Aircraft News - Europe.Nov 13, 2006 Aeroflot, Boeing Aeroflot has lost its delivery slots for 22 787s because the Russian government and the carrier's board have not signed off on the order and the slot transfer to SU shareholder Russian National Reserve Corp. expired last week. "We will now be looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. other alternatives. We remain in contact with Boeing," Aeroflot Deputy 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. Lev Koshlyakov said. NRC NRC abbr. 1. National Research Council 2. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Noun 1. NRC - an independent federal agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants CEO Anatoly Danilitsky told Bloomberg that Boeing has returned a $40 million down payment and that a 787 order now "will be at higher prices and different time slots. The deal will have to be negotiated practically from scratch." Nov 7, 2006 Aeroflot, Sukhoi Aeroflot's board said last week that production of the Sukhoi Superjet su·per·jet n. A supersonic jet airplane. 100, for which the Russian flag carrier became the launch customer with an order for 30, "is being realized in conformity with the schedule and working plan." The RRJ RRJ Russian Regional Jet (program) RRJ Registration Reject RRJ Railroad Jerk (band) is scheduled to be certified and delivered in 2008. Nov 7, 2006 Air France Industries Air France Industries and KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) Engineering & Maintenance are looking into uniting under one brand, KLM E&M VP-Marketing, Sales & Customer Services Rob Pruim said at 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. Europe in Amsterdam. "We haven't taken any decision," he stressed, "but we have appointed consultants to see what the possibilities are. It's a delicate and difficult decision, because both Air France Industries and KLM Engineering & Maintenance are strong and recognized brands in the MRO market." Nov 7, 2006 Air France Industries Air France Industries and KLM Engineering & Maintenance have started "full integration" of sales and customer support departments. "It's the next step in positioning ourselves as an MRO global leader," AFI AFI American Film Institute AFI Awaiting Further Instructions AFI Armed Forces Insurance AFI A Fire Inside (band) AFI Air Force Instruction AFI Australian Film Institute AFI Agencia Federal de Investigación VP-Marketing & Sales Christian Tallec noted. "Customers will have direct access to the combined portfolio of AFI or KLM E&M through a single point of contact, regardless of which entity carries out the maintenance." Nov 7, 2006 Airbus Airbus A380 could become a bargain for some carriers. Patient airlines may eventually have the chance to purchase the Airbus A380 at bargain prices, industry analysts say. Airbus has pushed back the plane's delivery date three times because of production problems. "Airbus has to go to every customer hat in hand, get down on their knees and say, 'What can I do to make it right?'" says Edmund Greenslet, publisher of Airline Monitor, a trade publication. "One way to make it right is to make it cheaper." Nov 10, 2006 Airbus Airbus A380 Woes Push 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 To Loss. Airbus parent EADS swung to a third-quarter operating loss operating loss The excess of operating expenses over revenue. As with operating income, operating losses exclude revenues and expenses from operations that are not considered a regular part of the business. Also called deficit. Compare operating income. after delays to the A380 superjumbo led to 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. 1 billion euros (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. $1.28 billion) in charges. The loss before interest and taxes and before goodwill impairment and exceptional items was EUR239 million (USD$305.4 million), compared with a year-ago profit of EUR559 million (USD$714.4 million), EADS said on Wednesday. Nov 8, 2006 Airbus Airbus announced a 12-year agreement with Skybus Airlines of Ohio for a Total Support Package covering the 65 A319s that the startup LCC (Leadless Chip Carrier, Leaded Chip Carrier) See leadless chip carrier, CLCC and PLCC. 1. LCC - Language for Conversational Computing. Written at CMU in the 1960's. purchased last month. Airbus said the deal "is the most comprehensive selection ever of Airbus fleet maintenance solutions built on the Air+ by Airbus services." The manufacturer selected MRO network partner Singapore Technologies Aerospace and Messier Bugatti to provide the support. Skybus expects to launch service next spring. Nov 8, 2006 Airbus Airbus boosts budget for A350 to $12 billion. Airbus says it will boost spending on its A350, a long-range, fuel-efficient plane intended to compete with Boeing's 787 Dreamliner. Airbus will increase its budget for the plane by 20% to $12 billion. Nov 6, 2006 Airbus Airbus To Cut Number Of Suppliers. Airbus, hit by costly delays on its A380 superjumbo and trying to reduce costs in the face of a lower dollar, will cut by 80% the number of its suppliers to around 500 from 3,000, a spokesman said on Monday. He was confirming a report on French LCI LCI Livable Centers Initiative LCI Life Cycle Inventory LCI Landing Craft, Infantry LCI La Chaine Info (French cable news channel) LCI Lean Construction Institute LCI Lions Club International television station. Airbus, the civil plane making unit of EADS, said it was not planning to issue a statement on Monday regarding the supplier number cut. Nov 6, 2006 Airbus, Air France Airbus, Air France Held Liable For 1992 Crash. A French court found Airbus and Air France liable on Tuesday for damages over a 1992 plane crash that killed 87 people near the eastern city of Strasbourg but cleared six people of criminal responsibility. The court ordered the companies to pay compensation to the relatives of those