Aircraft News - Europe.Dec 18, 2006 Airbus, AerCap AerCap orders 20 A330-200s. Dutch aircraft lessor AerCap signed a firm contract with Airbus for 20 A330-200s. AerCap 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. 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 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 TUI AG (Touristik Union International) (ISIN: DE000TUAG000) is a German based company. Until 2001 it was an industrial and transportation company named Preussag AG, which in the mid-1990s decided to reinvent itself as a tourism, shipping, and logistics company. 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 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 See heads-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 EasyJet, Airbus EasyJet will add a fourth A319 at its Edinburgh base and launch new services to Milan Malpensa, Madrid and Palma Palma or Palma de Mallorca (päl`mä thā mälyôr`kä), city (1990 pop. 325,120), capital of Majorca island and of Baleares prov., Spain, on the Bay of Palma. , bringing to 12 the number of destinations served from the Scottish airport. The 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. said the expansion represents a capacity increase of 10%. The Palma route will commence as a weekly service May 5 and become twice-weekly from June 10. Daily services to Madrid and Milan will launch Feb. 25 and May 21 respectively. Dec 17, 2006 Airbus Airbus's problems with the A380 and A350 actually hurt aspects of the US aerospace industry, namely aircraft parts suppliers, even though Boeing appears to be benefiting from its competitor's woes AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture President and CEO John Douglass said. Dec 15, 2006 Airbus Douglass noted that Airbus's problems with the A380 and A350 actually hurt aspects of the US aerospace industry, namely aircraft parts suppliers, even though Boeing appears to be benefiting from its competitor's woes. "There were hundreds of millions [of dollars worth of US industry-produced parts slated] to be delivered to Airbus this year that won't be," he said. Dec 15, 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 Germany Eyes Broader EADS Shareholder Base. The German government is pushing to widen the number of potential shareholders in European aerospace firm EADS, financial sources familiar with the situation said on Sunday. Dec 15, 2006 Airbus, EADS In order to maintain Franco-German shareholder parity at EADS, however, the voting rights Voting rights The right to vote on matters that are put to a vote of security holders. For example the right to vote for directors. voting rights The type of voting and the amount of control held by the owners of a class of stock. in the stake for sale are supposed to stay at DaimlerChrysler. The government source said details were expected to be finalized in January. One source said listed German banks made up the majority of the consortium. Spokesmen for the government, DaimlerChrysler and EADS all declined comment. Dec 15, 2006 Airbus, EADS Investor Group Meets On EADS Stake. The investment consortium poised to take part of DaimlerChrysler's stake in aerospace group EADS is meeting for the first time in Frankfurt on Tuesday, sources familiar with the situation said. A second source confirmed the meeting was taking place. A German government source said on Monday that Berlin had lined up a final group of roughly a dozen German financial investors to buy a 7.5 percent stake in EADS from DaimlerChrysler, which is reducing its stake from 22.5 percent. In order to maintain Franco-German shareholder parity at EADS, however, the voting rights in the stake for sale are supposed to stay at DaimlerChrysler. The government source said details were expected to be finalized in January. One source said listed German banks made up the majority of the consortium. Spokesmen for the government, DaimlerChrysler and EADS all declined comment. Dec 15, 2006 Airbus, EADS French police search EADS headquarters. French police on Tuesday searched the Paris headquarters of EADS in connection with an insider-trading investigation. Company officials confirmed that the search took place but did not provide details. Dec 14, 2006 Boeing, 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 Industries Boeing said that Air France Industries has adopted the Boeing Airplane Health Management system, which will provide real-time maintenance information on AF's 42 777s (plus 13 to be delivered) and 21 747-400s. Dec 14, 2006 Airbus Airbus EADS' Paris office raided. A surprise morning raid by French police into parent EADS' Paris headquarters, part of an escalating insider trading investigation stemming from the A380 program's extensive delays. Dec 13, 2006 Airbus Airbus was unable to bask in what should have been one of its few good-news days in recent months. French investigators raided the Paris offices of EADS yesterday morning as well as the Paris headquarters of EADS stakeholder Lagardere Group. At issue is former EADS co-CEO Noel Forgeard's sale of [euro]2.5 million ($3.3 million) in stock options just three months prior to EADS' stock sinking 26% on news of the A380's setback. Other EADS executives also are reportedly a focus of the investigation into suspicious share sales. Forgeard, who served as Airbus CEO when the A380 program was launched, told Europe 1 radio in June that the stock sale was "an unfortunate coincidence." He was forced to resign in July. Dec 13, 2006 Airbus Airbus yesterday received 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 for the A380 powered by the Rolls-Royce Trent Rolls Royce Trent is a family of high bypass turbofan engines manufactured by Rolls-Royce. All are developments of the RB211 with thrust ratings of between 53,000 and 95,000 lbf (236 to 423 kN). 