Aircraft News - Europe.Dec 31, 2006 Aeroflot Passengers And Crew Foil Would-Be Russian Hijacker. Crew members and passengers overpowered o·ver·pow·er tr.v. o·ver·pow·ered, o·ver·pow·er·ing, o·ver·pow·ers 1. To overcome or vanquish by superior force; subdue. 2. To affect so strongly as to make helpless or ineffective; overwhelm. 3. a Russian man who tried to hijack an Aeroflot plane on Thursday and the aircraft safely made an emergency landing in Prague, airline officials said. Dec 29, 2006 Air France Air France in full Compagnie Internationale Air France French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde Air France Industries will perform engineering, airframe maintenance, component and engine support on a power-by-the-hour basis on Nok Air's 737-400s. Dec 22, 2006 Airbus Airbus COO-Customers John Leahy John Leahy (born August 1950) was appointed Chief Operating Officer at Airbus in July 2005. Leahy continues as Airbus' Chief Commercial Officer, a role he has held since August 1994. He is a member of the Airbus main board of management. has conceded the top spot in 2007 orders to Boeing. He said Airbus has "outsold out·sold v. Past tense and past participle of outsell. Boeing every year for the last five years. I think it's always nice to share as long as we stay within a 40% to 60% band. There are two players in the market and you don't have a very stable market if one is always on top." Dec 22, 2006 Airbus Airbus COO-Customers John Leahy reminded that Airbus will deliver more aircraft (420) than Boeing in 2006 and 2007. He was cooler on a stretched A380 despite pressure from Emirates for the aircraft: "It's up to the market at this point. The first thing we have to do now is build the ones that we've already sold. We get those out the door, we start flying them, but the timing is up to the market." Dec 22, 2006 Airbus Airbus enters holidays confident as Qantas firms A380 order. Qantas delivered Airbus an early Christmas present, signing for eight more A380s and four A330-200s yesterday in Sydney.The order makes the airline the second-biggest A380 customer after Emirates and left Airbus President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. 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 looking forward to 2007. The signing was confirmation of an October announcement. Dec 22, 2006 Airbus Airbus's Gallois was upbeat on the rollout of the Power8 program designed to reshape Airbus. Regarding the A380 delay, Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon Geoff Dixon (born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian corporate executive and current CEO and Managing Director of Qantas. Qantas Geoff Dixon was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Qantas in March 2001. told this website that the airline is "considering" rolling out its A380 interior product in its 747-400 fleet as Singapore Airlines  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . did earlier this month with its 777-300ERs. SIA Sia (sī`ə) or Siaha (sī`əhə), in the Bible, family returned from the Exile. SIA - Serial Interface Adaptor plans to deploy some of its dash 300ERs on Australian services next year. Dec 22, 2006 Airbus Airbus and Singapore Airlines are unclear about what sort of financial compensation factored into the new order, but both the airline and the manufacturer said they have reached accord on A380 delivery delay compensation. Gallois told Dow Jones he expects "no cancellations" from A380 customers going forward and indicated that those customers also may place additional orders for the next-generation aircraft. He insisted there "absolutely" will not be any further delays. Dec 21, 2006 Airbus Airbus President and CEO Louis Gallois was in Singapore for the announcement and reiterated that the plane-maker is "very sorry" about the A380 program's delays, which will cause SIA to take delivery of its first aircraft in October 2007, 18 months later than originally scheduled. Dec 21, 2006 Airbus, AerCap AerCap orders 20 A330-200s. Dutch aircraft lessor AerCap signed a firm contract with Airbus for 20 A330-200s. AerCap CEO Klaus Heinemann said. No engine choice was announced. The company's relationship with Airbus includes previous orders for a combined 102 A320 family aircraft. Dec 18, 2006 ATR ATR Achilles tendon reflex, see Ankle reflex , Airlinair, Air France ATR signed a contract with Airlinair, a regional partner of Air France, for one new ATR 72-500 scheduled for delivery in 2009. The deal is valued at $17 million. Airlinair is Europe's largest ATR operator with a fleet comprising seven ATR 42-300s, 11 42-500s, four 72-200s and one 72-210. Dec 21, 2006 Austrian Airlines Technik Austrian Airlines Group established a new subsidiary to promote third-party MRO MRO In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Mauritanian Ouguiya. 