Aircraft News - Europe.Jan 22, 2007 Airbus Airbus could soon be without a single order for the freighter version of its A380 superjumbo, a market the planemaker only recently said held demand for 400 planes. French newspaper Les Echos reported on Friday that United Parcel Service United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS), commonly referred to as UPS, is the world's largest package delivery company, delivering more than 15 million packages[1] a day to 6.1 million customers in over 200 countries and territories around the world. , is expected to cancel the only remaining order -- for 10 of the planes -- next week. It did not identify its sources for the story. Tom Williams, executive vice-president for Airbus programs, said on Thursday that whatever happened the planemaker would not entirely end its development work on a freighter version of the A380. Jan 19, 2007 Airbus This July, Airbus plans to deliver the last of its only freighter model, the 35-year-old A300/A310, while the company has announced plans build a freight version of the A330-200. Jan 19, 2007 Airbus Airbus's long-term market forecast issued just two months ago called for demand for more than 400 very large freighters by 2025. If the Airbus A380 freighter is shelved, its hopes will be pinned in the interim on the smaller A330-200F twin-engined freighter due in the second half of 2009. Jan 19, 2007 Airbus Calling the problems associated with A380 production "a major shock for Airbus and a major disappointment to all our stakeholders," 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 co-CEO and 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 yesterday said the manufacturer "most probably" will report negative EBIT EBIT See: Earnings Before Interest and Taxes EBIT See earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT). for 2006 and will trail Boeing in aircraft orders for the first time since 2000. Jan 18, 2007 Airbus Airbus's Louis Gallois played down a magazine interview in which he had pointed to acquisitions and disposals at EADS, which may have to tap shareholders for cash in 2007 as it restructures Airbus. French magazine Le Point quoted Gallois as saying EADS could sell off units to raise cash for possible acquisitions. Perben said that financial difficulties at Airbus did nothing to change France's support for Airbus and would not affect discussions over how Airbus's next project, the A350 needed to match Boeing's 787, would be funded. Jan 18, 2007 Airbus Airbus is anxious to turn the corner after warning financial markets it would make a loss in 2006, leaving parent group EADS near breakeven, Airbus flew three European ministers as well as Malaysia's Chan over the Pyrenees on a demonstration flight. Painted all in white, the A380 test aircraft took to the skies with French Transport Minister Dominique Perben riding in the cockpit after touring the stripped-down test cabin with his counterparts from Britain and Spain. Jan 18, 2007 Airbus Airbus surrendered a five year lead over Boeing in market share last year, as carriers shunned Airbus's wide-bodied models while it wavered over the design of its A350 model and endured repeated delays and profit shocks on the mammoth A380. Wiring installation problems have delayed deliveries of the double-decker plane by an average of two years, with the first delivery to Singapore Airlines due in late 2007. Jan 18, 2007 Airbus Airbus says orders lag Boeing in 2006, expects 2006 loss. Airbus booked fewer orders for commercial jets in 2006 than its rival Boeing for the first time since 2000. Airbus said it landed 824 orders in 2006, compared with 1,050 for Boeing. Airbus also said it will post a loss in 2006 related to its A380 program. Jan 17, 2007 Airbus Airbus Faces 2006 Loss Despite Record Deliveries. European aerospace group EADS on Wednesday issued its third profit warning in less than a year due to production problems at Airbus, which now expects to post a 2006 loss despite record aircraft deliveries. Jan 17, 2007 Airbus Airbus Names A350 Project Head. Airbus has hired one of Europe's top arms executives to head its 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. 10 billion (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. $13 billion) project to build the Airbus A350. Jan 10, 2007 Airbus Declining wide-body orders will hurt Airbus profits in 2010. Declining orders for wide-body jetliners will start to hurt earnings at Airbus in 2010. The drop in revenue and profitability could give Boeing a competitive edge. Jan 9, 2007 Airbus EADS Germany Says EADS Stake Solution Reached. The German government has found a group of investors that will take a 7.5 percent stake in aerospace group EADS currently held by automaker DaimlerChrysler, government spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said on Wednesday. Jan 10, 2007 Bmi regional, Embraer Bmi regional is taking delivery of a further four Embraer E-145s in the coming months, raising its fleet to 20 aircraft. The additional capacity will support three new routes: Edinburgh-Zurich, Aberdeen-Kristiansand and Leeds Bradford-Copenhagen. The bmi subsidiary also will increase frequencies on existing services for the summer schedule, including additional flights from EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. to MAN and LBA (Logical Block Addressing) A method used to address hard disks by a single sector number rather than by cylinder, head and sector (CHS). LBA was introduced to support ATA/IDE drives as they reached 504MB, and Enhanced BIOSs in the PC translated CHS addressing into LBA . Jan 11, 2007 British Airways British Airways To Order New Aircraft In 2007. British Airways hopes to place new aircraft orders this year, a spokeswoman said after a newspaper reported the carrier would spend GBP GBP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. 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. 