Le Bourget 2007

Today’s order for 50 NH-90 split between Germany (42) and Belgium (8) can be considered a mayor order. If I am not mistaken the first export order for the NH-90?

What is a NH-90 is it a new chopper that I have not heard off yet:o Take it its for the airforce’s 😀 Anyway some big and good orders there.

James

Does anybody else notice a real lack of activity from european airlines in terms of orders at this show,any so far have been very modest indeed & it seems that the asian & middle east airlines seem to grabbing all the headlines,to the casual observer who hears all about how these airlines are going to pioneer comfort with there brand spanking new aircraft,who are they goin to want to fly?

Today’s order for 50 NH-90 split between Germany (42) and Belgium (8) can be considered a mayor order. If I am not mistaken the first export order for the NH-90?

Sure, I suppose…but its not as “major” as an order for, say, 24 Typhoons or 10 C-17s would of been.

:confused: KLM 733s to replace 733s?

Sorry, should of course have mentioned 737-700. Have edited my post.

:confused: KLM 733s to replace 733s?

When was the last time there was a major military order announced at one of these air shows?

Today’s order for 50 NH-90 split between Germany (42) and Belgium (8) can be considered a mayor order. If I am not mistaken the first export order for the NH-90?

When was the last time there was a major military order announced at one of these air shows?

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ATR
ATR-72 … Islas Airways (Canaries) … 6+2 (delivered between 2007 and 2009)
ATR-72 … Jet Airways … 13+0

Airbus
A320 … Libyan … 0+7
A321 … Aeroflot … 5+0
A330 … Aeroflot … 10+0
A330 … Libyan … 4+0
A330-200F … Flyington (India) … 6+0
A330-200F … MNG Cargo … 2+1
A350 … Aeroflot … 22+0 (confirming earlier LoI)
A350 … Libyan … 4+0

Boeing
B737-700 … KLM … 7+7 (to replace 733)
B777-300 … Air France … 9+1 (to replace 744)
B777-300 … TAM … 4+0

Embraer
EMB-190 … BRA (Brazil) … 20+20 (Plus another 2 via GECAS.)

Eurocopter
AS350 … Helitrans (Andorra): 5+0
AS350 … Air Methods (USA) … 10+0
EC120 … IT&S (Maleisie) … 2+0
EC130 … Helitrans (Andorra): 5+0
EC135 … Hornbill Skyways (Maleisie) … 3+0
EC145 … National Utility Helicopters (Indonesie) … 2+0
NH-90 … German MoD … 42+0
NH-90 … Belgian MoD … 8+0

* Airbus –

– 20 x A320 For Kingfisher
– 10 x A332 For Kingfisher
– 5 x A345 For Kingfisher
– 15 x A350XWB For Kingfisher
– 15 x A332F For Aircastle
– 7 x A320 For Libyian Airlines
– 4 x A330-200
– 4 x A350-800
– 25 A320 For CIT leasing
– 7 x A350 For CIT Leasing
– 5 x A320 for Ural Airlines
– 5 x A320 For Afriquah
– 5 x A350 For Afriquah

Total – 528( Net 491)

Well Airbus traditionally does announce a heck of a lot of orders at the 2 european airshows ( Paris and farnbourough) while boeing announce some but there % to total annual orders is less . Comming into this years airshow airbus had something like 400 Commitments with something like 100 some firm orders . Boeing had 400 some firm orders with 100 some commitments so it was pretty clear that airbus had a lot of orders that it had to firm up and they have done most of them . That is why a lot of the orders were expected , infact barring the A380 orders most orders were expected and had been committed . Talk about mileage the same QR and US deals have been announced at farnbourough last year in a gala ceremony to launch the A350 , and the QR DEAL was announced twice before that as LOI with the previous 2 inter. of the jet .

Talking about saving up orders and piling huge orders at air show boeing salesman randy tensenth has this direct quote with regards to that –

This coming week we’ll be reading about aircraft orders at the Paris Air Show. Some may even describe the week’s activities in terms of an “orders battle.” But not us at Boeing.

We have a saying: “One week out of 52.” ………….

But, a word to reporters and other observers this week: we don’t consider it a battle – because we ain’t fighting on air show ground. An air show should be seen as a celebration of flight. ……

So keep in mind it’s just one week out of 52. We’ll stay focused on going the distance across those 52 weeks. And we’ll find out – in the long run.

Im genuinly unaware of their practices under these circumstances, but it seems to be Airbus have been saving up a lot of orders just to announce them here? Is this (generally) the case?

When was the last time there was a major military order announced at one of these air shows?

* Airbus –

– 8 x A330 For Thai
– 5 x A321 For SU
– 1 x A380 For Private BJ
– 20 x A332F for Intrepid

Total – 391 ( net 359)

* ATR

-ATR72-500 x 20 Hansung Airlines

-ATR72-500 x 4 Berjaya Air

*Sukhoi

-Superjet x 10 ITALI Airlines

Intrepid also seems to have turned their previously announced LoI for 20 330-200F into a firm order.

More orders –

* Boeing –
– 50 x 787 For IFLC
– 10 x 737 For IFLC
– 01 x 77W For IFLC

Boeing total – 107 ( Net 67)

* Airbus –

– 15 x A330-300’s For Air Asia

Total – 357 ( Net 325)

welcomed progress by Airbus… i do wonder what EK plans to do with THAT many 380s.

Take over the world!:)

welcomed progress by Airbus… i do wonder what EK plans to do with THAT many 380s.

Park some up on one of the Palm Islands and use them as luxury hotels 😀

welcomed progress by Airbus… i do wonder what EK plans to do with THAT many 380s.

More 787 News from boeing –

Dreamliner assembly on track, Carson says

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/320278_dreamliner19.html

Some snipets –

The airplane is fitting together very well,” Scott Carson, chief executive and president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, told journalists on the opening day of the Paris Air Show….

“I will tell you there are no surprises,” Carson said of final assembly of the first plane.

“Everything that we had planned for the plane in terms of how it gets assembled is on track.”

When Boeing workers mated the composite wings to the fuselage 10 days ago, Carson said, the left wing was only 1/10,000th of an inch out of alignment.

“We have never had an airplane any closer than that until we mated the right wing, which had zero tolerance,” Carson said. “It was right on the money.”

In a subsequent interview, Carson gave those figures some perspective. He said there is typically a half-inch to a quarter-inch of misalignment on the wings of the 777 — and this is on current production planes. The wings and fuselage of the 777 are aluminum.

He also goes on to explain what the entire fuss was about with the inch gap between the forward 2 fues. Sections.

ATR has also had some modest succes:

And Embraer has had an announcement as well:
[list][*]Lufthansa confirmed its intention to add 30 E190s. This it not quite a new order though. This will replace the order Swissair placed for 15x E175 and 15x E195. First deliery of the E190 is expected around january ’09.

Lastly Bombardier managed to report that the CL-605 has now been allowed for operations into LCY. Earlier this week three of them where sold to Air Independence (Germany) and one to Rizon Jet (Bahrain).

Source:
all of it from several articles at www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl.