All Press Releases of the Year 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

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.

19.12.2007

Amsterdam - EADS and Airbus select preferred bidders for site divestments

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.

18.12.2007

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

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

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

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

14.12.2007

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

13.12.2007

Marignane - DGA orders 5 Eurocopter EC145 helicopters for Sécurité Civile

13.12.2007

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

13.12.2007

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

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

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.

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

11.12.2007

Toulouse - Saudi Arabian Airlines Firm Up Contract For Airbus A320

10.12.2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Takes Delivery Of Their First New A330

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

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.

23.11.2007

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

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 - Nile Air Decides To Buy Nine Airbus A321 Aircraft

14.11.2007

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

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 - Pakistan’s Airblue Expands Fleet With Airbus A320

13.11.2007

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

13.11.2007

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

13.11.2007

Toulouse - Yemenia Orders Ten Airbus A350 XWBs

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

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

12.11.2007

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

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 - Saudi Arabian Airlines Chooses The Airbus A320 For Fleet Renewal

12.11.2007

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

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

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

Seoul - Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and Eurocopter sign MOU for a Joint Venture company to commercialise the Korean Utility Helicopter

18.10.2007

Madrid - The Chilean Navy purchases EADS CASA C-295 aircraft

18.10.2007

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

17.10.2007

Toulouse - Vivace R&T Project Delivers Major Improvements For Future Product Development

17.10.2007

Amsterdam - EADS informs A400M customers about revised delivery schedule

16.10.2007

Astrium mobilises to tackle global warming

Paris - At the beginning of May 2007, Astrium launched a company-wide appeal for ideas to combat global warming, inviting applications from all its sites in five countries. Over 380 suggestions were received via the intranet, and Astrium CEO François Auque just awarded prizes for the ten best ideas.

16.10.2007

EADS Defence & Security finalizes the deployment of the first Tetrapol digital radio network in the Republic of Belarus

16.10.2007

Toulouse - VistaJet Orders Three Airbus Corporate Jetliners

16.10.2007

Eurocopter promotes 2 of its prime civil and military products in the Korean market at Seoul Airshow - EC 225 SAR and Tiger HAP

Seoul - Amongst its wide range of civil and military products, the world’s leading helicopter manufacturer, highlights its presence at Seoul Airshow with 2 of its most representative products - the EC 225 SAR, the latest generation of Super Puma in Search and Rescue (SAR) version and the Tiger in combat and fire support (HAP) version.

15.10.2007

Toulouse - Airbus Delivers First A380 To Singapore Airlines. New Chapter In Aviation History

15.10.2007

EADS Defence & Security provides missile warning sensors to Korean Helicopter Program

12.10.2007

Toulouse - First A380 To Be Delivered To Singapore Airlines On Monday, 15th October

11.10.2007

Toulouse - Grupo Marsans To Order A Total Of 61 Aircraft Including Four A380s And Ten A350 XWBs

10.10.2007

Toulouse - Wizz Air Orders An Additional 50 Airbus A320 Aircraft

09.10.2007

Toulouse - Tiger Airways Confirms Order For 30 More A320 Aircraft

09.10.2007

Toulouse - Key Power 8 Milestone Achieved: Airbus Implements New, Fully Integrated And Trans-national Organisation

08.10.2007

Marignane - U.S. Coast Guard Reaches the One Million Flight Hour Milestone With its Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin Helicopter Fleet

08.10.2007

EADS Defence & Security and Cisco to collaborate on accelerating development of next-generation defence and security communications networks

08.10.2007

EADS North America increases its UH-72A Lakota helicopter delivery rate to two aircraft per month for the U.S. Army

Arlington, Virginia - Helicopters delivered from the new LUH production facility

05.10.2007

Toulouse - US Airways firms up order for 92 Airbus Aircraft order includes 22 A350 XWBs

05.10.2007

Toulouse - GoAir Takes Delivery of first A320 From Airbus

04.10.2007

Toulouse - Ural Airlines Signs A Firm Order For Seven Airbus A320s

04.10.2007

Eurocopter develops new means to perform fire-fighting missions

Marignane - Positive Assessment of the EC 725/EC225 in Water Bomber Configuration after a Ten-Week Operation in Corsica

