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CONTENTS

15-21 AUGUST 2017

15- 21 August 2017 flightglobal.com

City slickerSteep approach no problem for

CS100 as Swiss connects with financial heart

of London 9

Near missCanadian A320 descended to

just 59ft above packed taxiway after crew’s

visual error 14

Joining the QWe visit NATO’s air policing hub

in Romania, as Royal Air Force Typhoons are

quick to act 16

Dreaming a AIRLINER CENSUS

bit biggerHow Asian carriers power

continued fleet growth

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Sikorsky flies VH-92A presidential transport P18. Piper sees 30% rise in second-quarter deliveries P

RAF joins NATO policing mission in Romania P

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Lockheed Martin, Piper Aircraft

COVER STORY

22 Tale of the dragon Our annual look at the

world’s airliner fleets is a story of regional

demand, programme momentum, commercial

strategies – and, increasingly, of the outsized

impact of China

REGULARS

7 Comment

48 Straight & Level

52 Classified

54 Jobs

59 Working Week

NEWS

THIS WEEK

8 Italy set to take its F-35s out of school

9 Swiss bullish over CSeries’ City growth.

ALC warns on rate rises as delays mount

10 Wind data focus of Dubai crash probe

11 Boeing still dreams of 787 break-even

AIR TRANSPORT

12 NATS is cleared of breaching licence over

Stansted traffic.

Leased A330s may provide Neo solution for

AirAsia X.

Aeroflot looks at UAVs to carry out inspections

13 EASA targets stall and upset recovery training

in simulator.

A350 efficiency beats superjumbo, says MAS.

Precision touch provides a freight change on

cargo A321s

14 Air Canada jet was just 59ft above San

Francisco taxiway.

Austrian finishes E-Jet switch as Fokkers fade.

Tarom targets ‘sister ships’ for long-haul revival

15 Nordwind breezes back to fleet growth

NEWS FOCUS

16 Typhoons guard Romania in a new mode of

engagement

DEFENCE

18 Presidential fleet renewal gathers pace.

Twin-turboprop focus adds thrust to MALE

UAV study

19 Super Tucano sale for Nigeria back on after

key approval.

Fatal accident leads Israel to ground Apaches

BUSINESS AVIATION

20 Crystal adds sparkle with luxury 777-200LR.

Piper’s second-quarter sales take off

21 FJ44 engine update powers ahead as Williams

gains approvals.

Global Xpress aces round-the-world satellite

communications assessment

Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren

BEHIND THE HEADLINES

Michael Gubisch (above)

joined Swiss during its first

revenue flight from Zurich

to London City in a CSeries

jet (P9). And Craig Hoyle

ventured to Romania’s

Black Sea coast to witness

NATO air policing (P16)

COVER IMAGE

Steve Flint captured this

shot of a China Southern

787-8 for AirTeamImages

at London Heathrow. We

chose the Dreamliner to

accompany our annual

World Airliner Census P

AirTeamImages

NEXT WEEK FLIGHT TEST

Michael Gerzanics tries out

the SF50: Cirrus Aircraft’s

Vision of a personal jet. And

we cover Brazil’s LABACE

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