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FlightGlobal.com
June 2023
How Rafale
became export
champion
Ambitious Turkish fighter
emerges as ‘Kaan’
p20
Comfort at the premium:
single-aisle seats evolve
p68
Wide appeal
A350 powers into its second decade
p48
£5.99
Perfect 10
Ryanair will
spend big on
largest Max
p12
Denali wait
Engine issues
are Catalyst for
programme slip
p26
Comment
SIAE
Entente cordiale?
Retour de France
After a four-year absence, the Paris air show is back, albeit
celebrating an industry that has seen seismic changes since
the Le Bourget event was last staged: expect issues relating
to the supply chain, climate change, and defence to dominate
W
hat a difference four
years makes. Back at
the most recent edi-
tion of the Paris air
show in 2019, the Boeing 737 Max
was still grounded, the air taxi in-
dustry was more or less a twinkle
in someone’s eye, and Airbus had
yet to advance its decarbonisation
strategy much beyond the E-Fan X.
We all know what happened next.
And while the Covid-19 pandem-
ic has gone away – even if variants
of the virus are still in circulation –
its effects linger.
Thus it is, as the industry pre-
pares to gather with the return of
the Le Bourget show later in June,
that while the talk is of growth and
booming demand, achieving the
desired expansion is proving any-
thing but straightforward.
Rather than the slick, smooth-
running vehicle we saw pre-Covid,
the industry now seems to resem-
ble an engine in need of overhaul;
there is thrust – but not as much as
needed – and reliability is increas-
ingly suspect.
Unfortunately, the aerospace in-
dustry sits at the overlapping centre
of a Venn diagram of global issues.
These are conspiring to cause
persistent shortages of a variety
of commodities: people, parts, and
raw materials.
As far as can be ascertained,
these will linger until at least 2024
but it would be no surprise to see
the situation drag on for another
12 months beyond that. Expect de-
bate at Paris as to how the industry
moves forward.
If supply chain headaches are a
short-term issue that will be fixed
eventually, the sector’s longer-term
decarbonisation challenge appears
much more intractable.
Back in 2019 the issue was
present but not so pressing. Since
then, however, public perception
has shifted, and the industry has a
taxing target to hit by 2050.
How that will be achieved re-
mains unclear but as is increas-
ingly evident, in the first instance,
a ramp-up of sustainable aviation
fuel production will be required.
Further out, no-one is entirely
sure. There are many promising
technologies, some more promis-
ing than others, but none that are,
as yet, definitely going to make
the grade.
Either way, decarbonisation is
likely to dominate the conversa-
tion at Paris.
Elsewhere, the war in Ukraine
will ensure that defence spending
remains a hot topic; it may even en-
sure the tri-national Future Combat
Air System programme is marked
by less fractiousness between its
partners then previously.
Additionally, there is the question
of whether we will see the jumbo
airline orders of previous air shows.
Narrowbody backlogs stretching
into the far distance will temper
this somewhat, and much depends
on the willingness of the big two
airframers to play the game.
But this is Paris – Airbus’s home
turf – and a city more known for
celebrating joie de vivre than for
sober restraint.
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In focus
Pratt & Whitney’s long game
6
Boeing sees ‘gnarly’ fuselage
defect as short-term issue
10
SOCOM’s high-speed plans
14
Air New Zealand targets New
York and Chicago for Skynest
19
TAI rolls out Kaan fighter
20
Xwing to trial autonomous
cargo flights for USAF
23
Final moments of 737 tanker
24
Catalyst woes put Denali
further behind schedule
26
Sikorsky shifts sights to FARA
fight after losing appeal
30
GKN warms to potential
of cryogenic powertrain
36
Beijing ups Taiwan tension
with supersonic UAV
38
36
Cool runnings
Can liquid hydrogen
deliver zero emissions?
FlightGlobal.com
June 2023
How Rafale
became export
champion
Ambitious Turkish fighter
emerges as ‘Kaan’
p20
Comfort at the premium:
single-aisle seats evolve
p68
AirTeamImages
Wide appeal
A350 powers into its second decade
p48
£5.99
Perfect 10
Ryanair will
spend big on
largest Max
p12
Denali wait
Engine issues
are Catalyst for
programme slip
p26
48
Regulars
Comment
3
Best of the rest
42
Straight & Level
76
Letters
78
Women in aviation
82
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Flight International
June 2023
Contents
In depth
Back on show
46
The Paris air show is taking
place after a four-year gap
Flying high
48
Airbus is regaining production
momentum for the A350 after
the pandemic ravaged demand
Rafale rising
54
Seven export customers
have signed up for Dassault’s
versatile fighter since 2015
Green shoots
62
Clean Aviation’s next plans
include a flight-test campaign
Different class
68
Seat manufacturers aim
to keep standards high
for premium travellers
Flying to free wi-fi
72
Today’s passengers expect
reliable wireless connectivity
62
72
54
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