Aircraft News - Europe.For more aircraft news, data, fleets and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Jul 3, 2006 Airbus A380 achieved another step on its path toward certification by year end when all 16 emergency slides were deployed simultaneously using only the aircraft's battery power. The test was conducted as part of the overall 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 and FAA certification program. 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. Airbus, this is the largest number of evacuation slides ever inflated at the same time in any passenger aircraft. Jun 28, 2006 Airbus House aviation chair wants to stop federal funding for A380 airport upgrades. A senior US lawmaker is calling for a ban on federal funding for A380-related upgrades at US airports until a domestic airline orders a passenger version of the next-generation aircraft.Rep. John Mica John L. Mica (born January 27 1943), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing Florida's At-large congressional district (map). (R-Fla.), chairman of the House aviation subcommittee, said he plans to introduce legislation that would prohibit using federal airport grants on any A380-related construction project. Jun 27, 2006 Airbus, 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 Forgeard vows to hold onto EADS job. Embattled EADS Co-CEO Noel Forgeard insisted Wednesday that he will not resign despite the recent disclosure of major new delays in the A380 program and growing questions about his March sale of [euro]2.5 million ($3.2 million) in stock options three months prior to EADS' stock sinking 26% on news of the setbacks. Jun 29, 2006 Boeing, SkyEurope Airlines SkyEurope Airlines yesterday announced the conversion of five 737-700 purchase rights into firm orders, bringing its commitment to the 737 to 21. The five aircraft, which the airline said have an estimated value of $295 million, will be equipped with winglets and are scheduled for delivery in 2008. SkyEurope currently operates five dash 700s and still holds 11 purchase rights for aircraft to be delivered through 2010. Jun 29, 2006 Iberia Maintenance Iberia Maintenance also signed a contract with Swiftair under which it will act as sole provider of maintenance services for components on the carrier's fleet of MD-80s/-83s. The contract remains in force until the end of 2009. Jun 28, 2006 Iberia Maintenance Iberia Maintenance won a five-year contract from 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. for maintenance of 29 RB211-535E4s used on the carrier's 757 fleet. The agreement calls for Iberia to perform all repairs, modifications, maintenance and inspection of engines, subassemblies, components and spare parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used. Spare parts are also called “spares. . Jun 28, 2006 Lufthansa Technik Lufthansa Technik will provide Total Component Maintenance and Total Engine Support packages to ATA Airlines for 10-year terms in what is its second largest deal with a US carrier. The TCM (1) (Trellis-Coded Modulation/Viterbi Decoding) A technique that adds forward error correction to a modulation scheme by adding an additional bit to each baud. TCM is used with QAM modulation, for example. agreement covers more than 3,200 part numbers on three 737-300s, 25 737-800s, 20 757-200s/-300s and four L-1011-500s. The power-by-the-hour contract also includes a sale and leaseback sale and leaseback The sale of a fixed asset that is then leased by the former owner from the new owner. A sale and leaseback permits a firm to withdraw its equity in an asset without giving up use of the asset. Also called leaseback. of ATA's existing inventory to LHT LHT Long Haul Trucker (bicycle) LHT Long Holding Time LHT Long Haul Transmission LHT Lord High Treasurer LHT Low Harmonic Technology (Siemens) LHT Long Haul Terminal (Alcatel) . The exclusive engine deal is a power-by-the-hour agreement and covers CFM56-7s powering ATA's 737-800s. LHT also will provide access to spare engines. Value of the agreements was put at more than $100 million. Jun 29, 2006 |
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