2007

21.12.2007

Vietnam Orders 10 A350 XWB And 20 Additional A321 Aircraft

Toulouse - Vietnam Airlines and Vietnam Aircraft Leasing Company look to the future with Airbus

21.12.2007

EADS Socata’s TBM 850 sales reach the 150-order milestone

Tarbes - 60 firm orders have been booked for aircraft allocated in 2008, while total TBM 850 customer deliveries reach 92 aircraft

20.12.2007

EADS in Spain delivers the first squad of the Spanish Future Soldier (COMbatiente FUTuro, COMFUT)

19.12.2007

Amsterdam - EADS and Airbus select preferred bidders for site divestments

19.12.2007

The Ministry of Communications in China reinforces its fleet with the delivery of the first 2 EC 225 helicopters in China

Marignane - Eurocopter is pleased to deliver the first 2 EC 225s in China to the Ministry of Communications (MOC) in Zhuhai on the 18th December 07, in the presence of Captain Jiahui SONG, Director General of the Rescue and Salvage Bureau (MOC) and Mr. Philippe Harache, Senior Executive Vice-President of Eurocopter.

18.12.2007

Madrid - Spain’s Interior Ministry orders two EADS CASA CN-235 aircraft for the Guardia Civil

18.12.2007

Toulouse - Tiger Airways Looks To The Future With Fleet Of 70 A320 Aircraft

18.12.2007

EADS Defence & Security was awarded research and technology programme for the "Agile UAV in Network-Centric Environments" project

18.12.2007

First MRH90 Multi-Role Helicopters Delivered to Australia

Marignane - The Australian Armed Forces took formally delivery today of the first two of 46 new, large and fast, troop carrying helicopters in Brisbane at Australian Aerospace, Eurocopter subsidiary. This hand-over ceremony, which was preceded by a fly-past of the two MRH90, was attended by an impressive grouping of the nation’s leaders, Federal, State and Local government officials, senior officers of the Australian Defence Force, and senior executives of Eurocopter, including CEO Lutz Bertling, Australian Aerospace, EADS and industry partners.

17.12.2007

Lampoldshausen - Astrium delivers its 1000th satellite engine

17.12.2007

Tiger HAD maiden flight performed on December 14th, 2007

Marignane - The first flight of the HAD version of the Tiger (HAD S/N 5001) has taken place in Marignane (France) on December 14th, 2007, at the exact date forecasted in the Tiger HAD development contract signed two years ago between Eurocopter Tiger and the international armament organisation OCCAR. The flight clearance had been granted by the French military airworthiness authority DGA on the 11th of December 2007 and had been followed by the usual ground runs process prior to the first flight.

14.12.2007

Toulouse - Qantas Takes Delivery Of Airbus’ 5000th Aircraft

14.12.2007

Toulouse - Airbus Has Introduced An Eco-Efficient Aircraft Painting Process

14.12.2007

EADS Defence & Security has been awarded by the French Ministry of the Interior a contract for deployment of ANTARES infrastructure

14.12.2007

Toulouse - Engine Alliance Powered Airbus A380 Receives Joint EASA & FAA Type Certification

13.12.2007

Toulouse - 5,000th Airbus Aircraft To Be Delivered To Qantas

13.12.2007

Marignane - DGA orders 5 Eurocopter EC145 helicopters for Sécurité Civile

13.12.2007

Toulouse - Airbus Brings Maintenance Training Closer To Customers Through Its MRO Network

12.12.2007

ATV Jules Verne’s cargo loading

Kourou - Several major stages have been completed in the ATV launch readiness campaign at the Space Centre in Kourou.

12.12.2007

EADS Defence & Security delivers system demonstrator for Joint ISR to the Bundeswehr

12.12.2007

Toulouse - Finnair Orders One More A330-300 For Long-Haul Fleet

11.12.2007

Toulouse - Saudi Arabian Airlines Firm Up Contract For Airbus A320

11.12.2007

Toulouse - China Airlines Chooses Airbus A350 XWB For Their Future Medium Capacity Long-Haul Fleet

11.12.2007

EADS Defence & Security was tasked for the study on the risk reduction of a modular reconnaissance and surveillance UAV

Germany, France and Spain commission contract for trinational project study

10.12.2007

Toulouse - Libyan Airlines Confirms Order For 15 Airbus Aircraft Including A350s, A330s And A320s

10.12.2007

Madrid - EADS MTA successfully performs first in-flight contact of its Air Refuelling Boom System using a combat aircraft receiver.

