6 1 17/5/1203/05/2012 10:21:50 12:07 comment Power of final farewell Photos taken before the ill-fated final flight of the Superjet bring home the human element of an accident that will raise questions about maintaining safety standards on demonstration flights

ven with their eerily bleak composition, fragments Eof modern machines embedded in a vertical cliff wall, the photographs taken after the Superjet accident do not carry half the impact of those taken before. Pictures of glamorous young cabin attendants, a con- fident crew and cheerful delegates coldly closed the distance that normally separates images of wreckage from an observer’s sense of reality, and laced the media coverage with a bitter sprinkling of poignancy in a way that a passenger manifest could never have. Walls of rock do not discriminate by passengers’ youth. Pre-empting any accident inquiry means running the

risk of appearing arrogant, at best, and downright fool- Features Rex ish at worst. But as the crash probe enters the analysis Crash photos lack the human element phase, there is no denying that sudden technical failure during low-level flight near a mountain would turn out phere against the strict discipline required for safe to be a remarkable coincidence. flight. Part of the inquiry’s unenviable task will be to And if this latest unhappy encounter between gran- establish whether that delicate balance was maintained ite and aluminium turns out to be a failure of man, in this case. rather than machine, then the non-routine nature of the The accident, ironically, has generated more public- flight will prove impossible to ignore. ity about the Superjet than the promotional Asian tour in which the ill-fated aircraft was participating – the The accident has generated first half of which passed largely unnoticed outside of the countries involved – as well as the predictable ill- more publicity for the Superjet informed claptrap about the safety of Russian aircraft than the promotional tour and the prospects for Superjet sales. But it has also brought home the human element, through not only the pictures of those involved, but Demonstration flights are not inherently unsafe but also the testimonies of those who took them, and who, they have an ad hoc quality and carry a sense of by opting against joining the Superjet on its final depar- ­occasion. Their purpose is to distinguish, and that ture, escaped sharing the same fate by nothing more doesn’t mean acrobatics; it can be achieved simply by than a thought impulse. allowing guests the rare opportunity to visit the cockpit All of which makes this particular loss seem some- in flight. how even more personal, more unfair and, perhaps, Successful demonstrations mean balancing non- more unnecessary. ■ standard operating conditions and an informal atmos- See This Week P8 Lifeblood for the industry: donors needed y acquiring Oxford Aviation Academy, simulation As the citizens of the world’s emerging giant econo- Band training giant CAE has accelerated the process mies – particularly China – gain the disposable in- of consolidation in the fragmented world of aviation comes they never had before, demand for air travel is training. In sheer size it is up there with FlightSafety going to boom. But it cannot do so without sufficient International and Boeing’s training division, but it has a trained instructors, pilots and engineers. wider spread of capabilities than either, from ab initio A global vision of the industry’s skilled personnel to airline recurrent training. needs and how they can be met is desperately lacking. If this huge organisation works well – and there is no Perhaps a global training empire such as CAE will be reason why it should not – it will be one of the princi- better able to “think big” than the old fragmented sys- pal providers of the air transport industry’s future life- tem of civil and military suppliers. CAE recognises this blood: expertly trained professional pilots and engi- unprecedented opportunity, but let us hope it, and its For analysis of news on airline operational and safety issues, neers. The airlines themselves have not been preparing competitors, and the airlines, also recognise the need visit David Learmount’s blog at for a future in which more skilled personnel than ever for unprecedented levels of investment. ■ flightglobal.com/learmount before will be required. See Air Transport P11

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FIN_220512_007 7 18/5/12 11:48:22 This week For a round-up of our latest online news, feature and multi-media content visit flightglobal.com/wotw briefing southwest pulls reins on fleet growth Airlines Low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines will defer dozens of aircraft deliveries during the next two years, in a move it says will save the company $1 billion in capital spending. “Until we hit our return on capital target, we don’t plan to grow our fleet,” says chief executive Gary Kelly. The airline will defer deliveries of 21 Boeing 737-800s in 2013, meaning it will take only 20 aircraft during the year. In 2014, Southwest will defer a net total of 10 737 aircraft. It expects to take delivery of 34 aircraft, all 737-800s, in total this year.

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nomination US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has nomi- Features Rex nated Gen Mark Welsh to become the US Air Force’s next chief of Search teams have found several major components of the aircraft staff, to succeed Gen Norton Schwartz from August. The current head of the USAF in Europe, Welsh is a fighter pilot with experi- INVESTIGATION ence in the Lockheed Martin F-16 and Fairchild Republic A-10. Indonesia to lead relief as senate renews ex-im bank mandate finance A US Senate vote has re-authorised the US Export-Import Bank’s charter, which is set to expire at the end of this month, for Superjet inquiry three years. The bill, which has been passed in the US House of Representatives, increases the export credit agency’s total lending Jakarta asserts its right to head investigation into May 9 limit to $140 billion, a 40% increase from its previous authorisation, crash but Russia will be “actively involved” in data analysis up to September 2014. The move is good news for the airline indus- try, which is facing a significant increase in aircraft deliveries this ndonesian authorities have as- in the transfer, interpretation and year, with the total cost rising from approximately $75 billion during Iserted their right to lead the in- analysis of information. 2011 to $100 billion in 2012. quiry into the fatal Sukhoi Super- Deputy industry minister Yuri jet 100 accident, confirming they Slusar said putting a timeframe finland to get first orbiters this year will head the analysis of the cock- on obtaining the information deliveries The Finnish army will take delivery of its first of an ex- pit-voice recorder. would be “premature”, but pected 45 Orbiter 2 unmanned air systems from Israeli company After the device had been lo- added: “We will try to work as Aeronautics Defense Systems before the end of this year. Helsinki has cated on 15 May, six days after quickly as possible.” signed a €23.6 million ($29.9 million) production order for the type. the crash on Mount Salak, there The ministry says the Russian were indications it would be representatives will look carefully MAINTENANCE HANGAR TO CLOSE AT SHANNON transferred to Russian investiga- at data received from the Indone- mro Aer Lingus plans to close its maintenance hangar at Shannon tors for decoding. sian side, particularly the aircraft’s airport. The Irish carrier is “at an advanced stage” in transferring the However, the National Trans- trajectory, the traffic situation in lease for the facility, which was approved by the executive board ear- portation Safety Committee has the area, air traffic controller work- lier this month, according to the Unite union. While the move is “like- exercised its right to treat the in- load and weather conditions. ly to be finalised in the coming weeks”, the decision has not been quiry as an Indonesian affair, al- Search teams have located sev- communicated to staff, the union adds. Some 70 employees are cur- though it will rely heavily on eral major components of the air- rently working at the hangar. Local media have reported that Aer Russian assistance in case of craft, including both PowerJet Lingus plans to keep a small line maintenance unit operating at the “constraints”, such as the need to SaM146 engines. regional hub. interpret cockpit conversation. Few confirmed details have The flight-data recorder will simi- emerged regarding the circum- investigators probe nepalese Dornier crash larly be examined by the NTSC. stances of the 9 May accident, be- accident Search teams have recovered the cockpit voice recorder While the cockpit-voice re- yond the request by the Superjet’s and the flight data recorder of the Agni Air Dornier 228-200 turbo- corder had been subjected to fire, crew to descend to 6,000ft prop that crashed in northwest Nepal on 14 May. They are being and sustained damage to its hous- (1,830m) shortly before contact passed to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, which is setting up a ing, it remained in an “accepta- was lost. committee to lead the investigation on the crash, says a police ble” state, says the Indonesian Loss of the aircraft has not held spokesman. It is not clear whether the recorders will be sent over- transport ministry. up deliveries. Russian flag carrier seas for analysis. The aircraft, registered 9N-AIG, was operating on The ministry says the Russian Aeroflot formally accepted the the Pokhara-Jomsom route. The spokesman says the pilot had told authorities have demonstrated eighth production airframe, serial air traffic control about a minute before the crash that there was “seriousness” in aiding the in- number 95014, on 17 May ahead “something wrong with the aircraft indicators” on approach to quiry, providing specialised of a delivery flight to Moscow Jomsom, and that he was going to execute a go-around and return to equipment with which to exam- scheduled for 23 May. ■ Pokhara airport. Fifteen people, including the pilot and the co-pilot, ine flight-recorder contents. David Learmount comments on were killed in the crash. Six others survived. Russia’s ministry of industry operational and safety issues says it will be “actively involved” at flightglobal.com/learmount

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CONTRACT stephen trimble washington dc SAFETY Procedure calls Saudi air force set to buy after A300-600 PC-21s as lead-in trainers reverser incident K investigators have stressed BAE Systems deal with Riyadh could also include resumption of Hawk T128/T2 production Uthat go-around and reverse- thrust selection procedures need he Saudi Arabian air force to be unambiguous, following an Tcould buy 55 Pilatus PC-21s to incident in which an Airbus serve as a lead-in pilot trainers as A300-600 aborted a landing on part of a broader deal in negotia- reduced engine power after one tion with BAE Systems that in- of its reversers failed to stow. The cludes resuming production of Icelandic-registered freighter Hawk T128/T2 advanced jet bounced during touchdown in trainers, say sources familiar with gusting crosswinds at East Mid- the transaction. lands on 10 January last year. The Saudi order for PC-21s and Despite having selected reverse

Hawks is expected to be confirmed Flightglobal thrust, the crew opted to execute in less than two months, with BAE The Saudi air force operates 29 Hawk 65/65As delivered by BAE a go-around. But the starboard serving as prime contractor for thrust-reverser did not stow and both deals, sources say. BAE de- the air forces of the United Arab The Saudi air force continues the full-authority digital engine clines to comment about any po- Emirates and Switzerland. BAE to operate 47 PC-9s delivered by control kept the power setting at tential new Saudi aircraft deals. also has proposed offering PC-21s BAE as part of a package deal idle thrust. The A300 lifted off at Such a deal would preserve both to the UK Ministry of Defence with Hawks under an Al low speed, in a high-drag configu- airframers’ tight grip on pilot train- under the military flying training Yamamah order placed in the ration, striking its tail on the run- ing requirements for the Saudi air system (MFTS) programme. mid-1980s, according to Flight- way as it rotated, and struggled to force at a critical moment for both Meanwhile, BAE needs a new global’s MiliCAS database. climb away. It took off at 127kt aircraft programmes. order to restart production of the The air force’s inventory also (235km/h) and the airspeed re- Pilatus needs a new order soon venerable Hawk series, with po- includes 29 Hawk 65/65As deliv- mained below the approach refer- to continue production of the PC- tential follow-on trainer deals for ered under the same programme, ence threshold of 135kt during 21, after completing deliveries to the US Air Force and Poland. the MiliCAS data show. ■ the first 13s of flight, as the A300 climbed by only 92ft. The aircraft, powered by Pratt & Whitney PROGRAMMES greg waldron singapore PW4000 engines, levelled until it achieved the reference speed then Offset deals boost Indian industry continued to climb. In its analysis, the UK Air Ac- ndia has received $4.2 billion Sales deals made via the US gov- 15 of these, all signed from 2007. cidents Investigation Branch says Iin counter-contracts from de- ernment for 10 C-17 strategic Other major commitments were the aircraft’s acceleration and fence aerospace programmes transports and eight 737-based linked to New Delhi’s deals to up- climb performance “did not in- since the introduction of its 30% P-8I maritime patrol aircraft. grade Dassault Mirage 2000 fight- crease appreciably” for 47s after offset programme in 2005. These were signed with offsets ers ($593 million), and to acquire it became airborne again. The Boeing has been the largest sin- worth $1.1 billion and $641 mil- Mil Mi-17V5 helicopters ($405 event “highlights the potentially gle contributor, with pledges lion respectively. million) and MBDA Mica air-to- serious consequences” of at- worth a combined $1.7 billion, In total, New Delhi secured off- air missiles ($386 million). tempting to conduct a go-around defence minister A K Antony told set business worth $4.3 billion “Indian industry, both public after selecting reverse thrust, it India’s parliament. This sum was from 17 contracts, with the aero- and private sector, are benefit- adds. But the AAIB also points secured through Foreign Military space sector having accounted for ting through investments and out that the A300’s operating purchases by foreign vendors manual, which instructs immedi- who have signed offset con- ate deployment of reversers upon tracts,” Antony says. “The posi- main-gear touchdown, appears to tive impact of offsets on develop- “contradict” instructions to exe- ment of the indigenous defence cute a go-around in case of a industrial base will be visible in bounced landing. the coming years.” Airbus will amend the operat- A yet-to-be finalised purchase ing manual in June, says the AAIB, of 126 Dassault Rafale combat to remove any ambiguity and pri- aircraft carries a special 50% off- oritise the touchdown procedure set clause. ■ over bounced-landing recovery, For all the latest defence emphasising the need to complete

US Air Force Air US news from Asia, visit a full-stop landing if reverse-thrust Offset for the Boeing deal for 10 C-17s was worth $1.1 billion flightglobal.com/asianskies has been selected. ■

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Finance STEPHEN TRIMBLE WASHINGTON DC USA surprise market for regional jets Embraer and Bombardier expect to sign at least five deals by end of the year for more than 400 aircraft in 70-seat category

ombardier and Embraer have owners approaching the end of Bidentified the struggling US 15-year finance terms. Both re- regional airline sector as a sur- gional jet makers also need the prise market that is expected to deals to revive once-booming US sign at least five deals by the end sales and balance-reduced pros- of the year, placing orders for a pects for new orders in other re- total of more than 400 70- to 80- gions this year. seat jets. The sector faces a starkly To estimate the size of the po- uncertain future, with American tential US order tally this year, Eagle and Pinnacle Airlines in Beaudoin told analysts on a 10 bankruptcy protection and Re- May earnings webcast to count the public Airways Holdings’ Chau- 50-seat jets approaching 15 years

tauqua subsidiary undergoing re- of service life. Nine US airlines Flightglobal structuring. But the ageing of operate 508 40- to 50-seat jets More 70-seat jets could be heading into the US fleet 50-seat jet fleets and rising fuel made by Bombardier or Embraer, expenses are driving carriers to according to Flightglobal’s Ascend Airways, which has persuaded their unique stability in a turbu- impose relief from union scope Online database. The fleet is al- AMR’s largest unions to endorse lent industry has been over- clauses that limit the size of re- most evenly split between both its plan. AMR management has whelmed by the consolidation gional fleets above 50-seat - air airframers, but Embraer leads with also agreed, under heavy pressure and bankruptcy-imposed cost re- craft, clearing the way for buying 54% of the existing inventory. from a committee of creditors, to ductions implemented by the US aircraft with 50% more seats. SkyWest, which owns Express- consider consolidation options. mainline carriers since 2005. Any Jet and SkyWest Airlines, has by far But not all the regional airlines 70-seat jets placed on order this Busiest year the largest need, with a combined can wait for AMR’s situation to year could be delivered to a very “This is the busiest year we’ve fleet over 10 years old of 132 resolve before placing orders. different industry in a few years. had in the last 14 to 15 years,” CRJ200s, 117 ERJ-145s, and four Regionals depend on the 50- says Charlie Hillis, vice-president CRJ100s. SkyWest confirms it is Major replacement seat routes to feed the trunk carri- of sales and marketing for Em- “actively” considering new aircraft, “I only know of one deal that will ers at hub airports, but fuel costs braer’s North America office. but declines to provide details. happen before the American situ- have made those jets uneconomi- “Over 400 airplanes will be up for American Eagle also has a sig- ation gets sorted out,” Hillis says, cal. Larger aircraft may increas- grabs. We have around five differ- nificant fleet over 10 years old, declining to elaborate. Besides ingly be used on point-to-point ent deals going on right now.” with 21 ERJ-135s and 82 ERJ- SkyWest, however, Hillis names routes with fewer frequencies to Pierre Beaudoin, Bombardier 145s. For American Eagle parent two more carriers with major 50- secure profitability, in turn re- chief executive, agrees the US AMR, one of its key restructuring seat replacement needs. Chautau- shaping the whole industry. But carriers will sign orders for new goals is to replace its oldest qua has 43 ERJ-145s over 10 years Hillis still thinks the 70-seater regional jets in the “near future”. 50-seaters with larger aircraft, al- old, while Trans States has 12 can fill a unique role alongside a The expected wave of new or- lowing it to be more competitive ERJ-145s above the same thresh- diminishing fleet of 50-seat jets. ders by carriers including Sky- against United-Continental. old. Both are potential order tar- “We think it will adjust at the end West, American Eagle and Re- Hillis expects at least two or gets this year for Embraer. of the day,” he says. “There’s a public Airways will begin the three carriers to await the out- Any orders would come dur- need for 50-seaters.” ■ replacement of 40- to 50-seat air- come of the AMR restructuring. ing a pivotal moment for the US For all the latest in airline route craft delivered during the region- Complicating the outlook is a regional airlines sector. Once con- and strategy news, click al jet boom of the late 1990s, with possible takeover attempt by US sidered a steady source of profits, flightglobal.com/airlines

regulations david learmount london Pilots who breach Olympic no-fly zone face bans he licences of all pilots in- the Government will have an im- cellent work to help us brief their The CAA warns: “All infringe- Tfringing the Olympic Games pact on general aviation during members, and we now believe ments of the restricted or prohibit- restricted or prohibited zones the Olympics. By working closely that the vast majority of pilots are ed zones will be reported to the near London will be suspended with the GA community we have well aware of the restrictions and CAA by the Atlas Control military pending an investigation, says achieved a significant reduction will aim to abide by them. air traffic control unit controlling the UK Civil Aviation Authority. in their length and have ensured “However, we also know the restricted zone. Serious in- Phil Roberts, assistant director pilots have as much access to air- that infringements do occur and fringements that the security serv- of airspace policy at the CAA, space as possible. it is right that pilots know in ad- ices deem as being a potential secu- says: “We realise that the security “The UK’s GA representative vance what action the CAA will rity threat are also likely to be restrictions being put in place by associations have been doing ex- be taking.” intercepted by the UK military.” ■

