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GOALS GALORE SUPERJET PROBE FIGHTING FIT WHY BRAZIL HAS The ongoing efforts to UK says current defence MANY AMBITIONS establish the truth about acquisition programmes FOR AEROSPACE Sukhoi’s ill-fated demo safe after budget black FLIGHTCOUNTRY SPECIAL flight in Indonesia 8 hole eliminated 21 flightglobal.com INTERNATIONAL 22-28 MAY 2012 OPENEBACE REPORT FOR BUSINESS Fresh air of optimism in Geneva £3.20 FIN_220512_001 1 17/5/12 10:03:27 Aerospace Multifunction titanium chronograph Exclusive SuperQuartzTM movement Offi cially chronometer-certifi ed Water-resistant to 100 m / 330 ft WE KNOW WHY YOU FLY FIN_220512_002 2 17/5/12 09:33:07 CA103767_Aerospace_197x267_FlightInter.indd 1 24.04.12 08:52 FL IGINTERNHTAT IONAL VOLUME 181 NUMBER 5342 22-28 MAY 2012 PIC OF THE WEEK YOUR PHOTOGRAPH HERE AirSpace user airXimages captured this Japanese air force Boeing 747-400 on finals for London Heathrow 27R, one of two to visit the UK capital on 16 May. Open a gallery in flightglobal.com’s AirSpace community for a chance to have your photograph featured here. BillyPix COVER IMAGE This shot of a busy static display at EBACE in Geneva comes from BillyPix. The agency’s Ian Billinghurst, Tom Gordon, Liam Ritson and James Robbins were on hand to flightglobal.com/AirSpace galleryon airXimages US Navy moves ahead with Next Generation Jammer pod shoot the highlights of the flightglobal.com/imageoftheweek development P19. Offset deals boost Indian aerospace convention P22 Industy P9 Boeing, US Air Force Air US Boeing, 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. 40 Straight & Level Saudi Arabian Typhoons to get capability International uroprop 41 Letters E 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 DOWNLOAD THE ENGINE DIRECTORY. www.flightglobal.com/ComEngDirectory flightglobal.com 22-28 May 2012 | Flight International | 3 FIN_220512_003-004.indd 3 17/5/12 19:16:55 CONTENTS IN THIS ISSUE BEHIND THE Companies listed HEADLINES THE WEEK ON THE WEB Aer Lingus ......................................................8 Aeronautics Defense Systems ........................8 Editor Murdo Morrison was in flightglobal.com Agni Air ..........................................................8 AgustaWestland .....................................21, 26 Brazil to visit Embraer, Helibras, Airbus ....................................9, 12, 13, 14, 28 and others for our country spe- Flightglobal’s journalists became stars of the (very) small Airbus Military ..............................................21 cial on the Latin American pow- screen as John Croft, Murdo Morrison, Dominic Perry, Kate Air France ....................................................13 Alenia Aermacchi .........................................28 erhouse (P30). Meanwhile, at Sarsfield and Stephen Trimble frontedvideo coverage of Alitalia .........................................................29 least a dozen members of the the EBACE business aviation ATK ..............................................................27 BAE Systems .....................................9, 18, 19 Flightglobal team decamped to convention in Geneva. There Ball Aerospace .............................................29 Geneva to put together our multi- are packages on Garmin’s Blue Origin ...................................................27 Boeing ...................... 9, 14, 16, 19, 21, 28, 29 media coverage of EBACE (P22). avionics wins, Citation and Bombardier ........................ 12, 16, 22, 23, 25 Brabus Private Aviation ................................25 Learjet launches, and Qatar British Airways ..............................................12 Airways’ North American Cessna ............................................22, 23, 25 Chengdu Airlines ..........................................14 partnership with Flexjet, plus China Aerospace Investment Holdings ..........29 highlights of the static Comac .........................................................14 CPI Aerostructures .......................................29 display. Watch the videos on our flightglobal.com/ebace Daher-Socata ..............................................25 landing page, where you will find our interactive magazines – Dassault ............................................9, 23, 25 EADS ...........................................................12 complete with great images – produced over three days of EFW .............................................................12 Embraer ...........................................23, 24, 29 the show. In blogs, Stephen Trimble runs through his EBACE Etihad Airways ........................................12, 29 takeaways on FlightBlogger and Israel correspondent Arie Eurocopter .............................................19, 21 Eurofighter .............................................18, 21 Egozi looks on Ariel View at how increasingly the military is Flexjet ..........................................................23 looking to adapt technology developed for civil aviation, Garmin Aviation .....................................22, 25 Goodrich ......................................................29 rather than the traditional other way round. Gulfstream ...................................................23 Hawker Beechcraft .................................24, 26 Hindustan Aeronautics .................................18 HondaJet .....................................................25 Find all these items at flightglobal.com/wotw Honeywell ........................................14, 22, 24 InterAviation ................................................24 ITT Exelis ......................................................19 QUESTION OF THE WEEK JoinJet .........................................................26 Last week, we asked: What are your views on the A350-1000? Korea Aerospace Industries ..........................28 L-3 Communications....................................21 You said: Lao Airlines ..................................................14 Still a robust order Airbus must be Back to the drawing Lockheed Martin ........................18, 19, 21, 27 book – prospects good getting worried board now Lufthansa ....................................................22 For a full list of reader services, editorial Merpati Nusantara Airlines ...........................14 and advertising contacts see P42 % % % Myanmar Airways .........................................14 EDITORIAL NetJets Europe .............................................24 +44 20 8652 3842 Nextant Aerospace .......................................26 [email protected] Northrop Grumman ......................................19 Orbit International ........................................28 DISPLAY ADVERTISING +44 20 8652 3315 63 25 12 Orion Malta ..................................................24 Total votes: 4,110 Pilatus ...........................................................9 [email protected] PowerJet ........................................................8 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING This week, we ask: Other than Europe and USA, who will be Pratt & Whitney ..............................................9 +44 20 8652 4897 building most airliners in 2030 ❑ Brazil ❑ Canada ❑ China Qatar Airways .........................................12, 25 [email protected] ❑ Japan ❑ Russia? 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