03.10.2007

Amsterdam - Press Release

02.10.2007

Washington - ATR launches the ‘-600 series’ aircraft

02.10.2007

Duxford, Helitech 2007 - Eurocopter highlights its Market Leadership at Helitech 2007 with Police and Corporate Helicopters on Display

01.10.2007

Toulouse - Vietnam Airlines to acquire 10 A350 XWB And 20 Additional A321 Aircraft

01.10.2007

Marignane - Austrian Ministry of Interior Orders Eight Eurocopter EC135s for its Police Force

28.09.2007

Amsterdam - EADS New Board Composition: Proposal to the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

27.09.2007

Toulouse - British Airways to buy 12 Airbus A380 aircraft for long haul fleet

27.09.2007

Puma Life Extension Joint Project Office opens in Bristol

Marignane - Eurocopter and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence formally opened a Joint Project Office (JPO) to manage the life extension programme of the Royal Air Force’s fleet of Puma helicopters this week. The office is located in Bristol, adjacent to MOD Abbey Wood.

27.09.2007

EADS Defence & Security inaugurates new Elancourt site, a Centre of Excellence for Defence & Security

27.09.2007

Astrium is new DFKI partner

Bremen - Astrium has become a partner of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). “Our involvement in the DKFI has launched a highly promising co-operation on scientific research and development activities in Bremen. The existing skills and knowledge of the two partners ideally complement one another when it comes to the development of new intelligent systems for future space missions,” Astrium Deutschland’s CEO Evert Dudok said in Bremen on Thursday.

26.09.2007

Toulouse - ATR on Demo Tour in the US and to unveil further developments

26.09.2007

Marignane - Bristow Clocks Up New Record On Eurocopter EC 225 Helicopters

25.09.2007

Atlanta, Georgia - EADS Socata Selects the Garmin G1000 Integrated Avionics System for its Future TBM Cockpit Panel

25.09.2007

Atlanta - Hermès and Eurocopter fuse style technology in landmark design partnership

25.09.2007

Toulouse - Airbus ACJ Family Reaches Milestone Of 100 Sales

24.09.2007

Toulouse - Airbus Updates On Selection Of Partners For Sites

24.09.2007

Toulouse - Airbus Launches A New Systems Enhancement Package For In-Service A320 Family Aircraft

24.09.2007

Toulouse - Airbus A380 MSN009 To Embark On Route Proving Tours

20.09.2007

Eurocopter hands over 600th aircraft of its top-selling EC135 helicopter

Marignane - Slovenian Ministry of the Interior purchases latest generation light-twin engine border surveillance helicopters

20.09.2007

The Russian carrier S7 Airlines will use an ATEC Series 6 test bench of EADS Test & Services, an integrated unit of EADS Defence & Security

20.09.2007

Toulouse - Lufthansa And Swiss Order Additional Airbus Aircraft

19.09.2007

2007 TBMOPA Convention: bigger in Texas!

Horseshoe Bay, TX - First Texas venue for the TBM Owners and Pilot Association convention set a new record with over 70 aircraft and more than 200 attendees

19.09.2007

Friedrichshafen - Herschel peeks into the cradle of the stars

19.09.2007

Amsterdam - Composition of the EADS Executive Committee

19.09.2007

Toulouse - Jetalliance Group Places Repeat Order For Airbus ACJ

19.09.2007

Eurocopter is Increasingly Present in the Yacht Industry where its Helicopters Experience a Great Success as a Noteworthy Complement to the Yacht

Monaco - 5th year for Eurocopter at the Monaco Yacht Show from 19 to 22 September 2007

18.09.2007

London - Unique Strategic Agreement signed between UK Government and EADS

18.09.2007

EADS and CAAC sign framework agreement on nationwide TETRA network in China

13.09.2007

Marignane - Botswana launches Police Airwing with three Eurocopter AS350 B3 Helicopters

