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IndustryUTair Aviation orders 20 Ecureuil helicopters to Eurocopter Vostok
Moscow, Russia - AS-350B3 and AS-355NP models: deliveries between Summer 2011 and Spring of 2013
Russia’s UTair will acquire 20 AS-350/AS-355 light helicopters in a new agreement that extends this leading rotary-wing aircraft operator’s long-term strategic relationship with Eurocopter. The acq... more
IndustryRussia to resume 600 km/h aerodynamic hovercrafts construction
Moscow, Russia - Mass production to start in 2015-2020
Russia will resume the building of aerodynamic craft for both military and civilian purposes, the head of the Central Hydroplanes Engineering Bureau, Sergei Platonov, said on Friday. Sergei Platonov... more
IndustryAlenia NA sponsors a round table on aerospace items
Ottawa , Canada - With Carleton University, McGill University and the Italian embassy in Canada
Alenia North America, an Alenia Aeronautica subsidiary and part of Finmeccanica group, together with Carleton University, McGill University and the Italian embassy in Canada, host a round table about aerospace... more
IndustryBoeing: Air China announced order for B-777 airplanes
Seattle, Usa - For international routes
Boeing and Air China yesterday announced an order for four 777/300ERs (Extended Range), which have a total average list price value of $1.1 billion at current list prices. Air China, the flag carrier... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: contract to Singapore for supply 12 M-346 airplanes
Rome, Italy - Worth approximately EUR 250 million
Alenia Aermacchi (AA)–an Alenia Aeronautica subsidiary and part of the Finmeccanica Group– has signed a contract for attributable value worth approximately EUR 250 million to supply 12 M-346 advanced tra... more
IndustryCaribbean Airlines new ATR customer
Toulouse, France - With the purchase of nine -72/600 airplanes
European Turboprop manufacturer ATR and Trinidad and Tobago’s Caribbean Airlines announced today the signature of an agreement for the purchase of 9 ATR-72/600 aircraft. With this US$ 200 million order, C... more
IndustryRR wins order from Lufthansa and Swiss
Rome, Italy - For a worth $560 m
Rolls-Royce (RR), the global power systems company, has won an order worth $560m, at list prices, for Trent 700 engines to power eight Lufthansa and SWISS Airbus A-330 aircraft. The order includes a TotalCare®... more
IndustryEmbraer-Air France Industries signed contract with Alitalia for EMB-170 planes
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Five-year program will support the fleet of these models of the airline
Embraer and Air France Industries have signed a five-year Flight Hour Pool Program contract with Italy’s leading carrier Alitalia – Compagnia Aerea Italiana to support their fleet of six EMBRAER 170 jet... more
IndustryEADS forms partnership with “Ecole Centrale de Pekin”
Beijing, China - Goals: to pool talents and specialists catering the company’s need in China and to further increase research cooperation
Jean Botti, Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of EADS has forged a partnership with Ecole Centrale de Pekin (ECPk), a Franco-Chinese engineering school modeled after the French “Ecole Centrale” . The agreement was... more
IndustryCathay Pacific Airways finalize contract for six B-777/300ER planes
Seattle, Usa - With an estimated value of USD 1.6 billion
Boeing and Cathay Pacific Airways yesterday announced the Hong Kong-based carrier has exercised existing purchase rights for six additional B-777/300ERs (extended range). The six new airplanes, with... more
IndustryLufthansa Group to order 40 Airbus aircraft
Toulouse, France - Worth $4.3 billion
Lufthansa’s Supervisory Board has approved the acquisition of 40 Airbus aircraft worth approximately US$ 4.3 billion. These aircraft are destined for Lufthansa, plus two to the Group’s subsidiary airlines: SWI... more
IndustryATR opens first training centre in Africa for the -42/300, /500, -72/200 and /500 aircraft
Cape Town, South-Africa - In partnership with Comair
International turboprop manufacturer, ATR, today announced the opening of its first training centre in Africa in partnership with South African airline, Comair. The centre, to be based in Johannesburg,... more
IndustryBoeing: projects steady growth for commercial airplanes market in Africa
Cape Town, South Africa - More than 700 aircraft, worth $80 billion, needed in region over 20 years
Boeing forecasts that air carriers in Africa will experience steady growth over the next 20 years as air travel in Africa continues to grow with the economy. The African economy is projected to grow... more
IndustryEurocopter: +35% on the market in Southern Africa
Cape Town, South Africa - The industry participates at the "AAD" show
