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After a “year of records,” Airbus sets its sights on continued industry leadership in 2012

Airbus will build on last year’s highly successful commercial performance as the company pursues its industry leadership in 2012, with the coming 12 months to include further production ramp-up for the jetliner families to meet a growing order backlog, supported by additional growth in its employee ...

17 January 2012 Headline news

Speaking to international journalists today at the New Year's press conference organised with its EADS parent company, Airbus President and CEO Tom Enders said the planned production acceleration will raise the output of Airbus’ best-selling A320 Family in 2012 to an all-time high of...

Securing highest service levels for Thai Airways’ daily A380 operations

17 February 2012 Press Release

SINGAPORE AIR SHOW – Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) has signed a ‘Flight Hour Services -Tailored Support Package’ contract with Airbus to provide aircraft inventory and maintenance support for its A380 fleet.

The contract, which will run for 15 years, provides an extensive scope of A380 line replaceable units and spare parts availability, component repairs, logistics services, and tools availability, as well as APU and nacelle services to Thai Airways. A dedicated Airbus on-site team will assist Thai Airways’ daily spares management ensuring reliable on-time...

- Airbus’ tailor-made solution will automate inventory management

- First to select ‘ownership’ option – part is ‘Airbus-owned’ until needed

15 February 2012 Press Release

SINGAPORE AIR SHOW – SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) has signed a contract with Airbus for the implementation of the Airbus Managed Inventory (AMI) solution. This will ensure the replenishment of Airbus proprietary parts at SIAEC’s facilities utilizing an automated inventory management system provided by Airbus. SIAEC is the first customer worldwide to select the AMI ‘Ownership’ option – this means that the stock is Airbus-owned, up to the time when it actually needs to be used.

The AMI service, which underlines Airbus’ innovative strategy in offering customised services based on the latest...

Most efficient jet aircraft for high altitude airport operations

15 February 2012 Press Release

Drukair, the flag carrier of landlocked Eastern Himalayan mountain Kingdom of Bhutan, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for an Airbus A319 aircraft fitted w ith fuel saving Sharklets to complement its existing fleet of two A319s.

Surrounded by a tall wall of mountains and located at an altitude of over 7,000 feet, Drukair operates out of one of the world’s most challenging airports at Paro, where approach is by Visual Flight Rules (VFR) only. This means the crew can only fly by vision, which requires a high performance and responsive aircraft. The A319 is the largest...

Extending Airbus’ Freighter portfolio

15 February 2012 Press Release

SINGAPORE AIRSHOW – Airbus, ST Aerospace and EADS EFW have signed an MoU for a strategic partnership to develop the A330 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversion programme. This agreement, setting out the project’s foundation and granting Authorisation To Offer[1] for the A330P2F, was signed by Chang Cheow Teck, President of ST Aerospace; Tom Enders, President and CEO of Airbus and Andreas Sperl, CEO of EADS EFW; in the presence of Stanislaw Tillich, Prime Minister of German’s Federal State of Saxony.

For the project, ST Aerospace will lead the A330P2F...

Requirement for 9,370 aircraft valued at $1.3 trillion

15 February 2012 Press Release

Airlines in the Asia-Pacific region will take delivery of around 9,370 new aircraft over the next 20 years, according to the latest market forecast by Airbus. Valued at US$1.3 trillion, the deliveries will account for 34 per cent of all new aircraft with more than 100 seats entering service worldwide over the forecast period, with the region overtaking North America and Europe as the world’s largest air transport market.

The latest forecast for the region was presented today at the Singapore Airshow by John Leahy, Chief Operating Officer, Customers, Airbus.

In terms of growth, Airbus...

17 February 2012 Feature story

This new-generation solution features a cockpit-operated driving system controlled by the pilot, which would be utilised after the aircraft has completed its typical “push-back” from an airport’s gate with a driver. The TaxiBot’s application opens the way for more efficient taxiing – with benefits that include reductions in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions; lower air and noise pollution; and increased ground traffic safety.

Intended to be compatible with Airbus and other aircraft, there will be two vehicles: one capable of handling single-aisle airplanes sized at 100 seats and above,...

14 February 2012

The first Airbus Military A400M for the French Air Force is taking shape in Seville, Spain, where its final assembly line is located. The final assembly process for this aircraft started last November. The nose and fuselage are already integrated and the aircraft was recently moved, on its landing gear, to the workstation in which the structural assembly is carried out. Integration works for the wing started last week and both the horizontal and the vertical tailplanes, which have already been mated, have just been moved to the final assembly station, known as Station 40, with the rest of the...