13.09.2007

Toulouse - CSA Czech Airlines Orders Another Eight A320 Family Aircraft

12.09.2007

Toulouse - Hong Kong Airlines Seals Airbus Deal At Asian Aerospace

12.09.2007

Toulouse - Airbus Top Management Team Confirmed

11.09.2007

Eurocopter leads Homeland Security Market in the United Kingdom and strongly supports the British Armed Forces

London, DSEi - With its strong presence at this year’s DSEi (Booth No. 1177 in South Hall), Eurocopter highlights its commitment to the UK governmental helicopter market. Eurocopter helicopters account for 74 per cent of the existing UK and Ireland police air support market, with the company’s EC135 accounting for 57 per cent of the helicopters deployed in this role. The larger EC145 is a complementary helicopter platform to the EC135, adding a new dimension in terms of multi-role capability and lift capacity required in view of the new climate of extra vigilance against terrorism. In the military field, Eurocopter and its British partner company, FB Heliservices Ltd., provide Ministry of Defence helicopter pilot training under a COMR (Commercially Owned, Military Registered) arrangement. Furthermore, the manufacturer has been awarded by the UK Ministry of Defence an Assessment Phase contract for the Life Extension Programme for the RAF’s fleet of Puma Mk1 helicopters in June 2007, to be managed by a Eurocopter/MoD Joint Project Office already operational in Bristol.

11.09.2007

Toulouse - Australia’s First ATR 42-500 Takes Flight with MacAir Airlines

11.09.2007

Toulouse - Brazilian Airline TAM Takes Delivery Of Its First A321s

10.09.2007

Toulouse - Aviation Capital Group Orders 25 Additional A320 Family Aircraft

06.09.2007

Swedish Defence Agency (FMV) takes delivery of the first NH90 helicopter assembled in Finland

Marignane - After the hand-over of the very first Swedish NH90 transport helicopter during Le Bourget 2007, FMV took delivery today of its second NH90, which is the first one assembled by Patria in Halli, Finland.

06.09.2007

Toulouse - Aegean Airlines Buys A Further Six Airbus A320s

06.09.2007

The Tiger combat helicopter – a force for unity

Marigane - The Tiger is the product of an innovative concept – the concept of the combat helicopter. It is also the cornerstone of the fertile Franco-German cooperation that gave birth to the Eurocopter group.

04.09.2007

Hong Kong, Asian Aerospace - Eurocopter affirms its leading position in Asia Pacific, the most important civil and parapublic growth market

03.09.2007

Eurocopter Witnesses an Important Growth Market in Central & Eastern Europe

Kielce - The World’s Leading Helicopter Manufacturer Pledges its Commitment to Poland with a Strong Presence at MSPO Show in Poland

03.09.2007

A successful Brazilian demonstration tour for the TBM 850

Sao Paulo - The Very Fast Turboprop business aircraft enters the Brazilian market with the sale of 6 TBM 850s

03.09.2007

First flight tests with the EADS obstacle warning system for NH90 successful

29.08.2007

Columbus, Mississippi - Eurocopter delivers first U.S. UH-72A Made Lakota (civil EC145)

28.08.2007

Toulouse - More Than 380 Patents For The A380

27.08.2007

Toulouse - Egyptair Buys Up To Eight Wide-body Airbus Aircraft

24.08.2007

Toulouse - Azerbaijan’s AZAL Takes Delivery of its First ATR 42-500

24.08.2007

Jakarta - Indonesia’s Batavia Air Orders 10 new ATR 72-500

23.08.2007

Toulouse - Airbus A318 Elite To Make NBAA Debut

22.08.2007

Moscow - Airbus Freighter Conversion Starts Operational Business

21.08.2007

San Antonio, Texas - EADS North America Defense Security and Systems Solutions wins technical support contract from the U.S. Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)

17.08.2007

Toulouse - ACT Airlines Commits For Two A330 Freighters

16.08.2007

Toulouse - Airbus Will Deliver First A380 To Singapore Airlines On 15th October

13.08.2007

Toulouse - A380 World Tour Continues With Major Airports In Asia And The U.S.

