Farnborough Air Show

[MarkLawrence]

Does anyone have a quick link for orders that are placed at the Farnborough Air Show? I've tried searching their site (http://www.farnborough.com) for a quick link, but couldn't find anything. Any ideas?

[Midnight Mike]

http://atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=5671


Daily News from Farnborough

Boeing likely to stretch 747-8 Intercontinental to match freighter version
CFM International enjoys strong sales year as LEAP 56 progresses
IAE says V2500 Select is on target
Qatar set to confirm major 777 order
Air Europa takes to Blended Winglets

[MarkLawrence]

Great - thanks Mike!

[Midnight Mike]

Does anyone have a quick link for orders that are placed at the Farnborough Air Show? I've tried searching their site (http://www.farnborough.com) for a quick link, but couldn't find anything. Any ideas?

Here is something else...

http://www.aviationnow.com/shownews/06farn/index.htm

[MarkLawrence]

Thanks Mike - that is an incredible way to do a magazine on a web page! REally neat - going to have to look at the source for that page...see what I can get for some web design projects!..LOL

[Midnight Mike]

Farnborough, July 18, 2006

Boeing in talks to sell 1,000 more 787s
New CEO acknowledges crisis, vows to restore confidence in Airbus
Airbus launches A350 'extra wide body'
Lion Air doubles 737 order
GoAir goes for A320
PowerJet conducts first test run of new regional jet engine
Additional stories
http://www.atwonline.com/

Pegasus Aviation To Buy Six 787s
http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1153223244.html

Airbus signed a memorandum of understanding with Libya's Afriqiyah Airways for up to six A330 and up to 14 A320 planes worth $1.9 billion at list prices.

[Ari707]

(CNN) -- Forget big metal birds of steel, the aircraft of the future will be constructed out of plastic.

That is according to American plane-maker Boeing who says new technology will soon enable us to take flights in carriers largely constructed from non-metal materials.

Alan Mulally, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said the company was looking to replace existing 737 models with newer models made from materials called composites.

A composite is formed when two or more materials with very different properties are combined together. They are already used in items such as tennis rackets and bicycle spokes.

Boeing's new 787-Dreamliner is built from composites and will set a precedent for future Boeing models, Britain's Press Association reported ahead of the Farnborough Air Show, held in England this week and one of the biggest events on the aviation calendar.

The 787 is expected to make its first flight in mid-2007 and deliver the first models to customers in 2008.

The aircraft is made from a combination of non-metal carbon fiber composite materials, which is lighter than the aluminum normally used.

This reduces the weight of the aircraft and leads to better fuel efficiency. Boeing predicts the 787s will be 20 percent more efficient than its 767 planes.

"All future planes will be made out of composites because it doesn't fatigue and it doesn't corrode," Mulally said.

He said composite material would be used to build up to 50 percent of each aircraft and would significantly reduce the cost of building and maintaining them.

Mulally predicted that the technology needed to build the new Boeing 737s would not be ready until the middle of the next decade.

"What's absolutely key is getting our technology to a position where it's right to do this," he said.

Mulally also said that, like rival Airbus, the company was experiencing supply problems and the weight of the 787 had exceeded its target, although he wouldn't elaborate on how much.

"We're a little over where we want to be at this time on weight, but ahead of where we were on previous programs, so we're really focused on weight-efficient structure right now," he told Associated Press.

Boeing has had 360 firm orders for the new 787.

Airbus was expected to make an announcement on Monday about revamping the design of its middle-weight plane, the A350, at the Farnborough Airshow.

[Midnight Mike]

Emirates boosts 747-8 order book with freighter buy
Pratt won't offer engine for A350 XWB
DAE looks forward to exciting times ahead
787 on time and on target, dash 10 definitely a go: Bair
Afriqiyah commits to up to 20 Airbus jets
Aviation Capital Group identified as customer for 14 737NGs
http://www.atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=5740


Flyington Freighters Announcement for 777 Freighters
http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/200 ... 9c_nr.html

Embraer Touts Executive Jet Order Backlog At Farnborough
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?Cont ... f345f21c0&

ILFC says orders six Boeing 737s, two 777s
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCo ... 299_newsml

[Midnight Mike]

There is an excellent audio on the 787.....

http://aviationweekfarnborough.typepad. ... jkljl.html

[Midnight Mike]

Singapore Airlines has signed a letter of intent to purchase 20 Airbus A350 XWBs and a further nine A380 aircraft.
http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/20 ... rther.html

Blue Wing orders 20 Airbus A320 family jets (16 A320 jets and 4 A321)
WizzAir signs for 20 A320s,
CIT orders five A330-200s plus four A320
Southwest orders 90 737-300 shipsets from Aviation Partners
Kingfisher orders three Thales full flight simulators (two A320 and one ATR full flight simulators)
Boeing says interest in 747-8 Intercontinental growing
Embraer 190/195 aircraft have demonstrated a 3% better fuel burn than previously expected,
http://www.atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=5772

Spain's Futura, ordered three Boeing 737-800s and three purchase rights.
http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehy ... ews&rpc=44

[hiss srq]

B oeing got whopped again at the airshow but for the year were selling more than the other side of the pond!

[Midnight Mike]

Normally at the Airshows, Airbus has historically outsold Boeing, Boeing allows the customer to announce when & where the sale is to take place, where Airbus normally holds the order announcements.