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Awaiting take-off
As Boeing's 757 fleet nears retirement, speculation mounts about its replacement. Airframers have a strategy to fill the single-aisle jet's market spot. Here’s our take on the contenders.
Runaway success
Buoyed by 100 years of heritage, Alenia Aermacchi has engineered a venerable position at the forefront ofcivilian and military aeronautics. Monocle tours the company’s Turin facility for a pre-flight check.
Ready for take off
Bombardier is the family-run Canadian aerospace and rail-industry giant whose expertise spans generations. After weathering the financial crisis, Bombardier CEO Pierre Beaudoin is setting the firm’s ambitions ever higher.
Money to burn
Tucked away in the British countryside, the Farnborough International Air Show is an unassuming backdrop for deals deciding the future of air defence. This trillion-euro industry might decide the world’s future, too.
Expo 54: Boeing
Under the roof of the world's largest building by volume, the longest plane in the world has just rolled off the assembly line. Monocle travelled to Washington to check on its progress.
Flag flyers
Poland’s cluster of aviation companies balances local expertise with heavy foreign investment. Monocle flew in to see the collaboration.
Northern exposure
The Chinese city of Harbin is quickly establishing itself as a regional power, bringing in investment and cashing in on its food and fashion. It’s proving that it’s far from grim up north.
Rocket city
Huntsville, Alabama, a global player in defence and aerospace, must diversify its economy. The city is looking to biotech to attract top talent and inject a dose of much-needed vibrancy.
Air pressure
Every two years, the Singapore Air Show draws air force commanders from around the world keen to check out the latest hardware. But as weaponry technology moves ever faster, what to order
Space plane
He’s one of the world’s greatest product designers but Marc Newson’s latest project is truly taking off: designing a space plane for Eads Astrium, which will be ready for 2011.