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FIN_220512_010-011 10 17/5/12 19:20:32 This week Complex wing fix drags on A380 line AIR TRANSPORT P12

BUSINESS AVIATION MURDO MORRISON GENEVA G650 lands at EBACE in record time Gulfstream’s new ultra-long-range twinjet crosses Atlantic to make its debut at business aviation show in Geneva

ulfstream hopes to claim an Pres Henne, Gulfstream senior Gofficial city-pair speed record vice-president for programmes, after debuting its ultra-long-range engineering and test, says the G650 at the EBACE business avia- flight of G650 serial number 6020 tion show in Geneva on 12 May. “represents a milestone in flight The $65 million flagship, which test and certification”, adding: “Its has more than 200 orders, flew squawk-free performance demon- 3,780nm (7,000km), “squawk- strates that the aircraft is meeting free” from Washington DC to the the substantial objectives we – and Swiss city, its first crossing of the our customers – set for it.” Atlantic, in 6h 55min, cruising at Other notable announcements 43,000ft (13,100m) at Mach 0.9 to at EBACE included the an- 0.92. The ultra-long-range twinjet nouncement of the Cessna Longi- was one of a pair of Gulfstreams tude, the Wichita airframer’s larg- at EBACE for the first time. est cabin aircraft after the axeing The Savannah-based manufac- of the Columbus programme in turer also brought its super mid- 2009, and the relaunch of the size G280, which is due to receive Learjet 40 and 45 entry-level certification in the third quarter. models as the 70 and 75. ■

It travelled the same leg in 7h Gulfstream See our EBACE report which 47min at Mach 0.8. The G650 cruised at 43,000ft at Mach 0.9 to 0.92 starts on P22

training DAVID LEARMOUNT LONDON CAE acquires Oxford to Academic excellence for extend its global reach business and the professions

imulator manufacturer and “Civil aerospace Straining company CAE has PROGRESS INTO extended its worldwide profes- market fundamentals AVIATION MANAGEMENT sional pilot and engineer training are strong and we are WITH A MASTERS DEGREE FROM empire by acquiring Oxford Avia- CITY UNIVERSITY LONDON tion Academy (OAA) for C$314 increasing our

million ($310 million). position” These part-time mid career programmes are the established Montreal-based CAE says the Mark Parent route for developing careers in aviation, air transport and acquisition enables the company President and chief executive, CAE related industries. to grow its training centre foot- print and ab initio flight training The 3-day modules taught by industry experts run in London, network, while extending its full-flight simulators, bringing the Dubai, Bahrain, Frankfurt and Trinidad. Accredited by the portfolio by adding OAA’s Parc CAE network total to 211. Royal Aeronautical Society, these programmes are compatible Aviation, which offers pilot and CAE says all its ab initio train- with MoD’s Enhanced Learning Credits Administration Service. maintenance crew sourcing for ing locations will retain or adopt Air Transport Air Safety Aircraft airlines and leasing companies. the OAA name. This will bring Management Management Maintenance “Civil aerospace market funda- the CAE-operated network of MSc MSc Management mentals are strong and we are in- flight schools to 12, with a capac- MSc creasing our position at an oppor- ity to train 1,500 cadets annually. tune time,” says CAE president OAA also operates seven type- and chief executive Mark Parent. rating training facilities in Den- The OAA acquisition adds mark, Norway, Sweden, the UK seven civil aviation training cen- and Hong Kong. Parc Aviation +44 (0) 20 7040 8112 tres – offering pilot, maintenance will be re-branded as CAE Parc and cabin crew training – to Aviation Personnel. ■ www.city.ac.uk/ airtransport CAE’s network, bringing the David Learmount comments on number of civil training locations operational and safety issues worldwide to 42. OAA has 40 at flightglobal.com/learmount

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PRODUCTION DAVID KAMINSKI-MORROW LONDON & MARK PILLING GENEVA Complex wing fix drags on A380 line Certification authorities examine solution to rib-bracket cracks but first line-fit aircraft will not be available until 2014

irbus will not start delivering AA380s with an in-production fix to its wing-rib bracket cracking problem until 2014, after admit- ting that a permanent answer has proven intricate to devise. It says the solution, being dis- cussed with certification authori- ties, is “more complex” than originally envisaged in March. Once Airbus secures approval for the changes from the Europe- an Aviation Safety Agency, im- plementation of the retrofit will begin towards the end of this year, with initial deliveries in 2013. However, while implemen- tation of a line-fit solution will take place around the same time, lead times mean the first A380s with the line-fit fix will be deliv- Malaysia Airlines will be the next new operator for the type as Airbus aims to deliver 30 this year ered in 2014. The airframer’s parent, EADS, EADS expects this charge level to loaded”. The airframer admits it Al Baker says: “I want to stress revealed in its first-quarter results rise to €260 million in 2012 to had expected to hand over more very clearly that Airbus has that it had already taken a €158 cover retrofit of 30 A380s which A380s in the first quarter than the given us guarantees that the is- million ($200 million) charge re- Airbus aims to deliver this year. four delivered. sues concerning the wings will lating to fixing 71 in-service Airbus is standing by its 30-air- British Airways and Qatar Air- be resolved.” A380s – a charge which is being craft target but EADS admits the ways are each to receive their He emphasises the carrier will treated as a one-off, it says, be- schedule is “becoming more chal- first A380s next year. Qatar Air- not accept any A380s with tem- cause retrofit costs “go beyond” lenging” because the delivery ways will take its first in October porary fixes to the bracket crack- recurring warranty levels. But pattern has become “more back- 2013, and chief executive Akbar ing: “We need a fully certified, permanent fix to the wing. We don’t want the aircraft to be deliv- fleet mark pilling geneva ered with an interim solution.” Qatar talks 777 conversions and holds on to A350-1000s Al Baker says an interim fix would require the aircraft to enter Qatar Airways is discussing a pos- tial conversion of 777-200s, says Al terested in buying them for our leas- service and then return to Airbus sible Boeing 777-200 passenger-to- Baker. Qatar Airways does not oper- ing company”. Qatar is also sticking for remedial work at a later date. freighter conversion deal with the ate this variant but there is plenty of to its order for 20 Airbus A350- “We don’t want people going in airframer, as it seeks to finalise an availability in the used market, he 1000s after being persuaded by and out of our wings,” he notes, agreement to convert Airbus A330s says. Al Baker adds that a deal Airbus the new widebody will meet its adding that the airline will defer under a new programme. The airline needs to be concluded shortly to as-advertised performance. Al Baker delivery if necessary. is in talks with the two airframers ensure it can secure sufficient deliv- has been a critic of design changes EADS believes the wing costs over an order for up to 25 widebody ery slots at conversion plants to proposed by Airbus for the -1000, but and delivery scheduling “should conversions, with a view to the air- meet its 2015 in-service deadline. will not follow fellow Gulf carrier not jeopardise” the A380 reach- craft entering service from 2015. Qatar Airways also indicated it Etihad Airways, which has cancelled ing its production break-even Qatar Airways chief Akbar Al Baker, would re-open negotiations with more than half its orders for the type, point at the beginning of 2015. speaking in Geneva, says the carrier Bombardier over its new CSeries or convert to a different variant. “Implementation in produc- is “in very advanced discussions” twinjet in the next six to 12 months. “We are not very happy with the tion of the final fix will tempo- with EADS’s Dresden-based modifi- “We are still in talks with Bombardier A350-1000 but Airbus has assured rarily generate headwind on cation specialist EFW. for the CSeries but we are very busy us the aircraft will meet and surpass the year-on-year A380 [earnings] The airline has long been pushing at the moment and have delayed fur- its contractual obligations to Qatar improvement in 2012 and 2013 Airbus for an A330 freighter conver- thering our negotiations with them for Airways, so we have to take them at to account for non-recurring sion programme. It has a large fleet the CSeries,” Al Baker says. their word. We will wait and see. But costs and delivery adjustments,” of A330-200/300s and some will “It is going to be a very fine air- if it does not meet the performance says EADS. ■ be converted to freighters if a deal plane,” he insists, adding that not guarantees – the payload, the range Keep up with the latest in air with EFW can be reached. Qatar is only is Qatar interested in operating – then, of course, we will [change transport news by logging on at also talking to Boeing about poten- the aircraft in its own fleet, but is “in- our order].” ■ flightglobal.com/airtransport

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INVESTIGATION DAVID KAMINSKI-MORROW LONDON A340 probe supports ‘shock’ tactics Inquiry advises crews train for unexpected events in cruise after surprised pilot sent Air France jet into undetected climb

rench investigators are advis- A340 INCIDENT CLIMB PROFILE to return the aircraft to its 35,000ft Fing that simulator training cruise level did they begin to real- should incorporate shock effects 38,000ft 5 ise the autopilot was not active, after a pilot’s startled reflex reac- 6 nearly 90s after its disconnection. 7 tion to an overspeed alarm sent 37,000 The BEA says the crew missed an Air France Airbus A340-300 several visual cues pointing to the 36,000 into a rapid climb, unnoticed by 4 8 A340’s attitude and position, in- 2 the crew. 35,000 3 cluding the nose-up pitch of 12˚, The A340 reached climb rates 1 the high climb rate, the excessive of 5,700ft/min (30m/s), powering Elapsed time (min:sec) altitude, and instrument panel 1 0:00 Turbulence triggers overspeed warning from its assigned transatlantic 2 0:03 First officer disconnects autopilot and makes nose-up input; overspeed alarm stops signals that the autopilot was off. cruise level of 35,000ft (10,700m) 3 0:08 A340 climbs past 35,200ft, crew does not hear altitude alert Without the cockpit-voice in- to a maximum altitude of 38,000ft 4 0:23 Climb rate reaches 5,700ft/min formation, however, the inquiry as the first officer – the non-flying 5 0:44 Altitude 37,950ft, captain disengages autothrust and sets take-off/go-around power was unable to explain the lack of 6 0:53 Maximum altitude reached (38,150ft), speed has dropped to M0.66 pilot – reacted to the sudden 7 0:78 A340 descends, crew realises autopilot not active monitoring of these parameters. alarm with a nose-up input to the 8 2:46 Captain re-engages autopilot, altitude stabilises, autothrust is re-engaged side-stick. Flightglobal startle effect French investigation agency However, it states that long-haul Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses DKM flights are routinely calm and found the aircraft, operating Cara- mation because the cockpit-voice passed through 35,200ft. The that an unexpected alarm can NEWS cas-Paris last 22 July, drifted into a recorder was overwritten. BEA says the effect of surprise on generate a “startle effect”, a tem- turbulent region of convective Although the overspeed alarmFIN A340 human Xa memory “probably con- porary period of stress which weather because the weather radar stopped after only a few seconds,84 x 60tributed” to the crew’s failure to sparks instinctive reactions and setting had “not been optimal”. it masked a separate warning that recall the altitude warning. motor responses. the autopilot had disconnected. Unaware the autopilot was not These basic reflexes might overspeed warning The crew also could not remem- activated and that the A340 was bring the wrong response to an The A340 (F-GLZU) had been ber hearing an altitude warning, climbing, the crew selected vari- alarm and be “difficult to correct” cruising at M0.83 northeast of which signals deviation of 200ft ous Mach settings. The pitch in- under pressured circumstances. Guadeloupe but a wind gust trig- from an assigned level, as the air- creased and, as the aircraft’s The inquiry highlights that the gered an overspeed warning as craft – climbing at 1,950ft/min – Mach speed fell, the crew select- crew engaged in low-priority ac- the aircraft’s airspeed rose to ed M0.93. tions – such as visual observation Mach 0.87. Reflexively, the first The aircraft soared to a climb of the weather, and making a pas- officer disconnected the autopilot Reflexively, the first rate of 5,700ft/min and exceeded senger announcement – to the using the side-stick button and officer disconnected 38,000ft before the captain real- “detriment” of monitoring crucial pulled back on the stick for 6s. the autopilot using ised, with surprise, how high the aircraft parameters. “The [pilot] indicated that he A340 was flying. Its airspeed had The A340’s captain had logged did not remember these actions,” the side-stick button fallen to M0.66 and was dis- more than 3,000h on type, while says the BEA, which points out and pulled back on played as 226kt, 19kt below the the first officer had over 2,400h. that it reconstructed the incident minimum selectable speed. “Recent studies show that the through flight-data recorder infor- the stick for 6s Only as the pilots queried how effect of surprise is the subject of little, or no, simulator training,” says the BEA. It is recommending operations to the European Aviation Safety Faith in autopilot would have minimised height deviation Agency that surprise effects be introduced to training scenarios If the Air France A340’s autopilot indicates that adverse consequenc- the Airbus A330 climbing from to help pilots react to them and had not been disconnected it would es “can be minimised” if pilots keep 35,000ft to 38,000ft and stalling. work under stress. have remained engaged, corrected the automated systems, such as In the wake of the Guadeloupe Investigators have also advised the overspeed and restored the air- the autopilot, activated and “avoid A340 incident, the BEA has recom- that aircraft autopilot disconnec- craft to stable flight, investigators an instinctive reaction” to recover mended that pilots be better tion alarms be brought into line have determined. the aircraft manually. trained in the understanding and with current certification require- Analysis of the flight data showed Circumstances of the A340 event use of weather radar, to ensure that ments, after pointing out that the that the increase in the aircraft’s share similarities with the moments they can assess cumulonimbus A340’s disconnection alert, de- altitude would have been limited to preceding the loss of Air France flight cloud development. signed to an earlier standard, only only 200ft (60m), and it would not AF447 two years earlier, when an The A340 crew had mostly kept sounded for 1.5s. ■ have entered the rapid climb. encounter with convective weather, the range setting at 320nm David Learmount comments on Examination of several severe the disengagement of the autopilot, (590km), while Air France required operational and safety issues turbulence events, says the BEA, and nose-up pitch inputs resulted in 160nm or 80nm. ■ at flightglobal.com/learmount

