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Airports in the South East of England

June 5, 2018

This note looks at airport development in London and the South East under the present and previous governments, including the work of the Airports Commission, and how airports are planning to develop their current services. The Labour Government’s 2003 aviation White Paper generally supported a ‘predict and provide’ approach, which envisioned demand for air transport in the South East increasing dramatically over the following 25 years.

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Higher Power Aviation

Formed in 1994, HPA began providing B737 type rated pilots to Southwest Airlines and nearly 2,500 trainees have been hired at SWA, as many as 17 out of 20 in consecutive classes at Southwest. HPA further serves other airline training and aircrew needs with graduates of its Boeing, MD, and Airbus programs.

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whitePaper | June 24, 2021

In the six months since the white paper was initially written, the ten Southeast Asian countries which comprise the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have continued to experience passenger traffic declines that are sharper than the global and AsiaPacific averages.

Improving Patient Outcomes Through In-Flight Intelligent Connectivity

whitePaper | August 22, 2022

In this white paper, discover: What is a transport physician and how do they improve patient survivability? How can operators utilize connectivity solutions to provide better in-flight patient care? What is medical data transfer and how can it improve patient outcomes?

Thrust through trust

whitePaper | December 15, 2022

The COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 was the most significant disruption ever encountered by the aerospace industry. Nations locked down, flights were cancelled and aircraft were parked and stored. The exceptional scope and speed of the pandemic affected each industry segment: airline, MRO, OEM, vendor and lessor.

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF EVOLUTIONARY HYDROGEN-POWERED AIRCRAFT

whitePaper | January 2, 2022

Aviation is a hard-to-decarbonize sector of the transport industry due to the stringent mass and volume requirements for aviation fuel. The high energy content of liquid jet fuel, both per unit mass and per unit volume,

The milestones to decarbonize aviation

whitePaper | February 22, 2023

impact’s goal is to accelerate aviation’s transition to net zero. To do this, impact plans to leverage the responsibility and capabilities of aircraft financiers to ensure that well-defined sustainability targets are firmly anchored in loan or lease agreements. The metrics required for this should also improve the accuracy and clarity of reporting on the sustainability of the financiers’ investment and loan portfolios.

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whitePaper | June 23, 2023

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Airports in the South East of England