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Kodak - After 130 years in development, will it go in a flash?
- 23 Jan 2012 07:48
- by Noel Anderson
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This coming summer will play witness to my 5th wedding anniversary. In that time my wife and I have honeymooned, bought a family home and filled it up with two (sometimes) lovely children. In short, in the last half decade, we’ve had more Kodak moments than there have been EU regulations defining the shape that a banana needs to be in order to be a...
Overcoming the Great Divide: Embedding Corporate Strategies Effectively
- 21 Nov 2011 13:03
- by Holly Lyke Ho Gland
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When the Growth Team Membership (GTM) program surveyed corporate strategy executives to identify their top challenges for 2011, the primary challenge was, for the second year in a row, developing effective strategy implementation plans. When asked to identify the root cause of this challenge, respondents indicated it was a lack of common objectives...
Airline industry in recession: European airlines facing a harsh winter
- 31 Oct 2011 14:56
- by Lida Mantzavinou
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Last month IATA published its 2011 revised estimates, showing an expected 60 per cent decrease in airline industry profits, over 2010. No doubt airlines are in a far worse position in 2011, following a large rebound in 2010. The European and North American sovereign debt crisis, rising fuel prices, turmoil in the Arab world and Japan’s earthquake, ...
Lufthansa Group outperforms rival European airline groups but still holds on to bad seeds
- 31 Oct 2011 14:55
- by Lida Mantzavinou
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In its 9 month financial results, Lufthansa Group reported a EUR288 million net profit, showing more resilience in a tough operating environment than its European peers. This amount represents a 45 per cent decrease in comparison to 2010 figures, yet it is still better than industry expectations of global industry performance. Last month IATA publi...
A series of announcements from Airlines, Associations and Manufacturers..excellent reading, but what is the core message?
- 21 Sep 2011 10:39
- by Diogenis Papiomytis
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Last week Air France-KLM announced one of the bigger aircraft orders this year, with options for up to 110 long-haul aircraft split evenly between the Airbus A350XWB and the Boeing 787. Apart from the apparent Boeing success in securing orders for the 787 from a French carrier, this deal is clearly not an indication of European traffic growth. Comb...
Mini-MegaTrend: The Demise of the Downtown Airpark
- 19 Sep 2011 11:28
- by Wayne Plucker
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Frost & Sullivan has been examining future major trends that we expect to occur in the ten to twenty year timeframe. Among these is the creation and growth of MegaCities or Megalopolises. These will have major effects on the way people live and work. One of the more pronounced effects will be on the way that people travel. A subset of that travel i...
Turkish Airlines Growth Strategy: Success or Failure?
- 04 Sep 2011 17:36
- by Lida Mantzavinou
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Growth years Turkish Airlines (THY) grew rapidly in the period 2006-2010, with passenger numbers up by 16 per cent year on year, while maintaining a 76 per cent load factor throughout. The airline expanded both its Airbus and Boeing fleets, reaching 174 aircraft in 2011 with an average age of only 6.2 years. THY takes advantage of its strategic l...
Why Blame S&P?
- 09 Aug 2011 06:55
- by Kirti Timmanagoudar
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The president of United States, Mr. Warren Buffett and the analyst on the wall street; many are blaming S&P for downgrading the US ratings. I have the highest respect for the world's greatest investor.. Eu to Buffett? In stead of congratulating S&P for doing a good job and being honest (even at the potential of getting this wrath from various angl...
American buys European - Boeing's final warning
- 21 Jul 2011 08:49
- by Diogenis Papiomytis
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There were two related announcements made yesterday by American Airlines. The first one was the biggest order for narrowbody aircraft ever made by a single carrier, with 460 orders split equally between the A320 and B737. This announcement cheered up the investor community, with both Airbus and Boeing share prices registering marginal increases. Th...
Paris Air Show - thoughts about Airbus, Boeing and an attempt to predict order numbers
- 17 Jun 2011 11:16
- by Diogenis Papiomytis
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The following are my thoughts regarding the upcoming Paris Air Show at Le Bourget. Apart from my opinion regarding the success of the Neo programme, I am going against all consulting "rules" in trying to predict orders so close to an event. Indeed consultants and analysts typically create forecasts well in advance and rightly so in some cases (see ...
Everything you need to know about Emirates (or almost everything)
- 10 May 2011 08:50
- by Diogenis Papiomytis
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On financial results... The Emirates press release today (May 10th), with details on their financial results, is in line with my expectations, following outstanding performance during the first half of their financial year and current operational challenges, with higher oil prices and the Middle East political crisis. Their results are also in lin...
The rise of the Red Dragon: can Chinese suppliers become global contenders in Aerospace?
- 15 Apr 2011 12:34
- by Diogenis Papiomytis
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Just two days ago (April 13), the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) announced its plans to invest over $1.5 Billion in R&D for a new engine to power the Chinese C919 narrowbody. This is surely a threat, but not a surprise, for both CFM and Pratt & Whitney, that were aiming to be the main engine suppliers for the aircraft. A Chinese bui...
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