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fleet mavis toh singapore operations Electric-taxiing Merpati expansion rethink partners extend threatens ARJ and Sukhoi testing to 737 Indonesian airline’s new chief could axe Comac and Superjet plans until load factor rises afran and Honeywell have Sconducted taxi tests with a ndonesia’s Merpati Nusantara Boeing 737 ahead of the develop- IAirlines could cancel plans to ment of an electric taxi system for take 40 Comac ARJ21s and 10 Su- the type. khoi Superjet 100s until passen- The two companies are jointly ger loads justify the acquisition. working on an electric wheel This comes after the state- drive system for the main landing owned carrier’s new president- gear of Airbus A320 aircraft, director, Rudy Setyopurnomo, which is to be tested for the first mandated that all new aircraft time later this year. purchases will be on hold until They acquired an A320 in 2011 load factor hits 90%, says the air- and undertook tests with the con- line. The carrier adds it is “not ventionally-powered aircraft in sure what will happen” with re- November to gather specification gard to the plans for the ARJ21. data for the development of the Merpati signed a memorandum wheel drive system. of understanding with AVIC Inter- This test has now been repeat-

national for 40 of the Chinese-built Comac ed with a 737-800 from the fleet type at the Singapore air show in Up to 40 Chinese ARJ21s had featured in the modernisation of German leisure carrier TUIfly February, and was due to firm that in Montpellier, France. up in the next two years. 100 were mainly cancelled as a re- owned enterprises appointed Safran says the trials were con- sult of the directive, but the deci- Setyopurnomo to head Merpati ducted to “evaluate runway condi- certification delay sion was also influenced by the after firing his predecessor, fol- tions and calculate the necessary More than 200 ARJ21s have been fatal loss of a prototype outside Ja- lowing the airline posting losses loads for moving a Next Generation ordered – mostly by Chinese air- karta on 9 May, during a demon- of Rp750 billion ($82.5 million) 737 aircraft on ground”. lines and leasing companies. stration flight for Indonesian cus- for 2011. It also received an John Bolton, global president Merpati was the first potential tomers. “The Sukhoi was very Rp516 billion equity infusion of Honeywell’s air transport and foreign major customer, with Lao good for us to fly to small cities be- from the government last year to regional business division, says Airlines and Myanmar Airways cause it is also suitable for the run- repay part of its debt, reduce “this second phase” would pro- also planning to acquire two air- ways. But now, the order plans are cash flow deficit and improve its vide provider greater insight in craft each. cancelled,” says Merpati. competitiveness. making electric taxiing “more vi- The aircraft was due to be deliv- Comac conducted crosswind Merpati has faced intense com- able and efficient”. ered to launch customer Chengdu test flights of the ARJ21 at Jiayu- petition in recent years from pri- Honeywell and Safran’s green Airlines in December 2011, but guan airport, Gansu province, in vately owned airlines that have taxiing system is to enter service that has been pushed back by at late April, examining directional grown rapidly. To cope, it has in 2016. ■ least a year because of delays in stability and the effects on engine tried to shift its focus to operating Keep up with the latest in air the certification process. and auxiliary power unit exhaust. feeder services in the remote east- transport news by logging on at Merpati’s plans for the Superjet Indonesia’s ministry of state- ern regions of the country. ■ flightglobal.com/airtransport

Interactive survey gives low-down on budget carriers’ rise Leading low-cost carriers enjoyed double-digit revenue Ryanair, using an annual figure based on revenues growth in 2011 as collective passenger numbers rose from its four published quarters, was the second-larg- nearly 12%. The latest Airline Business low-cost car- est no-frills operator by revenues at just less than $6 rier survey showed revenues increased strongly at billion. The budget carrier was also among the most virtually all of the 30-plus carriers for which 2011 profitable of low-cost operators. financial results were available. It posted net profits of $496 million to March 2011 Southwest Airlines remained the largest budget and has been aiming for net profits of $630 million operator by revenue and passenger numbers. Its rev- for its latest financial year. Passenger numbers enues jumped nearly 30% to $15.7 billion when ac- across 75 low-cost carriers in the survey grew 11.6% counting for its 2011 acquisition of AirTran. Excluding in 2011. the merger, its revenues were up 6%. Passenger num- See our interactive treatment of the top 10 low- bers reached 135 million. cost carriers at flightglobal.com/ilowcost12

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economics MARTIN RIVERS loNDON Emissions-trade boycott fails to gain momentum ust eight Chinese airlines and ETS start at €100 ($128) per tonne Jtwo Indian carriers failed to sub- of carbon. Repeat offenders can mit carbon emissions data before a be banned from EU airspace. The 31 March deadline stipulated in Chinese government banned its the Emissions Trading System. airlines from participating in the With more than 1,200 interna- cap-and-trade scheme earlier this tional carriers adhering to the year, while India and Russia deadline, the revelation suggests talked of a global trade war if efforts spearheaded by China, ­foreign carriers were included in India and Russia to oppose the car- the system. Opponents view it as

Flightglobal/AirSpace bon trading system are faltering. Closer examination revealed a bias in Bristol landing incidents “We have given them until The scheme’s mid-June to report back their INVESTIGATION DAVID KAMINSKI-MORROW loNDON detractors appear data,” European climate commis- sioner Connie Hedegaard said of to have been swayed Hard touchdown the 10 airlines that did not report by EU threats emissions figures. None of the carriers has been identified. prompts calls to Under terms of the ETS, air- an extra-territorial tax which vio- lines must declare carbon emis- lates international treaties such as sions data for any flights landing the Chicago Convention. refine flight data in or taking off from EU territory. However, the EU Court of Jus- Yearly figures are then set against tice overturned legal challenges to Inquiry into 767 heavy landing finds narrowing analysis to company-specific­ quotas deter- the ETS in December, concluding individual runways could highlight operational problems mined by Brussels and carriers that Brussels was acting within must pay for surplus emissions the constraints of European law. perators should consider runway at 2.05g – enough to clas- by buying carbon permits on the Hedegaard says the EU will Oanalysing flight-monitoring sify as a heavy landing – but the free market. Although opposition now redouble efforts to establish data by runway, not only by air- crown damage occurred when to the ETS remains widespread – a global carbon trading system port, investigators have conclud- the jet rapidly de-rotated and its with more than 20 countries at- under the auspices of the Inter- ed after examining a Boeing nose-gear struck the runway, pos- tending a “coalition of the unwill- national Civil Aviation Adminis- 767-300 hard landing at Bristol. sibly as a result of the pilot being ing” conference in Moscow in tration. All sides of the dispute In its inquiry into the event – in thrown forward and pushing on February – the scheme’s detrac- view an ICAO solution as the which a Thomson Airways jet, still the control column. tors appear to have been swayed best way forward, although the in First Choice colours, sustained Although the carrier identified by EU threats of punitive meas- EU says the UN body has serious crown damage – the Air a relatively high rate of hard land- ures for non-compliance. dragged its feet over implemen- Accidents Investigation Branch ings at Bristol – seven in 2,855 ar- Penalties for boycotting the tation of a wider scheme. ■ found an “unusually high” rate of rivals – an AAIB analysis revealed hard landings of 767s on Bristol’s all but one had occurred during Runway 09. While the operator’s the 709 arrivals on Runway 09. turboprops TOM ZAITSEV MOSCOW method of analysing operational It has recommended the Civil data was common in the indus- Aviation Authority advise opera- Q400 undertakes Russian tour try, says the AAIB, it had “not tors of the “benefits” of examining ombardier is to conduct a elsewhere, both from fuel efficien- highlighted” the cluster. such flight-monitoring data by Bpresentation tour in Russia cy and speed standpoints.” “It is probable that other simi- runway, rather than simply by air- with one of its Q400 turboprops Kazan-based charter operator lar opportunities to identify unu- port, and suggests setting a thresh- after several carriers signalled in- Tulpar Air expects Bombardier to sual rates of events may similarly old rate for unusual events beyond terest in the type. fly the Q400 to Kazan after dem- be lost,” it adds in its report into which action should be taken. Moscow office chief Sergei Er- onstrating it in Yakutsk and Ekat- the 3 October 2010 landing. Vietnam Airlines had similarly molayev says the event is sched- erinburg. Tulpar Air director gen- Despite low visibility, rain and damaged the same aircraft on 19 uled for the end of May and will eral Sergei Trifonov says the turbulence, the 767’s approach September 2000, in circumstances be part of a Q400 global roadshow. carrier is evaluating the Q400 and had been stable. However, the which are unclear, says the AAIB. He adds: “The details of its Rus- will probably start by taking a fi- AAIB says the runway profile “de- But it states there is no evidence to sian leg are under discussion with nancial lease on one second-hand prived” the captain of full runway suggest the repair contributed to local authorities but there certain- or newly built example. length as the aircraft neared the the damage suffered at Bristol. ■ ly will be a stop in Kazan. We see a Sister company Tulpar Tech- flare, and “probably contributed” David Learmount comments on clear business case for using re- nik is due to obtain approval to to the high rate of hard landings. operational and safety issues gional turboprops on short-to-me- provide technical support for The main gear contacted the at flightglobal.com/learmount dium range routes in Russia and Bombardier aircraft soon. ■

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orders craig hoyle london Saudi Arabian Typhoons to get capability boost AE Systems will deliver the air base, and is seeking to inte- Bremaining 48 Eurofighter Ty- grate national-specific equipment phoons on order for Saudi Arabia such as a French- or US-sourced over the next five years, with the targeting pod and precision-guid- first examples in final assembly at ed bombs in the short term. How- its Warton site in Lancashire. ever, the bulk of its equipment A contract modification to Riy- requirements are in alignment adh’s 72-aircraft Project Al Salam with the development path now

deal was signed earlier this year, being defined for the four Eu- Force Air US with BAE having resumed assem- rofighter partner nations via a Raptor pilots have continued to encounter hypoxia-like symptoms bly work in January. phase one enhancement process. OPERATIONS dave majumdar washington dc The Royal Saudi Air Force’s “The core nations can only remaining aircraft will be com- benefit from work beyond the pleted at a rate of between eight core programme,” one source F-22 fleet hit by and 10 per year, and be “future- says, referring to the Saudi com- proofed” to receive planned en- mitment as “a critical mass to hancements. Airframe modifica- hook into for exports”. fresh restrictions tions would enable them to carry BAE Systems Saudi Arabia an active electronically scanned will establish a new support ca- US Secretary of Defense directs US Air Force to ensure all array radar and potentially range- pability for the Typhoon, with Raptor flights remain within proximity of landing locations extending conformal fuel tanks. Riyadh to receive significant tech- Saudi Arabia already has 24 nology transfer under the terms of n ongoing safety issue affect- and sources say the problem Typhoons operational at its Taif its revised contract. ■ Aing the US Air Force’s Lock- could even be down to an insidi- heed Martin F-22 fleet has taken a ous form of hyperventilation. new twist, with Secretary of De- The Raptor fleet was grounded fense Leon Panetta having direct- for four months last year after 14 ed the service to take additional such incidents logged since 2008. steps to ensure the safety of its The air force resumed flying the Raptor pilots. type last September, and has “All F-22 flights will remain since recorded about a dozen within proximity of potential fresh incidents. landing locations to enable quick Panetta’s decision came shortly recovery and landing should a after a number of pilots had re- pilot encounter unanticipated fused to fly the F-22, including physiological conditions during two who appeared on national tel- flight,” says acting assistant secre- evision to draw attention to the tary of defense George Little. unresolved oxygen issue. Imposed in mid-May, the order The new safety measures will

BAE Systems BAE is intended to enable pilots oper- have some impact on USAF oper- Riyadh will receive its remaining Typhoons in the next five years ating the stealthy fighter to recov- ations. Other aircraft will have to er the aircraft quickly should they pick up the slack in flying long- encounter problems with the range air sovereignty missions PRODUCTION type’s under-scrutiny onboard from Joint Base Elmendorf-Rich- oxygen generation system. The ardson, Alaska, but the 7th Fighter India delays fifth-generation fighter Department of Defense says the Squadron deployed to Al Dhafra ndian plans to field a version of khoi/Hindustan Aeronautics- restriction will remain in place air base in the United Arab Emir- ISukhoi’s PAK-FA stealth fighter built type would be inducted until Panetta is satisfied that the ates will continue its activities. have been delayed by at least two into service with the Indian air problem has been mitigated. Panetta has also ordered the years, according to a statement by force by 2017. Some pilots flying the F-22 USAF to speed up the installation deputy defence minister M M New Delhi hopes to eventually have encountered hypoxia-like of an automatic back-up oxygen Pallam Raju. buy 250 of the aircraft at a cost of symptoms, but the USAF has yet supply into the 185-aircraft fleet. “The fifth-generation aircraft is about $100 million each. to find the root cause of the issue. Testing should conclude by the scheduled to be certified by 2019, It wants to incorporate numer- The service believes that it has end of November, with the sys- following which the series pro- ous changes to the current design, narrowed the potential source to tem to be retrofitted from Decem- duction will start,” he told the na- including the addition of 360° ac- either a toxin or the quantity and ber at a rate of 10 per month. ■ tion’s parliament on 14 May. tive electronically scanned array quality of oxygen flow to the More about the USAF fleet on Defence minister A K Antony radar coverage and potentially pilot. Decompression sickness our 2011-12 World Air Directory: had previously said that the Su- also a two-seat version. ■ has not been ruled out, however, flightglobal.com/wafdownload

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technology dave majumdar washington dc US Navy jammer proceeds but F-35 integration stalls Service to focus on fielding next-generation electronic warfare equipment with EA-18G fleet

he US Navy is moving ahead document having been issued in should start in late 2019 or early Twith its Next Generation Jam- April. The navy currently has 2020, with initial operational ca-

mer (NGJ) pod development effort, technology maturation contracts pability also planned to occur EADS but integration on to the Lockheed in place with BAE Systems, ITT during 2020. Astana wants to perform local Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Exelis, Northrop and Raytheon, The focus is on developing a assembly of the Eurocopter type has been deferred indefinitely. with the 33-month programme mid-band jammer, says Capt John agreements The navy is focusing on getting phase nearing completion. Green, the USN’s programme the NGJ fielded with its Boeing Proposals should be returned manager for airborne electronic EC725 aims at EA-18G Growlers by 2020, with by August, with the USN expect- attack. This is likely to deliver a the electronic-attack aircraft like- ing to select one bidder around two-pod solution to provide 360˚ Kazakh contract ly to be in service until at least the June 2013 for a 22-month tech- coverage, and use active electron- mid-2030s. The new electronic nology development phase which ically scanned arrays which will azakhstan is to expand its co- warfare system will replace the will involve building a full-scale offer a better than ten-fold per- Koperation with Eurocopter, ALQ-99 jammers now carried by prototype. A subsequent engi- formance increase over previous having signed a letter of intent the Growler fleet and the service’s neering, manufacturing and de- technology. A requirement for the linked to the proposed local as- remaining Northrop Grumman velopment contract will cover in- system to be flown at supersonic sembly of 20 EC725 transports. EA-6B Prowlers. tegrating the NGJ with the speed has been removed. Signed during the KADEX- A final request for proposals EA-18G and building develop- It is uncertain whether the se- 2012 exhibition in Astana this for the NGJ programme should be mental test articles. lected pod will also be integrated month, the EC725 pact could lead ready by late June, with a draft An operational test activity onto the F-35, due to the expected to the type being completed at the high integration costs. “Depend- Eurocopter Kazakhstan Engineer- ing upon the capacity that we ing facility for the nation’s armed need in airborne electronic at- forces. The Super Puma deriva- tack, it is conceivable that we tive would be operated “in a full would stay with the Growler and range of mission applications”, not even look at a second plat- Eurocopter says. form until late into the next dec- Eurocopter has also received a ade,” Green says. new contract for the local assem- The US Department of Defense bly of eight EC145 medium-twins. is also now looking at alternative Representing the second batch of ways of conducting the electronic aircraft from a projected 45-unit warfare mission, with one possi- requirement, the deal includes bility being using dispersed piec- two search and rescue examples es of the NGJ pod equipment car- for the Kazakhstan air force – ried by unmanned air systems. ■ which has received six under a Keep up to date with all the previous order – and six transports

Boeing latest US defence news at to be operated by the Ministry for The Growler’s current ALQ-99 pods should be replaced from 2020 flightglobal.com/dewline Emergency Situations. ■

weapons HOWARD GETHIN MOSCOW Russia set to resume hypersonic missile activities ussia must restart the devel- of the potential threat to be posed eniye both conducted research “Hypersonic missiles have sig- Ropment of hypersonic weap- by operational hypersonic weap- work on hypersonic weapons nificant advantages in terms of ons to respond to US advances in ons from around 2015–2018. during the Soviet era, but all ac- reaction times, invulnerability to the field, acting deputy prime “The undertaking of this work tivity was halted in the late 1980s existing and future air defence minister Dmitry Rogozin says. [by the USA] allows us to lay the following a political decision. systems, long range and high alti- Rogozin, who has responsibil- basis for setting up a national Rogozin describes this as having tude and kinetic energy.” ity in the Russian government for competitor,” he said during a visit been “a treasonable act to our na- Earlier this year India an- the military-industrial complex, to the state-owned Raduga Be- tional interests”. nounced a joint project with NPO cites the USA’s work on pro- reznyak missile design bureau at “Sadly today we see Russia Mashinostroeniye to build a hy- grammes including the Falcon Dubna in the Moscow region. lags noticeably in this sphere,” personic successor to its BrahMos and X-51 demonstrators as proof Raduga and NPO Mashinostro- Rogozin says. supersonic cruise missile. ■

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FIN_220512_020 20 17/5/12 10:27:36 DEFENCE Learjets reinvented from inside out show report p22

FUNDING craig hoyle london Hammond fills UK budget black hole All major aircraft acquisition programmes to remain as defence secretary balances the books under 10-year spending plan

he UK will be able to meet its Tmilitary spending priorities for the next 10 years without hav- ing to make additional cuts to its personnel or equipment profiles, defence secretary Philip Ham- mond says. Marking the comple- tion of a delayed planning round process for 2012, Hammond’s 14 May statement confirmed the Ministry of Defence’s long-term funding has been brought into balance, with £152 billion ($245 billion) to be made available dur- ing the next decade, plus an unal- located contingency of £8 billion. “The black hole in the defence budget has finally been eliminat- ed,” he says, referring to a previ- ously identified funding shortfall of £38 billion in delivering the UK’s Future Force 2020 structure.

