Company Watch - Airbus.Airbus Airbus successfully completed the passenger evacuation trial on development A380 MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). 7, paving the way for the authorities to certify the aircraft in time for delivery by the end of 2006. During the trial, all of the 873 participants were able to leave the aircraft and reach ground within the 90 seconds prescribed, with half of the 16 doors in operations. The trial was performed under the supervision of the European Aviation and Safety Agency (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 a representation of the American FAA. The air worthiness authorities will now thoroughly review the material available, analyze the passenger flow on the two decks, and the evacuation itself. http://www.airbus.com Apr 2, 2006 Leasing giants call for A350 program overhaul. As Boeing trumpets the early success of its Dreamliner program, the pressure on Airbus to counter its rival's offering continues to grow.ILFC ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation ILFC International Lunar Finance Commission (TV show: Space: 1999) Chairman 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. Steven Udvar-Hazy, whose company ordered 12 A350s in November, surprised an audience at the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading The International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (abbreviated ISTAT) is an industry organization founded to create standards for the purchase of aircraft. It certifies appraisers of aircraft quality and holds a conference annually on the state of the aircraft conference in Orlando yesterday by calling on Airbus to abandon its current A350 design plans, which are based partially on the A330, and build an all-new aircraft with a new fuselage and new wing that can compete with the technologically advanced 787. Mar 30, 2006 US FAA and the European Aviation Safety Agency European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is an agency of the European Union with offices in Cologne, Germany, which has been given specific regulatory and executive tasks in the field of civilian aviation safety. certified Sunday's A380 evacuation trial in Hamburg during which 853 passengers and 20 crew exited the aircraft in 78 sec. with one serious injury, a broken leg. "We have passed a major milestone on the road to certification," Airbus COO and A380 program head Charles Champion said. Mar 30, 2006 Airplane buyer urges Airbus to redesign A350. Airbus should redesign the A350 because the current plane will sell poorly, International Lease Finance Corp. Chief Executive Steven Udvar-Hazy said. Without an overhaul of the A350, Boeing will dominate the midsize wide-body segment of the market, he said. Mar 29, 2006 Airbus's A380 passes evacuation test with 873 off in 90 sec.; one serious injury reported. The A380 successfully completed its passenger evacuation test yesterday, "paving the way [for European aviation authorities] to certify the aircraft in time for delivery by the end of 2006," Airbus said. Mar 27, 2006 NTSB NTSB abbr. National Transportation Safety Board urges inspection of Airbus A300 rudders for disbonding. The US National Transportation Safety Board on Friday urged FAA to order immediate inspections of the inner skin of the composite rudder surfaces of certain A300 series aircraft in order potentially to avert the possibility of "a catastrophic failure A catastrophic failure is a sudden and total failure of some system from which recovery is impossible. The affected system not only experiences destruction beyond any reasonable possibility of repair, but also frequently causes injury, death, or significant damage to other, often of the rudder," NTSB Acting Chairman Mark Rosenker said in a statement. Investigators in the U.S. and Canada are asking Airbus to establish regular inspections of the rudders on its A300 jetliners. Hydraulic fuel recently caused internal damage and weakened the rudder of a FedEx cargo plane cargo plane n → avión m de carga cargo plane n → avion-cargo m cargo plane cargo n → . There are about 400 wide-body A300s operated worldwide. Mar 27, 2006 Air Deccan signed a V2500Select services agreement with International Aero Engines IAE International Aero Engines AG is a Zürich-registered joint venture manufacturing company formed in 1983. Ownership Current shareholders are:
CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics, communications and information technology. Czech Airlines CSA Czech Airlines (in Czech: České aerolinie (abbreviation: ČSA)) is the Czech national airline company, and former national carrier of Czechoslovakia based at Ruzyně International Airport, Prague. took delivery of a new CFM 56-5B4/P-powered A320 yesterday in Toulouse. It will continue to take delivery of its order for six A320s and six A319s (leased and purchased) through September 2008. Mar 31, 2006 Emirates delays order for Airbus jetliners. Emirates has postponed an Airbus order for 20 planes for a few years. The Arab airline wants to give Airbus time to develop a better version of the A340-600. The order is worth $4.2 billion. The A340-600 has lost ground to Boeing's 777-300. Mar 31, 2006 Finnair gave Airbus's A350 program a boost yesterday by signing a contract for nine A350-900s, three A340-300Es and four options, firming a commitment it made in December. The first of the Trent 1700-powered A350s will be delivered in 2012 and seat 314 in a two-class configuration. The long-haul fleet renewal is part of Finnair's Asian growth strategy. Airbus said it now has 182 firm orders and commitments from 14 customers for the A350. Mar 31, 2006 Inter-Safe, a subsidiary of Aero Maintenance Group, announced FAA certification of its A320 and 737 emergency escape slide repair facility in Miami. Mar 28, 2006 |
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