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<title><![CDATA[Alex's blog]]></title>
<link>http://marconnet.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/alexs-blog/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bmi to return Airbus A330s, will also end long-haul flights]]></title>
<link>http://worldairlinenews.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/bmi-to-return-airbus-a330s-will-also-end-long-haul-flights/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>brucedrum</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; Bmi (British Midland Airways) Airbus A330-243 G-WWBB (msn 404) MAN, originally uploaded by Ai]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size:.8em;margin-top:0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40168621@N07/4135209919/">Bmi (British Midland Airways) Airbus A330-243 G-WWBB (msn 404) MAN</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/40168621@N07/">Airliners Gallery</a>.</span></p>
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<p>Bmi (British Midland Airways) (East Midlands and London Heathrow) will return its Airbus A330-200s and will end its long-haul services in an attempt to reduce its losses. The company will cut 600 jobs, reduce its fleet by nine aircraft and cut seven routes (including Tel Aviv and Kiev).</p>
<p>News link with full details:</p>
<p><a href="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article6932432.ece">business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article6932432.ece">article6932432.ece</a></p>
<p>Copyright Photo: Rob Skinkis.</p>
<p>Please click on photo or link below for full view, information, prints for sale and other photos:</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Notícias (25/11/2009)]]></title>
<link>http://fl410.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/noticias-25112009/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Aidan</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[  Aeroportos das cidades-sede terão R$ 5,5 bi até 2013 Três comissões da Câmara dos Deputados (Desen]]></description>
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<p><strong>Aeroportos das cidades-sede terão R$ 5,5 bi até 2013</strong></p>
<p>Três comissões da Câmara dos Deputados (Desenvolvimento Urbano, Desenvolvimento Viário e Desporto e Turismo) realizaram uma reunião ontem (terça, dia 24) com a Infraero e a Anac para definir os investimentos para a Copa do Mundo de 2014.</p>
<p>De acordo com o presidente da Comissão de Desporto e Turismo da Câmara, deputado Afonso Hamm, o cronograma apresentado pela Infraero prevê o investimento de R$ 5,5 bilhões em 15 aeroportos das 12 cidades-sede, até 2013.</p>
<p>No entanto, uma das perguntas da reunião não foi respondida: o pico da Copa do Mundo vai ter vazão? A resposta desta dúvida pode sair hoje porque o presidente da República, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, está em reunião com representantes dos ministérios da Defesa, do Turismo e do Planejamento para discutir o assunto.</p>
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<p><strong>Ainda sem presidente, TAM corta funcionários</strong></p>
<p>A companhia aérea TAM demitiu hoje cerca de 100 funcionários dos níveis de diretoria, gerência e administrativo. Trata-se apenas de pessoal dos escritórios – as equipes que trabalham nos aeroportos e nas aeronaves não sofreram cortes. Consultada, a TAM, admitiu que houve demissões, mas não confirmou o número. Ainda segundo a empresa, os cortes fazem parte de um “ajuste administrativo”.</p>
<p>O enxugamento acontece em meio a um cenário delicado para a TAM. Há pouco mais de um mês, a empresa procura por um presidente para substituir David Barioni, que deixou a companhia devido a discordâncias com o conselho de administração. Desde então, a consultoria de headhunting Spencer Stuart sondou diversos candidatos para a vaga em aberto. O executivo contatado mais recentemente foi Ricardo K, ex-presidente da Brasil Telecom – que ainda não deu sua resposta.</p>
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<p><strong>Infraero divulga cronograma preliminar do 3º terminal de Guarulhos</strong></p>
<p>O Diário Oficial da União publicou o resultado da Habilitação da Concorrência Internacional para a contratação dos projetos para a construção do terceiro terminal de passageiros do Aeroporto de São Paulo/Guarulhos, com a aprovação da participação de sete consórcios. A licitação contempla serviços e estudos preliminares, projeto básico, projeto executivo e serviços complementares também para o edifício garagem, sistema viário de acesso, pátio de estacionamento de aeronaves, implantação da rede de queroduto e demais obras. O preço de referência desta etapa é de R$ 38 milhões. Esta nova licitação foi aberta depois que o projeto sofreu adequações, como a necessidade do aumento da área do novo terminal, que era de 160 mil m2 e vai para 232 mil m2. A previsão de elaboração dos estudos é de 23 meses a partir do contrato.</p>
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<p><strong>Airbus recebe compromissos de compra no valor de US$ 5,3 bilhões</strong></p>
<p>A fabricante de aviões Airbus anunciou ter recebido compromissos de compra totalizando 33 aeronaves avaliadas em mais de US$ 5,3 bilhões, durante a feira de aviação de Dubai, ocorrida nos últimos dias. Esses compromissos incluem pedidos de 15 aviões no valor de mais de US$ 3,6 bilhões, além da assinatura de memorandos de entendimento para mais 18 aeronaves, totalizando cerca de U$ 1,7 bilhões. Os destaques do evento incluíram os pedidos da companhia aérea Air Austral para dois A380 no valor de US$ 655 milhões e da Ethiopian Airlines, para 12 jatos A350-900, avaliados em US$ 2,9 bilhões. Adicionalmente, a empresa Comlux assinou um pedido para a aquisição de um avião ACJ no valor de US$ 75 milhões.</p>
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<p><strong>FedEx desativa 10 A300 e 4 MD11</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_1504" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 415px"><a href="http://fl410.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/fedex-airbus-a300f-600.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1504 " title="FedEx - Airbus A300F-600''" src="http://fl410.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/fedex-airbus-a300f-600.jpg" alt="" width="405" height="290" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Airbus A300F da FedEx (Foto: Airliners.net / Clique para ampliar)</p></div>
<p>A companhia FedEx anunciou a desativação definitiva de sua frota de dez jatos Airbus A300-200F e de quatro MD-11F a partir do próximo dia 31 de maio. As aeronaves já estavam fora de uso e estocadas a espera da definição do seu destino. A crise econômica ditou essa redução da frota da companhia. Outros aviões podem ser também temporariamente retirados da frota.</p>
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<p><strong>Em maio, ExpressJet vai operar para a United Express</strong></p>
<p>A partir do dia 1º de maio de 2010, a ExpressJet Airlines passará a operar 22 jatos Embraer ERJ-145, de 50 lugares, do sistema United Express. A operação será em substituição a outras empresas cujos contratos chegaram ao fim, sem alterar o plano de oferta preparado pela United para o próximo ano. A ExpressJet opera cerca de 1,1 mil voos por dia para 130 destinos nos Estados Unidos e no Canadá. Alguns desses serviços são operados em parceria com a United e a Continental Airlines. A empresa oferece ainda voos fretados e outros serviços para terceiros.</p>
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<p><strong>Trip faz ações promocionais para divulgar novos voos</strong></p>
<p>A partir da próxima semana, a Trip realizará ações para promover os voos que ligam Belo Horizonte (MG) a Cabo Frio (RJ), Salvador (BA), Maceió (AL), Recife e Fernando de Noronha (PE). Além disso, durante os finais de semana, até 13 de dezembro, promotores uniformizados distribuirão brindes em diferentes pontos da capital mineira para ampliar a divulgação dos voos. “O objetivo da Trip com esta ação é aproximar os consumidores da marca e incentivá-los a aproveitar as melhores praias do Nordeste e Sudeste do País durante a estação”, disse o diretor de Marketing e Vendas da companhia, Evaristo Mascarenhas de Paula.</p>
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<p><strong>Aeroportos europeus manterão restrições a líquidos na bagagem até 2013</strong> </p>
<p>De acordo com o jornal londrino The Guardian, a Comissão Européia estabeleceu novas diretrizes que prevêem que as atuais restrições de líquidos em bagagem de mão de passageiros de avião permaneçam até 2013. Após a data, os aeroportos europeus poderão retirar as limitações assim que instalarem equipamentos de inspeção de líquidos.</p>
<p>Já em 2011 serão permitidos o transporte de líquidos para passageiros em voos de conexão vindos de países fora da Comunidade Européia. Para isso, os recipientes deverão estar em bolsas fechadas e com recibos que expliquem sua origem, como no caso de produtos comprados no free shop.</p>