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. . Austrian Airlines Technik Marketing GmbH will employ 10 and look to generate business for AUA's maintenance division, which employs 1,100 workers and staff and produces [euro]230 million ($302.1 million) in maintenance work annually. Dec 21, 2006 Boeing, KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) Boeing said yesterday that KLM exercised three 737-800 options and ordered a fourth 777-300ER. The narrowbodies, worth $212 million at list prices, will be powered by CFM56-7s and delivered in 2008. The 777, which had been attributed to an unidentified customer on Boeing's website, will be powered by the GE-90. Dec 22, 2006 Boeing, TUI tui: see honeyeater. (Telephone User Interface) The combination of Touch-tone input from the telephone keypad coupled with speech output from the connected voicemail or IVR application. Boeing had not announced the TUI order. TUI will operate 56 aircraft next year and expand capacity 27%. It displayed a mockup mock·up also mock-up n. 1. A usually full-sized scale model of a structure, used for demonstration, study, or testing. 2. A layout of printed matter. of TUIfly.com's new all-yellow livery on its website. The new aircraft, which were not identified, will begin delivery in 2010 and will be replacing older leased planes until 2013. TUI still has 24 737s on order with Boeing, bringing its backlog to 65 aircraft. Dec 18, 2006 Boeing, TUI Group German tourism giant TUI AG unveiled a comprehensive "action plan" Friday that includes an order for 41 new aircraft from Boeing valued at $3.64 billion, its intention to cut costs next year by [euro]250 million ($330 million)--involving the elimination of 3,600 jobs--and the merger of its airline units under the new TUIfly.com brand. Dec 18, 2006 CFM International CFM International said its CFM56-5B Tech Insertion Package was certified by both US FAA and EASA EASA European Aviation Safety Agency EASA European Advertising Standards Alliance (Brussels, Belgium) EASA European Association of Social Anthropologists EASA European Architecture Students Assembly EASA European Academic Software Award . Aircraft certification is expected to occur early next year. Dec 21, 2006 Finnair, Embraer Finnair launched commercial flights with its first Embraer E-190. The carrier will receive a total of 10 100-seat E-190s within the next three years. It currently operates 10 E-170s. Dec 22, 2006 Lufthansa Technik, Boeing, Elysair Lufthansa Technik signed a five-year Total Technical Support contract with French startup Elysair for its 757-200. Elysair will operate all-business-class flights from Paris Orly to Newark starting this month. Dec 22, 2006 Sukhoi Aircraft Sukhoi Civil Aircraft announced that AiRUnion, the alliance comprising Krasnoyarsk Airlines, Domodedovo Airlines, Samara Airlines, Omskavia and Sibaviatrans, ordered 15 95-seat Superjet su·per·jet n. A supersonic jet airplane. 100 regional jets plus 15 options in a deal worth more than $400 million. First delivery is scheduled for November 2009, according to Sukhoi President Viktor Subbotin. Dec 21, 2006 Superjets, Dalavia, SAT Airlines, Aeroflot East Dalavia Far East Airways is the customer for an additional six Superjets plus four options, according to Reuters. Dalavia will join with SAT Airlines to form regional carrier Aeroflot East. Dec 21, 2006 Thales, Airbus Thales said it will supply the "majority" of critical avionics on up to 90 new A320s ordered by Air One. Deal includes Thales' Topflight top·flight adj. Informal First-rate; excellent. topflight adj → de primera (categoría or clase) topflight adj → Line of avionics and an LCD head-up display. Aircraft deliveries are scheduled through 2008. Dec 18, 2006 Virgin Atlantic Airways, SR Technics tech·nic n. 1. technics (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The theory, principles, or study of an art or a process. 2. technics (used with a pl. verb) Technical details, rules, or methods. 3. SR Technics was selected by Virgin Atlantic Airways to reconfigure five 747-400s. The project includes an extension to the existing premium cabin, installation of new premium economy seats and new storage areas. Work is expected to be completed in November 2007. Dec 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 Dec 18, 2006 |
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