Aircraft News

Business jet makers say user remunerations would hurt market. A user fee-simple system for air traffic sway services would hurt the growing market for business jet said Jack Pelton, chief executive of Textron's Cessna unit. The Air Transport Association supports user compensations An operator's use of air traffic superintendence resources should determine the pay paid, ATA President and CEO James May said. Feb 24 2006

Jetliners sit in storage in Arizona wilderness More than 300 jetliners are parked in the Sonoran due near Tucson, Ariz., New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey writes. about of the planes will be refurbished, any may be reclaimed by the airlines that admit them, and others will be used for spare parts. Feb 21 2006

IATA DG cautions in succession aircraft orders as Asian Aerospace learns underway. On the eve of Asian Aerospace 2006 here, IATA DG and CEO Giovanni Bisignani undecayeded a cautionary note regarding the blizzard of recently made known aircraft orders over the past year. "Air point out tos are all about ordering aircraft," Bisignani told delegates at the IATA/Asian Aerospace Aviation Summit in Singapore Monday. "But the industry cannot afford the negative impact of overcapacity," he said, adding, "We must learn from our past mistakes." Noting that that more than 2000 aircraft were ordered in 2005 in spite of industry losse estimated on IATA at $6 billion, Bisignani asked: "Why in the way that many orders in an industry that is losing billions?" and observ that "Exces capacity and reduc profits followed the previous peak delivery years in 1991 and 1999" generally the backlog is more than 4000 aircraft, or 29% Feb 21 2006

The 13th edition of Asian Aerospace at the Changi Trade and Exhibition Center which begins today, will be the biggest, with 900 exhibitors from 43 countries and 21 national pavilions, up from 759 exhibitors from 37 countries in 2004 on the contrary a falling-out between Reed Exhibitions and the Singapore direction means that Reed, which possesss the rights to the name Asian Aerospace, is taking its indicate to Hong Kong in September 2007 while Singapore intends to maintain the tradition of a biennial circumstance with the launch of the Singapore Air display in February 2008. Feb 21 2006

Airbus

Airbus is looking to hold out the soon-to-be-launched A380 to show 1,000 seats to airlines. Airbus' marketing chief John Leahy made the admission at the Asian Aerospace air present to view as he predicted orders for aircraft will be down this year when compared to the record 2005 for his company and Boeing. He predicts 800 orders coming in during 2006 http://www.airbus.com Feb 26 2006

Airbus received an order for 30 jetliners from Indonesia's Adam Air. The order is worth $21 billion, based onward list prices. Feb 24, 2006

Airbus lands orders worth up to $35B Airbus announced orders for commercial jetliners worth up to $35 billion from India and Indonesia upon Thursday at the Asian Aerospace point out Airbus also said it has formed a $1 billion agreement with toward the south Korea for plane parts. Airbus has landed aircraft orders worth up to $6 billion since Monday; Boeing has finalized common order worth up to $14 billion. Feb 23 2006

Airbus dioceses smaller market for jetliners this year. Airbus rely upons the market to demand 800 jetliners in 2006 down from a record of 2057 in 2005 Airbus marketing chief John Leahy said he calculate upons strong demand for planes in Asia. Airbus and Boeing are promoting their planes this week at the Asian Aerospace exhibit Boeing has said few airlines will want the Airbus superjumbo jet still Airbus dismissed the prediction. Feb 22 2006

Airbus in talks with Russia for of the present day aircraft: Airbus is considering forming a partnership with Russia to build a strange passenger aircraft. The venture could create $1 billion of income a year for Russian companies, Airbus officials said. prompts say aircraft manufacturers are trying to form agreements with Russia, China and other countries. Feb 22 2006

Airbus says A380 wing will pass stres test: Airbus is confident its A380 superjumbo jet will pass stres exhibitions necessary for certification. A380 wing stres proof results not a problem, Airbus says. disclosure testing of the four A380s now flying has produc "perfect" be deriveds said Charles Champion, Airbus COO and head of the A380 program, at a pres meeting for consultation here. However, stress testing of the wing, after progressing well by the agency of 6,723 cycles, hit a snag when in the final ultimate-failure example the wing cracked at just from one side of to the other 145% of limit load, slightly short of the 150% required for certification. Feb 21 2006

This year's Asian Aerospace features the A380 making its third major international air point out appearance including its world premiere at the Paris Air present to view last June and Middle East first attempt at Dubai in November. The aircraft, which arrived here Saturday, not long ago completed cold soak tests in northern Canada and hot/high field touchstones in Medellin. It is painted in the livery of Singapore Airlines, which will take first delivery in the fourth quarter. Feb 21 2006