All major aircraft acquisition Eurofighter programmes remain in place Undisclosed capability enhancements to the RAF’s Eurofighter Typhoons will now go ahead under the allocation, which will include funding undisclosed ca- cure. Some £7 billion has been al- quire new equipment to support cated on a yearly basis “to respond pability enhancements to the Eu- located to support precision-guid- operations in Iraq and Afghani- to emerging equipment require- rofighter Typhoon and ordering ed weapons programmes for the stan, he believes. ments” not yet included within the UK’s first series production three armed services, while £4 bil- Referring to a previous “con- the core defence programme. examples of the short take-off and lion has been earmarked for new spiracy of optimism”, where poli- One major element lacking vertical landing Lockheed Martin cyber projects and intelligence, ticians, defence procurement of- from the Future Force 2020 plan F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). surveillance, target acquisition and ficials and the military would is any reintroduction of the RAF’s reconnaissance equipment. launch programmes against an lapsed maritime patrol aircraft PROGRAMMES SECURE The latter will include a “Crow’s unrealistic best-case scenario, capability. Hammond confirms: While conceding it is difficult to Nest” effort to replace the navy’s Hammond says “no project will “A number of different technolo- budget exactly on the latter type Westland Sea King 7 airborne sur- be allowed to commit without a gies will be available to deal with at this stage in the US-led pro- veillance and control system heli- 10-year budget line to cover not it as we approach the end of the gramme, Hammond says: “We copters. The MoD will also assess only its procurement, but also its decade. That is one of the deci- have a pretty shrewd idea of what its options to retain the Raytheon support costs”. And he cautions sions that the armed forces com- the JSF is going to cost.” Systems Sentinel R1 airborne that “individuals and contractors mittee will have to make when it Also safe are programmes to stand-off radar fleet post-2015, or can expect to be held to account considers the prioritisation for introduce the Airbus Military retire the modified business jets as for the estimates on which deci- the headroom in the planned A400M, A330 Voyager and an planned and replace their capabil- sions are based”. equipment budget.” eighth Boeing C-17, as is a deal ity using other equipment. “Military stability – knowing with L-3 Communications for With painful cuts having already CONTINGENCY FUND what we can afford; how many per- three RC-135 Airseeker electronic been made under the UK coalition The UK National Audit Office will sonnel, ships, vehicles and aircraft intelligence-gathering aircraft. government’s Strategic Defence perform a review of the plan and – is essential to planning for future The UK will also proceed with and Security Review of September report on its affordability against success,” says Gen Sir David Rich- orders for AgustaWestland’s Lynx 2010, Hammond says the 10-year the available budget, which counts ards, Chief of the Defence Staff. Wildcat and 14 Boeing CH-47 Chi- planning process has been about on a 1% real-term increase in de- “This balanced budget will give us nook HC6 helicopters, along with “reluctantly accepting smaller fence spending per year from 2015. much greater stability. Through it upgrades to the AgustaWestland armed forces and redoubling our Hammond says the MoD also has we have received a commitment of Merlin HM1 and Eurocopter Puma resolve to invest in the best possi- an assurance from the Treasury investment over the next decade, HC1 for the Royal Navy and Royal ble equipment for them”. that any funds released via further giving us much-needed clarity on Air Force respectively. A life-ex- Ongoing procurement reform efficiency savings will be spent on which to base our plans.” ■ tension programme for the British should look to learn lessons from defence equipment. This would For more stories each week Army’s Westland/Boeing Apache the urgent operational require- add to the £8 billion contingency from the defence sector, go to AH1 attack helicopters is also se- ment model used to rapidly ac- fund, parts of which will be allo- flightglobal.com/defence

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FIN_220512_021 21 17/5/12 13:43:44 SHOW For a round-up of our latest online news, feature and multi-media content visit REPORT flightglobal.com/wotw EBACE 2012

Despite deepening woes about the region’s economy, a flurry of product launches and quiet confidence about market recovery gave Europe’s business aviation convention – held in Geneva from 14-16 May – an upbeat feel. However, emerging markets remain the biggest hope for the industry. Reporting and production team: Dan Bloch, Pippa Booth, John Croft, Andrew Doyle, Rachel Kemp, Lauren Mills, Murdo Morrison, Alan Peaford, Dominic Perry, Mark Pilling, Miquel Ros, Michael Targett and Stephen Trimble. Photography and video by BillyPix

See Europe’s business aviation show in a different way with three issues of our interactive magazine, featuring stunning photographs and video as well as the biggest stories. Also: we name the top 12 business aircraft of all time.

launch Learjets reinvented from inside out Family’s entry-level aircraft get new designation, Garmin avionics, Lufthansa Technik CMS and uprated Honeywell engine

BACE product launches from production in 2013. The Learjet sound, says Acs. “The whole the fifth aircraft the first “real 75” Etwo of the industry’s smaller- 75 will enter service in the first cabin wall is a speaker. It’s like – with cabin, CMS, engine and jet brands gave a boost to a seg- half of next year, while the 70 will sitting in a speaker,” he adds. avionics. ment that has been short of inno- following about six months later. An improved 3,850lb (17.1kN) Honeywell has delivered the vation since the market plunged The new aircraft’s touch-screen TFE731-40BR powerplant deliv- first two examples of the upgrad- in 2009. Vision flightdeck – which uses ers an additional 10% thrust and ed TFE731 engine to Bombardier While Cessna (see P23) un- Garmin avionics – is similar to extends range from “just over for testing. Engine certification is veiled its biggest jet – following that on the Global 5000 and 6000, 1,900nm [3,515km] to cross the scheduled for the end of the year. the cancellation of the Columbus while the Lufthansa Technik-de- 2,000nm mark”, says Acs. “It The company has limited chang- project in 2009 – rival Bombar- signed Nice CMS includes 7in means we can get in and out of es in the engine to the hot section, dier has revamped the bottom of (178mm) pop-up touchscreen 5,000ft [1,525m] runways com- with a software change allowing its Learjet family, relaunching the monitors and “shares the same fortably and it really opens up the digital electronic engine con- entry-level 40 and 45 as the Lear- DNA” as the top-of-the-range in more city pairs, especially out of troller to burn fuel at a higher jet 70 and 75, with a new flight- development Learjet 85 and Chal- hot and high locations.” temperature. To compensate for deck, cabin management system lenger 300. Instead of speakers, Test aircraft three to five will the increased heat, Honeywell is (CMS) and interior, as well as an passengers experience surround- fly in the next six months, with adding a ceramic coating to the upgraded Honeywell engine of- non-rotating shroud around the fering extended range. high-pressure turbine stage. The Although the new jets share third-stage low-pressure turbine their airframes with their Learjet has also been modified. 40 and 45 predecessors, the simi- Acs says the new Learjets will larities stop there, says Ralph Acs, retain the qualities of the iconic Learjet vice-president and general brand. “When you talk about Lear- manager. “It’s all about newness. jet, the heritage that comes across We have preserved the look and is phenomenal. In China, Austral- feel of our existing Learjets but ia, wherever you are, they know with a lot of features that you will what you are talking about. Pilots find in our Learjet 85,” he says. love the look and feel of a Learjet, Bombardier has already been and especially its performance.” secretly testing the pair at Lear- Acs says production of Lear-

jet’s Wichita facility. Bombardier jet’s other aircraft, the 60XR, will The 40 and 45 range will cease Learjet 75 and its Learjet 70 sister are already in flight test continue for the time being. ■

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FIN_220512_022-023 22 17/5/12 13:48:51 Embraer passes EBACE 2012 Legacy milestones show report SHOW REPORT P25

airline Qatar Airways takes a flexible route to USA atar Airways, one of the Airways’ business jet division, Qworld’s blue-chip airlines, is Qatar Executive. breaking into the North American Qatar Airways chief executive market in a big way by teaming Akbar Al Baker also reveals that up with Bombardier fractional negotiations are continuing for 10 and charter provider Flexjet. new-generation Bombardier Glo- The partnership, inked at bal 7000 and 8000 ultra-long-range EBACE, will mean the Middle jets for Qatar Executive, for which Eastern airline can offer its pre- a letter of intent has already been mium passengers connections signed. Qatar Executive operates from its four North American des- an all-Bombardier fleet of one Glo- tinations – Houston, Montreal, bal XRS, two Global 5000s and New York and Washington DC – three Challenger 605s. to a further 5,000 airports on The venture will also allow Flexjet’s fleet of about 80 Bombar- Flexjet customers travelling from dier Challenger 605 and 300 air- North America to connect to more craft, as well as Learjets. The serv- than 100 cities worldwide via ice will be offered through Qatar Qatar Airways services to Doha. ■

UNVEILING Cessna sizes up with Longitude Super midsize jet is latest launch for reassertive brand

essna’s resurgence continued tomers within the Citation family Cat EBACE with the launch of as they move up through our the Longitude, a stretched, super business aircraft family,” says midsize sister to the midsize Cessna president Scott Ernest. ­Latitude unveiled last October, The Mach 0.86 Longitude will and the new flagship of its Cita- be powered by two 11,000lb tion range. (49kN) Snecma Silvercrest en- The Wichita airframer – one of gines pylon-mounted on the rear the worst-hit manufacturers in fuselage. The aircraft has a newly the past three years – axed its last designed 26.5m (87ft) swept wing high-profile project, the large and also features winglets and a twinjet Columbus, at the onset of “T” shape empennage.

BillyPix the slump in April 2009. The flight control systems use Ernest: Longitude will help us keep loyal customers in the family The eight-passenger $25.9 mil- conventional and fly-by-wire tech- lion Longitude will sit at the top of nology. The integrated cockpit is PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATIONS Cessna’s line-up, alongside the based on the Garmin G5000. Maximum overall height 26ft (7.9m) high-speed Citation Ten. The air- Cessna is targeting first flight for craft is pitched against the Hawker mid-2016, leading to certification Maximum overall length 87ft (26.5m) 4000 and Gulfstream G280. How- by the end of the following year. Maximum overall width 86ft (26.2m) ever, Cessna believes the Longi- Snecma will this summer Cabin height 72in (1.83m) tude’s pricing, coupled with its begin running the first of eight Cabin width 7in (1.95m) 4,000nm (7,400km) range, will turbofans taking part in the Lon- * Cabin length 37ft 8in (11.5m) give it an edge in the large-cabin gitude’s engine certification pro- Range** 4,000nm (7,410km) market against established rivals gramme. The two-spool engine Maximum altitude 45,000ft (13,700m) such as the Dassault Falcon will feature a 5.9:1 bypass ratio Maximum cruise speed 490kt (907km/h) 200LX, Bombardier Challenger using a 1.08m (42.5in) diameter Maximum gross weight 55,000lb (25,000kg) 605 and Embraer Legacy 650. 20-blade, Snecma-built fan and a NOTES: *from forward pressure bulkhead to aft pressure bulkhead. **at full fuel payload, “Having a product in this sec- four-stage axial compressor made NBAA IFR Fuel Reserves, average cruise speed Mach 0.82. SOURCE: Cessna tor will help us to keep loyal cus- by Techspace Aero. ■

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FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP NetJets Europe moves into management

etJets Europe is making its Nfirst foray into the aircraft management arena. The move is designed to complement its frac- tional ownership and charter card

programmes and provide another Embraer revenue stream for the Lisbon- The Legacy 500 has completed taxi runs, where the aircraft was taken to a speed of 80kt based company. development The new venture, named NetJets Aircraft Management, will provide crew recruitment Embraer passes Legacy milestones and training, flight planning, crew planning, aircraft hanga- mbraer is moving ahead with (148km/h), and the completion of run and start of ground tests. Pro- rage, maintenance, and all related Edevelopment of the two new- ground vibration tests. totype 3 will be used to test inte- activities, says the company. est members of its business jet Its second and third prototypes rior materials and systems, in- “An increasing number of air- family, the Legacy 450 and 500, have also begun production, with cluding the galley and the craft owners were asking us why as it moves towards first flight of wing-to-body join and power-on Honeywell-supplied in-flight en- we weren’t in the aircraft man- the latter type in the third quarter completed on prototype 2 and tertainment system. Its iron bird agement business, given our ex- of 2012. wing-to-body join completed on flight controls test rig has also pertise in the business aircraft Recent milestones passed by prototype 3. The second proto- logged 1,700h of testing. ■ services market,” says NetJets Eu- the midsize Legacy 500 include type will roll out later this month, For more on Embraer and the rope chairman and chief execu- taxi runs, where the aircraft was says Embraer, followed by the Brazilian aerospace industry, tive Eric Connor. “Our sister com- taken to a speed of 80kt Honeywell HTF-7500E engine visit flightglobal.com/brazil pany in the USA has been offering aircraft management for many years through its Executive finances Jet Management arm, so it seems a natural progression for NetJets Europe to move into this area.” Hawker Beechcraft owners The European management arm will operate under a UK AOC to ditch their equity stake – for which NetJets has applied – rather than its established Portu- Creditors of Chapter 11 airframer will exchange $2.5 billion debt for company ownership guese AOC. “We want to keep the two businesses separate,” says awker Beechcraft has re- owners as a mix of undisclosed fi- At EBACE it handed over a Connor. “But until approval has Hvealed the company will nancial institutions. Despite its fi- pair of Hawker 4000 business jets been granted, we will continue to have new owners when it emerg- nancial woes, Hawker Beechcraft – one to charter company Orion use the Portuguese AOC.” es from a financial restructuring is eager to stress “it’s business as Malta and the other to Romanian NetJets says management cus- under Chapter 11 bankruptcy usual” and is optimistic over its operator InterAviation. The super tomers can make their aircraft protection later this year. long-term future as it celebrates midsize business jet is one of available for charter. This, Con- Co-owners Onex Partners and its 80th anniversary this year. eight aircraft Hawker Beechcraft nor says, will not only generate GS Capital Partners are selling displayed at EBACE this year. income but will also give the op- their equity stake, with Hawker “Over $2 billion of The airframer was also keen to erator additional capacity and re- Beechcraft’s creditors exchanging our debt [has] been stress the importance of its after- duce its reliance on third-party a $2.5 billion debt load for owner- sales business. According to charter providers. ship in the company, says execu- wiped off the balance Brian Howell, vice-president of Management charges will be tive vice-president for customers sheet” aftermarket sales and business calculated on the number of fly- Shawn Vick. The creditors will development, 25% of Hawker SHAWN VICK ing hours undertaken – borrow- then become the new owners of Vice-president, Hawker Beechcraft Beechcraft’s 2012 development ing a core principle from NetJets’ Hawker Beechcraft as part of the budget has been earmarked for fractional ownership model – restructuring process, Vick adds. performance-enhancement pro- rather than the “flat” manage- “Over $2 billion of our debt [has] Earlier this month, Hawker grammes on its fielded fleet of ment fees commonly associated been wiped off the balance sheet as Beechcraft voluntarily entered 36,000 aircraft. These will in- with the management market. ■ our debt holders have agreed to ex- into Chapter 11 bankruptcy pro- clude engine, avionics and win- For all the news, interviews, change their debt for ownership in tection but says it is continuing to glet upgrade packages for the videos and photos from EBACE, the company,” he says. Vick will build, support and deliver aircraft Hawker Premier jet and King Air visit flightglobal.com/ebace only describe the company’s future to customers. 200 and 350 turboprops. ■

