The Latest Press Releases

15.05.2008

Toulouse - Alternative Fuel Partnership Teams Airbus With Honeywell, IAE And JetBlue

15.05.2008

Toulouse - Airbus Highlights Innovation And Career Opportunities At ILA 2008 Berlin Air Show

15.05.2008

Toulouse - Airbus chooses Spirit AeroSystems for A350 centre fuselage frame

15.05.2008

EADS Defence & Security takes part in research project to improve traffic situation using mobile sensors

14.05.2008

Amsterdam - EADS' Q1 2008 results reflect ongoing solid underlying performance and favourable seasonal effects

14.05.2008

Paul-Jérôme Evette appointed CEO of EADS Test & Services

13.05.2008

Amsterdam - A380 production ramp-up revisited

07.05.2008

Amsterdam - Airbus and Latecoere discontinue negotiations on sites divestment

07.05.2008

Premier vol d’un ‘Xingu’ militaire français modernisé par EADS SOCATA

Tarbes - Une première étape importante pour le premier programme de retrofit avionique d’avion militaire conduit par EADS SOCATA

07.05.2008

Fucino - Astrium switches on the first signals from space: Giove-B is “on air”

06.05.2008

Austrian Minister of the Interior presents Eurocopter EC135 to Air Police in Innsbruck

Marignane - Austria’s minister of the interior, Günther Platter, inaugurated the first three of the eight new EC135 helicopters destined for the country’s air police at the flight operations base in Innsbruck on 5 May. Eurocopter will deliver four of the new helicopters in time for the UEFA European Football Championship, which is being hosted by Austria and Switzerland. This enables the air police to patrol the event with state-of-the-art helicopters. Later in May, the new EC135s will also be publicly presented in Salzburg, Vienna and Klagenfurt – each of which is an important venue for Euro 2008.

29.04.2008

Toulouse - Airbus Opens Modern Material And Logistics Centre In The Middle East

29.04.2008

Toulouse - Tunisair Chooses Airbus To Modernise And Expand Its Fleet With A350s, A330s And A320s

28.04.2008

Tarbes - Launch of FusComp program active phase

28.04.2008

Japan Coast Guard’s first two Eurocopter EC225 helicopters in operation missions

Marignane - The EC225 is the new reference for offshore SAR

25.04.2008

ATV re-boosts ISS to a higher orbit

Toulouse - New success for Astrium

24.04.2008

Toulouse - More Large Aircraft Needed On The Chinese Mainland In Next 20 Years

24.04.2008

Baikonur - Green light from Baikonur: Giove-B ready for launch

23.04.2008

Amsterdam - New Corporate Secretary and Head of Investor Relations at EADS

23.04.2008

Toulouse - Brazil Needs More Than 330 Aircraft In Next 20 Years

22.04.2008

Toulouse - Boeing And Airbus Join Forces To Improve Aviation’s Environmental Performance

22.04.2008

Toulouse - Low Dollar And High Metal Prices Lead Airbus To Increase Aircraft List Prices

22.04.2008

Amsterdam - EADS North America acquires PlantCML, a leading provider of emergency response solutions and services in the U.S. and Canada

21.04.2008

Toulouse - Airbus And Pratt & Whitney To Test Geared Turbofan Concept

17.04.2008

Friedrichshafen - Sentinel-2: A new contract worth €195 million for Astrium

16.04.2008

Toulouse - World’s First Trial Of A New Flight Procedure That Reduces Fuel Burn And Emissions During Cruise

15.04.2008

Toulouse - Bangkok Airways expands its ATR fleet with two more ATR 72-500s

14.04.2008

Madrid - First A400M moves to next assembly station approaching First Flight

11.04.2008

Toulouse - Aer Lingus Orders Airbus A350-900s And More A330-300s

11.04.2008

Two students named for the 2008 “Young Eagles” internship sponsored by EADS Socata and the Experimental Aircraft Association

Lakeland, Florida - The selected students will spend six weeks at EADS Socata’s headquarters facility in Tarbes, France.

09.04.2008

Lakeland, Florida, USA - Charlie Holomek is Named EADS SOCATA North America’s Vice President - Customer Support

08.04.2008

Lakeland, Florida - New Paint Scheme for EADS Socata’s 2008 TBM 850 is Introduced at the Sun ’n Fun Fly-In

08.04.2008

Amsterdam - EADS statement on leaks concerning the AMF investigation

07.04.2008

First NH90 for Finnish Army Aviation delivered

Marignane - The first of 20 NH90 TTT (Tactical Troop Transport) for the Finnish Army Aviation was delivered on March 11 at Eurocopter’s Marignane facility. It will subsequently be stationed at the Utti Base of the Finnish Defence Forces. This first aircraft was assembled by Eurocopter, while the remaining 19 will be assembled by Patria in Finland.

