The A380’s arrival in Latin America this week for a multi-country demonstration tour comes as the 21st century Airbus flagship jetliner confirms its operational success with a growing in-service fleet worldwide.
20 MARCH 2012 FEATURE STORY
Having surpassed the 70-aircraft delivery milestone, A380s are now performing an average of 100 flights per day with seven airlines, carrying a combined total of more than one million passengers each month.
The 56 regularly-scheduled routes currently flown by A380s link 29 destinations that include the world’s top airports: Beijing, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London Heathrow, Los Angeles, New York-John F. Kennedy, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Singapore and Sydney.
Additionally, the aircraft’s ability to successfully serve other than the largest hub cities is demonstrated by such examples as Emirates’ flights from Dubai to Rome and Manchester in England, as well as Singapore’s operations to Zurich.
The A380 continues to draw higher load factors in boosting traffic and market share for airlines, confirming the jetliner’s ability to attract passengers and increase operators’ revenues.
Airbus has firm contracts for 253 A380s from 19 customers. This volume reflects the 29 new orders booked in 2011 from three new airlines, along with three reorders from existing customers last year.
The number of operators will grow in 2012, with the current list (Air France, China Southern Airlines, Emirates, Korean Air, Lufthansa, Qantas and Singapore Airlines) expanding when Malaysia Airlines and Thai Airways receive their initial A380s.
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US Airways to extend Wi-Fi to regional jets
US Airways to extend Wi-Fi to regional jets:
US Airways announced Wednesday it has signed a new agreement with Wi-Fi supplier gogo to expand its onboard Wi-Fi service to more of its Airbus narrowbodies and to extend the service to its Embraer E-190/-175/-170 regional jets.
US Airways announced Wednesday it has signed a new agreement with Wi-Fi supplier gogo to expand its onboard Wi-Fi service to more of its Airbus narrowbodies and to extend the service to its Embraer E-190/-175/-170 regional jets.
El helicóptero accidentado podría pertenecer a narcotraficantes – Diario de Sevilla
El helicóptero accidentado podría pertenecer a narcotraficantes – Diario de Sevilla: El helicóptero accidentado podría pertenecer a narcotraficantesDiario de SevillaImagen del helicóptero tras el accidente mortal. / Antonio Pizarro El helicóptero accidentado este martes en una finca ubicada entre los términos municipales de Lebrija y El Cuervo podría pertenecer a una banda de narcotraficantes.
Gone West: Sandy McDonnell
Gone West: Sandy McDonnell: Former Head Of McDonnell Douglas Dies At 89 Sanford N. "Sandy" McDonnell, who at one time led McDonnell Douglas Corp., passed away at his home in Clayton, MO, on March 19th. McDonnell was 89 years old.
Qatar Airways selecciona en Marzo personal en España
Qatar Airways selecciona personal en España:
Qatar Airways ha anunciado 2 convocatorias para la selección de candidatos en España con el objetivo de incorporar nuevos profesionales a su sede en Doha. Los procesos tendrán lugar el día 24 en Barcelona y el día 27 en Madrid.
De Madrid a Singapur en el A380 de Air France, por 639 euros
Air France incorpora Singapur como nuevo destino de verano para su flota de A380, convirtiéndose en la séptima ruta que opera el nuevo avión de la compañía.
lea más: De Madrid a Singapur en el A380 de Air France, por 639 euros:
lea más: De Madrid a Singapur en el A380 de Air France, por 639 euros:
Expertos de la NASA restan importancia a la crisis que vive la agencia espacial
La Fundación Elecnor, dirigida por el astronauta español Pedro Duque, reunió en Madrid a dos expertos de la NASA para debatir acerca de la situación que vive la Agencia Espacial y el futuro de algunas de sus misiones, como las que se están preparando para Marte.
Expertos de la NASA restan importancia a la crisis que vive la agencia espacial
Expertos de la NASA restan importancia a la crisis que vive la agencia espacial
The Pirate Bay analiza construir una red de drones controlados por GPS
The Pirate Bay analiza construir una red de drones controlados por GPS: La cruzada del gobierno de EEUU contra los sitios de alojamiento de archivos y el P2P sigue bien firme y otros gobiernos están siguiendo esos pasos. Los fundadores de The Pirate Bay lo tienen bien claro...
The Pirate Bay might move servers to the sky to avoid the authorities
The Pirate Bay might move servers to the sky to avoid the authorities:
The Pirate Bay has announced that it may soon take to the skies in its ongoing efforts to avoid the authorities. Various governments and legal teams across the globe have had the file-sharing website in their cross-hairs for several years now, which has prompted the site in the past to relocate its main operations to a secret location and to switch to only hosting magnet links for torrents. Now the site is seriously considering sending out a fleet of drones fitted with server stations that will hover several kilometers above ground and broadcast through radio transmitters at all times, making it even more difficult to shut down. ..
Continue Reading The Pirate Bay might move servers to the sky to avoid the authorities
The Pirate Bay has announced that it may soon take to the skies in its ongoing efforts to avoid the authorities. Various governments and legal teams across the globe have had the file-sharing website in their cross-hairs for several years now, which has prompted the site in the past to relocate its main operations to a secret location and to switch to only hosting magnet links for torrents. Now the site is seriously considering sending out a fleet of drones fitted with server stations that will hover several kilometers above ground and broadcast through radio transmitters at all times, making it even more difficult to shut down. ..
Continue Reading The Pirate Bay might move servers to the sky to avoid the authorities
Boeing Ramps Up Recruiting For 787, 737 MAX
Boeing Ramps Up Recruiting For 787, 737 MAX: Boeing is expanding the C-17 engineering workforce to support development of the 737 MAX and 787.
Fighter Trends Change For 2020 And Beyond
Fighter Trends Change For 2020 And Beyond: Fighters delivered in the 2010s may not look new, but at closer range, the changes are very important.
Airbus presentará en otoño la solución a las fisuras de los A380
Airbus presentará en otoño la solución a las fisuras de los A380:
Halladas en las alas del mayor avión comercial del mundo, las microfisuras, según aseguró el constructor aeronáutico europeo desde el principio, no suponen riesgo alguno para la seguridad de los vuelos.
Halladas en las alas del mayor avión comercial del mundo, las microfisuras, según aseguró el constructor aeronáutico europeo desde el principio, no suponen riesgo alguno para la seguridad de los vuelos.
El turismo espacial moverá mil millones de dólares en 10 años
El turismo espacial moverá mil millones de dólares en 10 años:
Washington.- La industria del turismo espacial moverá unos 1.000 millones de dólares en diez años, según estima George Nield, administrador asociado de la Administración Federal de Aviación (FAA) para el transporte comercial espacial.
Washington.- La industria del turismo espacial moverá unos 1.000 millones de dólares en diez años, según estima George Nield, administrador asociado de la Administración Federal de Aviación (FAA) para el transporte comercial espacial.
Airbus, Boeing, Embraer collaborate on Aviation Biofuel Commercialisation
Accelerating availability is key pillar of industry’s sustainable growth strategy
22 MARCH 2012 PRESS RELEASE
EADS / Airbus, Boeing and Embraer today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on the development of drop-in, affordable aviation biofuels. The three leading airframe manufacturers agreed to seek collaborative opportunities to speak in unity to government, biofuel producers and other key stakeholders to support, promote and accelerate the availability of sustainable new jet fuel sources.
Airbus President and CEO Tom Enders, Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Jim Albaugh, and Embraer Commercial Aviation President Paulo César Silva, signed the agreement at the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) Aviation and Environment Summit in Geneva.
“We’ve achieved a lot in the last ten years in reducing our industry’s CO2 footprint - a 45 percent traffic growth with only three percent more fuel consumption,” said Tom Enders. The production and use of sustainable quantities of aviation biofuels is key to meeting our industry's ambitious CO2 reduction targets and we are helping to do this through R+T, our expanding network of worldwide value chains and supporting the EU commission towards its target of four per cent of biofuel for aviation by 2020."
"Innovation, technology and competition push our respective products to the highest levels of performance,” said Jim Albaugh. “Through our common vision of lessening aviation’s environmental impacts, and our collective efforts to develop sustainable fuels, we can accelerate their availability and do the right thing for the planet we share."
"We are all committed to take a leading role in the development of technology programs that will facilitate aviation biofuels development and actual application faster than if we were doing it independently," said Paulo César Silva, Embraer President, Commercial Aviation. “Few people know that Brazil´s well known automotive biofuels program started within our aeronautical research community, back in the seventies, and we will keep on making history."