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FIN_220512_024-025 24 17/5/12 13:23:36 War of words over Hawker EBACE 2012 400 series show report show report P26

certification Third HondaJet joins the flight test programme Airframer displays new cockpit and cabin features at EBACE, as aircraft speeds towards second half 2013 certification

onda has flown the third of flightdeck in a 40/60 format to in- Hfour HondaJet flight-test air- clude more information, an up- craft set to take part in the US Fed- grade designed to improve the eral Aviation Administration cer- visual scan process for single-pi- tification programme for the $4.5 lot operations. A new cabin man- million HA-420 entry-level jet. agement system allows passen-

Of the four conforming aircraft gers to use an iPad to control BillyPix built to date, three (F1, F2 and F3) cabin elements, including light, Chabbert: two of TBM 850’s six seats can be removed in 30mins are flight-test aircraft and the fourth sound and temperature. LAUNCH (ST1) is a structural test article on Providing the HondaJet’s GE which the company successfully Honda Aero Engines HF120 can completed an ultimate strength test gain approval in the second half Daher-Socata celebrates to 150% of design limit loads, says of this year, Honda says it will HondaJet president and chief ex- certificate the twinjet in the sec- reception of TBM 850 ecutive Michimasa Fujino. He says ond half of 2013, shipping com- the final two aircraft are in fabrica- pleted aircraft to first customers aher-Socata has received a of the Cessna 206 they started fly- tion, one for the flight-test cam- immediately afterwards. D“fabulous reception” for its ing on and now miss, but keeping paign and one for structural testing. In October, Honda revealed a new rapid-change TBM 850 the speed of the TBM”. Aircraft F3 will be used primarily one-year slip for the HondaJet en- Elite, presented to the business The new version involved for avionics and electrical system try-into-service to the second half aviation community for the first changing the position of air vents flight testing. of 2013, because of a required en- time at EBACE. The French air- and oxygen mask holders, and re- Fujino says testing on F1 and gine redesign. Problems were en- framer is offering all TBM 850s inforcing rails. Two new avionics F2 have confirmed the aircraft’s countered during ice slab induc- in the configuration, which al- options are also offered: a long- maximum cruise speed of 420kt tion tests at GE facilities, requiring lows two of the six seats to be re- range KHF 1050 radio and (780km/h), maximum cruise alti- the redesign of the one-piece tita- moved in as little as 30min. It Garmin’s GSR 56 Iridium satellite tude of 43,000ft (13,100m) and nium fan blisk for the 1,950lb has already delivered seven. transceiver, giving access to climb rate of 3,990ft/min (20m/s). (8.7kN) take-off thrust engine. Brad Nicolas Chabbert, senior vice- weather information, text/voice New HondaJet features dis- Mottier, vice-president and general president of the aircraft divison, communications and near real- played at EBACE include an op- manager of GE Aviation’s business says the version has received a time positioning. ■ tion for pilots or co-pilots to split and general aviation group, says “fabulous reception”, mainly be- For news from the business and the 14in (356mm) primary flight the company will achieve FAA cause the four-seat cabin allows general aviation sectors, go to displays in the Garmin 3000 certification this year.■ pilots to “reconnect with the feel flightglobal.com/bizav

design Brabus has designs on business jets Business jet owners who want the same uncompromising level design in their private jet as they have in their car can now turn to design studio Brabus for help. The German company, which has worked extensively with Mercedes-Benz to provide bespoke interiors for its top-end cars, is partnering with completions company Ruag, paint specialist Happy Design Studio and jet management firm PrivatAir to launch Brabus Private Aviation. “We don’t aim for the customer that wants cheap,” says the com- pany’s Constantin Buschmann, “but the customer that wants the best available on the market.” Brabus will focus on the Bombardier Global Express and Challenger families, as well as the Dassault Aviation Falcon series. It presented two concepts at EBACE – Elegance and Sportive – for the Global Express. Brabus

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RE-ENGINING War of words over Hawker 400 series Nextant chief says Hawker Beechcraft’s 400XPR unlikely to reach market, while rival insists it is on course for certification

extant Aerospace and Hawk- Ner Beechcraft have renewed hostilities as they fight for the upper hand in the market for re- engined Hawker 400-series jets. Speaking at EBACE, Nextant chief executive Kenneth Ricci criticised Hawker Beechcraft’s strategy, suggesting it was unlike- ly its rival’s 400XPR would ever become commercially available.

“I don’t think they’ll get it built. BillyPix Certification is a long way away,” Nextant received US FAA approval for its Williams FJ44-3AP-powered 400XT in October 2011 he says, pointing out that the 400XPR’s first flight on 3 May months at least before the 400XPR insists the 400XPR – which uses the aircraft’s backlog. General was made with a non-conforming gains full certification. the higher-rated Williams FJ44- manager Kristoffer Sundberg says aircraft. “First flight may have Meanwhile, Nextant received 4A-32 engine – is on course for it also considered Nextant’s offer- been accomplished but we know US Federal Aviation Administra- certification in the third quarter. ing but says he was not convinced from having gone through it with tion approval for its Williams Brian Howell, Hawker Beechcraft by the back-up offered by Nex- a non-conforming aircraft, they FJ44-3AP-powered 400XT in Oc- vice-president aftermarket sales tant’s nine-site support network. really have a little ways to go.” He tober 2011, says Ricci. and business development, says “We looked at [the 400XT], but suggests it will be another 12 However, Hawker Beechcraft the programme is “exactly where not for long,” he adds. it needs to be”. He adds: “We do “As a charter operator, if we have a bit of history as an OEM of can’t get a repair made very, very PRODUCTION certificating airplanes. Nextant is quickly, then we are going to lose Nextant acquires manufacturing facility not a company that’s ever done revenue.” this before.” Production for 2012 is sold out, Nextant Aerospace has acquired a neously, a second hangar for aircraft says Howell, and Hawker Beech- new manufacturing facility for the delivery and completions, and a CORNERSTONE craft intends to deliver “double- Nextant 400XT at Cleveland’s third that will house an enlarged The 3 May flight was “very suc- digit” numbers of aircraft this Cuyahoga County airport in re- painting operation. Staff numbers cessful”, he adds. “Every charac- year and 36 following next year. sponse to “greater-than-expected” have also increased to more than teristic the pilot went after we He declines to be drawn on the demand for its remanufactured jet. 150, up from 28 a year ago. achieved. Every scenario he put it total backlog for the programme The facility will support an an- Nextant expects to have delivered through, it responded impecca- but says it was a “double-digit fig- nual production rate of 48 aircraft 32 aircraft by the end of this year bly. Howell says: “The [400]XPR ure”, hinting that “big fleet -or and quadruples the size of the com- and recently handed over its 10th is the cornerstone of the new ders” could soon be on the way. pany’s current site. Production time aircraft to an undisclosed US client. Hawker Beechcraft.” Meanwhile, Nextant has taken will fall to eight weeks per aircraft The company says 30% of sales Hawker Beechcraft is continu- 67 orders for the 400XT and de- by July, says chief executive to date have come from overseas ing to take new orders for the livered 10 aircraft. ■ Kenneth Ricci. markets. European Aviation Safety type. At a signing ceremony dur- For all the news, interviews, It features a production hangar Agency certification is slated for the ing the show, Danish charter op- videos and photos from EBACE, that can handle six aircraft simulta- second quarter of 2012. ■ erator JoinJet added its name to visit flightglobal.com/ebace

ROTORCRAFT First flight for on-schedule AW169 AgustaWestland has completed first flight of the AW169 light intermedi- ate helicopter, as the programme continues on schedule to achieve certification in 2014. The AW169 prototype, flown by AgustaWestland chief test pilot Giuseppe Lo Coco and test pilot Giuseppe Afruni, per- formed “as expected”. The flightcrew, which also included engineers Massimo Longo and Stefano Rogoni, assessed general handling and basic systems, AgustaWestland says. The Italian helicopter maker launched the 4.5t AW169 in July 2010 at the UK’s Farnborough International air show to fill a gap between the 6t AW139 and the 10t AW189. AgustaWestland

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FIN_220512_026 26 17/5/12 13:18:31 Korea Aerospace spaceflight Industries feels the export blues BUSINESS P28

LAUNCHERS zach rosenberg washington dc payloads Spaceflight Inc ATK set to develop capsule unveils Sherpa for Liberty launch vehicle tug vehicle Spacecraft heavily based on unique testbed delivered to NASA to test use of composites paceflight Inc has unveiled its SSherpa in-space tug vehicle TK is to develop a unique to transfer hosted payloads be- Acapsule for the Liberty launch tween different orbits. vehicle (LV) as part of its bid for Two versions of Sherpa will be NASA’s commercial crew inte- built. A smaller version will be grated capability (CCiCap), which capable of accelerating a payload is meant to lead to a system to to 400m/s (78,700ft/min) change launch astronauts to the Interna- in velocity, or delta-v. The larger tional Space Station. version will be 2,200m/s delta-v. “We’re starting with the service The system will be used on module that NASA Glenn [re- SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. A sun- search centre, Cleveland] designed synchronous test flight is planned for beyond low Earth orbit,” says for early 2014, with a first opera- Kent Rominger, ATK vice-presi- tional mission for late 2014. dent and programme manager. “In a lot of cases, as a second- “We’re simplifying that, we don’t ary payload you’re restricted by need to carry nearly as much pro- where the primary payload goes,” pellant, that leaves us with some says Jason Andrews, chief execu- space to carry unpressurised cargo tive of Spaceflight Inc. for the Space Station.” The Sherpa 400 is optimised The capsule, called simply for low Earth orbit missions, adds “Liberty spacecraft”, is heavily Andrews, while the larger Sherpa based on ATK’s composite crew 2200 can bring small satellites module, a one-off testbed deliv- K

ered to NASA in 2009 to test the AT The Sherpa will be use of composites in spacecraft. Liberty spacecraft’s first two flights are scheduled for 2014 used on SpaceX’s “We’re trying to minimise any changes,” adds Rominger. “The “The systems are going to have Liberty in commercial and govern- Falcon 9 rocket fact is, the module as it is today is a lot of commonality,” says ment markets and intends to offer probably overdesigned, it’s Rominger. “Guidance, naviga- the LV for government missions stronger and more robust than we tion, control, heat shield, back- requiring the most reliable launch- from geosynchronous transfer actually need.” shell, everywhere that system fits ers, including high-value NASA orbit to geosynchronous orbit a low earth orbit mission, we’re science payloads and National Re- (GEO), and is capable of propel- ABORT TESTS going with it. If you don’t have to connaissance Office spy satellites. ling an object from GEO to escape The capsule’s first two flights are develop, test and certify [the com- “Our business case is robust. In velocity for missions outside the scheduled for 2014, both abort ponents] you’re way ahead.” the commercial world, that’s Earth’s orbit. tests, followed in 2015 by an or- where I think Liberty is also at an Hosted payloads are a growing bital flight and, finally, a crewed “The module as it is advantage. Because we control the field. Launch vehicles are gener- orbital flight. Each spacecraft is today is probably entire stack, cargo is part of our ally selected to launch a given designed for ten flights and ATK business case, as are stand-alone payload through complex calcu- plans to build a minimum of four overdesigned, it’s missions. We’ve been talking with lations of cost, reliability and capsules. All flights will be stronger and more Costa Rica, Brazil, Australia.” availability. Launchers frequently launched by the Liberty launch- Liberty LV uses a five-segment have significant spare capacity er, and ATK is not actively ex- robust than we solid rocket booster as a first stage, and, if space allows, the launch ploring adapting the capsule for actually need” derived from those used to launch company will offer rides to small- other LVs. Kent Rominger the Space Shuttle, and the Vulcain er secondary payloads. While ATK is constructing the VP and programme manager, ATK 2 as a second stage, which is also The downside is they are in- outer shell, Lockheed Martin has used on Ariane V as a first stage. serted into nearly the same orbital been selected to fill crucial roles Competition for CCiCap funding inclination and altitude as the such as systems assembly and in- The Liberty LV is designed to is fierce, including companies primary payload, an orbit for tegration. The capsule will have launch about 44,500lb (20,200kg) such as SpaceX, Sierra Nevada which it may not be ideally suit- significant commonalities with to low Earth orbit and was award- and Blue Origin. NASA will trim ed. Sherpa, by transferring a sec- Lockheed’s Orion capsule, a ed an unfunded Space Act Agree- the field later this year.■ ondary payload to a different much larger spacecraft being de- ment from NASA, allowing infor- News from the spaceflight sec- orbit without the need to use its veloped for long-duration mis- mation sharing and an official tor is on our reactivated blog at own propellant, will allow sig- sions beyond Earth’s orbit. licence. ATK sees openings for flightglobal.com/hyperbola nificantly greater flexibility.■

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INVESTMENT GREG WALDRON SINGAPORE KAI feels the export blues Good week Korea’s aerospace champion hopes investment from overseas will unlock foreign sales ROCKWELL COLLINS The avionics major has he early months of 2012 have joined forces with Air Tbeen unkind to Korea Aero- Asia boss Tony space Industries (KAI). Early in Fernandes’s Caterham May, India dismissed a protest by Formula 1 team to bring KAI related to a basic trainer com- aviation technology to petition for 181 aircraft. The an- the former Team Lotus’s nouncement all but eliminated motor racing armoury. In KAI’s KT-1 in favour of the Pilatus exchange, F1 fans will PC-7 Mk II. India’s rebuff followed see the Rockwell Collins another blow in February, when logo on the Caterham F1 Israel selected the Alenia Aermac- cars, in the pits and else- chi M-346 over the KAI/Lockheed where throughout the Martin T-50 for a 30-aircraft ad-

racing season, a deal vanced jet trainer deal, despite in- Waldron Greg which Collins says per- tense lobbying by Seoul. Let’s make a deal fectly complements a The year has not been com- growth strategy to estab- pletely devoid of bright spots. In 56.4% of the company. They are Korean taxpayers, who have fi- lish stronger local pres- March, KAI entered a $1.1 bil- government-owned Korea Fi- nanced KAI with about $881 mil- ence in key markets. lion deal to supply the wing bot- nance Corp (26.4%), Samsung lion since the company’s founding tom panel assembly for the Air- Techwin (10%), Hyundai Motor in 1999. Hah notes that KAI’s bus A320 family of aircraft, (10%) and two units of industrial shares have fallen 29% since No- adding to the extensive work conglomerate Doosan: DIP Hold- vember 2011 on divestment con- KAI performs for Airbus. ings (5%) and Odin Holdings cerns. The Korean government at- Although important, the A320 (5%). Institutional and individual tempted to privatise KAI in 2009,

Caterham F1 Caterham deal was no major breakthrough: investors own 34.6% and KAI but pulled back due to protests by KAI has provided the wing top employees own 9%. workers, Kim says. “Thus, how panel for the A320 family since In a research note, Paul Hah, of KAI deals with unfavourable pub- 2001, an arrangement renewed in Woori Investment & Securities, lic opinion and its employees will 2011. KAI also participated in the says Korea Finance Corp will sell be a great challenge.” development of the A380 and is a 10%, while Samsung Techwin, risk-sharing partner in the A350. Hyundai Motors, and Doosan difficult process

