Farnborough 2008 Show News - July 17, 2008 - (Page 1)

THURSDAY, JULY 17 FARNBOROUGH 2008 Al Salam Success Story Saudi firm is updating, and soon –Page 4 will build fighters. Aeroflot: Five A321s The order will bring airline’s A320 familiy fleet to 38. –Page 4 When Will A400M Fly? And, for that matter, when will its test TP400 engine fly? –Page 8 GE Aviation for Southwest Ten years of CFM56-7B MRO is worth $2 billion. –Page 10 Boeing and Aviation Capital Group signing for 15 Boeing 737NGs here yesterday. Above are (front l to r) Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Scott Carson and Stephen Hannah, group MD & CEO of ACG. They are watched by (l to r) Boeing evp Ray Conner, Boeing Commercial sales director Kimberly Ruiz, ACG evp Richard G. Cherney, and Boeing Commercial vp for leasing & asset management John N. Feren. Emissions Frustrations Industry panel criticizes moves by policymakers. –Page 16 First Watchkeepers by Fall Thales UK UAVs to fly from –Page 18 ParcAberporth. Orders Flow for Airbus and Boeing Orders might be slowing for Airbus and Boeing as airlines battle the high price of oil but one wouldn’t have thought it yesterday, when the two signed contracts for nearly 100 aircraft worth well over $10 billion. That brought their tally for the first three days of the show to at least $50 billion, at list prices. Airbus also launched its new A320/A321 passenger-to-freighter conversion program with a contract to convert 30 aircraft for leasing company AerCap. Sukhoi came to Farnborough with 73 orders for the Superjet 100 and had signed another 49 by Wednesday evening. —Page 3 Sukhoi Superjet Flies But time presses for promised early 2009 deliveries. –Page 18 MAC Is a Going Concern Mitsubishi Regional Jet’s formal launch, 25 orders too. –Page 18 BOC Plays China Card Lease firm adding Collins avionics to 47 A320s. –Page 19 MRO Leadership Gap Poll finds ‘shallow’ talent pool in India and China. –Page 19 CMC Subdues Hercules TacView display to help manage data on the C-130J. –Page 20 IAE president Jon Beatty (l) and Wizz Air CEO Jozsef Varadi toast the deal for 100 V2500 engines. ‘Industry, Help Us Out!’ Disabled flyers association plans –Page 21 record attempt. Wizz Air Selects IAE for 50 Airbus A320s Wizz Air, Central and Eastern Europe’s largest low-cost airline, signed a $1.6 billion order with IAE International Aero Engines to power 50 A320s with V2500s. The deal brought IAE’s engine sales at the Show to 300 V2500s worth some $3 billion at list prices. IAE also signed contracts for aftermarket services worth another $3 billion for a tally of $6 billion in just the last three days. That’s double the amount of business IAE signed at the Paris Air Show last year. VISIT US AT CHALET C-6. Military Benefits First It’s not easy to defend airliners against hand-helds. –Page 22

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