Airbus Updates No.380

EADS Eyes Higher 2012 Profit On Airbus Surge

July 29, 2011

EADS, whose Airbus unit has outpaced US rival Boeing in the battle for plane orders so far this year, forecast a significant rise in operating profit next year as demand for aircraft grows.
EADS predicted Airbus would sell more than 1,000 planes in 2011, helped by a decision to revamp its single-aisle A320 series to use less fuel that gave it a head start over Boeing in the best-selling jet segment.
The group posted forecast-beating second-quarter results on Friday, as did Boeing two days earlier, and raised its free cash flow target for the year to around EUR€1 billion (USD$1.43 billion), excluding spending on acquisitions.
EADS said it still expected 2011 operating profit before one-offs to remain stable year-on-year at around EUR€1.3 billion. Earnings per share could lag or exceed last year's depending on the euro's strength against the dollar.
But for 2012, the group expects a "significant improvement" in its earnings before interest and tax and one-offs thanks to "higher volume, better pricing and improvement of A380 performance at Airbus," EADS added.
"They are rather confident on the level of orders, so they are raising their free cash flow target quite considerably," Oddo analyst Yan Derocles said. EADS said it had net cash of EUR€11 billion as of June 30.
EADS generates around 70 percent of sales at its Airbus division, with the rest fairly evenly split between its helicopter, space and military businesses. EADS is chipping away at its cash pile to fund acquisitions as it looks to rebalance its portfolio and reduce its exposure to the euro.
The group said quarterly earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) rose 15 percent to EUR€371 million in the three months to June 30, while sales rose 6 percent to EUR€12.1 billion.
"Our results for the first half of 2011 mirror the strong demand in the commercial aviation sector," chief executive Louis Gallois said.
NARROW-BODY BATTLE
Airbus showed that a bet on a re-engined version of its A320 family, known as the A320neo, had paid off as it picked up hundreds of orders for the aircraft at last month's Paris Air Show.
Boeing had wanted to take more time to weigh whether to put more fuel-efficient engines on its competing 737 or whether to redesign it.
But after Airbus's air show wins and when loyal Boeing customer American Airlines threatened to give an entire narrow-body order to Airbus, Boeing bowed to pressure and opted for a re-engined 737.
Airbus still won a large chunk of the American Airlines order, giving it a major boost in the US market as carriers prepare to replace older fleets.
EADS said Airbus should deliver 520 to 530 aircraft this year, including around 25 A380 superjumbos, helping revenue exceed last year's level.
Boeing this week trimmed its delivery forecast slightly to 485-495 commercial aircraft from 485-500.
Plane makers receive down payments when orders are confirmed but airlines hand over the bulk of the price on delivery.

