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Hawaiian signs for six Airbus A350 XWB

Hawaiian Airlines has signed a firm order for six A350 XWB-800s and six A330-200s in a deal that finalises a Memorandum of Understanding announced in November.
The airline will begin receiving its A330s in 2012, and will take delivery of its A350s in 2017. Both models will be powered by Rolls-Royce Trent engines.
Hawaiian Airlines’ A350 XWB-800s will seat 322 passengers in a two-class configuration and the A330-200 will seat 305 passengers also in two classes.



SOURCE:Flightglobal.com

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Airbus has best start to a year with 238 orders in January

Airbus has had its best-ever start to a year in sales terms, booking 238 orders in January helped on by the firming up of a major contract from China announced last year for 110 A320s.
After the record-breaking performance by Airbus and Boeing in 2007, the European airframer has forecast that there will be a significant reduction in orders this year, with chief operating officer customers John Leahy indicating that he expects to accrue no more than around 700 orders in total. So the strong January performance puts Airbus well on its way to its full-year sales forecast.
Airbus booked 210 narrowbody and 28 widebody gross orders during January, while its rival's 65 order total was split 22/43 (including 40 787s). Last year Boeing outsold Airbus in net terms, with 1,413 orders against 1,341 for its rival.
Airbus's major narrowbody order came from China Aviation Supplies Import and Export Group (CASGC), which has placed a firm order for 110 A320s. These aircraft will be distributed among the country's carriers. Airbus also booked an order for 75 A320s from lessor AWAS.
According to Flight's ACAS database, the 238 orders are the highest-ever for Airbus in the first month of the year. The previous highest for a January was in 1987, when the airframer secured 106 orders.

SOURCE:Flightglobal.com

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Sikorsky загуби от италианци в комбина с Lockheed Martin и то за подмяна на президентските хеликоптери. В пентагона не пасат трева, след като са решили че Airbus са по-добри значи e така! Една от причините Sikorsky да загуби беше че S-92 има само два двигателя вместо 3 както при Augusta-Wesтland-Lockheed Martin.
Плюс това до колкото знам всичките самолети ще бъдат произвеждани в Алабама. Това означава, че Airbus отваря чисто нова фабрика и създава нови работни места.

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„Боинг" ще обжалва решението на Пентагона за доставката на самолетите - цистерни, предаде АП.

Преди седмица Корпорацията "Нортроп Груман" (Northrop Grumman Corp.) победи в конкурс на министерството на отбраната на САЩ за доставка на почти 180 летящи цистерни. Поръчката се оценява на 35 милиарда долара, но в първите реакции се изтъква и това, че е било разбито половинвековното господство на "Боийнг" в този бизнес.

"Нортроп Груман" и ЕАДС предложиха по-голям самолет за повече гориво, товар или хора, докато "Боинг" заложи на машина, която е по-близко до тази, която в момента е на въоръжение.

Новината подейства като бомба в американския Конгрес и предизвика вълна от протести на конгресмени, свързани с изгубилият "Боинг".

"Блумбърг" посочва, че в началото на февруари всички анкетирани от нея специалисти са посочили "Боинг" като безспорен победител.

Знаех си аз, че ще се надигнат лобистите в сената срещу тази сделка...

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Gallois: KC-45 aerial refuelling tanker is the best product

EADS boss Louis Gallois this morning hit back at critics of the US Air Force’s choice of the Northrop Grumman-EADS offering over Boeing’s rival to supply its KC-45 aerial refueling tanker.
On learning that Boeing is to officially protest the contract, Gallois said: “We see the [selection] process as exceptionally transparent, professional and fair. And, we have the feeling that we have the best product.”
He stressed, though, that Northrop Grumman, as prime contractor, was responsible for all legal issues associated with the contract.
The award surprised many observers, who had assumed Boeing would be the natural choice to supply American forces in one of the largest defence deals ever and were shocked that a rival relying on significant European content was chosen.
Northrop will build its tanker based on an Airbus A330 airliner to be built in Mobile, Alabama.
Speaking at a presentation in Paris of EADS’ 2007 financial results, Gallois added that the award would not directly impact EADS’ plans to expand in North America by acquisition, but said the result was encouraging: “As part of our strategy we want to show that we are good citizens in the US.”
Of the other major group military project, the A400M airlifter, Gallois said the company was still working towards first flight this summer, consistent with expectations of a 6 to 12 month delay in the project.
He added that flight testing would be a critical time, though, as the A400M was a particularly complex aircraft with its all-new and very large engine and new wing.

SOURCE:Flightglobal.com