09.08.2007

Amsterdam - EADS considers inclusion of Augsburg plant into ongoing divest process of aerostructures sites

08.08.2007

Abu Dhabi, UAE - Astrium and Thales Alenia Space win Yahsat satellite communications contract

08.08.2007

EADS radar system demonstrates high performance in network-centric operations during NATO exercise “Elite 2007”

03.08.2007

Amsterdam - EADS specifies the status of its discussions with Libya

03.08.2007

Eurocopter inaugurates a new logistics center in Germany

Donauwörth - This state-of-the-art industrial logistics center, entitled “EUROCOPTER Logistics Center” is the first phase of the Helicopter Technology Park project in Donauwörth. This center will be operated by Fiege, a logistics specialist.

31.07.2007

Madrid - Spanish Air Force purchases two more EADS CASA C-295 military transport aircraft

31.07.2007

Toulouse - Airbus A380 Approved To Operate On 45m Runways

31.07.2007

Toulouse - Jetcraft Brings the Australia to the ATR Family

26.07.2007

Amsterdam - Ad-hoc release, 26 July 2007 EADS – H1 2007 results EADS half-year results 2007 reflect imperative for restructuring

26.07.2007

Amsterdam - EADS half-year results 2007 reflect imperative for restructuring

25.07.2007

Dresden - Conversion of 100th Airbus Aircraft starts at EADS EFW

24.07.2007

Toulouse - First China-Made A319 Wing Box Delivered To Airbus

24.07.2007

EAA/EADS Socata’s International Trainees Complete Their Highly Successful “Young Eagles” Internship

EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh, Wisconsin - Two participants in the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles program wrap-up a five-week assignment with EADS Socata

24.07.2007

EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh, Wisconsin - EADS Socata’s TBM 850 Very Fast Turboprop Business Aircraft Passes the 100-Sales Milestone

23.07.2007

Astrium wins study for new Vega upper stage

Bremen - Astrium has won a contract from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Cologne to investigate concepts for a new upper stage for the European launcher Vega. The project is named “Venus” (Vega New Upper Stage). Currently under development, Vega is a small European launch vehicle which is scheduled for first launch in 2009. The study now awarded to Astrium is worth roughly half a million euros and will run for a period of 18 months.

19.07.2007

Toulouse - Aurigny Air Services Signs for 2 ATR 72-500s

19.07.2007

Eurocopter inaugurates its new blade shop in Germany

Marignane - Re-designed and enlarged blade production and repair centre to accompany heavy ramp-up for light twin engine helicopter programmes – a major milestone in corporate site development strategy

16.07.2007

Toulouse - Changes In Airbus Management

16.07.2007

Amsterdam - Changes in management and leadership structure of EADS

12.07.2007

Toulouse - Airbus Delivers Last A300 To FedEx

11.07.2007

Madrid - Carlos Suárez appointed Managing Director of Airbus Military

10.07.2007

Amsterdam - EADS statement on shareholder discussions regarding the Group's Corporate Governance

10.07.2007

Arlington, Virginia - EADS North America names Marc Bouvier as Vice President – Strategy and Integration

09.07.2007

EADS Boom System completes major fuel offload test

Arlington, Virginia - System prepared for in-flight fuel transfers

06.07.2007

Amsterdam - EADS is official partner at German president's Summer Fete

06.07.2007

Tarbes - EADS Socata delivers components for the first Airbus A400M

04.07.2007

London’s new Eye in the Sky: Metropolitan Police Air Support Unit launches three Eurocopter EC145 Helicopters into Service

Marignane - In the presence of the Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police Service, Sir Ian Blair, three new Eurocopter EC145 helicopters were officially introduced into service with the Metropolitan Police Air Support Unit on July 4 at its base in Lippitts Hill, Loughton, Essex. Fitted with the most advanced mission equipment, the EC145 will mark a new era in Police Air Support in the United Kingdom.

04.07.2007

Madrid - First Refuelling Ground Test on the A310 ARBS demonstrator successfully completed

03.07.2007

Marignane - Water Bomber Helicopter to Participate in Corsica's 2007 Firefighting Campaign

03.07.2007

Tarbes - Franck Micholet appointed Vice President Procurement and Supply Management

29.06.2007

Annette Füllenbach appointed Head of Communications at EADS Defence & Security