USAF While KAI has enjoyed success will divest their entire stakes. Kim’s reasoning suggests the sale as a key supplier to major airfram- Media reports say potential of a major stake to a foreign multi- orbit international ers, including Boeing and Airbus, buyers could include a major for- national could be controversial. The electronics maker it has struggled to export home- eign player, or possibly a major Moreover, some think it may not will be happy to move on grown types, especially its flag- local conglomerate such as greatly improve overseas sales. from the first quarter, ship T-50 supersonic trainer, and Hanjin, Hanhwa, or Hyundai “The biggest challenge is going which saw sales slump has had limited success with the Heavy Industries, which is en- from state-owned arsenal company 10% to $6.2 million and KT-1 turboprop trainer (pictured). tirely separate from Hyundai Mo- to competitive international play- net profit collapse from a tors. After the sale, the govern- er,” says Teal Group analyst Rich- profit of $524,000 last PARTNERS WANTED ment will remain the ard Aboulafia. “That’s a long and year to a loss of $1.38 It is amid this tough export envi- second-largest shareholder. A big difficult process, and an alliance million. Orbit, which ronment that the company’s government shareholding is seen with a larger western defence in- makes components for shareholders hope to divest a as essential given the strategic na- vestor doesn’t guarantee success.” aircraft such as the US 40% stake in the firm, although ture of KAI’s defence business. Nonetheless, Aboulafia feels Air Force’s RC-135 Rivet details are still sketchy. One ana- Hah says that KAI envisages privatisation will be good for KAI Joint (pictured), has lyst says a major element of the three main benefits from a stake as it could improve the compa- reached a “mutual un- stake sale is boosting KAI’s “slug- sale. These are faster decision- ny’s market focus. “The disci- derstanding” with execu- gish exports.” KAI itself is una- making for investment opportu- pline of the market is immensely tive VP Bruce Reissman, ware of the exact details of the nities, improved exports owing to helpful to any emerging aero- who will step down on 31 plan, calling it “an agreement be- the sales and marketing clout of space company,” he says. July with a one-off pay- tween the major shareholders”. the prospective stake buyer, and “It also starts the process of ment of $1.19 million. KAI adds: “It is believed the improved technology through freeing them from the shackles of stake is being offered to financial- higher investment in research government ownership, which Bad week ly strong companies in order to and development. inhibits competitiveness.” ■ provide a boost for the aviation Hyesung Kim, an analyst at For all the latest defence industry in this region.” South Korea’s AM Consulting, says news from Asia, visit KAI’s major shareholders hold the stake sale is unpopular with flightglobal.com/asianskies

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FIN_220512_028-029 28 17/5/12 10:34:46 Brazil’s aerospace business industry is in the ascendency SPECIAL REPORT P30 PEOPLE moves business briefs Ball Aerospace, Virgin Atlantic Cargo, Etihad, Skyworld SPEEA RAISES INFLUENCE AT BOEING within Ball’s National Defense LABOUR In a vote that more than doubles the number of pilots at strategic business unit. Former Boeing represented by a trade union to over 100, pilots and instruc- Globe Air Cargo managing tors in Flight Training Services are joining the Airplane Manufacturing director Jim Barruch has joined Pilots Association bargaining unit of the Society of Professional Virgin Atlantic Cargo as regional Engineering Employees in Aerospace. SPEEA, which claims to be the sales manager, Americas. At largest professional aerospace labour union in the USA, will this year Etihad Airways, Asia Pacific negotiate new contracts for more than 22,100 engineers and techni- general manager Kirk Albrow is cal workers at Boeing plants in Washington, Oregon, Utah and now general manager Thailand California, and for 750 engineers at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita. and Mahfood Al Harthy has SPEEA is Boeing’s second-largest union, behind the International joined from Gulf Air as general Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which staged a manager Oman. Former Antonov two-month strike in 2008.

Ball Aerospace Ball deputy marketing director Osterkamp: Ball engineering Tatiana Buryak has joined COMMERCIAL SALES LIFT CPI AEROSTRUCTURES aircraft marketer Skyworld MANUFACTURING At CPI Aerostructures, first-quarter pre-tax profits Ball Aerospace has made Aviation as Moscow-based gained 35% to $2.7 million on sales up 23% to $19.7 million. company veteran Jeff Osterkamp business development Commercial contracts revenue nearly trebled to about 28% of total VP engineering, with overall manager for Russia, the CIS revenue. Almost a third of the value of new contracts won this year strategic and operational and Eastern Europe. came from two customers, Goodrich and Embraer. leadership for all disciplines including manufacturing, test, BOEING COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF INMEDIUS supply chain management, IR&D SERVICES Boeing has completed its acquisition of software pro- and intellectual property. He will vider Inmedius, for an undisclosed sum. Inmedius, with 75 employ- also direct hiring and oversee ees and Pittsburgh headquarters, will be integrated into Continental programme staffing, DataGraphics, a documentation and training subsidiary of Boeing infrastructure capabilities and Commercial Aviation Services. engineering processes. Osterkamp joined Ball more than MIXED FIRST QUARTER FOR ST AEROSPACE 25 years ago from Sperry Flight MAINTENANCE ST Aerospace posted a 5% rise in first-quarter pre- Systems, and most recently tax profit to S$59.8 million ($47.6 million) as revenue edged up 1% served as VP component to S$457 million. Aircraft maintenance and modification revenue technologies. An electrical dipped 3% to S$223 million, but pre-tax profit gained 13% to S$41.9

engineer by training, he has also Aviation Skyworld million. Component and engine repair and overhaul revenue was up been VP business execution Buryak: Skyworld CIS 5% to S$170 million, but profit soared by 45% to S$14.4 million. Engineering and material services revenue was up 6% to S$64.2 million, but profit fell nearly two-thirds to S$3.47 million. Quote of the week alitalia growth hobbled by rising fuel costS airlines High fuel costs and the strong dollar offset good revenue “The only thing that and load factor growth at Alitalia in the first quarter, as the Italian car- rier posted an operating loss of €109 million ($140 million). Revenue grew 13% in the first three months of the year to €776 million. Alitalia holds us back cites development of its long-haul charter business, increased ancillary revenue and improved cargo belly performance for the jump in revenue. is the speed Net loss was €131 million, down €43 million against 2011’s figure. CHINA AIRCRAFT LEASING SPREADS EQUITY STAKES of sound” ACQUISITION China Aerospace Investment Holdings has acquired an 8% interest in Hong Kong-based China Aircraft Leasing Holdings, and says the investment will help expand its fleet from 12 aircraft to Virgin Atlantic boss steve ridgway 100 during the next three years. China Everbright Aerospace acknowledges the limits of high-speed air travel Holdings bought a 40% stake last year and Friedmann Pacific Asset – but looks forward to the day when Management holds 48%. new technology makes sister company Virgin Galactic’s INDIAN AEROSPACE EXPORTS UP NEARLY A FIFTH suborbital venture the INDUSTRY According to a study by India’s Associated Chamber of foundation for a new era of Commerce and Industry, Indian aerospace and defence industry ex- point-to-point service ports grew about 18% in the first three quarters of 2011-2012. Parts and components accounted for 96% of the total.

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FIN_220512_028-029 29 17/5/12 10:34:50 BRAZIL SPECIAL REPORT

Legacy 450: one of two business jet programmes under development at Embraer BRAZIL TAKES OFF When Embraer’s functional Bandeirante turboprop took to the air in 1972, few would have guessed that four decades later the modest government-launched venture would have morphed into one of the world’s big four airframers, with a portfolio spanning commercial, business and military aircraft. Embraer’s success story is well known, and without it there would be no Brazilian aerospace industry. The now privately owned company still dominates, but a sizeable aerospace community has flourished around it, including a network of foreign-owned suppliers and locally owned small and medium- size enterprises. Long-established Eurocopter subsidiary Helibras is entering a new phase of growth, while the thriving airline sector in Brazil and the rest of South America has provided a lucrative market for service providers such as training specialist CAE, engine maker Rolls-Royce and TAP Maintenance & Engineering in MRO. In this country special, we examine the make-up of Brazil’s aerospace sector and its prospects

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FIN_220512_030-038 30 17/5/12 10:56:40 BRAZIL INDUSTRY Embraer

CONTENTS (Top left) Helibras is to build Eurocopter 32 Embraer Decade of departure EC725s for the Brazilian armed forces 33 Embraer defence Military ambitions at its facility in Itajuba; CAE’s Sao Paulo facility (above centre) is its orig- 34 Helibras Eurocopter’s Brazilian baby inal site in Latin America – it will shortly 35 Supply chain Nurturing local SMEs operate five. Embraer has high hopes 36 Training CAE feeds pilot demand for its biggest aircraft ever, the KC-390 37 Business aviation The only way is up airlifter (top right); Sao Paulo’s size and 37 MRO TAP turns it on in Brazil congestion makes it the perfect market for VIP helicopters (left) 38 Engines Rolls-Royce’s long service

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embraer Decade of departure With a mature E-Jets business and growing executive jet line-up, overseas expansion and defence will be airframer’s next priorities MURDO MORRISON SAO PAULO AND SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS

f the 1990s were when a struggling Embraer I secured its future with the ERJ family of re- gional jets, and the 2000s all about E-Jets and the breakthrough into business aviation, this decade is likely to be characterised by Em- braer’s development of an industrial footprint beyond Brazil and a third significant arm of its business – military aviation. The moves should help the airframer hedge against fluc- tuations in the Brazilian currency, by moving costs into the dollar and euro zones, and de- velop a third, government revenue stream. Although there have been wobbles since its foundation in 1969 – including bouts of hy- per-inflation and a financial crisis in the early 1990s – Embraer’s history has generally been one of making the right investment decisions at the right time. In the 1990s, it brought its ERJ-135 and ERJ-145 to market just as US air- lines were developing a taste for jet commuter services. In the 2000s, the manufacturer helped create the large regional jet segment with the E-Jets family, and – using a variant of the ERJ-135 as its start point – broke into the business jet market just as it was expanding “Five years ago there were no its Canadian rival, Embraer would be walking outside the North American heartland domi- straight into a four-way fight with two much nated by its established competitor brands. E-Jets in Latin America; now bigger competitors, Airbus and Boeing, who The turn of the decade saw two major new we have eight customers” still want to compete in the 130-seat segment. departures. Backed by a launch order from the Embraer could have developed a techno- Paolo Cesar de Souza e Silva Brazilian government, Embraer launched its Commercial aviation president, Embraer logically superior and more efficient jet in the most ambitious military programme yet, the small narrowbody category, benefiting from KC-390 jet tanker/transport. The company be- new engines and a fresh design, says commer- lieves defence sales, including from the Super majority ownership of Portuguese mainte- cial aviation president Paolo Cesar de Souza e Tucano military turboprop trainer, will make nance house and aerostructures manufacturer Silva. But the investment needed would not up a quarter of its revenues by 2020 (see box). OGMA. A joint venture in Harbin, China – have justified the risk. “It is a market three At the same time, Embraer opened a factory in which carried out final assembly of now out- times as big as the one we currently compete Melbourne, Florida to assemble Phenom 100 of-production ERJ-145s – may switch to as- in, but there are already two big manufactur- and 300 light jets, and earlier this year an- sembling its cousins, the Legacy 600 and 650, ers and to convince an airline to switch from nounced it would be adding an engineering although a deal still has to be concluded. one fleet to another would be challenging, es- and technology centre this year, creating a fur- With Embraer’s four-variant E-Jet family pecially when [Airbus and Boeing] have the ther 200 jobs. A business jet completion capa- now mature, the company’s medium-term advantage of being able to cross sell other bility is likely to be next. strategic focus in its commercial aviation busi- types,” he says. Around the same time as the Melbourne ness is on new product development. It ap- plant was being built, Embraer also an- pears to have settled on a re-engining, and a TURBOPROP MARKET nounced it was establishing a production possible further stretch, of its E-Jet range, with Likewise, Embraer appears to be going cool on plant in Portugal to build metal and compos- a service entry of 2016-2108, rather than de- a return to the turboprop market, with a 90- ite structures, initially for the new Legacy 450 veloping a clean-sheet, five-abreast airliner to seat competitor to the Bombardier Q400 or and 500 business jets. It is Embraer’s first over- compete with Bombardier’s CSeries. Its think- ATR 72. While soaring fuel prices have rekin- seas subassembly facility, although it has a ing appears to be that in trying to keep up with dled a turboprop segment that appeared to

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military MURDO MORRISON SAO PAULO embraer opens up a new front in defence

Embraer’s roots are in de- 2014, with a targeted service to take our capability, take it fence. Its first aircraft – the entry with the Brazilian air through Brazilian acquisitions EMB-110 Bandeirante – was force of 2016. Luiz Carlos and then export a Brazilian built for the Brazilian armed Aguiar, the president of solution.” Ideas being devel- forces in the early 1970s, and Embraer’s defence business, oped for the domestic market it designed the AMX fighter with sees a potential market for the today, he says, “could in five Italian industry in the 1980s. 23-tonne payload airlifter of years be exported to Africa Embraer also developed the around 100 aircraft – mostly and Latin America. There are Tucano and Super Tucano train- replacements for older ver- lots of countries growing fast ers/light fighters. However, as sions of the ubiquitous from a small base, and like the firm focused on commercial Lockheed Martin C-130 Brazil will face future changes and business aviation in the Hercules – assuming a 15% in social demands.” 1990s and 2000s, defence market share for Embraer. Another departure for the took a back seat. “There are a lot of ageing business is unmanned air sys- The launch of the KC-390 in C-130s out there,” he says. tems. Late last year Embraer 2008 changed that. Although formed a venture with Israel’s maintenance work, special ambitions Elbit Systems, Harpia mission and other modifica- But Embraer’s defence ambi- Systemas, to develop tactical tions and Super Tucano sales tions do not stop with the and strategic UAS for the air have kept the defence division KC-390. Aguiar is keen to fol- force for border protection. ticking over, the military trans- low companies such as Elbit’s Hermes 450 will provide port is Embraer’s biggest and Lockheed, Finmeccanica and the initial platform. However, arguably most ambitious air- BAE Systems and position Aguiar says Brazil, rather than craft to date, and will help to Embraer in the growing home- Israel, will own much of the in- elevate the defence segment land security segment – with a tellectual property. “We have to an expected 25% of World Cup and Olympics com- technology here in Brazil. The Embraer’s revenues by 2020. ing up in Brazil, as well as air force needs to have commo- With the Brazilian govern- pressing needs to control bor- nality with datalinks, so it is not ment helping to underwrite the ders and deter drugs traffick- going to buy off the shelf from programme with an order for ing, this could prove a lucrative Israel. It has to be very specific Clean-sheet 28 of the IAE V2500-powered market. But it will require devel- for a Brazilian environment.” design: Legacy twinjet, Embraer has secured oping technologies within 500 takes shape further commitments (though Brazil, and this will mean resurgence

Embraer not firm orders) for 32 aircraft Embraer partnering with or An established product – the from Argentina, Chile, even making “middle-size ac- Super Tucano – is also is en- have burned out a decade ago, the market is Colombia, the Czech Republic quisitions” of the companies joying a resurgence, in a secu- still limited, says Cesar. “There are two estab- and Portugal. All five countries behind the technology, he says. rity role. Embraer was dealt a lished manufacturers in that sector selling are expecting industrial partici- Linking with international blow in February when a con- 120-130 unit a year. That does not seem big pation, with Czech firmA ero companies in this sphere is tract to supply 20 for a US enough,” he says. However, new propulsion Vodochody and Portugal’s EEA not an option, however. “They Light Air Support requirement technology could change things. “If the right and Embraer subsidiary OGMA have developed their own tech- to equip the Afghan air force, engine came along, that could give us a new among those already lined up nology and consolidated their with US partner Sierra opportunity,” he says. as programme partners. markets. It doesn’t make Nevada, was put on hold after The E-Jet family is developing into a The prototype of the KC-390 sense for them to open up to a challenge by rival Hawker healthy cash cow for Embraer. Originally de- is due to fly by the end of us,” says Aguiar. “Our model is Beechcraft. However, while veloped to take on the Fairchild Dornier the USA remains very much in 728Jet, sales got off to a slow start but the fam- Embraer’s sights for the ily now has around 1,100 orders. Cesar sees Super Tucano, counter-insur- the main opportunity for the family now not gency demands in Asia and so much in the traditional regional feeder sec- Africa have helped to deliver tor, but in airlines “right-sizing” routes – com- strong sales, with Angola, plementing narrowbodies with E-Jets at cer- Burkina Faso and Mauritania tain times of day, for instance. In fact, fewer among recent customers. than four in 10 E-Jets in service are used for “We estimate that the coun- traditional regional or feeder routes. Almost ter-insurgency market repre- three in 10 are with low-cost airlines and the sents around 300 aircraft to rest are used for point-to-point services by 2020,” says Aguiar. “And we

full-service airlines, he says. Embraer conservatively expect to sell Emerging markets generally are also a Five countries, plus Brazil, have committed to KC-390 50% of these.” ■ big focus. “Five years ago, there were no ❯❯