Airbus Updates No.379

Airbus A319

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Airbus Updates No.378

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Airbus Updates No.377

Investigators To Say More On Air France Crash

July 29, 2011

French air accident investigators are expected to provide further insights on Friday into the airliner crash that killed 228 people when an Airbus A330 crashed into the Atlantic two years ago.
The BEA crash investigation agency will present its latest findings on the disaster, after two months sifting through data from black box flight recorders recovered from the ocean floor in May.
Its report, to be presented at a 1230 GMT news conference attended by victims' relatives, comes weeks after the second anniversary of the unexplained crash which led to a USD$50 million search operation to recover the black boxes.
The BEA will not attempt to give an official cause. Dozens of legal suits are pending on both sides of the Atlantic involving the airline, plane maker Airbus and their suppliers.
A final report is not due until later this year.
But sources close to the investigation say the BEA is for the first time ready to go further than just issuing rigidly factual summaries.
"This report will present the exact circumstances of the accident with an initial analysis and some new findings based on the data recovered from the flight recorders," the BEA said.
An initial summary in May, shortly after the black boxes were hauled from the ocean floor, raised questions over the actions of the pilots, but it stopped short of blaming them.
Initial black box evidence suggested the junior pilot pulled the nose up as the aircraft became unstable, shortly after there were inconsistent speed readings and an audible stall warning.
Aviation experts say this contradicted procedures which call for the nose to be lowered in response to an alert that the plane is in danger of losing lift and stalling.
"The main difficulty has been to understand why the pilots did what they did, starting from their earliest responses," a source familiar with aspects of the investigation said.
Jean-Louis Barber, head of the Air France branch of the main French pilots' union, told France Info radio the root cause of the accident was clearly a mechanical one, whatever the pilot response.
"What the first two reports from the BEA have shown is that, firstly, the event that triggered the accident was defective speed sensors, that it was a mechanical failure," he said.
That triggered a chain of events that the pilots may have struggled to respond to, especially if the plane's alarm system was apparently working against them and giving contradictory signals, he said.
The BEA has confirmed that cockpit speed readings went haywire shortly before the accident on June 1, 2009, something that may have been linked to icing up of the speed sensors on the outside of the aircraft.
In the worst previous accident linked to such sensors, in 1996, pilots of a Boeing 757 flown by Dominican airline Alas Nacionales were confused by poor speed data and lost control, according to records kept by the Flight Safety Foundation.

Airbus Updates No.376

Air France Crash Probe Finds Pilots Ignored Warnings

July 29, 2011

French investigators said on Friday that the crew of Air France's Rio-Paris flight, which crashed into the Atlantic two years ago, ignored repeated stall warnings and failed to follow textbook procedures.
France's BEA authority issued 10 new safety recommendations aimed at avoiding a repeat of the crash, which killed 228 people, including more training on flying aircraft manually -- a skill which industry critics say has been eroded by computers.
The BEA report into the final minutes of flight AF 447 found that pilots failed to discuss "stall" alarms as their doomed Airbus jet plummeted 38,000 feet and hurtled into the ocean at 200 km (125 miles) per hour, killing everyone on board.
It revealed passengers were not given any warning as pilots struggled to avoid the crash in the early hours of June 1, 2009.
The updated account, based on recently recovered black boxes, confirmed a finding in May that the crew responded to stall warnings by doing something that has mystified aviation experts ever since -- pointing the nose up instead of down.
"It seems obvious the crew didn't recognise the situation they were in, for whatever reason, and more training could have helped," said Paul Hayes, safety director at UK consultancy Ascend Aviation.
An aerodynamic stall -- not to be confused with stalled engines -- is a dangerous condition that occurs when wings are unable to support the aircraft. The textbook way of responding is to point the nose downwards to capture air at a better angle.
But a stall of a commercial aircraft is a rare event and especially so at high altitude, for which crash investigators have made clear there is little or no specific training.
The report appeared likely to spark a battle between Air France and Airbus over whether the pilots' actions in failing to respond to a stall or whether faulty flight equipment were most to blame.
"At this stage, there is no reason to question the crew's technical skills," Air France said in a statement, blaming the "misleading stopping and starting of the stall warning alarm" for complicating their attempts to analyse the situation.
LAWSUITS MAY FOLLOW
The question of who is to blame is of huge importance as both firms face criminal probes in France. Victims' families have laid the foundation for lawsuits on both sides of the Atlantic.
During normal computer-assisted flying, Airbus systems are designed to prevent a stall developing even if the pilot errs.
But in this case the A330 was being flown manually after the autopilot switched itself off in the wake of a temporary loss of reliable speed data, thought to be caused by ice on the Pitot speed sensors made by French aerospace firm Thales.
The pilots had not been trained on a procedure known as "Unreliable IAS (indicated airspeed)" or on manual aircraft handling at high altitudes, the BEA said in a statement.
The BEA recommended mandatory exercises for pilots on ways of handling aircraft manually and preventing high-altitude stalls.
A lawyer for the families of some victims said the report's emphasis on the role of the pilots was "very questionable".
"This is perhaps a way of BEA freeing the firms from their responsibility," Olivier Morrice told reporters. "If there was not a failure of the Pitot sensors, the pilots would not have been placed in such a complicated situation."
The BEA stopped short of pinning blame on either the crew or the aircraft and its systems, but three of its recommendations focused on the way the plane is flown or crewed and one proposed adding an extra instrument to reinforce audible stall alerts.
Others called for black boxes to record a video image of what pilots see on the computer screens that nowadays replace a forest of dials, though unions have said this could be misused.
The call for extra training may comfort union leaders who have denounced what they see as a rush to blame the Air France pilots after the first black box read-out in May.
Unions say that in order to save costs, airlines force pilots to rely too heavily on push-button flying techniques that work only until something goes seriously wrong. Air France says safety is a top priority and Airbus says its planes are safe.
Black box data suggested that for the most part a 32-year-old junior pilot pulled back on the stick despite a series of stall warnings, including one lasting 54 seconds.
Pilots say an Airbus stall warning consists of a synthetic voice crying "stall, stall," an alarm nicknamed the "cavalry charge" and a red master warning light on the instrument panel.
Shortly before the emergency began, the 52-year-old captain had started a routine rest period but had left without giving clear operational instructions, the BEA said in a summary.
By the time the captain returned to the cockpit a minute and a half into the emergency the aircraft was in serious trouble.

