Aircraft News - Europe.Oct 23, 2006 Airbus Airbus has said it plans to make a decision on the future of the A350 XWB XWB Extra Wide Body (Airbus) in the next weeks. Production problems with the A380 that have led to two-year delays have plunged the planemaker into a crisis and forced it to re-examine re·ex·am·ine also re-ex·am·ine tr.v. re·ex·am·ined, re·ex·am·in·ing, re·ex·am·ines 1. To examine again or anew; review. 2. Law To question (a witness) again after cross-examination. its projects and restructure the business. Oct 19, 2006 Airbus Airbus Increases A380 Break-even Level. Airbus has raised sharply its break-even point break-even point - In the process of implementing a new computer language, the point at which the language is sufficiently effective that one can implement the language in itself. for the A380 superjumbo to take into account delays and cash shortfalls in the mammoth project. The European planemaker told analysts in Hamburg on Thursday that it now needs to sell 420 of the double-decker jets to break even rather than its most recent estimate of 270, parent company EADS EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. EADS Expeditionary Air Defense System (USMC) EADS Extended Air Defense Systems EADS Environmental Assessment Data System EADS Echelons Above Division Study said on its web site. In all, it is budgeting for 751 deliveries, it said. So far Airbus has sold 159 superjumbo aircraft. Oct 19, 2006 Airbus Airbus Increases A380 Break-even Level. Airbus has raised sharply its break-even point for the A380 superjumbo to take into account delays and cash shortfalls in the mammoth project. Oct 19, 2006 Airbus Airbus reported a EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 6.3 billion euro (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. $7.95 billion) cash shortfall from the two-year delivery delays disclosed last month, of which EUR4.8 billion (USD$6.06 billion) are an already reported gross profit shortfall while the rest stems from a net working capital deterioration of EUR1.5 billion (USD$1.9 billion). The new boss of Airbus, EADS French co-Chief Executive Louis Gallois Louis Gallois (born January 26, 1944) is a French businessman and currently the CEO of EADS, and CEO of Airbus. Louis René Fernand Gallois was born in Montauban where he obtains the degree of Baccaulaureat in 1961 followed of the graduate of Business School HEC in , has said a painful restructuring would be needed to put the planemaker back on track. Oct 19, 2006 Airbus Airbus Must Restructure To Save A350. Airbus may have to sell some production sites as part of its restructuring plans, the planemaker's new head said in remarks published on Wednesday. Oct 18, 2006 Airbus, Air One, Bulgaria Air Bulgaria Air (Bulgarian name: България Ер) is the national airline carrier of Bulgaria, based in the capital, Sofia. Air One said it would buy 15 Airbus A320s that would both replace Bulgaria Air's aging 737s and expand its fleet. Seven candidates submitted documents when the tender was launched but only three were selected to continue to the second stage. The deadline for final offers was Oct. 5. Air One and Balkan Hemus Group, which owns Bulgaria's largest private carrier, Hemus Air, submitted bids. BHG BHG Better Homes and Gardens (magazine) BHG Bloodhound Gang (band) BHG Big Huge Games BHG Bounty Hunter's Guild (web game) BHG Belgian Hand Group BHG Blown Head Gasket bid BGN BGN In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Bulgarian Lev. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 13 million and committed to invest BGN82 million from 2007 through 2011, local media reported. Oct 19, 2006 Airbus, Blue Wings
Blue Wings is an airline based in Düsseldorf, Germany. It operates scheduled services to Russia and charter flights mainly to Turkey and the Middle East. Blue Wings confirmed its July order for 20 Airbus A320 family aircraft, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. press reports. The order comprises 16 150-seat A320s and four 210-seat A321s. Oct 18, 2006 Airbus, Boeing, Lufthansa Lufthansa To Wait For A350 Detail Before Order. Lufthansa chief executive Wolfgang Mayrhuber Wolgang Mayrhuber is the current CEO of europe´s second largest airline Lufthansa. He´s engineer and succeeded Jürgen Weber in ???. said he would wait for more information on Airbus's planned A350 XWB mid-sized aircraft before making a decision on renewing its long-haul fleet. Lufthansa last month announced it was buying 30 Airbus A320-family aircraft with options for 30 more, as well as 5 A330s to offset delays to the A380 superjumbo, of which it has ordered 15. The carrier said then it would make a decision on further long-haul aircraft before the end of the year. Oct 19, 2006 Airbus, Boeing, Lufthansa Lufthansa wants to weigh up the A350 against Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, which is set to enter service in 2008, at least 4 years ahead of the rival Airbus model should it go ahead. Lufthansa is Europe's second-biggest airline. Oct 19, 2006 Airbus, EADS EADS To Cut HQ Staff By 10 Percent. European aerospace group EADS plans to cut permanent staff levels at its dual headquarters in Munich and Paris by 10 percent next year, a spokesman for the company said on Friday. Oct 20, 2006 Airbus, Lufthansa Lufthansa officially signed the order for 35 Airbus aircraft it announced last month. The order is valued at more than $3 billion and is for five A330-300s, five A319s, 10 A320s and 15 A321s with options for 30 additional A320 family aircraft. Engine selections have not been made. Deliveries will begin next year, with all five A330s delivered by the end of 2008 to bring the airline's overall A330-300 fleet to 15. LH previously said that the A330s will help it maintain growth projections despite delays to the A380, of which it has 15 on firm order. Oct 16, 2006 Airbus, UPS UPS Evaluating Airbus A380 Order. United Parcel Service United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS), commonly referred to as UPS, is the world's largest package delivery company, delivering more than 15 million packages[1] a day to 6.1 million customers in over 200 countries and territories around the world. has set up a team to evaluate its multi-billion dollar purchase of Airbus A380 freighters, saying all options remain open. The move, confirmed by the company on Friday, is a further sign of doubt among Airbus customers over the A380 superjumbo, which is now two years behind schedule. UPS, whose freighter fleet makes it the world's eighth-largest airline, has 10 A380s on order, worth more than USD$2.5 billion at list prices, with an option to buy 10 more. UPS said on Friday that it received official notification of the latest delay on October 6, pushing back its first A380 delivery to May 2010 from September 2009. Oct 22, 2006 Blue Wings, JetBlue Airways For the Jet Blue database used in Exchange Server and Active Directory, see Extensible Storage Engine. JetBlue Airways is a major American low-cost airline owned by JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU). , Airbus Blue Wings is the customer for five A320s sold by JetBlue Airways last month. JetBlue said the aircraft will be delivered by mid-November. Oct 18, 2006 British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. , Airbus, Boeing British Airways issues RFP (Request For Proposal) A document that invites a vendor to submit a bid for hardware, software and/or services. It may provide a general or very detailed specification of the system. 