<p>Segundo a Comissão Europeia, dentro de três anos todos os aeroportos europeus poderão dispor de equipamentos detectores de explosivos líquidos.</p>
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<p><strong>TAM Cargo de Manaus ganha posto fiscal</strong></p>
<p>A Secretaria da Fazenda do Amazonas inaugura hoje (25/11) um posto fiscal na Tam Cargo, unidade de cargas da TAM Linhas Aéreas, em Manaus.</p>
<p>O posto, que já opera em fase experimental, levará benefícios para os clientes e dará mais agilidade ao despacho de cargas na Zona Franca. &#8220;A liberação de notas fiscais eletrônicas será ainda mais rápida&#8221;, diz o diretor da TAM Cargo, Carlos Amodeo.</p>
<p>O portfólio de produtos da unidade foi planejado para atender a diferentes necessidade. Os serviços vão desde encomendas urgentes até o transporte de volumes para a importação e exportação. Com isso, a TAM Cargo atende a diversos segmentos de clientes, como confecções, calçados, farmacêuticos, automotivos e eletroeletrônicos, entre outros.</p>
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<p><strong>BAe Systems vai renegociar jatos</strong></p>
<p>Um cliente não declarado do Oriente Médio repassou à companhia BAe Systems a responsabilidade de negociar um avião comercial Boeing B.767-300ER, equipado com turbinas GE CF6-80C2B7F e configurado para 196 passageiros. O contrato autoriza a BAe Systems a vender o aparelho para o transporte de passageiros ou para cliente desejoso de modifica-lo como cargueiro.</p>
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<p><strong>EuroLot negocia em Dubai</strong></p>
<p>A companhia polonesa EuroLOT fechou com a firma StandardAero, uma companhia do grupo Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, os serviços de revisão e manutenção de motores Pratt &#38; Whitney PW124B/127 . O contrato tem a duração de cinco anos e será executado nas oficinas da StandardAero em Tilburg,na Holanda, e de Winnipeg, no Canadá.</p>
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<p><strong>Edição especial do Baron</strong></p>
<p>A fábrica Hawker Beechcraft está oferecendo aos seus clientes uma versão especial de aniversário do seu clássico bimotor executivo &#8220;Baron&#8221;, com pintura especial, interior de acabamento esmerado e hélices de alto desempenho Hartzell &#8220;Scimitar&#8221;. Nada menos que 6700 exemplares do &#8220;Baron&#8221; foram já produzidos e entregues desde o lançamento da versão 55, em 1960. A promoção atual comemora 50 anos de produção da aeronave.</p>
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<p><strong>Mais treinadores vendidos</strong></p>
<p>A norte-americana Hawker Beechcraft fechou contrato de venda 24 aviões militares de treinamento T-6 para a Real Força Aérea do Marrocos, encomenda com a qual o total desses aparelhos vendidos em 2009 atingiu o total de 59. Este ano, antes do Marrocos, os Governos de Israel e do Iraque já haviam feito encomendas para o mesmo tipo de aeronave. Desde o ano 2000 a Hawker Beechcraft já entregou mais de 550 aeronaves tipo T-6.</p>
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<p><strong>Jetstar acelera recebimentos de aeronaves</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_1505" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 378px"><a href="http://fl410.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/jetstar-airways-airbus-a320.jpg?w=1024"><img class="size-large wp-image-1505  " title="Jetstar Airways - Airbus A320" src="http://fl410.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/jetstar-airways-airbus-a320.jpg?w=1024" alt="" width="368" height="251" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Airbus A320 a Jetstar Airways (Foto: Jetphotos.net / Clique para ampliar)</p></div>
<p>Na contra-mão da maioria de suas co-irmãs comerciais do mundo, a empresa aérea Jetstar, da Austrália, definiu com a Airbus Industrie o recebimento de 11 aviões tipo A320 entre os meses de outubro de 2009 e março de 2010, e de outros 10 mais no ano fiscal que começa em abril de 2010. Cinco das aeronaves desse pacote que termina em março serão utilizadas pela subsidiária Jetstar Asia, de Singapura, e outras duas serão entregues a outra subsidiária, Valuair.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Air France Airbus A380]]></title>
<link>http://airlineworld.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/the-air-france-airbus-a380/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>balint01</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Air France is the first European carrier to introduce the Airbus A380 double-decker Superjumbo in it]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Air France is the first European carrier to introduce the Airbus A380 double-decker Superjumbo in its fleet, with the first scheduled commercial flight taking place between Paris Charles-de-Gaulle and New York JFK airports. Air France has 12 of the type on order and plans to take delivery of the first three in the 2009/2010 winter season. Their first plane is already the 20th of the type in operation and now all three airline alliances operate at least one of the type.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://airlineworld.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/air_france_airbus_a380.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1951" title="Air_France_Airbus_A380" src="http://airlineworld.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/air_france_airbus_a380.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="147" /></a></p>
<p>380 tickets for each of the first flights were auctioned off on e-Bay in October, where all proceeds went to charity organizations selected by <a title="Earlier post about the new Air France logo &#124; airlineworld blog" href="http://airlineworld.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/new-air-france-logo/" target="_blank">Air France</a>. The first European owned SuperJumbo seats 538 passengers &#8211; compared to just 450 at Qantas, 471 at Singapore Airlines and 489 at Emirates. The so-far most crowded A380 has only 9 seats in First Class, 80 in Business and 449 in Economy. 22 flight attendants will be taking care of the 538 passengers &#8211; meaning one steward(ess) for every 25 travellers. Besides being <strong>the first European airline to own the A380, Air France will also be the first to operate the aircraft to the African Continent</strong> as it plans to introduce the plane to a daily Johannesburg flight later this winter following the Paris-New York route.</p>
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<p>At the launch ceremony Air France CEO Pierre-Henri Gourgeon did not only focus on the &#8221;usual&#8221; media messaging around the unrivaled luxury of the A380 (as <a title="Earlier post about the first delivery to Singapore Airlines" href="http://airlineworld.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/airbus-a380-the-first-delivery/" target="_blank">Singapore Airlines</a>, <a title="Earlier post about Emirates taking delivery of their first A380" href="http://airlineworld.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/first-airbus-a380-delivered-to-emirates-airlines/" target="_blank">Emirates</a> and <a title="Earlier post about Qantas naming its first A380 &#124; Airlineworld blog" href="http://airlineworld.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/qantas-a380-featuring-john-travolta-and-olivia-newton-john/" target="_blank">Qantas</a> did earlier), but instead <strong>pointed out the savings that this aircraft will bring for the company</strong>. Each aircraft will allow the carrier to save €12-€15 million ($17.7-$22.1 million) per year based on their calculations. This is mostly due to the size of the plane and that <strong>it can replace two other flights</strong>, which could be serviced by an Airbus A340-300 (equivalent to the upper deck) <span style="text-decoration:underline;">and</span> a Boeing 777-200 (equivalent to the main deck of the A380) for example. Flying the same number of passengers in just a single A380 instead means 20% reduction in operating costs as the frequencies on busy routes can be rationalized by replacing two flights which leave at similar times by one flight, while offering the same number of seats. For example, between Paris and New York, an A380 leaving at 1:35pm can replace two flights operated by an A340 and a 777-200, leaving at 10:30am and at 1:35pm respectively. The same connecting morning flights can still service and feed the &#8220;big&#8221; flight.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://airlineworld.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/air_france_a380_lighting.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1960" title="Air_France_A380_Lighting" src="http://airlineworld.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/air_france_a380_lighting.jpg" alt="" width="329" height="240" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">On top of all the rationalization of flights, the A380 uses less fuel per passenger. <strong>It burns less than three litres per 100 km!