Airbus A380

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[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]' (MAS) first [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] has entered the airframer's final assembly line in Toulouse.

The superjumbo jet, which entered the line on 7 June, will have its front, central and aft fuselage sections, wings and horizontal and vertical tails assembled at the first stage.

This will be followed by the installation of engines and tests on the aircraft's electric and hydraulic systems, mobile parts and landing gears.

Final ground tests and first engine tests will take place after that, before the aircraft is flown to Hamburg for cabin completion and painting.

MAS, which has six A380s on order, has said it is due to receive its first in April 2012.

The airline is likely to deploy the superjumbo jet to London, followed by Sydney and Melbourne.

Airbus A380 : Au tour de Cathay Pacific ?

Cathay Pacific Airways pourrait bien se décider à passer enfin une commande d'Airbus A380. Commande portant sur dix exemplaires fermes assortis d'une poignée d'options et qui serait annoncée au prochain salon du Bourget. Figurant parmi les cibles privilégiées d'Airbus dès le lancement du programme alors baptisé A3XX, Cathay Pacific n'a cessé jusqu'à présent de traîner les pieds au motif qu'elle n'avait pas envie "d'essuyer" les plâtres" de la mise en ligne de tout nouvel avion.

Hong Kong Airlines va commander des A380

Hong Kong Airlines va commander des A380. La compagnie contrôlée par la Province chinoise du Hainan va l'annoncer lors du Salon du Bourget, qui débute dans une semaine. Elle n'a en revanche pas précisé la taille de la commande, révélée dans un courriel de réponse à des questions posées par Bloomberg News. Hong Kong Airlines dispose pour l'heure d'une petite flotte tout Airbus mais a commandé des B777 et des B787 à Boeing dernièrement

Yesterday, Singapore Airlines’ twelfth A380 (MSN058) was transferred to Toulouse, for delivery to the airline

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MSN058 spent almost ten months in the outfitting process, much longer then the average frame, over the last six months.
The delay is largely due to the “Business Class” seat manufacture “Koito”, who admitted to falsifying data of over 100,000 seats in the world fleet. But recently Airbus granted “Koito” permission to install the seats, and Singapore Airlines is expected to receive MSN058 in the coming weeks.

Jeannot a écrit:Hong Kong Airlines va commander des A380

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• il s'agit d'une commande ferme d'A380-800, qui sera passée au Salon du Bourget
  

Australia's Qantas Airways will cut spending by AUD$700 million (USD$750 million) and plans to cancel aircraft orders as it battles waning demand, high fuel costs and investor displeasure with its shares trading near multi-year lows.
Qantas, which suffered a blow to its reputation after an Airbus A380 accident last year forced it to ground its flagship aircraft, said it will cut capital expenditure by AUD$400 million up to the end of fiscal 2012 and will reduce aircraft leasing costs by AUD$300 million.

With its shares at two-year lows, pilots threatening strike action, costs rising and the domestic economy going through a rough patch, Qantas has been under pressure to take decisive action, with some analysts suggesting its credit rating could come under pressure.
The airline has already offered cabin crew voluntary redundancy in hopes of cutting 350 jobs and raised fares several times to combat its AUD$3.7 billion fuel bill.
Qantas now expects its domestic capacity to grow by just 5.5 percent, below the 8 percent projected earlier and the airline will cancel or defer a fifth of its aircraft deliveries next year.

Australia's economy contracted by the fastest rate in 20 years in the first quarter and recent data on retail spending and consumer sentiment indicates households are feeling more pain than earlier thought and were unlikely to sharply raise consumer spending.
In addition, households have sharply raised their savings as they expect interest rates and mortgage costs, to go even higher.

(Reuters)

• 15 380s chez Emirates
  
• 12 380s chez SIA
  
• 10 380s chez Qantas
  
• 7 380s chez Lufthansa
  
• 5 380s chez Air France
  
• 1 380 chez Korean Air
  

A380 on course to break even in 2014-15: Gallois

EADS expects Airbus to start breaking even on its A380 programme in 2014-15 following improvement to the production cycle on the type.
Speaking at a seminar ahead of the Paris air show, EADS chief executive Louis Gallois said the programme management had "remarkably improved" and the A380 was "out of the woods".
He said it would break even in 2014-15, assuming a US-European exchange rate of €1.35.
Gallois acknowledged that EADS's profitability was "certainly not at a satisfactory level today" but that the company would see a "significant recovery" in 2012, putting it "on the right track if there are no accidents".
EADS needs to balance its commercial aviation business with growth in other sectors, he added.
"Airbus's growth is not making things easy but I can't complain," he said. "This is a luxury problem."