Airbus Updates No.375

Incident: LAN A320 at Esquel on Jul 24th 2011, runway excursion

By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Jul 26th 2011 14:51Z, last updated Tuesday, Jul 26th 2011 14:56Z A LAN Argentina Airbus A320-200, registration LV-CKV performing flight 4M-4052 from Buenos Aires Newbery,BA to Esquel,CB (Argentina) with 155 passengers, landed on Esquel's runway 23 however overran the end of the runway by about 3 meters (10 feet) with the nose gear coming to a stop on soft ground at about 11:40L (14:40Z). The airplane subsequently turned around by 180 degrees and taxied to the gate where the passengers disembarked normally. No injuries occurred. The aircraft was being checked for possible engine ingestion of foreign objects and possible nose gear damage. Aviation gossip talks of a possible windshear on short final. Metars or local weather information currently not available, though the local weather station reported calm winds about 3 hours prior to and winds of up to 33kph/18 knots about 3 hours past the incident. Incident: Singapore A388 at Singapore on Jul 25th 2011, engine shut down in flight By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Jul 26th 2011 08:02Z, last updated Tuesday, Jul 26th 2011 12:34Z A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380-800, registration 9V-SKH performing flight SQ-856 from Singapore (Singapore) to Hong Kong (China) with 368 passengers and 21 crew, was climbing out of Singapore about 20 minutes into the flight when engine #3 (Trent 900, inboard right hand) surged and suffered vibrations prompting the engine to be shut down. The crew decided to return to Singapore for a safe landing about 50 minutes after departure. A replacement Airbus A380-800 registration 9V-SKB reached Hong Kong with a delay of 4.5 hours. The airline reported engine #3 suffered surge and high vibration and was automatically shut down. The crew decided to return to Singapore as a precaution. Following inspections the engine is currently being exchanged, the aircraft is expected back in service on Jul 27th. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore has been informed. Incident: Jetblue A320 at Bogota on Jul 26th 2011, could not retract gear By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Jul 26th 2011 20:49Z, last updated Tuesday, Jul 26th 2011 20:49Z A Jetblue Airbus A320-200, registration N565JB performing flight B6-1784 from Bogota (Colombia) to Orlando,FL (USA), could not retract the landing gear after departure and returned to Bogota for a safe landing. A replacement Airbus A320-200 was dispatched from Orlando to Bogota as flight B6-8198. Colombia's Civil Aviation Authority said, the landing gear of the Airbus A320 tail number N565JB could not be retracted, the cause is not yet known. Incident: Emirates A332 at Mumbai on Jul 27th 2011, engine shut down in flight By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Jul 27th 2011 12:22Z, last updated Wednesday, Jul 27th 2011 12:22Z An Emirates Airbus A330-200, registration A6-EKX performing flight EK-507 from Mumbai (India) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates) with 202 people on board, was in the initial climb out of Mumbai when the crew reported an engine (Trent 700) failure, secured the engine and decided to return to Mumbai. The aircraft landed safely about 20 minutes after departure. Accident: Air Mauritius A343 near Mauritius on Jul 28th 2011, turbulence injures 7 By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Jul 29th 2011 10:08Z, last updated Friday, Jul 29th 2011 10:13Z An Air Mauritius Airbus A340-300, registration 3B-NAY performing flight MK-852 from Johannesburg (South Africa) to Mauritius (Mauritius) with 65 passengers and 13 crew, was on approach to Mauritius about 10 minutes prior to landing when the aircraft encountered moderate to severe turbulence causing injuries to 6 cabin crew and one passenger. The aircraft continued for a safe landing, the 7 injured were taken to a local hospital. The airline reported that the passenger and one cabin crew remained in hospital care, the other 5 flight attendants were released after treatment. An internal investigation is being carried out.

