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First BelugaXL transporter rolls off assembly line

This next-generation super transporter is one of the largest aircraft in existence The first structurally complete airframe for the new BelugaXL rolled out from its assembly hangar in Toulouse, France this month. Once operational, a fleet of these next-generation airlifters will be used to transport completed sections of Airbus aircraft among the company’s European production sites and to...

Safran Helicopter Engines appoints Olivier Le Merrer executive vice-president, support and services

Safran Helicopter Engines has appointed Olivier Le Merrer as Executive Vice-President, Support and & Services. Olivier succeeds Franck Saudo who has been appointed CEO of Safran Transmissions Systems. Olivier Le Merrer (57) joined Safran Aircraft Engines in 1982, fulfilling various roles in Engineering, Program Management, Manufacturing Operations, and Business Unit Management. In...

CALC orders 50 A320neo aircraft

Great endorsement for the world’s favourite A320 Family aircraft CALC (China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited), a full value-chain aircraft solutions provider for global airlines, has signed a firm order for 50 A320neo Family aircraft. This latest incremental order brings CALC’s total order book to date to around 200 Airbus single-aisle aircraft. Mr. Mike Poon, Chief Execu...

Airbus, Indigo Partners finalize orders for 430 A320neo Family aircraft

Airbus’ largest single order announcement becomes firm Deal valued at nearly $50 billion, at list prices Airbus announced that it had finalized agreements with Indigo Partners and its four portfolio airlines for the purchase of 430 additional A320neo Family aircraft for ultra-low-cost airlines Frontier Airlines (United States), JetSMART (Chile), Volaris (Mexico) and Wizz Air (Hunga...

Airbus ships high-power electric SES-14 satellite to Kourou

Electric propulsion enables large and complex payload for SES Double mission includes wide-beam payload, as well as High Throughput Satellite (HTS) payload with a Digital Transparent Processor NASA science mission GOLD to fly as a hosted payload SES-14 is being installed in a travel container Toulouse, 22/12/2017 – SES-14, the first ever all-electric satellite in the...

Viva Air finalizes order for 50 A320 Family aircraft

Viva Air group modernizes fleet, accelerates network growth with Airbus’ leading single-aisle family Following an MOU signed at Le Bourget Paris Airshow in June, Viva Air, the Latin America low cost carrier group owned by Irelandia Aviation, has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus for 50 A320 Family aircraft. The 35 A320neo and 15 A320ceo will be operated by the group’s airlines...

A400M refuels six F-18 fighters in one flight

An Airbus A400M has successfully refuelled six Spanish Air Force F-18 fighters in a single mission as part of an air-to-air refuelling (AAR) human factors certification flight. The 13 December mission featured a complex series of AAR scenarios such as changes of area, receivers with unknown priorities, and unexpected increases in numbers of receivers. Through multiple contacts the six aircraft sim...

Pegasus Airlines orders 25 A321neo ACF

Leading LCC in Turkey now with a total of 100 Airbus A320 Family aircraft on order Pegasus Airlines, the leading Low-Cost-Carrier (LCC) in Turkey, has placed an order for 25 A321neo ACF (Airbus Cabin Flex configuration). This comes on top of 18 A321neo and 57 A320neos already on order bringing Pegasus Airlines total firm order to 100 Airbus A320 Family aircraft. Pegasus’ selectio...

First Tiger HAD retrofit delivered to the French Army Aviation

Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first Tiger retrofitted into the HAD version to the French Army Aviation, after having previously completed its formal acceptance process with the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA). This retrofit from the HAP to the HAD version involves performing over 100 airframe modifications and installing over 1500 new parts and 250 electrical cables. Compared...

Daher congratulates two Polish TBM 930 owners for their round-the-world trip with the very fast turboprop aircraft

Daher acknowledged the achievement of two Polish TBM 930 owners who circled the globe in their very fast turboprop aircraft during a four-week trip. Tomek Dudziak and Arjan Bakker flew most of their around-the-world expedition on flight segments south of the Equator, and many of their 26 stopovers in 25 countries were at UNESCO World Heritage Sites. These co-owners received their...

Delta Air Lines places order for 100 A321neo ACF aircraft

Underscores airline’s confidence in Airbus single-aisle family Delta Air Lines placed an order with Airbus for 100 of the manufacturer’s modern A321neo ACF (Airbus Cabin Flex configuration) aircraft. The U.S.-based carrier selected the largest member of Airbus’ single-aisle Family to meet Delta’s future requirements for aircraft with greater efficiency and additional cap...

Airbus Board of Directors Announces Top Management Succession Plan

CEO Tom Enders seeks no further mandate beyond April 2019 · COO and President Commercial Aircraft Fabrice Brégier to step down in February 2018 · Guillaume Faury, currently CEO Airbus Helicopters, to succeed Fabrice Brégier as President Airbus Commercial Aircraft The...

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