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❯❯ E-Jets in Latin America,” says Cesar. “Now we have eight customers.” The Chinese market By 2017, each too is showing “good demand” and Indonesia EC725 will with its 240 million population and 17,000 is- have 50% local lands is an “amazing country for aviation”. content Even the beleaguered US market shows prom- ise, with the oldest fleets 15.5 years old and the reorganisation of many of the airlines driving through further efficiencies. The commercial aviation business held its own in 2011, with 124 E-Jet sales, up by 28% on 2010, and 105 deliveries, compared with 100 the previous year. The backlog for the family stands at 249 units. Commercial jets remain Embraer’s bread and butter – repre- senting 64% of revenues in 2011 – but it is in its other divisions, particularly executive avia- tion, where most new product development has been taking place of late.

mainstream manufacturer Embraer’s shift into business aviation to be- come one of the six mainstream manufactur- ers has been rapid and bold. From a single product – the ERJ-135-derived Legacy 600 a decade ago – Embraer now has a line-up of seven types: the entry level and light jet Phe- nom 100 and 300, the under-development, clean-sheet Legacy 450 and 500 in the medi- um-cabin segment, the 600 and its 650 vari- ant, and the large-cabin Lineage 1000, which is a derivative of its E-190 twinjet. The divi- sion now accounts for almost a fifth of Em- braer’s revenues. However, the peak of that new product de- velopment has coincided with the sector’s worst slump – four of its new models entered service between 2008 and 2010 – and Embraer has not escaped the effects. Deliveries last helibras year slumped to double figures – 99 – com- The initial aircraft will be manufactured in pared with 144 in 2010, with the Phenoms France but, as part of the contract, Helibras worst hit, down from 126 to 83 last year. Like Brazil’s will begin full assembly from the 17th heli- most industry observers, Embraer does not ex- copter in the final quarter of 2013, with flight pect sales across the industry to return to the testing being carried out on helicopter number highs of 2008 until the end of this decade. other OEM nine and ground testing two units later. However, Embraer is determined to ramp A local supply chain has been established, up its market share. It has relocated its divi- A contract to assemble EC725s for with 14 Brazilian companies winning con- sional head office to Florida to bring it closer the military has elevated its tracts. By the time the 50th helicopter is de- to its North American customer base, a move status. Next step could be an livered in 2017, each EC725 will have 50% that could also help it swing future lucrative local content, says Eduardo Mauad, Helibras US military contracts. all-Brazilian helicopter executive vice-president. And with new products on the way – the MURDO MORRISON ITAJUBA However, Helibras’s ambitions go much midsize Legacy 500 is due to fly for the first further than assembling around 33 helicopters time in the third quarter, with its mid-light he opening in April of a new $300 million for the Brazilian military. Helibras will also Legacy 450 stablemate following in the sec- Textension to Helibras’s Itajuba facility has build from 2014 civilian versions of the Super ond half of 2013 – Marco Tulio Pellegrini, finally established the Eurocopter subsidiary Cougar – the EC225 – for the local market. chief operating officer for Embraer Executive as Brazil’s second original equipment manu- Twelve are in service already in Brazil, and Jets, says Embraer has built a strong portfolio facturer. Helibras had been selling, maintain- Mauad reckons there is a capacity for around and powerful market position. “We have 500 ing and final-assembling Eurocopter helicop- 40-50 helicopters in its category – it competes jets in service. For a business that started in ters – and those from predecessor Aerospatiale with the Sikorsky S-92 – over the next five 2002, that is a good result so far,” he says. ■ – since being set up in 1978, but it was a Bra- years. Helibras may benefit from Brazilian For more information and to read Mike zilian deal to buy 50 EC725 Super Cougars for government export aid in its efforts to market Gerzanics’ flight test of Embraer’s Phenom its army, navy and air force in 2008 that has the EC225 to other Latin American countries 100, go to flightglobal.com/phenom100 really elevated its status to OEM proper. because of its local content, he says.

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pansion of the engineering capability is key to industry turning Helibras from a manufacturing and assembly facility into one that can develop its own systems and eventually a complete air- Made in craft, he adds. “Our intention is that some Brazilian engineering will eventually be re- versed into the French assembly line.” Brazil The Super Cougar deal has also helped Despite Embraer’s success, the Helibras to consolidate its legacy business, country has struggled to create a which sees it final-assemble, modify and sizeable home-grown supply maintain AS350/355 Ecureuils, EC120s and EC155 Dauphins for the local market. Late in base. Could this change? 2010 it won a deal to lead a major upgrade of MURDO MORRISON SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS the Brazilian army’s fleet of AS350s, with work scheduled to last until 2018. Under the hile Embraer has been an enormous suc- contract, Helibras will modernise 36 of the Wcess story for the Brazilian economy, the single-engine aircraft with an automatic flight- rest of its aerospace industry has lagged be- control system and improved crew seats. hind. Compared with the aerospace sectors in Total employment at Helibras is also grow- Canada or many European countries, Brazil ing fast, from 300 in 2008 to a projected 1,000 lacks a supply chain of sizeable small and by 2015 – this in a city that has been largely medium-size enterprises. Embraer has tended dependent on agriculture. The EC725 deal – to use local firms only for simple, build-to- which will see the army and navy each re- print manufacturing, turning to international ceive 16 helicopters and the air force 18 – has risk-sharing partners when it comes to major had a number of “positive lateral effects” on sub-systems development. the local economy, says Mauad. The local Although the growth of Embraer and Euro- university is developing an aerospace engi- copter subsidiary Helibras has prompted a neering course in cooperation with a univer- number of global suppliers to set up shop in sity in Toulouse. the country, including General Electric, Tur- An agreement between the state govern- bomeca and Latécoère, there have been few ment and the Brazilian development agency home-grown start-ups. This is partly down to will see a helicopter-technology centre being Embraer’s heritage as a government-spon- set up – a “mini version” of the facility in Bra- sored, vertically-integrated enterprise, and zil’s aerospace capital Sao Jose dos Campos, partly the company’s need to take several says Mauad. Itajuba, a twisting 3h drive in- technological leaps over the years. Rather land from the major cities of Sao Paulo and than nurturing local suppliers, Embraer re- Rio de Janeiro, will also benefit from a new quired experienced and well-capitalised sup-

Helibras regional airport, being developed opposite pliers to embark on ambitious programmes such as its E-Jets and business aircraft. Beyond that lies the prospect of the first in- “We plan to develop a Brazilian “Although Embraer helped benchmark the digenous helicopter from a clean-sheet de- risk-sharing approach – with global compa- sign. “We plan to develop a Brazilian helicop- helicopter in the next 10 years nies providing complete systems – it has ter in the next 10 years with the integration of with the integration of a meant that the local supply chain is very a Brazilian supply chain,” says Mauad. “We weak,” says Walter Bartels, the director of Bra- are not investing all this money just to pro- Brazilian supply chain” zilian aerospace association AIAB. “Outside a duce 70 helicopters. We are investing in tech- Eduardo Mauad few companies, aerospace is not a very big ac- nology transfer, qualification and training.” Executive vice-president, Helibras tivity in the economy.” Part of that investment includes a bustling This could be about to change, however, engineering department – housed when we Helibras’s factory and due to open by 2014. thanks to an initiative by Embraer and the visited in a rather cramped first-floor office in It could have been very different for Helibras. Brazilian air force to find local suppliers for Helibras’s old factory, but soon to move to The Brazilian government considered a Euro- the KC-390 military transport and tanker quarters in the new facility next door, con- copter proposal for French-built EC725s – being developed for the air force. Around 80 struction of which began in 2010. which will be deployed in roles such as com- companies attended a workshop last year in Three years ago, the department consisted bat search and rescue, long-distance tactical Embraer’s home town of Sao Jose dos Campos. of just nine engineers. Today, there are 65, but airlift, medical evacuation, logistics support, The government wants the “nationalisation that will increase to 100 by 2015. French min- naval missions and head of state transport. A index” of the aircraft to be 80% of its value – gles with Portuguese in the chatter around the study concluded that involving Helibras in if the engines are excluded. room. Around 40 engineers have been sec- the project would have substantial benefits for onded from Eurocopter’s headquarters in Mar- the Brazilian economy. “This is a big change overseas suppliers seilles. A similar number of Helibras engi- for the Brazilian industry,” says Mauad. “We Although overseas suppliers currently domi- neers are updating their skills in France. are very proud to be part of it.” ■ nate the list of major systems suppliers to the “Getting the design office growing and Access our global database of civil and military KC-390, two Brazilian companies have been bringing in state-of-the-art tools is the most rotorcraft fleet data and industry trends at selected. AEL Systemas, a subsidiary of Israeli important thing for me,” says Mauad. The ex- flightglobal.com/helicas defence firm Elbit, is responsible for, among ❯❯

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❯❯ other items, the self-protection system “Outside a few companies, which stood at 22,600 in 2010, according to and head-up display, while Embraer-owned AIAB, are growing again as Embraer’s new Eleb will provide the landing gears. Some of aerospace is not a very big programmes come on stream. As in other their subcontract work may in turn feed down activity in the economy” countries, the total dipped following a peak of to smaller suppliers. 27,100 in 2008, but still indicates a substantial Walter Bartels One of the most successful start-ups in the Director, Brazilian aerospace association AIAB growth over the decade, from 15,000 in 2001. Brazilian aerospace sector has been Akaer, a Aerospace turnover shows an even more Sao Jose dos Campos-based engineering de- marked upswing, according to the AIAB, from sign company founded in 1992. Although tracts from Airbus and Boeing suppliers on $2.5 billion in 2003 to just under $7.6 billion most of its work has been for Embraer, on pro- the A380, A400M and 747-8. It is part of a Bra- in 2008, dipping to $6.7 billion in 2010. grammes including the Legacy 450 and 500 zilian consortium working on Saab’s Gripen Brazil’s aerospace SMEs will be hoping to business jets, the firm has also been involved NG fighter. push that figure up considerably in the decade with Brazil’s space activities and won con- Brazilian aerospace employment numbers, to come. ■

its Guarulhos facility – which has Brazilian airlines Gol and TAM as its anchor clients – is adding four simulator bays. Five of the machines at the Guarulhos facil- ity are Airbus (A320 and A330) and four Boe- ing (three 737 and one 777). Its first rotorcraft simulator – a Sikorsky S-76++, a joint venture with Brazilian helicopter operator Lider – will take up the 10th bay. Further Sikorsky S-92 and Eurocopter EC225 machines will be added in 2014. The move into helicopters in South Ameri- ca is an important one for CAE, which oper- ates seven other helicopter-training facilities. Brazil’s oil and gas platform transport sector is expanding fast. Lider, which operates more than 50 helicopters and claims to represent half the market, has been CAE’s training rep- resentative in Brazil for several years. In April, CAE announced that it would be building a second, six-bay Sao Paulo site, with TAM as anchor client, this time at the down- town Conghonas airport, close to TAM’s head- quarters. The facility will open in the second half of the year and initially provide training for Airbus A320 pilots as well as, for the first

CAE time, Embraer. A Phenom 100 and 300 simu- CAE’s original centre near Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos airport has just been expanded lator is being built, and will offer training for training that the Canadian simulator manufacturer and “We have gone from one training provider will be operating in the re- CAE’s pilot gion by the end of the year to serve its bur- facility to five in a decade geoning airline sector. and they are all growing” “We have been right there with the growth Jeff Roberts strategy of the industry in Brazil and Latin America,” Group president for civil simulation products, CAE says Jeff Roberts, CAE’s group president for Latin America’s thriving airlines civil simulation products, training and serv- are pushing up demand for ices. “In fact, we’ve been ahead of the curve. the light and very light business jets in a joint flightcrew training. The Canadian We have gone from one facility to five in a venture with the Brazilian airframer. The decade and they are all growing.” CAE, which growing need for pilots in Brazil and Latin provider is leading the way has 35 simulator centres throughout the America is also prompting CAE to consider a MURDO MORRISON SAO PAULO world, remains the only major training pro- move further down the learning route. CAE vider in Brazil, although Boeing has a facility recently launched its Global Academy, a net- leven years ago, CAE established Latin in Argentina. work of joint ventures with ab initio training EAmerica’s first independent civil aviation CAE has centres in Santiago in Chile, Talu- schools. So far, there are none in the region, training centre near Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos in- ca in Mexico and Lima in Peru. However, it is but Roberts hints that conversations with po- ternational airport. Today, that centre – now Sao Paulo that remains the heart of its Latin tential partners are ongoing and “you may expanded to 10 bays – is one of five centres American activities. An extension this year to hear something this year”. ■

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business aviation vice-president Ricardo Nogueira. Figures from Flightglobal Ascend show the Brazilian fleet grew from 577 to 680 business jets between Taking the 2010 and 2011, and after four months of this year were nudging 700. Small jets predominate: there are 101 Bra- high road zilian-built Embraer Phenom 100s and 300s – Brazil’s sheer size, increasing with 29 joining the fleet in the past two years wealth and congestion in its cities – and 115 Bombardier Learjets. There have makes it a lucrative market for also been additions of Bombardier Global Ex- press and Gulfstream 550 aircraft. VIP jets and helicopters The failure of Brazil’s infrastructure to keep MURDO MORRISON SAO PAULO pace with its economic development has been to the advantage of its business aviation sec-

ake a tortuous taxi ride through Sao Paulo’s tor. While the country’s airline sector has been TAP Ttraffic-clogged streets and you realise why prospering, airports, including the biggest – TAP M&E’s facility in Porto Alegre helicopters are such a popular method of travel Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos – are overcrowded. A mro for the city’s time-poor, ultra-rich business congested two-lane highway is the main link leaders. Every rush hour, as the roads slow to between Sao Paulo and Rio and there are few gridlock, the only way is up, as a procession of railways or metros. For those who can afford TAP turns it corporate shuttles carry Brazil’s masters of the it, business aviation is perfect way of getting universe between villas and the downtown from A to B in the world’s fifth-largest nation. towers of the country’s financial hub. Not that the industry has it all its own way. on in Brazil The helicopter market in Brazil has been “The biggest problem we are experiencing is growing 12% a year, thanks to demand for VIP the infrastructure in the airports,” says Nogue- The maintenance division of transport in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, as ira. Although the government has been work- Portugal’s flag carrier saw an well as a booming offshore oil sector. But the ing on improving things following pressure opportunity when the MRO arm fixed-wing fleet has also been expanding by a from the aviation community, there are few consistent 6-8%, says business aviation associa- fixed-base operations and access to slots and of Varig came on the market tion ABAG. “The drivers are a strong economy airspace is restricted at the big airports, he MURDO MORRISON LONDON with companies having increased purchasing says. It is the main brake on an sector that power, and the need to move rapidly in a coun- looks set to keep pace with the expanding Bra- hen former Brazilian flag carrier Varig try of continental dimensions,” says executive zilian economy. ■ Wwent into administration in 2005, its Portuguese counterpart, TAP, spotted an op- portunity to expand across the Atlantic – but by maintaining other airlines’ aircraft rather than flying its own. TAP snapped up one of Varig’s prize assets – its maintenance, repair and overhaul unit – and set about transforming it from an in-house division that was sourcing 85% of its sales from its parent airline, into Latin America’s largest MRO, with an almost 100% third-party customer base. Boasting an annual capacity of 1.6 million hours, the MRO – run as part of TAP’s Lisbon- based Maintenance & Repair division – is the seventh-largest in the world, says chief execu- tive Nestor Koch. Its 242,000m2 (2.6 million ft2) of infrastruc- ture is more extensive than the operations in Portugal. TAP M&E Brazil’s hangar in Rio de Janeiro – the biggest in Latin America – can house four twin-aisle aircraft, and a second facility at Porto Alegre has room for one wide- body and four narrowbodies. In addition, there are around 20 workshops and laborato- ries for electrical calibration and chemical and metallographic analysis. Clear up here: Sao Paulo as switching focus viewed from a Koch is proud of the speed at which the unit helicopter has switched its focus, building expertise in ❯❯ Ana Paula Hirama Paula Ana the last few years in Airbus and Embraer as

