Fri, Nov 20, 2009
Efficient Product Range Positioned For Long Term Industry
Growth
Airbus announced commitments across
its broad product range covering a total of 33 aircraft, valued at
over $5.3 billion, during the 2009 Dubai Air Show. These
commitments include firm orders for 15 aircraft worth more than
$3.6 billion, plus memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreements for
a 18 additional aircraft totalling around $1.7 billion.
The highlights of the show included firm orders for Airbus'
newest products: from Air Austral for two A380s worth $655 million,
and from Ethiopian Airlines for 12 A350-900s worth $2.9 billion. In
addition, Comlux placed a firm order for one Airbus Corporate Jet
(ACJ) worth $75 million.
The MoU commitments included: 10 A320s worth $770 million from
Yemenia Airlines; four A320s plus two A330-200s together worth $670
million from Senegal Airlines; and one A320 plus one A330-200 worth
$258 million from Nepal Airlines.
In addition to these, Airbus announced in Dubai the launch of
its new "Sharklet" large wingtip devices, specially designed for
the A320 Family to reduce its fuel burn by around 3.5 percent and
improve both payload-range and climb performance. Air New Zealand
is the launch customer for the Sharklets which are specified for
its future A320 fleet.
A380
John Leahy, Chief Operating Officer, Customers commented: "We
had a good airshow - better than many expected. But our industry is
not out of the woods yet. There will be a difficult winter ahead of
us, but with the deals we made in Dubai and the interest in our
products that we saw here, spring may not be that far away."
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