15 billion pounds (USD$29.6 billion) over 15 years on up to 135 long-haul planes. Jan 18, 2007 Brussels Airlines, AerCap, Air Madrid Brussels Airlines signed a letter of intent with AerCap to add a fourth A330-300 to its long-haul fleet. The aircraft belonged to Air Madrid, which suspended operations last month. Brussels' network "will not necessarily include new African destinations but possibly some destinations on the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. continent," VP-Communications Geert Sciot said. It is expected that the carrier will operate Brussels-Toronto flights, which it currently offers in codeshare with Etihad Airways. Born from the merger of SN Brussels Airlines SN Brussels Airlines (SNBA) was a former national airline of Belgium, which mainly operated from Brussels Airport. SNBA was the trading name of the Belgian airline Delta Air Transport. SNBA was a full-service airline, connecting Brussels with the rest of Europe. and Virgin Express, Brussels Airlines officially will launch March 25. It is seeking to increase utilization of its European fleet by 10% during the summer schedule compared to the prior-year period. Jan 11, 2007 CAE (1) (Computer-Aided Engineering) Software that analyzes designs which have been created in the computer or that have been created elsewhere and entered into the computer. , boeing, Flight Simulation CAE wins orders for four full-flight simulators for two A320 and two 737NG Level D full-flight simulators valued at C$52 million ($44.2 million) from Flight Simulation Co. of the Netherlands. Delivery is scheduled for the second half of this year. Jan 12, 2007 DaimlerChrysler, Airbus DaimlerChrysler will sell a 7.5% stake in Airbus parent EADS to a consortium that reportedly includes Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, KfW and Goldman Sachs. A company spokesperson told German media this week that an agreement had been reached and "final details" were being settled. DaimlerChrysler will hold a 15% stake in EADS after the sale, which is expected to net nearly $2 billion. Jan 12, 2007 Guggenheim Aviation, Airbus Guggenheim Aviation Partners yesterday became the third customer for the Airbus A330-200F, finalizing an October letter of intent for six on behalf of one of its investment funds. Deliveries are expected to begin in early 2010. "Guggenheim Aviation Partners is making a significant investment in the acquisition of medium-range and long-haul freighters as we believe this is a market that is currently underserved and is expected to benefit from near-term industry growth," MD Paul Newrick said. Jan 19, 2007 KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) Engineering, TNT Airways, Boeing KLM Engineering & Maintenance was selected by TNT Airways to work on its two 747-400ER freighters. The contract covers engineering, maintenance control and component services as well as worldwide line and airframe maintenance including A and C checks. Jan 9, 2007 Martinair Holland, KLM Engineering, Boeing Martinair signed a three-year Total Care Support contract with KLM Engineering & Maintenance covering four 747-400BCFs. Jan 11, 2007 NATS NATS National Air Traffic Services NATS National Association of Teachers of Singing NATS Naval Air Transport Service NATS National Aerospace Technology Strategy NATS Nissan Anti-Theft System NATS Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science , Romatsa UK NATS won a contract from Romatsa, the Romanian air navigation service provider An Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) is the organisation that separates aircraft both on the ground and in flight in a dedicated block of airspace on behalf of a state or a number of states. , to train air traffic controllers. Romania is predicting strong growth in air travel now that it is a member of the EU. Jan 8, 2007 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. , CAE, Airbus, Boeing, Air Caraibes SR Technics opened a line maintenance station at Paris Orly with CAE received an order for Air Caraibes as the first customer. SRT (1) (Source Routing Transparent) An IEEE-standard that provides bridging between Ethernet and Token Ring networks. Ethernet LANs use transparent bridging, and Token Ring LANs use source route bridging (SRB). said "easyJet and further customers are expected to follow soon." The station will offer services for A320s, A330s, A340s, 737s and a variety of engines. Jan 12, 2007 SR Technics, Empire Aero Center SR Technics announced Friday that it will not convert its option to acquire 60% of Empire Aero Center of 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 , which it has held since signing an MOU (Minutes Of Usage) A metric used to compute billing and/or statistics for telephone calls or other network use. last April. "Though SR Technics continues to be interested in the North American market, for the present it intends to focus its investment interests on the high-growth markets in the Middle East and Asia," the company said. The move could signal a new direction for SRT since it was acquired last September by a consortium of UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. investors Jan 15, 2007 TAP Maintenance Biggest challenge, according to Almeida, who spent several years with TAP Maintenance & Engineering, is changing the internal mindset mind·set or mind-set n. 1. A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations. 2. An inclination or a habit. at VEM VEM Versatile Exercise Mine (US Navy) VEM Volume Electronic Mail (Canada Post Corporation) VEM Virtual Electron Microscope VEM Value Engineering Manager VEM Value Estimation Model to make it a more customer-focused organization. "Basically, the cultural change we need to make here is to part from a culture that was very linked with the operator [Varig] to the culture of an 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. dedicated to the third-party activity where the customer is the first reason of our existence," he explained. He added, "We are forced to succeed. We don't have too much choice." Jan 17, 2007 01/22/2007 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Jan 8, 2007 |
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