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❯❯ well as Boeing aircraft – which had made up the bulk of Varig’s fleet. Around 60% of the TAP’s Rio hangar is MRO’s revenues come from airframes, with largest in the region Airbus making up about half of that, Embraer a third and Boeing the remainder. “It’s completely different to eight years ago,” he says. Component MRO makes up a further 30% of the business, where its ap- provals include with Boeing to repair and overhaul 777 landing gear axles. With no an- chor airline, it exited the line-maintenance market in 2008. With only 2% of its revenues coming from TAP airline itself, TAP M&E Brazil has built itself a global customer base. Domestic air- lines – including rivals Gol and TAM – ac- count for less than half of its business, while the rest of Latin America makes up around 15%, says Koch. North America is a key target market, with several charter airlines taking advantage of the division’s competitive rates and capacity to maintain several aircraft at once during the winter season. “We have invested heavily in our brand, convincing US and Canadian air- lines to come here because we are cheaper,”

says Koch. TAP

SKILLED WORKFORCE “We have invested heavily… However, keeping competitive is an ongo- However, the MRO’s image is not all about ing battle. Brazil’s breakneck economic low cost. TAP M&E Brazil’s 85 years of herit- convincing US and Canadian growth is causing inflationary wage pressures age – Varig began flying and fixing its aircraft airlines to come here” and driving up the value of the currency in 1927 – has created a “very skilled work- against the dollar. Nestor Koch force”, to which “European expertise” has Chief executive, TAP “We try to keep our prices down but every been added in recent years, says Koch. year we need to be 6-7% more competitive than the last,” says Koch. “If we are charging engines MURDO MORRISON LONDON $50, next year that needs to be $53, but the market will be charging $47.” Rolls-Royce’s 53 years of local heritage That means Koch and his management Rolls-Royce is one of the Gem, M250, Tay and T56. haul capability”, but moving team have constantly had to innovate when it oldest foreign aerospace in- However, the region’s recent seriously into the Trent seg- comes to lean processes and efficiencies. “It’s vestors in Brazil – its facility in spate of airline orders for Trent ment would require “multi, all about reducing the man hours you need to Sao Paulo opened in 1959, XWB-powered Airbus A350s multi tens of millions of dol- take when you receive the plane,” he says. one of five service centres glo- and Trent 1000-powered lars” of investment, says “We need to be better each year. If not, we lose bally wholly owned by the UK Boeing 787s holds out the Peter Turner, vice president the international market.” engine maker (another eight possibility of the facility at customers civil aerospace. He remains bullish though. “We want to are joint ventures) and the only For Rolls-Royce, “things are grow our share of the international market by one in Latin America. GDP is predicted going very well in Latin 6-7% over the next three years, and domestic As well as the region’s air- to continue America”, says Turner. “GDP is MRO is growing a lot too,” says Koch. lines and general aviation op- predicted to continue growing Other possible growth areas could be busi- erators, the Brazilian military growing strongly strongly, not just in Brazil, but ness jets and helicopters – two rapidly ex- has been a major customer in Brazil also in Chile and Colombia. panding sectors in Brazil and the rest of Latin over the years, with Rolls- Industry drives business travel America – although the company would peter turner Royce engines currently pow- Vice-president, CCA and prosperity drives leisure only consider component MRO, not air- ering its Lockheed Martin travel. It’s very rosy.” frames, he says. C-130Hs and P-3 Orions, Recent customers in the Another is the military market. TAP M&E as well as AgustaWestland some point moving into the region have included Avianca has been providing services to the Brazilian Lynx helicopters. highly lucrative Trent overhaul Taca and LAN, which have or- armed forces, as well as other Latin Ameri- The site, which employs market. At the moment, Sao dered 787s, and TAM and can nations, since the 1970s, although this almost 300 people, focuses Paulo carries out “hospital Synergy Aerospace for the has been less of a focus for the business in on repairing and overhauling work” on the Airbus A330’s A350. “When you add it all up, recent years. ■ mostly legacy Rolls-Royce Trent 700. “We continue to it’s 81 firm aircraft orders,” For all the latest aircraft maintenance, types – the AE 3007, Avon, assess our network of over- says Turner. ■ repair and overhaul news and data, visit flightglobal.com/mro

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Farnborough US air corps urged returns to past Persistent questionings in the British air power at Farnborough US Houses of Parliament is celebrating a centenary. The appear to have at site of the air show is, of course, length awakened famously also the birthplace of the US War Office the UK’s military aviation to the present industry. position of military aviation. The It was on 13 April 1912 that Secretary of War presented a the Royal Flying Corps and report that outlines the Royal Aircraft Factory were proposal for the organisation of officially created, paving the a flying corps for the US Army. way for the formal establishment of a combined Full throttle British military air arm and an Incidentally, this may be a official centre for aviation good moment to remind ultra- research and development. light aeroplane Last month, a replica BE2, Bygone biplane: replica of de Havilland’s BE2 at Farnborough pilots that

the original of which first flew Gardner Richard indefinite full- 100 years ago and was designed throttle flying is by Geoffrey de Havilland and not good for any engine. The built at the Royal Aircraft Cheesy pleas reminder applies especially in Factory, returned to You will have heard the this case, because the Farnborough skies, flown expression “holes in Swiss temptation to over-drive a little by Matthew Boddington. cheese” to describe the series of fellow is so much greater. It was parked in front of the occurrences that often conspire original RFC headquarters, now to cause an air accident. The US Military jubilee the museum of Farnborough Air National Transportation Safety Message from the Chief of the Sciences Trust (FAST), Board, however, has used the Air Staff, on the occasion of alongside the famous Black I’m still lost cheese metaphor to get another this month’s Sheds, where so many early message across (see picture left). Golden Jubilee of RFC squadrons were based. An falls to Business Jet Center’s “We recognise our website UK military exhibition at FAST highlights director Bill Moltenbrey, who used to present a challenge, and aviation: The the RFC era at Farnborough and describes his pooper scooper that many people have history of air power is not just runs through the year. duties as “all in a day’s work”. memorised the path through the a British affair; but Britain has maze or bookmarked the taken a very special part, and information they need,” it no country has a finer roll of Pet project Eating early explains. honour. Our part is not played Press releases from fixed-base British Airways’ claim that its “Unfortunately, due to the out, nor is the roll now closed. operations often boast of their predecessor Imperial Airways new organisation of our website Air power is on the threshold VVIP facilities and state-of-the- invented airline meals – content, those trails of of a new leap forward. art crew lounges. One of the reported by Straight & Level in 1 breadcrumbs and bookmarks priorities for Dallas Love Field- May – has not gone down well will no longer work. We Airport for the City based Business Jet Center, with George Banks, author of apologise for moving the cheese “It is new, unique, and building however, is the convenience of Gourmet and Glamour in the at the end of the maze, but we it is a ‘fast-track’ operation,” its four-legged clients. Sky – A Life in Airline Catering. think you’ll have a much easier says John The FBO has opened a pet Lunch baskets, he says, were time finding the information Douthwaite, area (below), complete with first served in 1918, on Handley you need.” airport director of manicured lawn and fire Page transports between London the new London hydrant. The job of cleaning up and Paris and Brussels, “and City Airport. The airport’s whole were charged at 3 shillings”. He Water great job raison d’etre is proximity to the adds: “Imperial Airways also A press release from a US City, and it is important City charged for sandwiches, manufacturer informs us of its men should be able to come to chocolate biscuits and drinks – appointment of a “sales director the airport to meet clients. but started at a later date.” for mid-Atlantic region”. Anyone know of an older in- On this side of the pond, that 100 year archive flight meal? Sadly, history does sounds like a pretty manageable Every issue of Flight from not record if a peckish Orville territory, albeit not the easiest to 1909 can be viewed Wright managed to grab a bite of drop into for a passing visit: the online at flightglobal.com/ his packed lunch during his Azores, Tristan da Cunha, archive All part of the job airborne 12sec in 1903. Ascension and St Helena.

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they are pulling 14 degrees of private flying pitch at 35,000ft. FL IGINTERNHTAT IONAL Engaging disaffected youth To return to a position of ra- We welcome your letters on I read your article ‘Who’s tionality and safety in Western any aspect of the aerospace Flying’ with interest (Flight aviation, we need to implement industry. International, 17-23 April). two radical new policies. Firstly, Please write to: The Editor, Along with costs, which are to limit the extent of CRM, and Flight International, Quadrant affecting the number of people House, The Quadrant, Sutton, ensure that the pilot with the Surrey SM2 5AS, UK. taking up private flying, there is most experience is the com- Or email flight.international@ also increased bureaucracy mander of the aircraft. Secondly,

flightglobal.com and often onerous security Features Rex to require every command requirements. It is also my be- Better than building something? course to include a three-week The opinions on this page do not necessarily represent those of the editor. lief there is a fundamental gliding course. We cannot afford LettersFlight International without a full cannot postal publish address letters sup- shift in the attitudes of younger generations towards being a pilot. to have an entire generation of pliedwithout may name not beand published. address. Letters mustmay When not flying for an international airline, I operate a pair of ex- new captains who cannot fly alsobe no be more published than 250 on flightglobal.comwords in length. and military trainers from an airfield in regional Australia, attached to a with a stick and rudder. must be no longer than 250 words. colourful aircraft museum. We have been there for two years. Next Rod Elliott door, through an always-unlocked gate, is a secondary education Knutsford, UK college. Despite our efforts, the number of teenagers who have Misidentified wandered in for a closer look at the aircraft or the museum, let Running the alone shown any interest in becoming a pilot is... nil. Zip. Nada. model The days of the kid with the bicycle leaning against the GA airport numbers Re: “Greek court jails Helios fence are long gone. And going into the (ever-reducing) numbers of The claim that GippsAero has bosses” (Flight International, 1-7 hobby shops reveals mainly pathetic grey-heads like myself, who reached a major milestone with May). The Boeing 737 was a still make model aircraft; very few youngsters today feel any desire GA8 Airvan number 175 being -300, not a -200. This is a basic to leave their keypads and screens and actually build something. “the most produced Australian error which a magazine like I am sure this trend is as evident in Europe and North America as designed and manufactured air- yours should not have made. it is in Australia. General aviation will continue to decline unless craft ever” is far from correct Peter Magill some way can be found to get young people interested in aircraft (Flight International, 24-30 Via email again, and away from their computers. April). In 1940, the newly creat- Editor’s note: Apologies for our Mark Carr ed Commonwealth Aircraft Cor- mistake. Creighton’s Creek, Australia poration of Fishermen’s Bend, Victoria, commenced production Swimming of their uniquely designed CA-6 Place power in aircraft is at our level” and Wackett Trainer and by 1942 had without sharks gained the fatherly reassurance built 202. In 1942, the same com- It is quite funny that under the the right hands of an experienced captain that all pany designed the CA-12, -13 title “Airbus shows sharklets” I wrote recently about the perils was well. and -19 series Boomerang fighter (Flight International, 1-7 May), of CRM-induced first officer em- However, under the new poli- and by 1945 had built 250. the Airbus picture was trimmed powerment (Flight International, cy of CRM-induced empower- If the word “civil” had been NOT to show the sharklets! 17-23 April) and immediately we ment, the inexperienced first of- included, the claim would still Bernard Gloux see yet another classic example ficer pushes forwards like some not be correct as the locally Stavanger, Norway of this insidious movement to- crazed fighter pilot and pins pas- designed and manufactured wards government by the least sengers and trollies to the ceiling, Jabiru ultra-light two- to four- experienced and least able – causing serious injuries. seater aircraft series (including something we see in modern pol- And this is not an isolated in- four-, six- and eight-cylinder en- itics too. cident. We have an Indian first gines) accounts for 1,800 aircraft A Canadian aircraft is flying officer who loses control of the and 6,000 engines built. Pro- along quite serenely and under aircraft while the captain was in duction continues. full control, when an opposing the toilet; a Japanese first officer Mike Stacy aircraft appears. who opens the door with the Linden Park, Australia In the “good old days”, a con- trimmer; and two French first of- Read the article that prompted

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WORK EXPERIENCE YVES ROSSY My dream of flying like a bird Yves Rossy, aka Jet Man, is an airline pilot who wants to fulfil his dream of making personal powered flight a reality, using a custom wing, thrust from four model aircraft engines, and his body as the control surfaces

When were you first interested dimensions. Vertical flights and in aviation? more advanced aerobatics are I’ve always wanted to fly since I also a goal. The idea is to have as was a child. My inspiration has much thrust as weight – that always been to make my dream would be total freedom! I would come true. also like to put in place a new Describe your career path. parachute system that would let I did an apprenticeship in engi- me fly as low as 200m, as right neering and was a Mirage III now I open my chute at 800m. pilot. I was flying a supersonic I want to share my invention fighter jet for 17 years while with my friends so that we can indulging my love of historic air- eventually fly in formation with craft in my spare time. After six several wings. I am advancing years as a professional fighter the technology to allow me to

pilot, I became co-pilot for Bernet André launch from a cliff-edge. My ulti- Swissair, on DC-9 and 747 air- Rossy trained in engineering and was a Mirage pilot mate goal is to share this project craft. I am currently captain on with everyone. an Airbus A320 with Swiss Inter- How have you developed the What are the main challenges How often are you asked to sell national Air Lines, and am on special Jet Man suit? and how do you overcome them? wings commercially? sabbatical leave to devote all my The first wing was based on an The main challenge is to keep I receive this request every free time to my passion and life- aerodynamic model from Kiev persevering in moments of doubt month. Nevertheless, my wing at long project: flying like a bird University in Ukraine. It was an and discouragement. An inner this stage is still a prototype and I with the minimum of instru- inflatable wing, which over the strength, faith in the project and need to optimise it before think- ments but with jet power to years – through trial and error – I the support of my family enable ing of commercialising it. allow me to soar in the sky. have modified into a solid wing. me to continue and move for- What’s your least favourite part What was your first idea for a I have developed about 15 pro- ward. What I have done so far is of the project? flying adventure? totypes over the past 15 years! beyond my expectations. The administrative tasks that I had the idea to build a wing The first time I used a wing was Are you thinking of leaving the take over my business and after discovering skysurfing in 1992. I have been working on airline job? demand more and more when I was 30. I enjoyed it and I this prototype (with four Yes, I am thinking about it. The paperwork. This is a reflection wanted to keep the same feeling, engines) for more than three decision will depend on many of our society. ■ but with a real flight instead of a years and I never stop trying to external elements, such as the For more employee work experi- fall. At first I could only glide improve it. A big step forward financial aspect. I will have to ences visit flightglobal.com/ with the wing. The next step was was achieved after the wing tun- make a choice at the end of workingweek to motorise the wing, so I went to nel tests with RUAG Aerospace the year. JetCat in Germany, a world in 2008. A new wing shape was What’s next? If you want to feature in Working leader in model jet technology, developed and built by their My first aim is to keep optimis- Week, or know someone who and as my first and most impor- team, improving stability and ing my wing. I wish to create a does, email murdo.morrison tant sponsor they made it possi- agility as well as lowering new prototype with much more @flightglobal.com a brief de- ble for the wing to have power weight, leading to the current powerful engines that will give scription of yourself and your job. and engines. wing I now have on my back. me the freedom to fly in three

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