Eurocopter, one of the world’s suppliers of civil, law enforcement, emergency response, military and utility helicopters, has experienced a 35 per cent increase in its Southern African business as countries i... more
IndustryCessna Aircraft to cut 700 jobs at HQ plant
Wichita, USA - Wichita manufacturer told employees yesterday: 11% of its work force out
As weakness in new aircraft orders continues, Cessna Aircraft announced layoffs for 700 of its employees in Wichita home-plant. The news came three days after Machinists union members at Cessna voted... more
IndustryCessna Aircraft: first strike since 1976 avoided by default
Wichita, Usa - Resolution Vs contract ratification received 49% votes
A seven-year contract proposal offered by Cessna Aircraft to the International Association of Machinists in Wichita was ratified by default, following a strike vote failing on Saturday: the resolution... more
IndustryFinmeccanica to build new helicopters factory in Russia
Sochi, Russia - A joint-venture plant in Moscow region
Finmeccanica Group and Russian Technologies State Corporation will build a plant in Tomìlino, in Moscow oblast. The news following the global forum for investments in Sochi (Sept. 16-19), on the Black... more
IndustryLM: MEADS completes CDR and is ready for flight test
Orlando, Usa - It's an AMD system developped by Germany, Italy and USA
The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program has completed an extensive series of Critical Design Review (CDR) events with a Summary CDR at MEADS International in Orlando, FL. The program team’s f... more
IndustryEads renews its Group's brand and its divisions
Munich, Germany - A visual modern identity to reinforce its own image
To celebrate ten years of success since its creation, EADS is strengthening its branding; the Group logo has been modernised, and the new branding scheme better integrates and enhances the individual Division... more
IndustryBoeing: Airbus give back illegal funding for A-380 and finance A-350 on commercial terms
Chicago , USA - Response to public reports on WTO's interim decision in DS 353
Boeing released, on Sept. 15th, the following statement, responding to public reports indicating that the WTO panel examining European Union allegations of US government assistance to Boeing has issued... more
IndustryBoeing to increase B-737 airplane production rate
Seattle, Usa - Previously announced increase to 35 per month to be extended to 38 per month in second quarter 2013
Boeing announced yesterday its production rate for the Next-Generation 737 program will increase to 38 airplanes per month in the second quarter of 2013. This decision comes just months after announcing... more
IndustryBoeing projects requirement for more than one million airplane pilots and maintenance personnel over next 20 years
Singapore, Singapore - Changes needed in training methodologies to engage next generation
The commercial aviation industry will require 466,650 pilots of aircraft and 596,500 maintenance personnel over the next 20 years to accommodate the strong demand for new and replacement aircraft, according... more
IndustryTyphoon aircraft: the positive example of today's partnership between European Nations (Video)
Hallbergmoos, Germany - A short film to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
Eurofighter Typhoon commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain with a short film of the Typhoon and it's classic British counterparts, the Spitfire and Hurricane. It represents the concrete... more
IndustryCathay Pacific Airways firms up order for 30 A-350 XWB airplanes
Toulouse, France - Announced last August
Cathay Pacific Airways has firmed up a previously announced commitment for 30 all-new A-350 XWB long range aircraft. The purchase agreement was finalised in Hong Kong today by Tony Tyler, Chief Executive,... more
IndustryEurofighter Typhoon: 6 Squadron in Leuchars replaces the Tornado F-3 plane
Hallbergmoos , Germany - The Squadron landed during the annual air show last week-end
Eurofighter Typhoon celebrated operating at an 11th Air Force base this week-end as 6 Squadron settled into their new home at RAF Leuchars in Fife, Scotland. The Squadron landed during the annual air show... more
IndustryF-35: Ge RR Fighter Engine Team prepares fifth F136 engine
Rome, Italy - In the test program
Building on earlier successes this year, the GE Rolls?Royce Fighter Engine Team will initiate testing on its fifth development engine in 2010, executing a test schedule that positions the F136 program... more
IndustryBoeing assembles first B-747/8 Intercontinental plane forward fuselage
Everett, Usa - Stretched version, additional seats and more cargo volume
Boeing achieved another significant milestone for the first 747/8 Intercontinental Sunday night with the assembly of the airplane's forward fuselage. The 89-foot, 2-inch (27.2 meters) fuselage section,... more
IndustryWill US aviation industry waste Obama-proposed financing?
