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7-13 JULY 2015 ISSN 0015-3710 £3.50 2 8 9 770015 371273 FIN_070715_301.indd 1 02/07/2015 10:08 VOLUME 187 NUMBER 5496 ONE DIRECTION WHY THE SINGLE RATE DEBATE FUNDING FIGHT Can the big two produce 60 narrowbodies each programme is first threat per month? Ascend looks to US Air Force’s strike at the risks involved 14 bomber renewal 19 Why nuclear submarine FLIGHT EUROPEAN SKY IS ONLY WAY AHEAD ATM SPECIAL P26 INTERNATIONAL TANKERS BOOMING BUSINESS Australia to top up its MRTT fleet, as South Korea also picks Airbus type COVER IMAGE It was a bumper week for Airbus Defence & Space, with Australia to boost its A330 MRTT fleet to seven and South Korea to acquire four of the tankers P7 Commonwealth of Australia BEHIND THE HEADLINES David Learmount assesses the conditions which make Vágar in the Faroe Islands one of Europe’s toughest operating locations. In his report (P30), he looks at how Atlantic Airways is now using satellite-guided approaches to beat the weather forecast NEWS THIS WEEK 7 Pilot shut off wrong engine before TransAsia crash 8 Secure flightdeck doors questioned. Subsidies review will be fair, Emirates promised 9 Collision averted by sheer ‘chance’ AIR TRANSPORT 10 How to ALTA a region’s safety culture 11 A330neo’s economic appeal turns TAP off its A350 order. Russia plans returning Il-114 to serial production. Condor clear on visual pointers during descent 12 Lufthansa Cargo plans tests to deliver quieter freighters. Boeing to cut 747-8 output to one per month NEWS FOCUS 14 The narrowbody rate debate DEFENCE 16 PZL-Swidnik goes to court over helicopter deal. C295 appears in Uzbekistan livery 17 Global Hawk’s sensor worth. Initial RAAF Spartan arrives to succeed Caribous 19 LRS-B battles nuclear funding threat INTERVIEW 20 Rafael chairman Yitzhak Gat BUSINESS AVIATION 21 Spike updates S-512 to boost flight performance. Eclipse introduces SE upgrade for older EA500s. Discovery has sights set on 201 approval GENERAL AVIATION 23 Lisa seeking clear water to finish Akoya testing. Cirrus reaches SR delivery milestone. Piper on target with Europe’s first Archer DX SPACEFLIGHT 24 Soyuz deal and a weak euro give Arianespace lift 25 Virgin focuses on unmanned mission FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 7-13 JULY 2015 Arianespace boosted by 21-launch Soyuz deal P24 COVER STORY 7 MRTT wins Korean and Australian orders FEATURES 26 ATM Clearer skies? Transforming a 28-nation air traffic management network into a “single European sky” promises vast rewards in efficiency but is a mammoth project marked by steady rather than spectacular progress 30 Homing in on a new approach Successful roll-out of satellite-guided navigation at several remote and challenging airports in Europe may signal broader adoption of the technology soon REGULARS 5 Comment 32 Straight & Level 33 Letters 36 Classified 39 Jobs 43 Working Week Arianespace NEXT WEEK OSHKOSH We preview the AirVenture show at Oshkosh with Cessna and Textron updates, plus the high-altitude Perlan 2 Polish helicopter deal prompts lawsuit P16. Lisa Airplanes looks to relocate Akoya test campaign P23 AgustaWestland, Lisa Airplanes Flightglobal_Media_Banner_Nov2014_AM193.indd 1 flightglobal.com 2014-10-24 2:05 PM 7-13 July 2015 | Flight International | 3
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