Transaero before the contract award to Airbus
MOSCOW - The Russian airline Transaero Airlines is negotiating with Airbus on a purchase order for up to six Airbus A350 series aircraft or A380 XWB. This was confirmed by Transaero General Director Olga Pleshakova in an interview with the newspaper “Vedomosti”. “We are now awaiting a concrete offer from Airbus, in which prices and delivery dates specified services,” said Pleshakova. Read more
Singapore Airlines receives Six Airbus A380s
SINGAPORE - Singapore Airlines has its sixth Airbus A380 received. This was announced the airline on Thursday. The plane was after the handover in Toulouse have been transferred to Singapore. Singapore Airlines is the sixth of its A380 fleet, as has been another day of the series aircraft on the route Singapore - London use. The connection among the flight numbers SQ318/SQ321 starts on the 20th September. Read more
Airbus confirms schedule for A350 XWB
JOHANNESBURG - The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has the timetable for its planned long-haul A350 XWB plane. The more than 60 percent from new, ultra-lightweight materials existing twin-jet 2012 will start on its first flight, said the deputy competent for Africa Airbus sales chief, Hadi Akoum, on Monday. A year later begin extradition.
So far 447 machines were ordered, Akoum said in Johannesburg. The Airbus A350 is mainly against Boeing’s 787 “Dream Liner”, whose first delivery was postponed to 2009. The A350 has a diameter of 5.9 metres from the widest fuselage in its class. The cost of the A350 development programme were at the start to around ten billion euros. Read more
Lufthansa sets new Sustainability Report
FRANKFURT. Since today is the new edition of the sustainability report “Balance” Lufthansa. “Balance” provides comprehensive information about the activities, progress and goals of the Lufthansa Group in the fields of ecology, economy, society and social affairs. Wolfgang Mayrhuber, Chairman of Deutsche Lufthansa says: “For all its need for economic success, we at Lufthansa the special responsibility of protecting the environment always aware. Environmental protection, is and will remain a major corporate goal of Lufthansa.”
Concern for aircraft in Europe is increasing
PARIS (AP) - Despite Airbus order flow grows in the French region of the main Toulouse plant concern about the relocation to countries outside Europe. The times when German and French, 70 percent of the work shared was gone, said the President of the French “Airbus” Midi-Pyrenees, Martin Malvy, the “Parisien” (Wednesday).
“The orders are one thing, production is a different and wonders, in which country the manufacturing of parts to be awarded.” This would Airbus fuselage parts that have come from France, the future of U.S. manufacturers Spirit. Hulls parts for Airbus in the future will also build in the Emirates.
Singapore Airlines is the fifth Airbus A380
SINGAPORE - Singapore Airlines has its fifth Airbus A380. With the acquisition of the aircraft in its fleet will more Singapore Airlines flights on the route Singapore - London with the A380. The new machine will be from 16 July the scheduled service. At the start of the Olympic Games is the first time the A380 route to Beijing used to the high passenger demand to satisfy.
The plane is equipped with 471 seats. The airline still expects to deliver 14 additional Airbus A380 and has option rights to purchase another six units of production. The fourth A380 of the company was on 26 April and will be delivered on the Singapore - Tokyo.
Farnborough Airshow opens its doors
FARNBOROUGH (Reuters) - The long crisis in the aviation industry and the great demand for aircraft fuel, the emphases on the international aviation exhibition in the British Farnborough. At the Airshow expected by the organisers of today (Monday) until next Sunday about 140 000 trade visitors. The show near London, apart from the exhibitions at Le Bourget near Paris, Berlin and Singapore to the major industry get-togethers.
According to the Fair Administration show more than 1500 exhibitors from over 35 countries, civil and military aircraft, maintenance equipment, accessories and services. The two rivals Airbus and Boeing are confident of the growing demand for cheaper larger aircraft. They are fighting but both with problems. Boeing had recently re delays in new long haul aircraft to admit 787. Airbus has repeatedly extradition of its large A380 jets moved and faces the challenge of mass production to lift.
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