Arlington, USA - Infrastructure assistance a possible path
Word from a top trade group official is the US aviation and aerospace industries plan on asking Congress for a portion of the $ 50 billion in infrastructure assistance funding, announced by President Barack... more
IndustryAirbus in talks with Beijing about a very large sale of planes
Paris , France - An agreement protocol could be signed during next Chinese president's visit in France
China could buy from Airbus 150 airplanes, among which 120 A-320s for medium range, and 30 A-320 type 20 A-330s and 10 A-350s- for long routes. Announcement of the USD 16 bn deal could be made in November.... more
IndustryIndia-Russia deal on military transport airplanes
New Dehli, India - They agreed for a manufacturing jv
India and Russia agreed to set up a joint venture to manufacture a military transport plane. Under the deal, each party will pay $300.35 million to the JV's charter capital. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd... more
IndustryRe-engining or an all-new airplane? Boeing/Airbus struggle goes on concepts
Rome, Italy - A-320 and B-737 renewals make Hamletic questions
Boeing and Airbus are about to roll the dice on plans to update their single-aisle planes, probably reaching different conclusions and possibly tipping the balance of sales in the narrow-body market. The... more
IndustryATR delivers airplane to Brazil's TRIP
Toulouse, France - It is its 900th aircraft
ATR has delivered yesterday its 900th aircraft, an ATR-72/500, to Brazilian airline TRIP Linhas Aéreas. This 68-seat aircraft brings to 30 the total fleet of ATRs of the airline. This new ATR-72/500... more
IndustryBoeing begins assembly of 1,000th B-767 aircraft
Everett, Usa - Destined to ANA in February 2011
Boeing has begun assembly of the 1,000th B-767 airplane at the factory in Everett, Wash. Mechanics took the first step in major assembly by loading the wing spar into the assembly tool. The spar is the... more
IndustryTatarstan, new plant for Superjet 100 aircraft components
Kazan, Tatarstan - Should produce composite materials structures for Sukhoi's
In the Republic of Tatarstan, will rise a new industrial plant from AeroComposite, Russian company of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) group. Within the first months of 2013 should begin to construct... more
IndustryAfghan feet of G-222 planes reach flight-hour milestone
Washington, Usa - Take delivery of 6th and 7th aircraft
Alenia North America, a subsidiary of Alenia Aeronautica (A Finmeccanica Company), announced today that the Afghan fleet of G-222s has logged over 1,000 flight hours. The G-222 is being used by the Afghanistan... more
IndustrySELEX SI wins a contract in Colombia for ATC systems upgrading
Rome, Italy - The activity will last nine months
SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, was awarded a contract by the Aeronautica Civil de Colombia, for the upgrading of the radar system set in Cerro Maco, near San Jacinto, in the region of... more
IndustryFinmeccanica obtains order to supply Eurofighter airplane protection systems
Rome, Italy - Worth EUR 490 million
Finmeccanica, via its company SELEX Galileo (SG), has been awarded a contract worth GBP 400 million (approximately EUR 490 million) by BAE Systems to supply Praetorian Defensive Aids Sub-Systems (DASS)... more
IndustryLM: C-5 airplane becomes C-5M strategic "Super Galaxy"
Marietta, Usa - The next model will be delivererd at the end of September
Another Lockheed Martin C-5 airplane is being transformed into one of the world’s most capable strategic airlifter, the C-5M Super Galaxy (SG), with more than 70 improvements. The next C-5M SG will b... more
IndustryBoeing projects $700 billion commercial airplanes market in North America
Montreal, Canada - Strong demand seen for new, more fuel efficient single-aisle aircraft
