Aircraft News - Europe.Mar 12, 2007 Airbus Airbus Woes Cut 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 Profit Losses at planemaker Airbus slashed operating profits at Franco-German parent EADS by 86 percent 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. 399 million 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. $525 million) in 2006, but the fall was cushioned by profits in defence, the group said on Friday. Mar 9, 2007 Airbus Airbus won its first order for the A350 XWB XWB Extra Wide Body (Airbus) , a mid-sized plane intended to compete with the Boeing 787. Finnair said it will convert its nine orders for the previous version of the A350 to the new version and order two more. Mar 9, 2007 Airbus Airbus opened its second North American engineering center in Mobile. The facility is performing interior design and definition work for the A350 XWB. Current employment is 32 and is expected to exceed 80 by year end. Mar 6, 2007 Airbus New plane orders for European jetmaker Airbus fell to a five month low of seven aircraft in February, monthly figures showed on Tuesday. Mar 6, 2007 Airbus Despite delay problems with the new A380 aircraft, the single-aisle family A320 is keeping Airbus competitive, with production increasing 60% in the last two years. In order to keep up production goals and fulfill backlog, the company must resolve possible raw material shortages before they become a problem. Mar 5, 2007 Airbus French Finance Minister Thierry Breton said on Sunday a restructuring plan unveiled by Airbus was vital to its future success. Mar 5, 2007 Airbus The French government, goaded by presidential candidates into responding to massive job cuts at Airbus, said on Monday it was ready to pump cash into the ailing planemaker and shake up a Franco-German power-sharing pact. Mar 5, 2007 Airbus Thousands of Airbus workers went on strike at its French factories on Tuesday, protesting against the European planemaker's restructuring plan that has dominated France's presidential election campaign. Mar 5, 2007 Airbus, EADS Airbus parent EADS reported operating profits were down 86% for 2006 to $525 million. Profits in the EADS defense group helped offset losses related to aircraft production and development problems. The company's net profit for the year fell 94% to $130.2 million. Mar 9, 2007 Boeing, DHL DHL abbr. 1. Doctor of Hebrew Letters 2. Doctor of Hebrew Literature , General Electric Boeing said yesterday it reached agreement with express cargo operator DHL on an order for six 767-300ER freighters valued at $894 million. It chose General Electric CF6-80C2B C2B Consumer to Business (consumers naming their price for various products or services) C2B Command and Control Battlelab C2B Consulting to Business C2B Commerce to Business C2B Customer to Business C2B Client to Business 7Fs valued at more than $120 million to power the aircraft. DHL Express 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. John Mullen said the aircraft will be delivered beginning in 2009 and likely will be dedicated to US routes. A DHL spokesperson said it is undecided which of the company's affiliated contract carriers will operate the freighters. Astar Air Cargo ASTAR Air Cargo is an American cargo airline based in Miami, Florida, USA. It operates regularly secheduled cargo charter services to over 34 US airports and nine international airports, as well as worldwide charter freight services. and ABX Air are its largest US subservice carriers and it is the process of finalizing a deal to acquire a 49% equity interest and a 25% voting interest in Polar Air Cargo Polar Air Cargo is an American cargo airline based in Purchase, New York, USA. It operates scheduled all-cargo services to Asia, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas. Its main base is John F. . Mar 9, 2007 Emirates, Boeing, GECAS GECAS General Electric Commercial Aviation Services Emirates will lease five 777-300ERs from GECAS to bridge the gap created by the A380 delay. Delivery is scheduled for the second half of next year. Emirates operates 23 of the type and has firm commitments for 36, including this week's order Mar 7, 2007 Finnair, Airbus Finnair To Acquire More Airbus Planes Finnair said on Thursday it had signed a deal to acquire seven Airbus wide-bodied aircraft by 2010, aiming to replace its Boeing MD-11 fleet with A340 and A330 plane. Mar 8, 2007 Finnair, Airbus, Rolls-Royce Finnair makes first firm commitment to A350 XWB Finnair yesterday made the first firm commitment for the new A350 XWB powered by the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB, signing a contract for 11 of the type along with a flexible mix of seven A330s and A340-300s. Mar 9, 2007 Lufthansa Systems, SkyExpress, Vladivostock Air, AirBridge Cargo Lufthansa Systems added Russia's SkyExpress, Vladivostock Air and AirBridge Cargo to the list of airlines using its FMS FMS - Flexible Manufacturing System (factory automation). database of worldwide aeronautical aer·o·nau·tic also aer·o·nau·ti·cal adj. Of or relating to aeronautics. aer  o·nau data. 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Rolls-Royce, Sermatech International Sermatech International signed a 10-year, $40 million deal with Rolls-Royce to provide "a range of coating and surface treatment services" to Rolls facilities around the world. Sermatech is headquartered in Pennsylvania. Mar 7, 2007 Silverjet Silverjet will outsource ULD ULD Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein (Germany, Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein) ULD Unit Load Device (shipping) control and pooling services to Unitpool. Mar 5, 2007 03/12/2007 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 Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. Mar 5, 2007 |
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