Das Leasingunternehmen AWAS aus Dublin hat bei Airbus 75 Flugzeuge der A320-Familie fest in Auftrag gegeben. AWAS vergrößert sein Airbus-Portfolio damit auf insgesamt 145 Single Aisle- und Langstreckenflugzeuge. Dies ist der erste Auftrag, den Airbus im neuen Jahr bekannt gibt.
Vietnam Airlines has signed a contract for 10 A350-900 XWBs, as well as for 10 additional A321s. This announcement follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the aircraft on 1st October 2007 in the presence of Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister of Vietnam during his state visit to France.
EADS and Airbus have selected Latécoère in France, GKN in the UK, and MT Aerospace in Germany as preferred bidders for the sites of Méaulte and Saint Nazaire Ville in France, the Filton wing component and sub-assembly manufacturing facility in the UK, and Nordenham, Varel and Augsburg in Germany.
Tiger Airways, Asia-Pacific’s fast growing low-fare carrier, has signed a contract with Airbus for an additional 20 A320s, which will take its fleet up to 70 aircraft. This announcement follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for 50 A320s in June 2007, with the first 30 of these orders confirmed in October.
Qantas and Airbus celebrated another major milestone in the airframe manufacturer’s relatively short but successful existence – the delivery of its 5,000th aircraft, an A330-200, to Qantas at a special ceremony in Toulouse.
Qantas und Airbus feierten gemeinsam einen weiteren wichtigen Meilenstein in der relativ kurzen, aber sehr erfolgreichen Geschichte des Flugzeugherstellers: Mit einer besonderen Zeremonie in Toulouse wurde das 5000. Airbus-Flugzeug, eine A330-200, an die australische Fluggesellschaft übergeben.
The A380 powered by Engine Alliance GP7200 engines received joint European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Type Certification on 14th December 2007.
Airbus, the world’s largest commercial aircraft manufacturer, offers a new two coat aircraft painting process that uses less paint, requires less time to apply and helps to reduce aircraft cleaning.
Finnair has placed a firm order with Airbus for an additional A330-300 long-range aircraft for delivery in spring 2009. This new order brings the total number of Finnair’s Airbus wide-body aircraft to 22, including seven A330-300s, four A340-300s and eleven A350 XWB.
Finnair hat bei Airbus eine weitere A330-300 fest in Auftrag gegeben. Das Langstreckenflugzeug wird im Frühjahr 2009 ausgeliefert. Damit hat die finnische Airline insgesamt 22 Großraumflugzeuge bei Airbus fest bestellt: sieben A330-300, vier A340-300 und elf A350 XWB.
