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10th December, 2004
A350 receives 'Authorisation To Offer' (ATO)
Airbus has received approval from its shareholders, EADS and BAE Systems to begin making firm commercial offers to launch customers for two new members of its wide-body Family. The new sisterships to the A330s, called “A350” models, respond to the market demand foreseen by Airbus customers, many of whom have expressed their interest in these new models and contributed to their definition.
Due to enter service in the first half of 2010, the A350 models will complement the existing Airbus A330 and A340 product line ...
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9th December, 2004
Airbus A318 performs first flight with new PW6000A engines
The A318, the latest member of Airbus’ best-selling A320 Family, flew for the first time today with new PW6000A engines (PW6124A) from Pratt & Whitney. Certification of this aircraft engine combination should take place towards the end of 2005 after some 500 flight hours.
The A318 took off from the Finkenwerder airfield at Airbus’ Hamburg plant in Germany at 10h16 hours local time (09h16 UTC), and returned at 13h08 hours local time (12h08 UTC) after a successful mission.
The flight, lasting two hours and 52 minutes, was captained by Philippe Pellerin, Experimental Test Pilot with Bernd Schäfer, Chief Pilot in Hamburg as first officer, Manfred Birnfeld and Hermann Schmoeckel as Flight Test Engineers /Test Conductors and Jean-Paul Lambertas Test Flight Engineer ...
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8th December, 2004
Vietnam Airlines has signed a contract for an additional ten A321 aircraft, bringing total orders for Airbus aircraft to fifteen
Vietnam Airlines has signed a contract for an additional ten A321 aircraft, bringing total orders for Airbus aircraft to fifteen. The airline placed its initial order with Airbus for five A321 aircraft in October 2002, having been an operator of A320 Family aircraft on lease since late 1993 ...
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6th December, 2004
Airbus engineering boss honoured for lifetime achievement
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6th December, 2004
China Aviation Supplies Import & Export Group Corporation (CASGC) has announced its decision to acquire 23 Airbus A320 Family aircraft
China Aviation Supplies Import & Export Group Corporation (CASGC) has announced its decision to acquire 23 Airbus A320 Family aircraft. The announcement was made in Beijing at a ceremony in the Great Hall of the People attended by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.
“CASGC has enjoyed an excellent cooperative relationship with Airbus for many years ...
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3rd December, 2004
ALENIA Aeronautica and Airbus signed a industrial cooperation agreement for the A380 freighter
Airbus is further increasing its industrial cooperation with Italy’s Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, for the A380, the largest aircraft in the airline commercial aviation history. Alenia Aeronautica will start new activities for the aircraft’s cargo version (A380 Freighter), in addition to the production of the double-deck central fuselage for which Alenia is already responsible for the passenger version ...
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29th November, 2004
Airbus A320 family to benefit from lower maintenance costs
Airbus A320 Family is to benefit from lower maintenance costs following an increase in the intervals between scheduled maintenance tasks, which has just been approved by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Transport Canada.
All airliners undergo maintenance at regular intervals - from simple daily checks of items such as engine oil-level, up to heavy maintenance checks in which much of the aircraft structure is disassembled and visually checked ...
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24th November, 2004
Eva Air orders additional A330
EVA Air of Taiwan has signed a firm contract for an additional A330-200, adding to its existing commitment for ten A330-200s - eight leased from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and two purchased directly from Airbus ...
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16th November, 2004
Mexicana de Aviacion, first to operate the A318 in Latin America
Mexico City based airline Mexicana has taken delivery of the first of 10 A318s, becoming the first operator of the type in Latin America.
These aircraft will be operated under a lease agreement with GECAS ...
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4th November, 2004
Air Berlin and Niki Luftfahrt to acquire up to 110 Airbus A320 aircraft
German low-cost airline Air Berlin and its Austrian partner Niki Luftfahrt GmbH have decided to acquire up to 110 Airbus A320 aircraft in a combined acquisition. The initial agreements, signed during a ceremony in Hamburg, Germany, in the presence of Joachim Hunold, Managing Partner of Air Berlin, Niki Lauda, President of Niki and Gustav Humbert, Airbus Chief Operating Officer, will cover firm orders for 70 aircraft, of which 60 will join the fleet of Air Berlin, while 10 are for Vienna, Austria, based Niki ...
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