Airbus Updates No.374

Saudi Air Force A330 at Toulouse


Maximus Air Cargo A300F A6-HAZ at Dresden

Airbus Updates No.373

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Airbus Updates No.372

Lufthansa purchases 30 A320neo Family aircraft

 

Fuel-efficient new aircraft will fit seamlessly into Lufthansa’s fleet and strategy

 

Lufthansa has placed a firm order for 30 Airbus A320neo Family aircraft. This contract follows the selection by the Lufthansa Supervisory Board of the A320neo Family in March this year. The order comprises 25 A320neo and five A321neo aircraft. These will be powered by new-generation Pratt & Whitney PW1100G turbofan engines. With this latest order the Lufthansa Group, Airbus’ biggest airline customer, will have purchased a combined total of 443 Airbus aircraft.

The A320neo Family also incorporates large "Sharklet" wing tip devices, which together with the new more efficient engines, will deliver up to 15 percent in fuel savings. This will represent some 3,600 tonnes less CO2 per aircraft, per year. In addition, the A320neo will provide a double-digit reduction in NOx emissions and reduced engine noise, thus being a good neighbour at any airport where Lufthansa is operating the aircraft.

“We are proud that Lufthansa has chosen the eco-efficient A320neo Family as its solution for sustainable growth, and one which will fit seamlessly into its existing Airbus A320 fleet,” said John Leahy, Airbus Chief Operating Officer, Customers. “Since its launch in December last year, around 1,200 orders and commitments for the ‘neo’ have given it the fastest rate of sales ever for any commercial aircraft.”

Today the Lufthansa Group is Airbus’ biggest operator worldwide with more than 360 Airbus aircraft currently in service. These include: 254 A320 Family; 38 A330s; 65 A340s; and eight A380s. With this latest order for 30 aircraft, the Lufthansa Group has an order backlog which includes 85 A320 Family aircraft, eight A330s, and seven A380s.

The A320 Family (A318, A319, A320 and A321) is recognised as the benchmark single-aisle aircraft family. Over 7,500 Airbus A320 Family aircraft have been ordered and more than 4,700 delivered to more than 330 customers and operators worldwide. The A320neo Family will have over 95 percent airframe commonality with the existing models making it an easy fit into today’s fleets while offering up to 500 nautical miles more range or two tonnes more payload at a given range.

Airbus Updates No.371

EADS Denies 70 Percent AMR Discount

July 27, 2011

Airbus parent EADS said on Tuesday a giant deal to sell 260 jets to American Airlines last week was profitable and denied that it had cut prices by up to 70 percent.

