en http://www.airbus.com/index.php?id=3110 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:20:28 +0200 Team Levar from Brazil’s University of São Paolo – which is a finalist for Airbus’ Fly Your Ideas 2013 student challenge – proposes a luggage loading/unloading system for airplane cargo compartments to reduce the workload of airport baggage handlers with an air cushion solution inspired by air hockey tables





]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 17:20:28 +0200 http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/photogallery/big/800x600_1369408828_Airbus_FYI_2013_Levar_Brazil_project.jpg Team AVAS from India’s SRM University – a finalist in Airbus’ 2013 Fly Your Ideas challenge – consists of (from left-to-right): Michael V. Thomas, Balakrishnan, Anita Mohil and Sakthivel Kasinathan (academic mentor)





]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 17:15:53 +0200 http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/photogallery/big/800x600_1369408553_Airbus_FYI_2013_AVAS_India_Team.JPG Fly Your Ideas 2013 finalist Team Embarker from Malaysia’s Universiti Putra Malaysia proposes a self-sustaining aircraft cabin concept in which the excess body heat from seated passengers is used as an alternative source of energy to power small electronics in the cabin





]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 17:14:14 +0200 http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/photogallery/big/800x600_1369408454_Airbus_FYI_2013_Embarker_Malaysia_project.JPG Team Flybrid from Italy’s Technical University of Milan was selected as a Fly Your Ideas 2013 finalist for its idea of an innovative short-haul airliner with hybrid-turboprop propulsion





]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 17:13:21 +0200 http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/photogallery/big/800x600_1369408401_Airbus_FYI_2013_Team_Flybrid_Italy_Project.jpg Team CLiMA from Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology – which is a finalist in Airbus’ 2013 Fly Your Ideas student challenge – was selected for its idea to develop an aircraft fuelled by a blend of sustainably produced liquefied biomethane and liquefied natural gas (Bio-LNG)





]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 17:12:23 +0200 http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/photogallery/big/800x600_1369408343_Airbus_FYI_2013_CLiMA_Project_Australia.jpg Fly Your Ideas 2013 finalist Team Levar – from the University of São Paolo in Brazil – includes (from left-to-right): Caio Reis, Adriano Furtado, Leonardo Akamatsu and Marcos Philipson





]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 17:06:55 +0200 http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/photogallery/big/800x600_1369408015_Airbus_FYI_2013_Levar_Brazil_Team.jpg The ACJ319 Bluejay cabin concept showcased at EBACE 2013 by the Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC) was inspired by the avant-gardism, shapes and colours of director Stanley Kubrick’s film “2001: A Space Odyssey”





]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 19:58:30 +0200 http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/photogallery/big/800x600_1369245510_ACJC_Bluejay_Forward_lounge.jpg Christopher “Kit” Johnson was announced as Customs Manager for the Airbus A320 Family final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama on 22 May 2013 – marking the second position filled for the company’s U.S. manufacturing facility





]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 16:26:41 +0200 http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/photogallery/big/800x600_1369232801_Christopher-Johnson.JPG Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, ordered three A330-300 aircraft on 22 May 2013, which will expand its A330 Family fleet to ten total Airbus jetliners





]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 07:58:16 +0200 http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/photogallery/big/800x600_1369202296_A330-300_Oman_Air.jpg With Airbus’ new corporate jet customer care centre (C4you), private jet customers can receive technical advice on their airframe and cabin through a single point of contact, and they also will be able to benefit from packaged services





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