Airbus Selects B/E Aerospace for Gaseous Oxygen System.Business Editors WELLINGTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2003 B/E Aerospace, Inc. (Nasdaq:BEAV BEAV Binary Editor and Viewer ) was selected by Airbus Industrie as the provider of the gaseous passenger oxygen system for Airbus single-aisle aircraft. This is the first time a gaseous passenger oxygen system has been available on single-aisle aircraft at Airbus. The system extends the duration of the passenger oxygen supply, allowing airlines to fly single-aisle aircraft on new routes, particularly those over high mountain ranges in Asia and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Airlines will realize cost savings in fuel and time by flying more direct routes while achieving maximum utilization of aircraft. B/E offers complete passenger and crew oxygen systems for virtually all commercial, regional and business jets. B/E Aerospace, Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of aircraft cabin An aircraft cabin is the section of an aircraft in which passengers travel, often just called the cabin. At cruising altitudes, the surrounding atmosphere is too thin to breathe without an oxygen mask, so cabin pressurization adapts the cabin to atmospheric pressures. interior products, and a leading aftermarket Aftermarket See: Secondary market. aftermarket See secondary market. distributor of aerospace fasteners fasteners In construction, connectors between structural members. Bolted connections are used when it is necessary to fasten two elements tightly together, especially to resist shear and bending, as in column and beam connections. . With a global organization selling directly to the world's airlines, B/E designs, develops and manufactures a broad product line for both commercial aircraft and business jets and provides cabin interior design, reconfiguration and conversion services. Products for the existing aircraft fleet -- the aftermarket -- provide about 60 percent of sales. For more information, visit B/E's website at http://www.beaerospace.com. |
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