</strong> Besides the gas emmissions, the <strong>A380 creates less noise </strong>than its closest rival, the Boeing 747 &#8211; half as much at take-off! I had the personal experience of seeing and (not) hearing the A380 land in Frankfurt on one of its test-flights back in 2007 with Lufthansa crew &#8211; and we were all shocked by the little noise it generated compared to other aircraft landing on the same approach route before and after it. The Air France A380 is also quieter in the cabin itself, and <strong>besides the 220 windows it has special lighting features to reflect the time of the day within a flight and to help synchronizing the body-clock of the passengers</strong>. Guests can also meet up during the flight for a drink and a snack in <strong>one of the 6 bars onboard</strong>. One of these is for Première (First Class) on the main deck, two for Affaires (Business Class) on the upper deck and three for Voyageur (Economy Class), with two at the main deck and one upstairs.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"> <a href="http://airlineworld.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/air_france_a380_bars.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1962 alignnone" title="Air_France_A380_Bars" src="http://airlineworld.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/air_france_a380_bars.jpg" alt="" width="469" height="307" /></a></p>
<p><strong>We hope Air France and its passengers will be happy with the first new Airbus A380 flying under European registration and providing the first Transatlantic connection aboard the double-decker superjumbo between Europe and North America. Please leave your comments if you happened to be on one of these flights and would like to share your experiences with our readers!</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://airlineworld.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/airfrance_airbusa380_factsheet.pdf"><em>Download the AirFrance Airbus A380 Factsheet (pdf)</em></a></p>
<p>Separately, but conincidentally at the same time as the first Air France A380 flight: <strong>Emirates</strong> said it will begin serving Paris Charles de Gaulle with a 489-seat A380 from Dubai on Dec. 29 rather than Feb. 1. &#8220;<em>An operational review, coupled with demand on the route, has led to an earlier introduction,</em>&#8221; it said. The A380 will fly thrice-weekly to start, becoming daily Jan. 17.</p>
<p><a title="Author" href="http://airlineworld.wordpress.com/authors" target="_self"><span style="color:#000000;"><em>by balint01</em></span></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[KC-30 MRTT refuels fighters through boom, drogues]]></title>
<link>http://leehamnews.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/kc-30-mrtt-refuels-fighters-through-boom-drogues/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>leehamnet</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[EADS released these photos of the KC-30 MRTT refueling fighters. The company previously released pho]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>EADS released these photos of the KC-30 MRTT refueling fighters. The company previously released photos of refueling as viewed through the 3D controller&#8217;s panel video screen. The MRTT has now &#8220;passed gas&#8221; (as we like to say, much to the consternation of the more straight-laced crowd) through the new flying boom from the MRTT.</p>
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<p>Source: EADS North America</p>
<p>These delayed tests have been the target of much criticism from Boeing supporters, who pointed out that EADS has been delayed in meeting milestones for the Royal Australian Air Force deliveries, which are now 18 months late. About six months of the delay was due to customer change-order requests.</p>
<p><a href="http://leehamnews.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mrtt_2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2425" title="MRTT_2" src="http://leehamnews.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mrtt_2.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="448" height="297" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The first Air France Airbus A318 in the revised colors]]></title>
<link>http://worldairlinenews.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/the-first-air-france-airbus-a318-in-the-revised-colors/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>brucedrum</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; Copyright Photo: Yannick Delamarre. Airbus A318-111 F-GUGC (msn 2071) lands at Toulouse. Air ]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_6077" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://airlinersgallery.com/2/7b4ae/#/gallery/air-france/"><img class="size-full wp-image-6077" title="Air France A318-100 F-GUGC (09)(Ldg) TLS (YD)(LR)" src="http://worldairlinenews.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/air-france-a318-100-f-gugc-09ldg-tls-ydlr.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="413" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Copyright Photo: Yannick Delamarre.  Airbus A318-111 F-GUGC (msn 2071) lands at Toulouse.</p></div>
<p>Air France (Paris) has now painted its first Airbus A318 in the revised 2009 colors.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A400M efetua taxi pela primeira vez]]></title>
<link>http://flightlife.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/a400m-efetua-taxi-pela-primeira-vez/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Junior</dc:creator>
<guid>http://flightlife.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/a400m-efetua-taxi-pela-primeira-vez/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[O A400M, aposta militar da Airbus, realizou seu primeiro teste de taxi ontem, em Sevilla/Espanha. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Air India defers jets; Boeing talks with Thai]]></title>
<link>http://iam751.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/air-india-defers-jets-boeing-talks-with-thai/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bryancorliss</dc:creator>
<guid>http://iam751.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/air-india-defers-jets-boeing-talks-with-thai/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Air India is pushing back delivery dates on 30 787s and 777s, in a cost-cutting move. The airline al]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Air India</strong> is pushing back delivery dates on 30 <strong>787s</strong> and <strong>777s</strong>, in a cost-cutting move.<img class="alignright" src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03Cg0Qf0A45lt/340x.jpg" alt="" width="340" height="425" /></p>
<p>The airline also says it will lease out three ultra-long-range <strong>777-200LRs</strong> that Boeing recently delivered to it.</p>
<p>The deferals are <a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blnus/09241760.htm">part of a cost-cutting plan </a>that will save Air India about $322 million, according to <strong><em>The Hindu</em></strong> newspaper. Air India was scheduled to take three 777-300ERs starting next year, and was set to take the first of its 27 787-8s in April 2011.</p>
<p>The planes were <a href="http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q1/060111a_nr.html">all part of a 68-jet order </a>that the state-run airline placed in December 2005. The deal was valued at $11 billion at list prices at the time, although its actual value probably was more like $7.8 billion, after discounts.</p>
<p><strong>Airbus </strong>also has been dealing with customer deferals. On Tuesday, <strong>US Airways</strong> also announced it will <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jzThbtQGXOboX9Mw7F9a7dnaZn8gD9C65SM00">defer delivery of 54 Airbus jets</a> &#8211; A320s and A330s &#8211; until at least 2013, a move that will save it $2.5 billion in the short term. US Air also said it would push back delivery of its first <strong>A350XWBs</strong> from 2015 to 2017.</p>
<p>All these deferals could put pressure on Boeing and Airbus production rates in the near term. However, they could also open slots for the handful of airlines that are looking to buy planes right now, such as <a href="http://iam751.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/boeing-woos-united-but-ryanair-isnt-happy/"><strong>United Airlines</strong> </a>or <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091116-706759.html"><strong>Emirates</strong>.</a></p>
<p>In other news, Boeing executives say they&#8217;re talking with <strong>Thai Airways</strong> about <a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/11/25/business/business_30117309.php">an order for 777F cargo jets</a>. Thai recently announced plans to <a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/11/20/335260/aapa-09-thai-to-operate-its-own-freighter-fleet.html">launch a new cargo-jet business</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lufthansa : nuovo ritardo per l'A380]]></title>
<link>http://worldflyer.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/lufthansa-nuovo-ritardo-per-la380/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>worldflyer</dc:creator>
<guid>http://worldflyer.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/lufthansa-nuovo-ritardo-per-la380/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dopo molti rumours e poche conferme oggi è giunto un comunicato ufficiale, firmato da Michael Lamber]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Dopo molti <em>rumours</em> e poche conferme oggi è giunto un comunicato ufficiale, firmato da Michael Lamberty: per avere in servizio il primo A380 della compagnia tedesca Lufthansa si dovrà attendere qualche mese di più.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La consegna era prevista per marzo 2010 ma oggi si parla di giugno. La responsabilità a quanto pare è della casa costruttrice, l&#8217;Airbus: ritardi interni si dice.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Resta tribolato l&#8217;outlook della EADS sul programma A380: alla presentazione dei bilanci dopo i primi 9 mesi dell&#8217;anno, i dirigenti non ne fanno mistero: dei 18 aeromobili previsti in consegna nel 2009, quest&#8217;anno ne verranno consegnati solo 13.</p>
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<em><span style="color:#000033;">Ma qual è il problema dell&#8217;A380? </span></em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em><span style="color:#000033;">Da un lato l&#8217;incredibile folle escalation di promesse da parte dei maggiori costruttori (Airbus &#38; Boeing) ha dovuto fare i conti con la dura realtà: sia l&#8217;A380 sia il B787 hanno incontrato problemi e generato ritardi senza fine che hanno messo alla gogna le case produttrici. </span></em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em><span style="color:#000033;">Dall&#8217;altro il crollo della domanda per la crisi: un aereo come l&#8217;A380 &#8211; nato per il trasporto di massa, con un accento posto sul lusso a favore dei premium travellers &#8211; annaspa in mezzo a load factor a volte imbarazzanti, con ricavi che non coprono gli investimenti. EK ha provato ad utilizzarlo sul collegamento per NY (grazie Ste) ma a causa del LF modesto è stato sostituito con un aeromobile meno capiente. E se le performance operative non sono così pessime, bisogna tuttavia interpolarle con i ricavi che non lo rendono un aereo con cui fare soldi a palate. </span></em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em><span style="color:#000033;">Ma se la Airbus piange, non se la passa meglio la Boeing, con un aereomobile che ancora non vola (il 787) e un altro che dovrebbe fare concorrenza a quell&#8217;A380 che pur essendo già sul mercato non riesce a farsi largo: il 747-8i. </span></em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Nepal Airlines assina memorando para aquisição de Airbus A320 e A330]]></title>
<link>http://fl410.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/nepal-airlines-assina-memorando-para-aquisicao-de-airbus-a320-e-a330/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Aidan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fl410.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/nepal-airlines-assina-memorando-para-aquisicao-de-airbus-a320-e-a330/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mais uma empresa utilizará o A330 nas rotas de longo curso (Foto: Airliners.net / Clique para amplia]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_1446" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 378px"><a href="http://fl410.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/airbus-a330-200.jpg?w=1024"><img class="size-large wp-image-1446  " title="Airbus A330-200" src="http://fl410.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/airbus-a330-200.jpg?w=1024" alt="" width="368" height="249" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mais uma empresa utilizará o A330 nas rotas de longo curso (Foto: Airliners.net / Clique para ampliar)</p></div>
<p>A Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), companhia aérea nacional do Nepal, está modernizando sua frota internacional com uma A330-200 de corpo largo e uma A320 de corredor único. As novas aeronaves farão voos internacionais para o Japão e darão início a uma inédita conexão de voos diretos entre o Nepal e a Europa. O memorando de entendimento (Memorandum of Understanding) foi formalizado durante a Dubai Airshow.</p>
<p>A A330-200, configurada em duas classes de passageiros, voará as rotas da Europa e Norte da Ásia e também ajudará no desenvolvimento da indústria de turismo do Nepal, especialmente durante a época da campanha “Visite o Nepal 2011”, que visa atrair turistas estrangeiros.</p>
<p>“O Nepal é muito conhecido por oferecer uma vasta gama de atividades de lazer, cultura e ao ar livre. Temos visto um tremendo crescimento no turismo nos últimos anos e queremos aproveitar as características exclusivas de desempenho e autonomia de voo da A330 para oferecer serviços diretos para os nossos mercados distantes mais importantes, e a eficiência do A320 para desenvolver novos mercados”, disse Sugat Ratna Kansakar, Presidente Executivo da Nepal Airlines. As A320 com duas classes de passageiros serão designados às rotas regionais e operarão na região do Oriente Médio e também do Sudeste da Ásia.</p>
<p>“As aeronaves A330 e A320 abrirão as portas do Nepal para o mundo. Além de ser um meio de sobrevivência, a aviação é um importante fator econômico para a prosperidade de um país incrustado no meio das montanhas como o Nepal. Esses modelos são os mais apropriados e mais eco-eficientes para cumprir essa tarefa e estamos muito felizes por embarcar nessa nova parceria.”, disse Johns Leahy, COO da Divisão de Clientes da Airbus.</p>
<p>A Nepal Airlines Corporation foi incorporada em primeiro de julho de 1958, com a promulgação do Ato 2019 da Nepal Airlines Corporation. A empresa atualmente atende 10 destinos internacionais e 30 rotas domésticas no coração da cordilheira do Himalaia.</p>
<p>Fonte: Aviação Brasil</p>
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<title><![CDATA[USAirways defers Airbuses; may help in United competition]]></title>
<link>http://leehamnews.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/usairways-defers-airbuses-may-help-in-united-competition/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>leehamnet</dc:creator>
<guid>http://leehamnews.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/usairways-defers-airbuses-may-help-in-united-competition/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[US Airways early this morning announced it has deferred deliveries of 54 Airbus wide- and narrow-bod]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>US Airways early this morning <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/US-Airways-Completes-Major-bw-2771992969.html?x=0&#38;.v=1">announced it has deferred deliveries </a>of 54 Airbus wide- and narrow-body airplanes from 2010 to 2013 and beyond, including the A350 from 2015 to 2017.</p>
<p>While a blow to Airbus on the one hand, it could help the company win the order on at United Airlines on the other.</p>
<p><!--more-->The battle between Boeing and Airbus to win United&#8217;s order heated up significantly from <a href="http://leehamnews.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/united-nearing-decision-on-refleeting/">our October 21 report</a> in which we noted that, at the time, United was leaning toward Airbus. Since then Boeing has come on strong with the 787 to Airbus&#8217;s A350. The Chicago Tribune <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-fri-airplane-order-uaua-nov20,0,1725029.story">has this report</a> on the competition.</p>
<p>The A350 deferral by USAirways opens up early delivery positions in 2015 for United. The lack of early delivery slots has been on on-going problem for both Airbus and Boeing, with the large backlogs for the A350 and 787 programs. Boeing, of course, has had some 80+ cancellations for the 787 and a number of deferrals. There has been a debate within Boeing whether to release these positions to Sales to offer to potential customers such as United; or for Production to retain the slots as a means to catch up on nearly three years of delays. We don&#8217;t know if this debate has been resolved one way or another, or if some slots have been returned to Sales and others kept by Production or how the Line 2 decision plays into this.</p>
<p>What we do know is that at least initially Boeing has been challenged in offering early slots to United.</p>
<p>The now-open 2015 slots for the A350 could be a tipping point in the campaign unless Boeing can do better. As always, pricing and financing offered by both sides will be important, too.</p>
<p>As for the single-aisle campaign, this won&#8217;t begin until next year.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Gulf Air to focus on short-haul routes]]></title>