10.12.2007

Toulouse - Afriqiyah Airways Confirms Order For Six A350s

10.12.2007

Arlington, Virginia - EADS demonstrates P25 Solution with state of Wisconsin

08.12.2007

Langkawi - Berjaya Air Signs Contract to Purchase 4 new ATR 72-500s

06.12.2007

Toulouse - Cathay Pacific Adds Eight A330 Aircraft To Airbus Fleet

06.12.2007

Toulouse - Vietnam Airlines expands its regional fleet with 5 new ATR 72-500s

05.12.2007

Toulouse - AirAsia To Become Largest Airline Customer For A320 Aircraft

05.12.2007

La Jeanne d’Arc et le Georges Leygues vont bénéficier pour la troisième fois de communications à large bande par satellites pour leur campagne

Paris - Astrium Services fournira, pour la troisième fois consécutive, à la Marine nationale, de la capacité satellitaire et des services de télécommunications associés, pour la campagne de formation des élèves -officiers de la Jeanne d’Arc et du Georges Leygues.

04.12.2007

Langkawi - Malaysia Airlines acquires 20 ATR 72-500s for Firefly and MASwings

04.12.2007

Eurocopter highlights EC725 at the Langkawi Air Show 2007

Langkawi - World’s No 1 helicopter company displays state-of-the-art technology for Malaysian Fleet Renewal programmes and underlines strong regional footprint through Eurocopter Malaysia

03.12.2007

Columbus: Europe's principal contribution to the International Space Station ISS

Cap Canaveral - It enables research under zero gravity conditions

03.12.2007

Toulouse - Airbus A318 Approved For Head Up Display

03.12.2007

DGA orders 68 NH90 helicopters for French army

Marignane - The French Defence Procurement Agency DGA has ordered via NAHEMA 68 NH90 helicopters in the terrestrial version i.e TTH (Tactical Transport Helicopter) from the NHIndustries consortium (Eurocopter 62.5%, AgustaWestland 32% and Stork Fokker 5.5%). 12 of these are firm orders. This raises the total value of the deal to €1.8 billion all taxes including. France will order a further 22 helicopters in 2008, and another 34 in 2010.

03.12.2007

Toulouse - ATR and Air Vanuatu Sign For One ATR 72-500

03.12.2007

EADS Defence & Security supplies network segment for the German Army's mobile communications system

30.11.2007

Hallbergmoos - EUROJET Delivers 400th EJ200 Engine

30.11.2007

EADS Defence & Security selected to provide radio communications solution to the North Luzon Railway Phase I Project in the Philippines.

29.11.2007

Marignane - Netherlands Police Agency orders six Eurocopter EC135 Helicopters

29.11.2007

Toulouse - Hawaiian Airlines Chooses Airbus A350XWB And A330 Aircraft For Long-Haul Fleet

28.11.2007

Eurocopter is Celebrating the Centenary of the Helicopter: 100 years of helicopters, 54 years of records for Eurocopter

Marignane - The fledgling aviation industry drew its impetus from records that were continuously beaten by the very rapid progress in technology.

28.11.2007

EADS Defence & Security delivered two Multifunction Information Distribution Systems to the Spanish Ministry of Defence

27.11.2007

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency takes delivery of its third Eurocopter Dauphin AS365 N3

Subang/Marignane - Newly established Malaysian Coast Guard Air Wing Operations profit from Eurocopter’s “Global Offer”

26.11.2007

Toulouse - TAP Takes Delivery Of Their First New A330

26.11.2007

Singapore - Successful completion of a joint cryptographic project between EADS and A*STAR

26.11.2007

EADS Defence & Security as prime contractor and Sagem Défense Sécurité as main subcontractor have been awarded the prototype phase of the Swiss soldier modernization programme IMESS

26.11.2007

Toulouse - Airbus Signs MoU With NDRC To Formalise Airbus A350XWB Work Package To Chinese Aviation Industry

26.11.2007

Toulouse - TAP To Acquire Up To 15 A350XWBs And Eight Additional A320s

26.11.2007

New Army Tiger Helicopter Simulator Accredited

Marignane - One of the world’s most sophisticated aircrew training systems has received official certification by Australian accreditation authorities and recommended as suitable to begin training pilots and Battle Captains for the Australian Army’s new fleet of hi-tech armed reconnaissance helicopters.

23.11.2007

Toulouse - Airbus A318 Powered By CFM56 Engines Approved For Steep Approach

23.11.2007

EADS Defence & Security to equip German naval vessels with the latest identification systems

23.11.2007

Inmarsat and Astrium sign Alphasat I-XL satellite contract

London - Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, has awarded a contract to the European satellite leader Astrium for the Alphasat I-XL satellite to augment its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service. Alphasat will be one of the world’s largest telecommunications satellites and Inmarsat expects its investment in the satellite - excluding insurance - will be will be in the region of €260 million.