Commercial Aviation Online reported that Airbus and Boeing had both offered aircraft to American Airlines for around USD$30 million, which would cover either the re-engined A320neo aircraft or the rival Boeing 737-800.


That would represent a discount of 67 percent for the A320neo or 55 percent for the current model of Boeing 737-800.

"The deal is profitable and absolutely in line with EADS and Airbus business plans," an EADS spokesman said, adding he was responding to rumours of discounts of 70 percent.

"The rumours are completely unfounded. The A320 deal is a perfectly normal market deal and the A320neo deal fully acknowledges the value this brings to the customer."

Airbus agreed to sell 130 existing A320 aircraft which have a list price of USD$85 million and 130 A320neo, a planned upgrade of the A320 with new engines and a list price of USD$91.2 million.
In what it described as the largest civil aviation deal, American also placed an order for 100 current Boeing 737s and 100 upgraded versions that Boeing plans to fit with new fuel-saving engines subject to the approval of its board.

Wells Fargo Securities said in a note on Monday that its own analysis of AMR filings pointed to a purchase price of around USD$30 million for the A320neo or re-engined 737, adding this could even work out at USD$27 million in today's dollars.

The brokerage said this compared with third-party appraisal values of USD$45 million for the existing model of Boeing 737-800.

Aircraft manufacturers typically sell at discounts and prices are seen as especially keen when a new product is being launched. However, Wells Fargo said the prices which it had deduced from AMR securities filings would be "outstanding".

Competition to win the American deal was seen as intense.

Aircraft analyst Scott Hamilton of Leeham reported during negotiations that the planes could be valued at USD$30 million.

Airbus Updates No.370

IBERIA ORDER 8 AIRBUS A330 AIRCRAFT WITH OPTIONS ON 8 MORE

IAG group today announced that they have ordered 8 Airbus A330 Aircraft and taken options on 8 more. The aircraft are to be dlievered to and operated by Iberia on routes to South America......Aircraft deliveries are to commence in the second quarter of 2013

The aircraft will replace the A340 aircraft currently operated by the airline on a one for one basis...

Engines will be provided by GE

Airbus Updates No.369

Airbus to acquire Satair A/S

 

Acquisition of Satair A/S – a leading aviation after-market distributor – will significantly enhance Airbus’ services offering in aircraft material management

Airbus has signed an agreement with the Board of Directors of Satair A/S for the launch of a voluntary conditional tender offer with a cash price of DKK 580 per share of a nominal value of DKK 20

This transaction represents a total consideration of DKK 2,595 million (US$ 504 m) and will be financed through EADS existing cash balances • Satair has undertaken to recommend the offer to its shareholders

subject to and upon publication of the offer document • Satair’s shareholders representing approximately 16% of Satair’s

shares have committed to accept the offer under certain conditions

Airbus Updates No.368

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Airbus Updates No.367

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Saudi Royal Flight A340 HZ-HMS2 is now in service

Airbus Updates No.366

Malaysian Airlines A330-323X 9M-MTD c/n 1234

Air France A320-214 F-HBNH c/n 4800

Avianca A320-214 N763AV c/n 4763

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Airbus Updates No.365

Airbus Updates No.364

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Airbus Updates No.363

Air France-KLM Board To Meet On 100 Plane Order

July 22, 2011

Air France-KLM's board will meet on July 27 to discuss an order for 100 long-haul aircraft to be split between Airbus and Boeing, La Tribune reported without saying where it got the information.
The airline group is looking for 100 lightweight, fuel-saving aircraft in the mid-sized 250-300 seat range and is comparing the Boeing 787 Dreamliner with the future Airbus A350.
The paper said half the orders would be firm and the rest options, adding that the order would be split between Airbus and Boeing and would be announced in September.
Air France-KLM said earlier this month it hoped to announce the results of the contest during the summer. Officials at the airline have said the order was likely to be split between the two manufacturers.
The order would be worth around USD$25 billion at list prices, but airlines negotiate discounts when renewing their fleets.
Air France-KLM declined to comment.
The airline, Europe's largest by revenue is 15.7 percent state owned. It has come under pressure from members of the French parliament to order planes from Toulouse-based Airbus, instead of Boeing.