<link>http://worldairlinenews.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/gulf-air-to-focus-on-short-haul-routes/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>brucedrum</dc:creator>
<guid>http://worldairlinenews.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/gulf-air-to-focus-on-short-haul-routes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; Gulf Air Airbus A330-243 A9C-KB (msn 281) (Grand Prix 2009) LHR, originally uploaded by Airli]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size:.8em;margin-top:0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40168621@N07/4130220395/">Gulf Air Airbus A330-243 A9C-KB (msn 281) (Grand Prix 2009) LHR</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/40168621@N07/">Airliners Gallery</a>.</span></p>
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<p>Gulf Air (Bahrain) has decided to radically change its business plan. In the future it will focus on its short-haul markets. This will also radically affect what the airline has on order. The flag carrier has 20 Airbus A330-300s and 24 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners on order. These orders are expected to be modified. In addition Gulf Air will sell five Airbus A340-300s.</p>
<p>News link:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idCAGEE5AM0XA20091123?rpc=44">www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idCAGEE5AM0XA20091123?rpc=44</a></p>
<p>Copyright Photo: Wingnut.</p>
<p>Please click on photo or link below for full view, information, prints for sale and other Gulf Air photos:</p>
<p><a href="http://airlinersgallery.com/2/25c5082/#/gallery/gulf-air/gulf-air-a330-200-a9c-kb-08-grand-prix-2009-grd-lhr-d3-lr-903966/">http://airlinersgallery.com/2/25c5082/#/gallery/gulf-air/gulf-air-a330-200-a9c-kb-08-grand-prix-2009-grd-lhr-d3-lr-903966/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Airbus e a “ação contra a fome”]]></title>
<link>http://fl410.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/airbus-e-a-%e2%80%9cacao-contra-a-fome%e2%80%9d/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Aidan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fl410.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/airbus-e-a-%e2%80%9cacao-contra-a-fome%e2%80%9d/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Airbus A380 (Foto: Airliners.net / Clique para ampliar) Um Airbus A380, a caminho da Dubai Airshow, ]]></description>
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<p>Um Airbus A380, a caminho da Dubai Airshow, transportou oito toneladas de ajuda humanitária. A entrega, providenciada pela Airbus Corporate Foundation, braço não comercial da líder em fabricação de aeronaves e seus parceiros, aumentará o estoque de suprimentos cruciais para a organização &#8220;Ação Contra a Fome&#8221;, em seu centro operacional nos Emirados &#8211; estrategicamente localizado para atender o esforço global.</p>
<p>Fundada na França em 1979, a &#8220;Ação Contra a Fome&#8221; é reconhecida como uma das mais importantes organizações humanitárias na luta contra a fome e desnutrição em todo o mundo. Este é um problema que afeta cerca de um bilhão de pessoas globalmente, a maioria delas não tem acesso à água potável, o que causa doenças e desnutrição &#8211; fato que permanece como o maior contribuinte da mortalidade infantil.</p>
<p>A entrega de equipamentos purificadores de água, com mais de 50 metros cúbicos que equivalem a dois contêineres marítimos, para a base da organização não governamental em Dubai, é fundamental para seus esforços. A &#8220;Ação Contra a Fome&#8221; tem aumentado o estoque da base em Dubai para se beneficiar com a localização estratégica do Emirado, de onde pode coordenar um esforço global em resposta a situações de emergência em outras partes do mundo.</p>
<p>A organização, sem fins lucrativos e religiosos, estabeleceu uma rede internacional para implementar programas para salvar vidas em 45 países, especializando-se em situações de emergência em conflitos, desastres naturais e insegurança alimentar crônica. A principal preocupação desses projetos é a de facilitar o abastecimento e o acesso à água potável por meio de programas que alcançam atualmente quatro milhões de pessoas a cada ano.</p>
<p>A Airbus Corporate Foundation foi criada em dezembro de 2008 para apoiar causas humanitárias por meio de voos solidários, o desenvolvimento de jovens nas comunidades em que atua questões ambientais em cooperação com a Secretaria do Programa das Nações Unidas para o Meio Ambiente (UNEP), sob a Convenção sobre Diversidade Biológica (CBD).</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Arik Air Expands International Routes]]></title>
<link>http://travelwerke.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/arik-air-expands-international-routes/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>travelwerke</dc:creator>
<guid>http://travelwerke.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/arik-air-expands-international-routes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nigerian airline Arik Air has announced 2 new international routes to the UK and USA. Beginning 26 N]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Nigerian airline Arik Air has announced 2 new international routes to the UK and USA. Beginning 26 November 2009, the airline will begin non-stop flights from Abuja to London (Heathrow), with services between Lagos and New York commencing from 29 November 2009.</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Abuja-London</span></p>
<p>Arik Air will fly a 2-class Boeing 737-800 aircraft configured with 20 Premier Class and126 Economy Class seats on the route. Flights will operate 5 times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.</p>
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<p>Flight W3 105 departs Abuja at 1030 hrs, arriving into London at 1605 hrs. The return flight, W3 106, takes off from London (Heathrow) Terminal 4 at 2150 hrs, landing back at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 0520 hrs the next morning.</p>
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<p>The flights connect a second Nigerian city to the UK, following the existing Lagos-London flights launched in December 2008. </p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Lagos-New York</span></p>
<p>Arik Air will also launch transatlantic flights from Lagos to New York. The airline is the first Nigerian airline to connect the country with the USA in over a decade.</p>
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<p>The airline has scheduled the flights to allow for convenient connections at both ends of the route. Flight W3 107 departs Lagos at 2320 hrs and arrives in New York at 0550 hrs the next morning. The return flight, W3 108, takes off from John F. Kennedy International Airport at 2200 hrs, landing back in Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 1440 hrs.</p>
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<p>Arik Air will fly 3 times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays using a 2-class Airbus A340-500 configured with 36 Premier Class seats that convert into full-flat beds and 201 Economy Class seats. Premier Class passengers will also enjoy the use of a private bar and lounge area onboard the aircraft, with all passengers offered personal screens and audio-video on-demand inflight entertainment.</p>
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<p>From its hubs at Abuja and Lagos, Arik Air currently flies to 21 airports across Nigeria and internationally to Accra, Banjul, Cotonou, Dakar, Freetown, Johannesburg, Niamey and London with a fleet of 30 aircraft. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.arikair.com">www.arikair.com</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[KC-767 to benefit from 787 "surge" line]]></title>
<link>http://leehamnews.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/kc-767-to-benefit-from-787-surge-line/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>leehamnet</dc:creator>
<guid>http://leehamnews.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/kc-767-to-benefit-from-787-surge-line/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Key points: The ability to increase production rates to sell more 767s in the coming years; Lower pr]]></description>
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<li>The ability to increase production rates to sell more 767s in the coming years;</li>
<li>Lower production costs, which will be built into the KC-X bid in the hot competition with the expected Northrop Grumman KC-30 submission.</li>
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<p>Boeing’s proposed KC-767 refueling tanker will benefit from plans to establish a surge production line for the 787 program.</p>
<p>The connection is not obvious, for Boeing didn’t suggest as much when it announced that Charleston (SC) will be the location for the second 787 production line. As Line 2 is being established, Boeing will put a “surge” 787 line in Everett (WA), where Line 1 is located. The surge line will be in the forward bay where the 767 line is, requiring relocating the 767 line to the aft part of the bay.</p>
<p><!--more-->Boeing plans to implement Lean production practices in the relocated 767 line, which has its origins for the airplane’s 1982 entry-into-service date. Lean practices will result in about “a 20% improvement in unit time as we increase [the production] rate and incorporate efficiencies,” a 767 program spokesperson tells us.</p>
<p>Boeing will begin to relocate the 767 line in 1Q2010; it will be operational in 1Q2011.</p>
<p>The efficiencies include:</p>
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<li>New tool designs with new technology and automation that will reduce flow, rebalance the line and improve assembly efficiencies;</li>
<li>Improving employee ergonomics;</li>
<li>New tooling to reduce the flow required to assemble the wings, which improves inventory holding costs and quality and overall costs;</li>
<li>Laser alignment in place of manual tools; and, among other things,</li>
<li>Incorporating auto-riveting and drilling to improve unit time and quality.</li>
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<p>The smaller footprint also will allow Boeing to streamline processes and consolidate support.</p>
<p>Boeing declined to quantify the before-and-after employee head count for the 767 line.  But the spokesperson said that a planned production rate increase in 2011 from one to two 767s a month will require the addition of “several hundred people in various skills.</p>
<p>“The increased efficiency means we will increase by less than we would have and build a better product. The increase in efficiency will allow us to sell even more 767s in the next few years.”</p>
<p>These benefits have clear implications for the prospect of building the KC-767 tanker should Boeing win the contract, which the USAF hopes to award in August next year (a goal we believe may be optimistic, given the political meddling that is going on). Most observers already believe a protest by the loser is likely, further delaying the contract.</p>
<p>Assuming Boeing selects the KC-767 as its choice to bid for the Air Force’s KC-X (which we think will be the case), the lower cost of building the airplane will be reflected in Boeing’s bid price, the 767 spokesperson confirms. With the competition so far emphasizing cost rather than value in the Draft RFP (Air Force rhetoric to the contrary notwithstanding), this should Boeing an additional advantage over the larger Northrop Grumman KC-30, based on the Airbus A330-200, which has a higher list price than Boeing’s 767-200ER on which the KC-767 is based.</p>
<p>The Air Force currently plans to procure its KC-X at the rate of 12-18 a year, or 1 to 1 ½ a month. The KC-X must also be what is called ITAR-compliant, which means access to military-unique equipment must be controlled during production. The new, Lean line will be prepared for ITAR requirements, says the  Boeing spokesperson.</p>
<p>Boeing faces the challenge of relocating the line while the 767 is in production.</p>
<p>“We will continue to build airplanes sections in our current tools and location during the product line relocation,” the spokesperson tells us. “This process will require a synchronized, highly sequenced series of activities to minimize disruption. Concurrently, we will be reactivating rate tools, upgrading and incorporating improvements, adding new technology and moving and building new tools as part of this relocation activity. As a standard practice, we maintain and use our existing tools until tool tryouts are complete for all-new, upgraded, reactivated and moved tools. This is how we will mitigate disruption to our active production line.”</p>
<p>Although our emphasis in this column is how Lean will aid Boeing in a KC-767 bid cost basis, the hints that Boeing may gain more 767 sales in connection with  the 787 surge should not be overlooked, either.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Safi Airways adds its first Airbus A340]]></title>
<link>http://worldairlinenews.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/safi-airways-adds-its-first-airbus-a340/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; Copyright Photo: Axel J. Ex-Aircomet Airbus A340-311 YA-TTB (msn 015) at Frankfurt is the fir]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_6003" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://airlinersgallery.com/2/90e47/#/gallery/safi-airways/"><img class="size-full wp-image-6003" title="Safi Airways A340-300 YA-TTB (Aircomet CS)(Grd) FRA (AXJ)(LR)" src="http://worldairlinenews.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/safi-airways-a340-300-ya-ttb-aircomet-csgrd-fra-axjlr.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Copyright Photo: Axel J.  Ex-Aircomet Airbus A340-311 YA-TTB (msn 015) at Frankfurt is the first A340 registered in Afghanistan. The wide-body airliner still retains the Aircomet livery.</p></div>
<p>Safi Airways (Kabul) is adding its first Airbus A340-300 to replace its Boeing 767-200.</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Air France brings the Airbus A380 to New York]]></title>
<link>http://worldairlinenews.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/air-france-brings-the-airbus-a380-to-new-york/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>brucedrum</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Air France Airbus A380-861 F-WWSB (F-HPJA) (msn 033) XFW, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. ]]></description>
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<p>Air France (Paris) brought the new Airbus A380 to New York (JFK) yesterday (November 20, 2009). Operating as flight AF 380 it carried 380 winning bidders on the auction flight. The proceeds will go to humanitarian projects. Regular CDG-JFK service commences on November 23.</p>
<p>Here is the official AF press release:</p>
<p>This morning (November 20), at 11:39 am, Air France&#8217;s A380 took off from Paris-Charles de Gaulle, operating flight AF 380, the first transatlantic flight between Europe and the United States by A380. Among the passengers were the 380 winning bidders for seats on the inaugural Paris-New York &#8211; Paris flights. This auction raised proceeds of 300,000 euros which will finance five different humanitarian projects by charities chosen by the Air France Foundation.</p>
<p>The aircraft, registration F-GHJA, landed at New York-Kennedy airport at 1:20 local time, 7:20 Paris time.</p>
<p>The proceeds of this auction of seats on the two inaugural Paris-New York-Paris flights finally reached 300,000 euros, more than expected. The amount will thus finance 5 humanitarian projects for children in need instead of the three initially planned.</p>
<p>The benefits of the auction for the inaugural Paris-New York-Paris flights will go to several projects in aid of humanitarian associations for children in need all over the world. The Air France Foundation supports these projects.</p>
<p>Starting on Monday November 23, the A380 will operate daily scheduled flights:</p>
<ul>
<li>AF 006 Paris-New York leaving at 1:30, arriving at 3:45 pm;</li>
<li>and AF 007 New York-Paris leaving at 7:15 pm, arriving at 8:35 the following day.</li>
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<p>From Paris, Air France will operate the A380 on its Johannesburg route as from February 3, 2010 and will therefore be the first airline to operate the A380 to Africa.</p>
<h1><span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:13px;">News link including a video:</span></h1>
<p><a href="http://www.euronews.net/2009/11/21/first-transatlantic-flight-for-superjumbo-jet/">www.euronews.net/2009/11/21/first-transatlantic-flight-for-superjumbo-jet/</a></p>
<p>Copyright Photo: Gerd Beilfuss.</p>
<p>NYC Aviation (Phil Derner) was also there to record the event:</p>
<p><a href="http://nycaviation.com/2009/11/20/air-france-a380-completes-first-flight/" target="_blank">http://nycaviation.com/2009/11/20/air-france-a380-completes-first-flight/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Air France A380 Completes Inaugural Service To New York]]></title>
<link>http://travelwerke.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/air-france-a380-completes-inaugural-service-to-new-york/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>travelwerke</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Paris-based Air France has completed its first revenue flight with the Airbus A380. Flight AF 380 ar]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Paris-based Air France has completed its first revenue flight with the Airbus A380. Flight AF 380 arrived at New York&#8217;s John F. Kennedy International Airport at 1318 hrs, after crossing the Atlantic from Paris (Charles de Gaulle), where it departed at 1119 hrs. The flight marked the A380&#8217;s first transatlantic flight by a European airline and the aircraft was met by a customary water cannon salute on arrival in New York.</p>
