Aircraft News - Europe.Oct 16, 2006 Airbus Airbus orders by contrast to Boeing remains well off last year's record pace, having booked orders for just 226 aircraft over the first nine months of this year. Comparisons with the year-ago period were not available, but it received net orders for 1,055 aircraft for all of 2005. Sales in September numbered just four A320 family aircraft, all of them to private customers. Oct 13, 2006 Airbus Franco-German summit focuses on Airbus crisis. Airbus's management changes and restructuring program are expected to be a prime topic at today's Franco-German summit in Paris, with French President Jacques Chirac, German Chancellor Angela Merkel Angela Dorothea Merkel (IPA: [ˈaŋɡela doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛɐ̯kəl]) (b. and their economic advisers discussing what role the respective governments should play in monitoring the aircraft manufacturer's Power8 cost-cutting plan. Oct 12, 2006 Airbus Franco-German government board is weighing whether moving forward with development of the A350 XWB XWB Extra Wide Body (Airbus) remains feasible. "We must assure ourselves that we can do it, both technically and financially," Bischoff said. Oct 12, 2006 Airbus France, Germany Pledge To Help Airbus. The leaders of France and Germany pledged support for Airbus on Thursday and promised to share the burden of restructuring after repeated delays to the flagship A380 project. Oct 12, 2006 Airbus European Political Pressure Grows Over Airbus Jobs. Airbus faced mounting European political pressure over threatened job cuts alongside a diplomatic rift over Russian share buying as the planemaker struggled to focus on a recovery plan for its A380 superjumbo. Oct 11, 2006 Airbus Government Influence Comes Back To Haunt Airbus. The European governments that created Airbus and funded ambitious airliner programs that allowed it to rise past US rival Boeing, are now hindering the firm's efforts to get over the worst crisis in its history. Oct 10, 2006 Airbus New Airbus Chief Warns Of 'Painful' Job Cuts. The new head of Airbus said on Tuesday the group's "baroque" structure needed to be simplified and decisions would be made in the next few months which could lead to "painful" job losses. Oct 10, 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 EADS Co-CEO Says No Need For German Stake - Report. The German co-head of European aerospace firm EADS has spoken out against the German government taking a stake in the company and downplayed the panic that has followed warnings of job losses. Oct 15, 2006 Airbus, EADS German Government Considers EADS Stake. The German government said on Friday it would consider offers from regional states to play a role in helping EADS, parent firm of troubled planemaker Airbus, recover from a crisis caused by superjumbo delays. Oct 13, 2006 Airbus, EADS Franco-German governments have signaled that job cuts and facility closures will be scrutinized carefully. France owns a 15% stake in Airbus parent EADS, while German company DaimlerChrysler controls 22.5%. Oct 12, 2006 Airbus, EADS Germany's Bild Zeitung reported yesterday that Airbus and EADS plans to sell five German plants employing more than 6,500 workers, but the manufacturer insisted no decisions have been made regarding its restructuring. Its biggest German facility is in Hamburg Hamburg, city, Germany Hamburg (häm`b  rkh), officially Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg), city (1994 pop. , where more than 10,000 employees are based. EADS co-CEO 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 , the new Airbus 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. , has admitted that delays to the A380 program can be traced to production problems in Hamburg. German officials have warned that cuts must be distributed equally between France and Germany. Oct 12, 2006 Airbus, EADS Further complicating com·pli·cate tr. & intr.v. com·pli·cat·ed, com·pli·cat·ing, com·pli·cates 1. To make or become complex or perplexing. 2. To twist or become twisted together. adj. 1. the Airbus/EADS equation are reports that Spain and Russia, each of which owns about 5% of EADS, are considering increasing their holdings. Spanish officials reportedly are concerned about 3,000 Airbus jobs based at three factories there and believe a larger stake in EADS could protect those jobs. Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week while visiting Germany that he favors a greater role for his country in both EADS and Airbus. Oct 12, 2006 Airbus, EADS EADS co-Chairmen Manfred Bischoff and Arnaud Lagardere told France's Les Echos that they favor the Power8 plan but weren't willing to give former Airbus CEO Christian Streiff Christian Streiff was the CEO of the aircraft manufacturer Airbus S.A.S., he was nominated to this position on 2nd July 2006. He was replaced by Louis Gallois on 9th October 2006. On October 9th, 2006, Mr. the autonomy he wanted to implement the program. They noted that the EADS board believes the current Airbus crisis is a result of too little oversight. Oct 12, 2006 Airbus, EADS EADS To Dominate French-German Summit. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Jacques Chirac are expected at a summit on Thursday to try and soothe soothe v. soothed, sooth·ing, soothes v.tr. 1. To calm or placate. 2. To ease or relieve (pain, for example). v.intr. To bring comfort, composure, or relief. tensions triggered by fresh management turmoil and production delays at EADS's Airbus unit. Oct 12, 2006 Airbus, EADS Spain Could Raise EADS Stake To Protect Jobs. EADS minority partner Spain said it wants to raise its stake in the company to safeguard jobs as the firm prepares to push through a "painful" restructuring at its planemaking unit Airbus. Oct 11, 2006 Airbus, EADS Putin Favors Boosting Russian EADS Stake. President Vladimir Putin told a German newspaper that he was in favor of Russia boosting its stake in Airbus parent EADS but said it would not do so at any cost, adding that the firm had structural deficiencies. Oct 10, 2006 Airbus, Lufthansa Lufthansa Confirms 35 Plane Airbus Order. Lufthansa has signed a contract for 35 new aircraft from Airbus, confirming a September announcement, the pan-European plane maker said on Friday. Oct 13, 2006 CFM (Cubic Feet per Minute) The measurement of air flow. Cooling fans are rated in CFM. International CFM International signed a deal with Willis Lease Finance Corp. of California for the purchase of up to 45 CFM56-7B and CFM56-5B spare engines plus 30 options. Deliveries will begin next year and run through 2011. The order is worth about $540 million if all options are exercised, CFMI said. Oct 12, 2006 Helios Airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. Helios Air Disputes Greek Crash Report. Cypriot airline Helios Airways on Wednesday challenged a Greek investigator's report blaming the carrier for safety lapses in the country's worst air disaster in which 121 people died last year. Oct 11, 2006 Helios Airways Human Error Caused Cypriot Air Crash. A series of human errors on the ground and in the air caused Cyprus's worst airline disaster, when a passenger jet crashed near Athens last year killing all 121 people on board, a Greek inquiry report said on Tuesday. Oct 10, 2006 Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce Friday suspended work for a year on the Trent 900 engine that is slated to power more than 65 A380s on firm order by seven airlines. Meanwhile, the first monetary penalty resulting from the latest delay to the A380 program was revealed. The engine-maker said no immediate layoffs are planned. It said it will continue talks with Airbus to determine the full impact of the additional year's delay to the A380 program announced last week. Oct 9, 2006 SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. Scandinavian SAS Scandinavian Airlines contracted Dublin-based Liberator.aero to supply its LFI LFI Local File Inclusion LFI Link Fragmentation and Interleaving (Cisco) LFI Landesforstinventar (National Forest Inventory, Switzerland) LFI Lethal Force Institute LFI Last File Indicator System, which is aimed at reducing emissions and generating fuel burn reductions of 2% on flights longer than 3 hr. Oct 11, 2006 Swiss International, 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. Swiss International Air Lines Swiss International Air Lines (short: Swiss) is the principal airline of Switzerland operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Its main hub is Zurich Kloten Airport (ZRH). will lease two A340-300s from Austrian Airlines. Including a previously announced lease of two A330-200s from Lufthansa, Swiss will increase its long-haul fleet to 11 A330-200s and 11 A340-300s in the next several months. Oct 13, 2006 Virgin Atlantic Turning engines off will ease global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. . Virgin Atlantic Chairman Richard Branson Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950 in Shamley Green, Surrey, England), is a British entrepreneur, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 has proposed that aircraft engines stay off until the planes are ready for takeoff to reduce pollution, The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times editorial board writes. The board says other airlines should support the idea, which would save fuel and improve air quality for nearby residents. It also notes the U.S. government should regulate emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases greenhouse gas n. Any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. greenhouse gas . 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