Aircraft News - Europe

Airguide Online, August 13, 2007

Aug 13, 2007

Air Berlin Technik

Air Berlin said Air Berlin Technik will service the airline's fleet of 130 aircraft and will look to develop third-party business. "Air Berlin is hoping that by merging these technical operations it will achieve better utilization of the facilities at the individual sites and a reduction in technical costs. The intention is also to separate these activities from seasonal flight operations," the airline said. Aug 10, 2007

Air Berlin Technik

Air Berlin announced the creation of a new, independent maintenance and engineering company that will combine its own Air Berlin Technik Berlin division, 600 employees working for LTU in Dusseldorf and Munich, Air Berlin employees in Dusseldorf and 130 dba-Technik workers in Munich. The new company, Air Berlin Technik, will employ 1,100. The LTU workers and AB's employees in Dusseldorf will comprise Air Berlin Luftfahrttechnik Dusseldorf, a subsidiary of ABT. Aug 10, 2007

Air France KLM, Embraer

Air France KLM Group subsidiaries Regional and KLM Cityhopper last week placed a joint order for 20 Embraer E-170/190 aircraft plus 18 options. The group said the combined order "will lead to substantial synergies both in the purchasing of aircraft, engines and spare parts and in fleet management, operational maintenance and crew training." Regional will take six 170s and four 190s and Cityhopper will take 10 190s and replace its oldest Fokker F100s. Deliveries are scheduled between 2008 and 2011. Regional flies to 46 destinations with a fleet of 28 ERJ-145s, nine -135s, seven 120s, three 190s, nine F100s and five F70s. Cityhopper operates 55 aircraft. Aug 6, 2007

Airbus

No Mechanical Error In Brazil Air Crash - Airbus An Airbus A320 airliner that crashed in Sao Paulo last month killing 199 people had shown no signs of mechanical or computer error, a company official told Brazil's Congress on Thursday. Aug 10, 2007

Airbus

Airbus and Singapore Airlines have begun pre-delivery tests for the first A380 to enter commercial service. Aug 6, 2007

BAE Systems

BAE Systems Regional Aircraft will lease a third Avro RJ70 to India's MDLR Airlines, which launched operations in March. Delivery of the two-class, 70-seat aircraft is scheduled for the end of next month. MDLR flies to Delhi, Kolkata, Chandigarh and Ranchi and plans to start flying to Jaipur and Surat. Aug 10, 2007

Finnair, Aeroflot Cargo

Finnair has eight Airbus A330/340s plus four options, 11 A350 XWBs and six Embraer E-190s still on order. Seven MD-11s have been sold to Aeroflot Cargo and will be transferred in 2008-2009. It also warned that six of its seven labor agreements are set to expire at the end of the current quarter. Aug 10, 2007

London City Airport

On Wednesday 1 August a Dornier 328 jet on a private charter by executive jet operator, IceJet, touched down at London City Airport (LCY) after a 2h 50m flight from Iceland. It is the largest VIP-style executive aircraft to have used the docklands airport. Aug 7, 2007

Lufthansa Systems

Lufthansa Systems will help Air Dolomiti implement e-ticketing. In a first phase, the Italian carrier will incorporate interline agreements with Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines. Aug 9, 2007

Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Engine Certified For Boeing's 787 Rolls-Royce said on Tuesday its Trent 1000 engine had received its airworthiness certification, clearing the way for the first flight of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner. Aug 8, 2007

Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Trent 1000, launch engine for the 787, becoming the first engine to be validated concurrently under new regulatory procedures. The certification comes as scheduled and just 18 months after the engine's first ground run. Nine development engines have been used in ground testing and a further 10 will support inflight testing on four 787s. According to Rolls, the results of rig and engine testing have allowed the Trent 1000 to be certificated with significant margins to CAEP6 standards for all emissions. Aug 8, 2007

Rolls-Royce, Boeing

Rolls-Royce said on Tuesday its Trent 1000 engine had received its airworthiness certification, clearing the way for the first flight of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner. GE Aviation has also developed an engine for the 787, which is the fastest selling airliner in Boeing's history. On a date symbolizing the plane's name, (70807) the seventh day of the eighth month of 2007, officials from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) handed over the airworthiness certificate. A spokesman said the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also certified the engine on Tuesday. Aug 8, 2007

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