The collaboration agreement supports the industry’s multi-pronged approach to continuously reduce the industry’s carbon emissions. Continuous innovation, spurred by competitive market dynamics that push each manufacturer to continuously improve product performance, and air traffic modernization, are other critical elements to achieving carbon-neutral growth beyond 2020 and halving industry emissions by 2050 based on 2005 levels.
“Having these three aviation leaders set aside their competitive differences and work together in support of biofuel development, underscores the importance and focus the industry is placing on sustainable practices,” said ATAG Executive Director Paul Steele. “Through these types of broad industry collaboration agreements, aviation is doing all it can to drive measurable reductions in carbon emissions, while continuing to provide strong global economic and social value.”
All three companies are affiliate members of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (www.safug.org), which includes 23 leading airlines responsible for approximately 25 percent of annual aviation fuel use.
Value chains bring together farmers, refiners, airlines and lawmakers to speed up the commercialisation of sustainable biofuels. So far Airbus value chains have been established in Brazil, Qatar, Romania, Spain and Australia and the target is to have one in every continent. Aviation has limited alternatives to biofuel, so Airbus believes that energy types should be prioritised according to transport use.”
EADS Innovation Works leads the EADS group biofuel research. The MoU includes the development of industry open standards and methodologies to assess energy and carbon lifecycles.
Airbus, Boeing and Embraer are active around the globe in helping to establish regional supply chains, while the three manufacturers have all supported numerous biofuel flights since global fuel standards bodies granted their approval for commercial use in 2011.
22 MARCH 2012 PRESS RELEASE
EADS / Airbus, Boeing and Embraer today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on the development of drop-in, affordable aviation biofuels. The three leading airframe manufacturers agreed to seek collaborative opportunities to speak in unity to government, biofuel producers and other key stakeholders to support, promote and accelerate the availability of sustainable new jet fuel sources.
Airbus President and CEO Tom Enders, Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Jim Albaugh, and Embraer Commercial Aviation President Paulo César Silva, signed the agreement at the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) Aviation and Environment Summit in Geneva.
“We’ve achieved a lot in the last ten years in reducing our industry’s CO2 footprint - a 45 percent traffic growth with only three percent more fuel consumption,” said Tom Enders. The production and use of sustainable quantities of aviation biofuels is key to meeting our industry's ambitious CO2 reduction targets and we are helping to do this through R+T, our expanding network of worldwide value chains and supporting the EU commission towards its target of four per cent of biofuel for aviation by 2020."
"Innovation, technology and competition push our respective products to the highest levels of performance,” said Jim Albaugh. “Through our common vision of lessening aviation’s environmental impacts, and our collective efforts to develop sustainable fuels, we can accelerate their availability and do the right thing for the planet we share."
"We are all committed to take a leading role in the development of technology programs that will facilitate aviation biofuels development and actual application faster than if we were doing it independently," said Paulo César Silva, Embraer President, Commercial Aviation. “Few people know that Brazil´s well known automotive biofuels program started within our aeronautical research community, back in the seventies, and we will keep on making history."
The collaboration agreement supports the industry’s multi-pronged approach to continuously reduce the industry’s carbon emissions. Continuous innovation, spurred by competitive market dynamics that push each manufacturer to continuously improve product performance, and air traffic modernization, are other critical elements to achieving carbon-neutral growth beyond 2020 and halving industry emissions by 2050 based on 2005 levels.
“Having these three aviation leaders set aside their competitive differences and work together in support of biofuel development, underscores the importance and focus the industry is placing on sustainable practices,” said ATAG Executive Director Paul Steele. “Through these types of broad industry collaboration agreements, aviation is doing all it can to drive measurable reductions in carbon emissions, while continuing to provide strong global economic and social value.”
All three companies are affiliate members of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (www.safug.org), which includes 23 leading airlines responsible for approximately 25 percent of annual aviation fuel use.
Value chains bring together farmers, refiners, airlines and lawmakers to speed up the commercialisation of sustainable biofuels. So far Airbus value chains have been established in Brazil, Qatar, Romania, Spain and Australia and the target is to have one in every continent. Aviation has limited alternatives to biofuel, so Airbus believes that energy types should be prioritised according to transport use.”
EADS Innovation Works leads the EADS group biofuel research. The MoU includes the development of industry open standards and methodologies to assess energy and carbon lifecycles.
Airbus, Boeing and Embraer are active around the globe in helping to establish regional supply chains, while the three manufacturers have all supported numerous biofuel flights since global fuel standards bodies granted their approval for commercial use in 2011.