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<p>Onboard the double-decker aircraft are 538 passengers, invited guests and 24 crew, who were treated to complimentary champagne and a 3-member jazz band. 380 passengers who participated in a charity auction in October 2008 also raised 300,000 euros to benefit humanitarian projects supported by the Air France Foundation. Having generated a larger amount than expected, Air France will donate the proceeds from the auction to 2 more charities in Brazil and Madagascar, in addition to 3 previously announced organizations in France, India and South Africa.</p>
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<p>The Air France A380 features 538 seats in a 3-class configuration with innovations including improved seating, mood lighting and an onboard meeting area showcasing artwork from various museum collections. The airline has announced Johannesburg as the second destination for its A380 following New York, which will be operated daily. Air France joins Dubai&#8217;s Emirates, Sydney-based Qantas and Singapore Airlines as the fourth operator of the type.</p>
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<p>For more information, visit <a href="http://www.airfrance.com">www.airfrance.com</a>.</p>
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<link>http://iam751.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/boeing-woos-united-but-ryanair-isnt-happy/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[United Airlines is expected to place an order for 25 long-range 787s or A350s before the end of the ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>United Airlines</strong> is expected to place an order for 25 long-range 787s or A350s before the end of the year, the <strong><em>Chicago Tribune</em></strong> reports.<img class="alignright" src="http://leadingedgecorp.com/img/united-airlines.jpg" alt="" width="346" height="325" /></p>
<p><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-fri-airplane-order-uaua-nov20,0,1725029.story">The airline is being &#8220;furiously courted&#8221;</a> by both <strong>Boeing</strong> and <strong>Airbus</strong>, the newspaper reports, citing unnamed industry insiders.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, another long-time Boeing customer &#8212; <strong>Ryanair</strong> CEO Michael O&#8217;Leary &#8212; is just furious over the way he&#8217;s being treated by the Company, and is threatening to stop buying planes unless he gets a better deal before year&#8217;s end.</p>
<p>First, United Airlines.</p>
<p>Earlier this year, the airline announced plans to come in the market in a major way, with <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/united-airlines-may-buy-up-to-150-jets-journal?siteid=rss&#38;rss=1">an order for up to 150 planes</a>. United&#8217;s weak balance sheet made many doubt whether they were serious, but it now appears that they&#8217;ve been able to line up financing and are seriously shopping, hoping to strike bargains for taking airplanes originally scheduled to go to airlines that now would prefer to wait to take deliveries.</p>
<p>Insiders told the <em>Tribune</em> that United wants to order 25 long-range widebodys now &#8212; with options on up to 75 more &#8212; and then come back next year with a tender for single-aisle planes to replace the 96 <strong>757-200s</strong> it now operates. A firm order for 25 <strong>787s</strong> would be worth about $4.2 billion <a href="http://boeing.com/commercial/prices/index.html">at list prices </a>&#8211; or about $3.1 billion after what analysts say are typical discounts. Replacing the 96 757s with similarly-sized <strong>737-900ERs</strong> would cost about $7.8 billion at list prices, or maybe $5.2 billion after discounts.</p>
<p>Historically, Airbus has cut better deals than Boeing (Boeing complains that&#8217;s because of <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/05/business/global/05wto.html">the illegal subsidies Airbus gets</a>), and analysts are telling the <em>Tribune</em> that Team Toulouse could have the advantage on price again. Airbus also would dearly love to get a second American carrier to buy its A350-XWB. So far, only <strong>US Airways</strong> has done so.</p>
<p>For Boeing, it&#8217;s more a matter of prestige, they say: are Boeing executives in Chicago willing to let Airbus do a deal an airline whose headquarters is only a few blocks away?</p>
<p>But money is an object for Boeing as well. As you probably heard, the Company <a href="http://www.live5news.com/Global/story.asp?S=11545437">broke ground on its ill-conceived South Carolina expansion </a>today. The Company also made headlines in financial markets this week when it issued $1.2 billion worth of corporate bonds &#8212; essentially going out and borrowing that much cash, to help cover cost over-runs and penalties caused by the delays to the massively outsourced 787. To pay back that debt &#8212; and to pay the estimated $1.5 billion analysts say it will spend to <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=2010156801&#38;zsection_id=2003750727&#38;slug=boeing29&#38;date=20091029">duplicate its existing Puget Sound facilities</a> in Charleston &#8212; <a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/fitch-expects-to-rate-boeings,1049975.shtml">Boeing needs cash flow</a>, which means it needs this deal.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00479/page41_185x360_479687a.jpg" alt="" width="185" height="360" />O&#8217;Leary, the Ryanair chief, also seems to think Boeing should be motivated to cut prices and sell planes. But this week he said <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/AIRLIN/idUSLJ11073520091119">he&#8217;s this close to throwing up his hands </a>and walking away from a potential order for 200 737s, after months of discussions.</p>
<p>If Boeing doesn&#8217;t make a better offer by the end of November, it&#8217;s off, O&#8217;Leary told reporters. &#8220;I am not wasting another Christmas holiday trying to talk to guys in Seattle,&#8221; he told <strong>Reuters</strong>. The <strong><em>Irish Independent</em></strong> also reported that O&#8217;Leary says it&#8217;s <a href="http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/orsquoleary-says-deal-with-boeing-is-lsquohighly-unlikelyrsquo-1949236.html">&#8220;highly unlikely&#8221; that a deal will get done</a>.</p>
<p>Ryanair now operates a fleet of 202 737-800s, and as of October, <a href="http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/index.cfm?content=displaystandardreport.cfm&#38;pageid=m25066&#38;RequestTimeout=20000">had another 110 on order</a>. A deal for 200 more &#8216;Three-Sevens would be worth about $15.3 billion at list prices, but analysts say Boeing typically discounts 737 orders by about 30 percent, or even higher for its best customers, making it about a $10 billion deal.</p>
<p>O&#8217;Learly has been public about his frustration with Boeing management all this fall. Earlier, he hinted that <a href="http://iam751.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/boeing-management-scolded-by-workers-key-customer/">Boeing managers seemed obsessed with their 787 problems </a>and unable to focus on doing business with him.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemenia Airlines compra 10 aeronaves Airbus A320]]></title>
<link>http://fl410.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/yemenia-airlines-compra-10-aeronaves-airbus-a320/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Aidan</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[A família A320 é a família de aviões comerciais mais vendida na última década (Foto: Airliners.net /]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_1403" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 378px"><a href="http://fl410.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/lufthansa-airbus-a320.jpg?w=1024"><img class="size-large wp-image-1403  " title="Lufthansa - Airbus A320''''" src="http://fl410.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/lufthansa-airbus-a320.jpg?w=1024" alt="" width="368" height="249" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A família A320 é a família de aviões comerciais mais vendida na última década (Foto: Airliners.net / Clique para ampliar)</p></div>
<p>A Yemenia, empresa aérea estatal do Iêmen, com sede em Sanaa, assinou um Memorando de Entendimento (MoU) para a aquisição de 10 aeronaves Airbus da Família A320. O acordo foi fechado por Saleh Alawaji, membro da diretoria da Yemenia e representante do comandante Abdulkhalek Al-Kadi, presidente da companhia, e John Leahy, COO da Divisão de Clientes da Airbus, durante a Feira de Aviação 2009 realizada em Dubai.</p>
<p>As aeronaves A320, que serão configuradas em duas classes de passageiros, contarão com 12 assentos na classe executiva e 138 na classe econômica. A chegada das aeronaves aprimorará e expandirá os serviços das rotas regionais para a África, Índia e Europa, permitindo que a Yemenia realize seu papel como uma companhia aérea regional em expansão que contribui para o crescimento da economia do Iêmen.</p>