killed. The amount of damages, however, had yet to be determined, and Air France has already paid millions of euros in compensation. Nov 7, 2006 Airbus, boeing, Lufthansa Lufthansa will wait until after Airbus firmly commits to the A350 XWB XWB Extra Wide Body (Airbus) before making a decision on buying a 250-seat long-haul aircraft, VP-Americas Jens Bischof told reporters in Washington last week. The carrier will compare the revamped A350 with the 787. "We'll see who has the better product once the A350 redesign is done," he said. Nov 7, 2006 Airbus, EADS Airbus, EADS reports third-quarter loss. Now the sole shareholder in Airbus, EADS felt the full impact of the aircraft manufacturer's troubles as it reported a [euro]195 million ($248.8 million) third-quarter loss, a reversal from a [euro]279 million profit in the year-ago quarter. Nov 9, 2006 Airbus, EADS Airbus[sup.1]s remaining A380 freighter orders must be reconfirmed. Airbus parent EADS said Wednesday it might see more cancellations of the freighter version of its A380 airliner. EADS CFO See Chief Financial Officer. Hans-Peter Ring says the company needs to reconfirm re·con·firm tr.v. re·con·firmed, re·con·firm·ing, re·con·firms To confirm again, especially to establish or support more firmly: reconfirmed the reservations. the 15 remaining orders from UPS and International Lease Finance. FedEx earlier this week canceled its orders for the A380. Nov 9, 2006 Airbus, EADS Airbus, EADS reports large Q3 loss on A380 delays. Airbus parent EADS reported a large third-quarter loss that included $1.28 billion in charges related to delays in production of the A380 superjumbo jet. EADS said its board would decide in the coming weeks whether to proceed with development of the A350 XWB mid-sized aircraft. Nov 8, 2006 Airbus, EADS Airbus, EADS said on Wednesday its board would make a decision on the future of the A350 XWB "in the weeks to come". The Power8 program would be "crucial" for the funding needs of the A350, should it go ahead, Ring said. Depending on the Airbus decision, contract charges would have to be taken in the fourth quarter, he added. The A350 charge would be up to EUR800 million (USD$1.02 billion) in the "worst case". EADS has repeatedly reassured investors in recent months that the Airbus A400M military transporter was on schedule. Ring said the company would share the conclusions of an internal technical assessment of the program in a few weeks. Nov 8, 2006 Airbus, EADS Airbus, EADS is to report 9 month earnings on Wednesday.. Last week, EADS appointed Eurocopter's Fabrice Bregier as chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. at Airbus and EADS finance director Hans-Peter Ring also became finance director at the unit. This completed a senior management overhaul started earlier in October when EADS co-chief executive Louis Gallois took the chief executive seat at Airbus. Gallois has said that Toulouse-based Airbus needed to cut costs to become more competitive in the face of a weaker dollar and eliminate duplication, created out of a four nation consortium with Germany, France, Great Britain and Spain. He has said the cost cuts were urgently needed to allow for the launch of another new plane -- the long-range A350. Nov 6, 2006 Airbus, EADS Airbus A380 superjumbo delays have forced EADS, which has dual headquarters in Munich and Paris, to consider changing the way it manufactures large commercial jets. Berlin fears substantial job cuts in Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday failed to produce a plan to secure new German investors in EADS after meeting the European aerospace firm's chiefs but said Berlin wanted to keep the German-French balance of power within the group. Germany is concerned that a move by founding EADS shareholder DaimlerChrysler to reduce its stake in the Airbus parent could diminish German influence in the company just as it is about to push through substantial cost cuts. EADS on October 13 bought back a 20 percent stake in itself from BAE Systems for EUR2.75 billion (USD$3.5 billion). Nov 6, 2006 Airbus, FedEx Airbus received a further blow on Tuesday when FedEx said it cancelled its order for 10 A380-800F freighter aircraft because of delivery delays, opting instead to buy planes from rival Boeing. EADS finance head Hans Peter Ring meanwhile cast doubt over the A380 freighter version -- UPS has 10 on order, while International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation ILFC International Lunar Finance Commission (TV show: Space: 1999) ) has five The biggest buyer of the world's biggest plane, Emirates, said last month it would send its own audit team to Airbus before entering talks to address the A380's two-year delay. Emirates has 43 of the USD$300 million planes on order. Investors are also keen to hear news on whether Airbus EADS plans to go ahead with the development of the A350 XWB mid-sized aircraft, crucial if Airbus wants to take on Boeing's fast-selling 787 Dreamliner. Nov 8, 2006 ATR ATR Achilles tendon reflex, see Ankle reflex ATR is opening a new office in Sydney to serve customers in Australia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and the South Pacific islands. Since January 2005 it has booked orders for 86 turboprops from Asia/Pacific carriers. Nov 6, 2006 Lufthansa Technik Lufthansa Technik signed a six-year deal with Air Europa covering MRO on landing gear for at least 28 737NGs. Work will be performed in Hamburg while spare shipsets provided by 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) will be installed by the carrier and its Globalia Mantenimiento Aeronautico subsidiary in Palma de Mallorca Palma is the major city and port on the island of Mallorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of the island on the Bay of Palma. . Nov 8, 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 30, 2006 |
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