Boeing forecasts that air carriers in North America will take delivery of about 7,200 new airplanes over the next 20 years at an investment of $700 billion. New airplane deliveries in Canada and the... more
IndustryBombardier: 27% fall in profits in the second quarter of 2010
Ottawa, Canada - Canadian manufacturer's other fugures falling, too
Net income for the Bombardier declined to $ 148 million in the second quarter, equivalent to 8 cents per share. The figure is equivalent, in percentage terms, a fall of 27% and is linked - as the Canadian... more
IndustrySuperJet International signs agreement up to USD 300 million
Rome, Italy - For the purchase of 6 aircraft plus 4 options
SuperJet International -a joint-venture between Alenia Aeronautica (a Finmeccanica company) and Sukhoi Holding- and the US leasing company Willis Lease Finance Corporation signed today a Memorandum of... more
IndustryBoeing receives 3 satellite contract from Inmarsat
Rome, Italy - To add to its current mobile satellite services fleet
Boeing announced that it has received a contract from Inmarsat to build three Ka-band satellites to add to Inmarsat's current mobile satellite services fleet. Financial details were not disclosed.... more
IndustryGermany A-350 XWB plane production commences
Stade, Germany - Through the building of the upper wing shell, the largest integrated component ever to be built by Airbus from weight-saving CFRP
Airbus has commenced production of the latest Airbus product, the A-350 XWB aircraft, in Germany. The green light was jointly given at the company’s production plant in Stade by Airbus President and C... more
IndustryGaddafi in Italy the debate on important defense agreement
Rome, Italy - About 20 Italian companies partner Libya, in the front row Finmeccanica
800 guests at the traditional meal that ends Ramadan, offered yesterday by Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi to the Libyan leader Gaddafi. Among them the number one of Finmeccanica, Pierfrancesco Guarguaglini.... more
IndustryRR: Air Lease Corporation orders V2500 engines for 30 A-320 aircraft
Rome, Italy - The Rolls-Royce share is $ 175 m
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a $175m share of an order from new leasing company Air Lease Corporation (ALC) for V2500 engines to power 30 Airbus A-320 aircraft. Deliveries... more
IndustryBoeing: further delays for 787 Dreamliner airplane delivery
Seattle, USA - Training devices under certification by FAA
Boeing Training and Flight Services has started 787 Dreamliner flight certification training after the provisional approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Boeing's Seattle-based... more
IndustrySukhoi Superjet 100 airplane: first appearance in Italy
Turin, Italy - At the Turin-Caselle airport
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 airplane landed in Italy for the first time at Turin-Caselle Airport. The aircraft (prototype SN 950004) took off from the Flight Test Center in Zhukovsky (Moscow) to continue the... more
IndustryAE 3007A2 engine by Rolls-Royce certified
Rome, Italy - By Brazilian and European agencies, after US FAA
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has received type certification from the Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the latest member of the AE... more
IndustryEurofighter Typhoon "Nurtures the minds of tomorrow"
Hallbergmoos, Germany - The consortium supported for the fifth year the IASS
Over the past four years, the Eurofighter Typhoon consortium has supported the International Aerospace Summer School (IASS) and this summer is no exception. For the fifth year of the Summer School, the... more
IndustrySELEX Sistemi Integrati wins a contract for the Panama coasts surveillance
Rome, Italy - To provide a maritime surveillance system
SELEX Sistemi Integrati (SSI), a Finmeccanica company, signed a contract with the Ministerio delle Seguridad Publica of Panama to provide a maritime surveillance system for the Panama coasts. The coastal... more