1. (business) RFP - Request for Proposal. 2. for long-haul fleet renewal. British Airways yesterday took the first step in its long-awaited long-haul fleet renewal, issuing an RFP to Airbus and Boeing as well as Engine Alliance, General Electric, Rolls-Royce and other key component suppliers. Oct 18, 2006 Clickair Clickair intends to expand its fleet to 20 A320s by the end of 2007 and to 30 by the end of 2008. It is targeting a total of 70 routes to 55 main airports across Europe, Spain and the Mediterranean basin The Mediterranean Basin refers to the lands around and surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin refers to the lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have a Mediterranean climate, with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers, which . The bulk will be flown out of Barcelona but several point-to-point schedules are planned from other major Spanish cities. Oct 18, 2006 Germanwings, Niki, S7 Airlines Crews from Germanwings, Niki, S7 Airlines and others also are using the new facility. LFT LFT left frontotransverse (position of the fetus). LFT Liver function tests, see there sees Eastern European carriers as potential third-party customers for LFT Vienna, in which the company has invested [euro]12 million ($15 million). The facility is part of the new Austrian Aviation Campus, which also includes flight attendant training facilities. LFT now operates 32 FFSs for 20 different aircraft types in Frankfurt, Berlin, Bremen and Vienna. It said that 150 airlines booked 120,000 hr. of training last year. Oct 20, 2006 Germanwings, Niki, S7 Airlines Germanwings, Niki, S7 Airlines and others crews are using a new facility. LFT sees Eastern European carriers as potential third-party customers for LFT Vienna, in which the company has invested [euro]12 million ($15 million). The facility is part of the new Austrian Aviation Campus, which also includes flight attendant training facilities. LFT now operates 32 FFSs for 20 different aircraft types in Frankfurt, Berlin, Bremen and Vienna. It said that 150 airlines booked 120,000 hr. of training last year. Oct 19, 2006 Lufthansa, CAE (1) (Computer-Aided Engineering) Software that analyzes designs which have been created in the computer or that have been created elsewhere and entered into the computer. Lufthansa Flight Training opened a new simulator center in Vienna that initially will accommodate one CAE A320 FFS (Flash File System) Software from Microsoft that made flash memory look like a disk drive. It was superseded by the Flash Translation Layer (FTL) from PCMCIA and M-Systems. See flash memory. . A second simulator--either another A320, a 737 or a 767--will be introduced by next summer depending on demand, LFT said. Eventually, four simulators will be housed at Lufthansa Flight Training Vienna, which will be used mainly by Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines AG is the flag carrier airline of Austria, headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled sevices to over 130 destinations. Its main base is Vienna International Airport, with a hub at Innsbruck Airport.[1] In 2006 Austrian had 10 million passengers. pilots. Austrian is LFT's biggest customer after LH. Oct 20, 2006 Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce continues to grow its CorporateCare[R] program, signing more than 120 contracts to date in 2006, already surpassing last years record of 103 contracts. The company has more than 520 aircraft under CorporateCare or other flight hour agreements, with contracts valued at more than $1 billion. Rolls-Royce currently has a 50 per cent share of in-production engines on CorporateCare. Oct 18, 2006 Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce has enhanced its support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for corporate aircraft operators to include On-Wing Care for operators of AE 3007 powered aircraft. The company also expects to be offering this service to customers of BR710 and Tay 611 engines in the future. Oct 18, 2006 Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce forecasts that 51,000 engines, valued at $70 billion, are needed over the next 20 years to meet demand for 24,000 new corporate jet aircraft; from very light jets through business jetliners. Demand is being fueled by the business community's increasing recognition of the value of using business jets as a productivity tool. Of the 24,000 new corporate aircraft expected to enter the market, nearly half are expected to be in the medium or large business jet category. In fact, according to the market forecast, only the very popular commercial 130-190 seat aircraft will surpass the medium and large business jet category in deliveries over the next 20 years. Oct 17, 2006 Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce predicts continued growth in business jet deliveries through the remainder of the decade and forecasts an engine market worth $70 billion over the next 20 years, with medium and large business jets dominating in terms of aircraft and engine value. The company's annual business jet forecast was released today at the National Business Aviation Association Annual Meeting and Convention in Orlando, Florida. The forecast predicts that nearly 12,000 medium and large business jets will be delivered between 2006-2025. In terms of fleet size, this market segment is expected to grow 142 per cent to a total of more than 16,500 aircraft by 2025. Oct 17, 2006 Rolls-Royce, Cessna Aircraft Rolls-Royce celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Citation X business jet program with Cessna Aircraft at a ceremony today at the National Business Aviation Association Annual Meeting and Convention in Orlando, Florida. Oct 18, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Oct 16, 2006 |
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