<p>Segundo Saleh Alawaji, a estratégia de longo prazo da Yemenia é crescer com uma frota integrada de aviões eficientes e confiáveis. “O A320 possui as mesmas características de operação e de manutenção das aeronaves Airbus que já temos em nossa frota, o que resulta em mais eficiência. O A320 também oferecerá aos nossos passageiros, a cabine com o mais alto nível de conforto da sua categoria.”</p>
<p>“Estamos honrados com a demonstração de confiança da Yemenia em nossos aviões e por ter escolhido nossos produtos para impulsionar seus ambiciosos planos de expansão. O A320 é, hoje, a referência no mercado de aeronaves de corredor único e, por meio de nossas inovações contínuas, estamos fortalecendo a posição de liderança desse modelo no futuro. O A320 tem melhor design e continua melhorando”, disse John Leahy, ressaltando que com esta escolha, a Yemenia se beneficiará da conceituada Família Airbus, que tem como pontos altos a eco-eficiência, manutenção e operação simplificadas.</p>
<p>A frota da Yemenia inclui dois A330-200s e três A-310s. Sediada em Saana e Aden, a frota de longa distância da Yemenia opera destinos na Europa, Oriente Médio e Ásia. Durante o evento de Dubai 2007, a Yemenia efetuou um pedido de dez aeronaves Airbus 350 XWB.</p>
<p>Fonte: Aviação Brasil</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Comlux encomenda 10º jato corporativo da Airbus]]></title>
<link>http://fl410.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/comlux-encomenda-10%c2%ba-jato-corporativo-da-airbus/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Aidan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fl410.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/comlux-encomenda-10%c2%ba-jato-corporativo-da-airbus/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Airbus ACJ do governo italiano (Foto: Jetphotos.net / Clique para ampliar) A Comlux encomendou seu t]]></description>
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<p>A Comlux encomendou seu terceiro jato corporativo da Airbus, aumentando para dez o número total de pedidos da companhia para esse tipo de aeronave: 4 A318s, 3 Airbus ACJ, 2 A320 Prestige e um A330-200 Prestige, tornando-se também a maior cliente da Família Corporative Jets (ACJ). Algumas das aeronaves da Comlux são utilizadas por clientes privados enquanto outras, como as recém-encomendadas, serão operadas em voos charter VIP.</p>
<p>“Com essa aquisição, a Fly Comlux confirma sua posição de liderança no mercado de charters de luxo”, informa Richard Gaona, Presidente e CEO do Grupo de Aviação Comlux. “Essa nova aeronave será equipado com motores CFM56-5 International e adaptada, em nosso centro de Indianápolis, com uma cabine projetada pela Comlux Creatives. Essa aeronave reforça nossa estratégia global de participação em quase todos os segmentos de negócios de aviação”, acrescenta. O jato da Comlux para voos charter VVIP está em exposição na feira de aviação de Dubai.</p>
<p>“A Comlux é uma das maiores provedoras de voos charters VVIP de luxo do mercado, um setor que continua a ter uma boa demanda nos dias de hoje”, comentou o COO para a Divisão de Clientes da Airbus, John Leahy. “A qualidade sempre terá boa procura e a união do serviço VVIP da Comlux com o espaço e o conforto dos jatos corporativos da Airbus é uma combinação realmente vencedora”, finaliza Leahy.</p>
<p>A Família ACJ da Airbus, composta pelos A318 Elite, ACJ e A320 Prestige, possui uma cabine muito mais alta, bonita e ampla, que chega a ser quase duas vezes maior que os maiores jatos executivos tradicionais de outros fabricantes.</p>
<p>Os jatos corporativos da Airbus, como parte da linha de produtos mais modernos da aviação, são os únicos verdadeiramente jovens de coração, apresentando o mais novo design aerodinâmico para economia de combustível, a mais nova estrutura para redução de peso, além de confiáveis sistemas e controles ultramodernos, incluindo o novo padrão da indústria, o “fly-by-wire”.</p>
<p>Como parte da mais moderna linha de aviões do mundo, a Família ACJ da Airbus é a única verdadeira e completamente jovem de coração, apresentando o mais novo design aerodinâmico para economia de combustível, a mais nova estrutura para redução de peso, além dos mais confiáveis sistemas e controles, incluindo o novo padrão da indústria, o “fly-by-wire”. A Família ACJ é reforçada por versões VIP de aviões de corpo largo que oferecem ainda mais espaço e conforto, bem como alcance de voos internacionais sem escala.</p>
<p>Fonte: Aviação Brasil</p>
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<link>http://airlinersgallery.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/surinam-airways-airbus-a340-311-f-glzg-msn-049/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Surinam Airways Airbus A340-311 F-GLZG (msn 049) AMS, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery. Copy]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size:.8em;margin-top:0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40168621@N07/4119173483/">Surinam Airways Airbus A340-311 F-GLZG (msn 049) AMS</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/40168621@N07/">Airliners Gallery</a>.</span></div>
<p>Copyright Photo: Ton Jochems.</p>
<p>Please click on photo or link below for full view, information, prints for sale and other photos:</p>
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<title><![CDATA[E dopo le "winglet" vennero le "sharklet"]]></title>
<link>http://aviazione.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/e-dopo-le-winglet-vennero-le-sharklet/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>guzzo</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Airbus ha progettato nuove appendici aerodinamiche per i propri aeromobili della famiglia A320. Sost]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong><img class="alignleft" title="Winglet" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:vCw8IoDmu8i6IM:http://gooseton.com/aircraft/winglet_inside.jpg" alt="" width="90" height="120" />Airbus</strong> ha progettato nuove appendici aerodinamiche per i propri aeromobili della famiglia <strong>A320</strong>. Sostituiranno le attuali <strong>winglet </strong>(di cui vedete un&#8217;immagine a sinistra) e si chiamano <strong>sharklet</strong>.</p>
<p>Il clente di lancio sarà <strong>Air New Zeland</strong> a partire dal 2013. Grazie a queste nuove appendici poste alle estremità alari i consumi scenderanno dello <strong>3,5%</strong>. Ciò si traduce in un&#8217;autonomia superiore di circa <strong>180 km</strong> o nell&#8217;aumento del carico utile di <strong>mezza tonnellata</strong>.</p>
<p>Per l&#8217;ambiente ciò significherà <strong>700 tonnellate</strong> in meno di <strong>CO2</strong> all&#8217;anno per ogni singolo Airbus A320 operante nei cieli.</p>
<p>Per <strong>John Leahy</strong>, Chief Operating Officer di Airbus, questa non è solo una risposta verso l&#8217;aumento dei costi del carburante ed una maggiore sensibilità nei confronti dell&#8217;ambiente ma è anche un miglioramento delle performance della famiglia A320.</p>
<p><a href="http://aviazione.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/fate-la-pipi-prima-del-decollo/" target="_blank">Qualcun&#8217;altro</a> questo problema (costi ed inquinamento) ha deciso di risolvere in modo più &#8220;bizzarro&#8221; però <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Personalmente mi trovo più d&#8217;accordo con la scelta di Airbus. E voi?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Virgin America adds Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood]]></title>
<link>http://worldairlinenews.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/virgin-america-adds-fort-lauderdalehollywood/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; Copyright Photo: Wade DeNero. Virgin America&#39;s Airbus A319-112 N524VA (msn 3204), named ]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_5963" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://airlinersgallery.com/2/82629/#/gallery/virgin-america/"><img class="size-full wp-image-5963" title="Virgin America A319-100 N524VA (06)(Tko) FLL (WD)(LR)" src="http://worldairlinenews.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/virgin-america-a319-100-n524va-06tko-fll-wdlr.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Copyright Photo: Wade DeNero.  Virgin America&#39;s Airbus A319-112 N524VA (msn 3204), named &#34;Dark Horse&#34;, climbs away from runway 9L at FLL.</p></div>
<p>Virgin America (San Francisco) on November 18 added nonstop service from both San Francisco and Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood.</p>
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<p>Press release:</p>
<p><a href="http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/virginamerica/41211/">multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/virginamerica/41211/</a></p>
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