22.11.2007

Toulouse - KLM Signs Follow-Up Contract For Two A330s

21.11.2007

Toulouse - A380 Confirmed Quietest Long Range Aircraft In The Skies

21.11.2007

Toulouse - US Airways Expands Airbus A330 Aircraft Order

21.11.2007

EADS Defence & Security selected to provide radio communications solution to the first metro line in Northeast China

16.11.2007

Toulouse - Accident at Saint-Martin Airbus site

15.11.2007

Dubai - Qatar Airways, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar Fuel Company (WOQOD), Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Shell International Petroleum Company limited and the Qatar Science and Technology Park sign agreement to study benefits of Synthetic Jet Fuel

15.11.2007

Toulouse - Accident at Saint-Martin Airbus site

15.11.2007

Toulouse - ATR signs Agreement with AEROMAR for 2 ATR 72-500s

14.11.2007

Toulouse - C Jet Becomes First Private Customer For VIP Airbus A350 XWB

14.11.2007

Toulouse - Nile Air Decides To Buy Nine Airbus A321 Aircraft

14.11.2007

Toulouse - Airbus Ends The 10th Dubai Airshow With Record Orders

14.11.2007

Toulouse - Hainan Airlines Takes Delivery Of Their First A330

13.11.2007

Toulouse - Five New A330 Wide-Body Aircraft For Oman Air

13.11.2007

Toulouse - Pakistan’s Airblue Expands Fleet With Airbus A320

13.11.2007

Toulouse - Yemenia Orders Ten Airbus A350 XWBs

13.11.2007

Toulouse - Al Jaber Aviation Orders Two Airbus A318 Elites And Expresses Interest In Two Airbus A380s

12.11.2007

Dubai - Eurocopter develops Corporate and Parapublic missions in the Gulf region and reinforces support to Middle Eastern customers

12.11.2007

Toulouse - Air Arabia Spreads Its Wings With 34 New Airbus A320s

12.11.2007

Toulouse - New Aicraft Lessor DAE Capital Buys 100 Airbus Aircraft

12.11.2007

Toulouse - Saudi Arabian Airlines Chooses The Airbus A320 For Fleet Renewal

12.11.2007

Farnborough - Direct Hit for Eurofighter Typhoon

12.11.2007

Dubai - Dubai Air Wing signs for an additional Dauphin AS 365 N3 VIP

12.11.2007

Toulouse - HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Places First Order For A380 Flying Palace

12.11.2007

EADS Defence & Security to provide an integrated maritime security system for the new port in Tangier

11.11.2007

Toulouse - National Air Services (NAS) firms up purchase of 20 A320 Family aircraft

11.11.2007

Toulouse - C-Jet orders an Airbus ACJ

11.11.2007

Toulouse - Emirates Airline buys 70 Airbus A350s and 11 additional A380s

09.11.2007

Toulouse - Singapore Airlines Is First To Sign Up For New Airbus Service For The A380

08.11.2007

Amsterdam - Challenges in key development programmes weigh on EADS’ business recovery

08.11.2007

Amsterdam - Ad-hoc release, 8 November 2007 EADS – 9 months 2007 results Challenges in key development programmes weigh on EADS’ business recovery

08.11.2007

Toulouse - ATR and Malaysia Airlines Sign MoU for 10 ATR 72-500s

07.11.2007

Toulouse - A380 World Tour Continues With The First Visit To Montreal

05.11.2007

Amsterdam - EADS announces charge estimate for revised A400M delivery schedule

05.11.2007

Eurocopter sets up fully-owned Subsidiary in the United Kingdom through Acquisition of McAlpine Helicopters Limited

Marignane - Eurocopter UK Limited now fully integrated into Eurocopter Group

01.11.2007

Hallbergmoos - First Flight of Eurofighter Typhoon IPA6 Tranche 2 Avionics now in Flight Test

31.10.2007

Eurocopter inaugurates 24/7 Hotline to further improve Customer Support

Marignane - As part of its continuous efforts to further improve its services to the customers and enhance customer satisfaction, Eurocopter has recently inaugurated a “Customer Support Centre” (CSC) which will be manned 24 hours a day/7 days a week. The CSC will initially be accessible to customers in Europe. Supported by the logistics platforms in Hong Kong and Dallas, the CSC will go global in late 2007, ensuring that customers anywhere in the world can call day or night and receive the same high quality of service.

30.10.2007

Madrid - Poland acquires another two (2) EADS CASA C-295 aircraft and increases its fleet up to twelve (12) units.

30.10.2007

EADS Defence & Security successfully tests fighter missile warning system on board Danish F-16

26.10.2007

Toulouse - International Lease Finance Corporation Concludes Revision Of Its Original 16 Aircraft A350 Order To 20 A350 XWB’s.

23.10.2007

EADS Defence & Security makes the command and control information system of the German Army mobile

22.10.2007

Amsterdam - EADS shareholders adopt changes in corporate governance

19.10.2007

Charleston, West Virginia; Arlington, Virginia - EADS North America and Cobham select Bridgeport, West Virginia for an aerial refueling center of excellence

18.10.2007

Bucharest - Eurocopter Presents the Latest Technology for Public Service Helicopter at EXPOMIL 2007

18.10.2007

EADS Defence & Security and Astrium win contract to supply access portal for satellite intelligence