Airbus Updates No.362

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Airbus Updates No.361

Incident: Saudia A333 near Athens on Jul 14th 2011, instrument failures

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration HZ-AQD performing flight SV-129 from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) with 187 people on board, was enroute at FL360 about 125nm northwest of Athens (Greece) when the crew decided to divert to Athens due to multiple failures of instruments. On approach to Athens ATC repeatedly inquired whether the aircraft would be able to fly the localizer and glideslope and finally cleared the aircraft to intercept the localizer or perform a visual approach to Athen's runway 03L. The airplane performed a safe overweight landing on Athen's runway 03L. The airplane was able to depart again after about 4.5 hours on the ground and reached Paris with a delay of 5.5 hours. The crew reported 187 souls on board, the airline's website stated 168 passengers on board. Incident: Avianca A320 at Miami on Jul 16th 2011, bird strike   An Avianca Airbus A320-200, registration N451AV performing flight AV-39 from Miami,FL (USA) to Cali (Colombia), was accelerating for takeoff when the right hand engine (CFM56) ingested a bird just above V1. The crew continued takeoff, climbed to 5000 feet and reported the right hand engine showed high vibrations. The engine was now running at reduced thrust. The aircraft returned to Miami's runway 09 for a safe landing about 30 minutes after departure. The FAA reported the engine received minor damage. Incident: Air Transat A313 at Montreal on Jul 18th 2011, could not retract flaps   An Air Transat Airbus A310-300, registration C-GSAT performing flight TS-414 from Montreal,QC (Canada) to Marseille (France) with 244 people on board, could not retract the flaps. The crew levelled off at 11,000 feet, burned off fuel and landed safely back on Montreal's runway 24R about 36 minutes after departure. A replacement Airbus A310-300 registration C-FDAT reached Marseille with a delay of 4 hours. The Canadian TSB reported a bearing was found stuck and was replaced. Incident: Ural A320 near Ekaterinburg on Jul 19th 2011, hydraulic failure   A Ural Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration VQ-BFW performing flight U6-3736 from Bourgas (Bulgaria) to Ekaterinburg (Russia) with 119 people on board, was enroute at 10100 meters (FL331) shortly before reaching top of descent when the crew reported the failure of one of three hydraulic systems on board. The crew continued to Ekaterinburg's Koltsovo Airport for a safe landing about 30 minutes later Incident: Wizzair A320 at Budapest on Jul 19th 2011, hydraulic problem, could not fully retract gear   A Wizzair Airbus A320-200, registration HA-LPB performing flight W6-2209 from Budapest (Hungary) to London Luton,EN (UK) with 174 passengers, was climbing out of Budapest's runway 13R when the crew selected the gear up but did not receive a gear up and locked indication for all gear struts as result of hydraulic problems. The aircraft levelled off at FL150 and entered a holding to burn off fuel before the aircraft returned to land on runway 13L about 55 minutes after departure. A replacement aircraft is estimated to depart Budapest with a delay of 5 hours. Incident: TAM A332 near Miami on Jul 19th 2011, smell of smoke in cabin   A TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A330-200, registration PT-MVB performing flight JJ-9399 from Orlando,FL (USA) to Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP (Brazil), was enroute at FL370 about 80nm southeast of Miami,FL (USA) when the crew declared PAN PAN PAN, reported smell of smoke in the cabin and requested to divert to Miami. The airplane landed safely on Miami's runway 09 about 20 minutes later and vacated the runway. The airline reported some technical problem, the passengers were accomodated in Miami and rebooked onto other flights. The incident aircraft operated flight JJ-8091 from Miami to Sao Paulo departing Miami about 7 hours after landing