Aircraft News - Europe.Mar 19, 2007 Airbus Airbus Workers Down Tools To Fight Job Cuts Airbus workers in France, Germany and Spain gathered for protests against 10,000 planned jobs cuts and the sale of six plants on Friday after delays to its A380 superjumbo sparked hefty losses. Mar 16, 2007 Airbus Airbus A380 Set For US Debut - Airbus will fly its A380 superjumbo to the United States for the first time on Monday, hoping the world's largest passenger jet will catch on with American travelers and US airlines. Mar 15, 2007 Airbus Airbus has received authorization to boost A330/A340 production from eight aircraft per month to nine and is contemplating a further increase to 10 owing to the strong sales performance of the A330, COO-Customers John Leahy said yesterday. Speaking to the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading's 24th annual conference in Phoenix, Leahy said the bump to nine will occur in 2009. Should the company decide to raise it to 10, this could occur at the end of that year, he said. While acknowledging that the A330 and A340 share a joint production line, he was candid that A330 sales are driving the increase. Mar 13, 2007 Airbus John Leahy said Airbus remains in discussions with GE about providing an engine for the A350 XWB. Although the GEnx was the first engine chosen for the original A350, GE's agreement with Airbus effectively lapsed when the latter scrapped the original program in favor of the XWB last summer. "It's no secret that we would like a second engine," Leahy said, adding that this is owing to customer interest in having more than one supplier on the airframe. In terms of the program, "we don't really need one." The company "is not in a particular rush" to sign GE because the A350 is still six years from service entry. He reiterated his view that Boeing's long head start with the 787 will not cripple the A350's success. "I can give up the first 500-600 orders out of a market for 5,600," he explained. Mar 13, 2007 Airbus, Aeroflot Aeroflot overhaul to feature 22 A350s, new cargo subsidiary Airbus appeared to be on the verge of winning a significant order yesterday as reports from Moscow indicated that Aeroflot is close to announcing a major buy. Mar 16, 2007 Airbus, BCI Aircraft Leasing BCI Aircraft Leasing said it acquired two A321-100s from Airbus that are on long-term lease to Alitalia, bringing to five the number of -100s the Chicago-based lessor has placed with Alitalia. Mar 15, 2007 Airbus, Boeing China hopes to build large jet by 2020 China hopes to start building large commercial jetliners by 2020, a Chinese aviation official said. Observers say the plan is realistic and note that China's agreement to open a final assembly line with Airbus will help its commercial plane program. Mar 12, 2007 Airbus, Boeing, Aeroflot Aeroflot Picks Airbus A350s For Long-Haul Russian airline Aeroflot will sign a contract within the next few weeks to buy 22 of Airbus's proposed new long-distance A350 planes instead of Boeing 787s, its chief executive Valery Okulov said on Thursday. Mar 15, 2007 Airbus, Emirates A380 operating costs higher than planned, Emirates executive says Operating a fleet of A380 superjumbo jets will cost Emirates more than it originally planned, President Tim Clark says. The airline has ordered 45 planes. "There are still an extra six tons of weight we can't get out of the A380. That will cost us extra money in operation for the next 10 or 15 years," Clark says. Mar 15, 2007 Airbus, Etihad Airways Etihad Airways Rules Out Cancelling A380. Etihad Airways said on Thursday it ruled out cancelling its order for four of Airbus's delayed A380s and may also consider buying the European maker's planned twin-engine A350 as the Gulf Arab carrier expands. Mar 22, 2007 Airbus, Lufthansa, Qantas Airbus, in conjunction with Lufthansa and Qantas, will fly development A380s to New York JFK and Los Angeles International next week to demonstrate the aircraft to US media and to test JFK and LAX facilities. Development A380 MSN7, to be operated with assistance from LH , will fly on to Chicago O'Hare after stopping at JFK. An A380 will fly to Washington Dulles on March 25. Mar 15, 2007 BAE Systems Herti UAV air traffic integration test-flights to occur in Australia BAE Systems is to resume flight testing of its Herti 1B developmental endurance UAV at the Woomera test range in central Australia in April. Mar 16, 2007 BAE Systems BAE Systems Regional Aircraft concluded a long-term lease of an additional BAe 146-200 to Romavia. The Romanian carrier also extended the lease on its first -200. Mar 13, 2007 Boeing, Volga-Dnepr, Continental, ALAFCO Boeing inks deals with Volga-Dnepr, Continental, ALAFCO Boeing enjoyed a $4.6 billion day Monday, announcing orders from Volga-Dnepr Group's AirBridge Cargo for five 747-8 freighters, Continental Airlines for five 787-9s and Kuwaiti lessor ALAFCO for 12 787-8s and six 737-800s. Mar 13, 2007 Estonian Air, Boeing Estonian Air will introduce a sixth aircraft to its fleet, a Boeing 737-500, in June and launch four-times-weekly Tallinn-Vienna service. It also will reintroduce thrice-weekly flights to Hamburg beginning March 26 and announced summer services to Paris Charles de Gaulle (four-times-weekly), Dubrovnik (twice-weekly) and Simferopol (twice-weekly). Mar 14, 2007 Flightline, Boeing A first for Flightline UK charter and maintenance company Flightline has taken delivery of its first UK-registered Boeing McDonnell Douglas MD-83. Certification work was carried out at Nottingham East Midlands airport before it joins the operator's BAe 146s. Mar 13, 2007 KLM Engineering KLM Engineering & Maintenance signed a four-year deal covering C checks on 10 Nippon Cargo Airlines 747-400Fs. Mar 13, 2007 Lufthansa Technik Lufthansa Technik launched a dedicated Web suite allowing aircraft operators to monitor and manage all aspects of their fleets' technical operations via the Internet. Dubbed manage/m, the toolbox of Web-based modules is designed to "give the operator total control over the MRO requirements and operations of his fleet, anytime and everywhere," LHT VP-Customer Services-Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering Alexander Heilmann told AirguideOnline in Frankfurt. Mar 16, 2007 Saab Saab recycles fighters as the Draken's era ends Saab is claiming to be the first aircraft manufacturer to take responsibility for its product from cradle to grave, after the Austrian air force's last J35 Draken fighters were returned to the Swedish company to be "dismantled environmentally". Mar 15, 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 AirGuideFlightTracker is a new, free service that aims to keep travelers informed flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. Mar 12, 2007 |
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