900. The certification keeps Airbus on track to deliver the first A380 to 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 . in October 2007, more than 18 months behind the original delivery schedule. The aircraft is the largest ever to be certified for passenger carriage. EADS co-CEO and Airbus 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 did not shy away from Verb 1. shy away from - avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task; "I shy away from this task" avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" the program's difficulties in his remarks yesterday at a Toulouse ceremony. Dec 13, 2006 Airbus Despite Airbus A380 approvals, fuel-tank concerns remain: Aviation officials in the U.S. remained concerned about fuel-tank safety in the new Airbus A380 jet, even as the huge aircraft was winning its airworthiness air·wor·thy adj. air·wor·thi·er, air·wor·thi·est Being in fit condition to fly: an airworthy helicopter; airworthy avionics. certification on Tuesday. At issue is whether new U.S. rules adopted after the 1996 crash of TWA TWA Time-weighted average, see there Flight 800, rules the EU opposes, will be applicable to the new plane. . Dec 13, 2006 Airbus FAA Administrator Marion Blakey, who was present in Toulouse, called the A380 "the first major leap in aircraft capacity in over 35 years" and a "classic case of 21st century engineering." She noted that it was the first time EASA and FAA have certified an aircraft concurrently. "The certificates we present today are a testament to the safety of this airplane. The plane is 300,000 lb. heavier than the next commercial airplane. In its largest configuration, it also carries roughly 200 more passengers than any other aircraft on the market...Frankly, we'd never had to deal with something this big...From a certification standpoint, that was a huge challenge." Certification of the Engine Alliance GP7000-powered A380 variant is expected next year. Dec 13, 2006 Airbus, Engine Alliance Certification of the Engine Alliance GP7000-powered Airbus A380 variant is expected next year. Dec 13, 2006 Volvo Aero Volvo Aero is expanding its Newington, Conn., Aero-Craft facility by 67.5% to 67,000 sq. ft. and almost doubling the number of employees in a $15.3 million project that will see Volvo produce fan cases for the GE90, GEnx, Trent 900 and Trent 1000. Dec 13, 2006 Airbus Airbus A380 certification expected today. Regulators in the U.S. and Europe are expected to certify the Airbus A380 superjumbo jet today. Airbus began the plane's certification process two years before it started building the plane in 2000. Dec 12, 2006 Airbus Airbus A380 Gets Type Certification. The world's largest airliner, the Airbus A380 superjumbo, on Tuesday was declared safe to fly commercial services, capping six years of development. Dec 12, 2006 Austrian Airlines, Airbus, Boeing Austrian Airlines plans a simplified medium-haul fleet. Currently it operates 10 Boeing 737NGs and 20 Airbus A320 family aircraft. "The plan [for a simple medium-haul fleet] will strongly depend on our talks with aircraft manufacturers and leasing companies," Oetsch said. He emphasized that the airline's focus is on improving passenger service. As an example, he noted that it will remove one seat row on each of its Fokker F100s to "add 15 cm. more legroom leg·room n. Room in which to stretch the legs while seated. legroom Noun space to move one's legs comfortably, as in a car legroom n → for our business class passengers." Dec 12, 2006 Austrian Airlines, Boeing Austrian Airlines seeks to revitalize unprofitable long-haul services. Austrian Airlines Group CEO Alfred Oetsch confirmed during the Star Alliance meeting last week in Istanbul that none of the carrier's long-haul routes are profitable The carrier has simplified its fleet and plans to operate only Boeing 777-200s and 767-300ERs on long-haul routes. It is taking delivery this month of its fourth 777-200. Along with its six 767-300ERs. Dec 12, 2006 Austrian Airlines, Swiss International, Airbus Austrian Airlines's new lie-flat seats in business class and an increase in frequencies on North Atlantic routes also should help revitalize long-haul service, he said. AAG AAG Association of American Geographers (Washington, DC) AAG Assistant Attorney General AAG Asociación Argentina de Golf AAG Anti-Aircraft Gun AAG Assistant Adjutant General AAG Australian Association of Gerontology , which leases out two Airbus A340-300s to 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). , plans to sell four A330-200s in the near future, he added, noting that the carrier has "requests from 36 interested buyers" for the aircraft. Dec 12, 2006 EgyptAir, Messier Services, Airbus Messier Services UK was selected by EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering to provide main landing gear 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. for two A321s and MRO for the whole shipsets of another two A321s. The deal commences immediately and includes the loan of a shipset for the duration of the agreement, which runs through June. Dec 12, 2006 OAO OAO Orbiting Astronomical Observatory OAO Over and Out OAO One And Only OAO Ontario Association of Orthodontists OAO Owned and Operated OAO Ontario Association of Optometrists OAO Opticians Association of Ohio OAO Orthogonalized Atomic Orbital Unified Aircraft, Airbus OAO Unified Aircraft Corp. CEO Alexei Fyodorov met with senior Airbus officials in Toulouse Friday to discuss potential Russian involvement in A350 XWB XWB Extra Wide Body (Airbus) production, Bloomberg News reported. Russia has been seeking a greater role in Airbus work since a state-owned bank purchased a 5% stake in parent EADS earlier this year. It is unclear what kind of work Airbus officials discussed with the head of the Russian aerospace company. Airbus has said it plans to outsource 50% of A350 XWB production to keep costs down. Manufacturing plants in Russia likely could be operated less expensively than similar facilities in France and Germany, where the vast majority of Airbus production now takes place. Dec 11, 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 11, 2006 |
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