07.04.2008

Stevenage and Guildford - EADS Astrium signs an agreement to acquire Surrey Satellite Technology Limited from the University of Surrey

07.04.2008

Eurocopter signs Distributorship Agreement with Heli Invest in Poland

Marignane - Eurocopter confirms a new level of cooperation with the Warsaw-based Heli Invest Company by the signature of a Distributorship Agreement for the territory of the Republic of Poland. Eurocopter has been working with Heli Invest for the past four years. This new agreement aims at providing even better service to the company’s growing customer base in Poland.

03.04.2008

Toulouse - Rendez-Vous in Space : ATV Jules Verne reaches its destination

02.04.2008

EADS Defence & Security to enhance Philippine air traffic security

02.04.2008

Friedrichshafen - From space to the ocean depths

02.04.2008

EADS North America nears the 25-delivery milestone for its UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter

Arlington, Virginia - U.S. Army takes on-time delivery of the 23rd and 24th aircraft

02.04.2008

Toulouse - Airbus Wins Two Awards At Aircraft Interiors Expo

01.04.2008

Toulouse - Airbus Initiates A Potential New Industry Standard For Galleys

01.04.2008

Amsterdam - Notifications by AMF of charges against EADS and some of its executives

27.03.2008

Toulouse - Airbus Continues Site Divestment Strategy Despite Stop Of Preferred Bidder Negotiations With OHB / MT Aerospace

27.03.2008

Toulouse - AirAsia X Orders 10 Additional Airbus A330 Aircraft

27.03.2008

London/Amsterdam - EADS-led AirTanker consortium signs 27 year air refuelling contract with the U.K. Ministry of Defence

26.03.2008

Toulouse - Airbus Showcases New A350XWB Cabin At Aircraft Interiors Expo 2008

25.03.2008

Hallbergmoos - Final Tranche 1 Eurofighter Typhoon delivered to the Core Programme

21.03.2008

Toulouse - Airbus Continues Talks On Site Divestment In All Three Countries

18.03.2008

Toulouse - Airbus Meets Children In Hospital

17.03.2008

Paris - Astrium teaming with Khrunichev to build large Russian communications satellite

17.03.2008

Tarbes - EADS SOCATA appoints Stéphane Jacques as Chief Test Pilot

13.03.2008

Madrid - EADS starts static testing of a complete A400M structure

13.03.2008

Toulouse - More Than 900 Aircraft Will Be Needed Within Next 20 Years In Russia

13.03.2008

Madrid - EADS Military Transport Aircraft Division starts static testing of a complete A400M structure

12.03.2008

Toulouse - Airbus Attends Fidae Airshow With A380 Aircraft

12.03.2008

Eurocopter delivers the first EC635 for the Swiss Air Force

Marignane - The first EC635 destined for the Swiss Air Force was handed over to the Swiss federal procurement, technology and real estate centre armasuisse at the Eurocopter factory in Donauwörth on 7 March. Thanks to excellent and intensive cooperation with the customer, this first delivery took place two weeks prior to the contractually agreed deadline. This means that the Swiss Light Transport and Training Helicopter (LTSH) programme is running well on schedule. The contract, signed in April 2006, provides for the delivery of a total of 18 EC635 transport and training helicopters, plus two EC135s for the army’s air transport service. The EC635/EC135s will replace the Swiss air force’s Alouette III helicopters.

12.03.2008

Toulouse - CIT Orders 15 A320 Family Aircraft And Five A330s

11.03.2008

Toulouse - Airbus Delivers Third A380 To Singapore Airlines

11.03.2008

Amsterdam - EADS 2007 results: Strong business performance while facing significant challenges

10.03.2008

EADS Defence & Security to expand digital radio network of Brazilian Federal Police

10.03.2008

MEADS: Cutting edge technology from EADS Defence & Security adds new dimension to air defence radar

10.03.2008

Ariane 5 ES sends the ATV on its way to the ISS: the first success of a double Astrium event

Kourou - Kourou, Sunday 9 March 2008 – At 5.03 a.m. CET, an Ariane 5 ES placed the 19.4 tonnes of the ATV Jules Verne into orbit at the very first attempt.

04.03.2008

Dresden - Turkish Airlines Takes Delivery of Second A310-300 Converted Freighter Aircraft

04.03.2008

Madrid - Military Transport Aircraft EADS MTA successfully performs the first in-flight wet contact of its Air Refuelling Boom System.

29.02.2008

Amsterdam - EADS to expand its U.S. industrial presence following selection of Northrop Grumman KC-30 Tanker

28.02.2008

Houston, Heli-Expo - Major success for Eurocopter at Heli-Expo 2008: 111 signatures for its brand new EC175, 120 orders for its current range

27.02.2008

EADS Defence & Security selected by the Italian Ministry of Defence to provide Joint Military Message Handling System.

27.02.2008

Toulouse - A320 Successfully Completes First Test Flight Powered By New IAE SelectOne Engines

26.02.2008

Friedrichshafen/Stevenage - Astrium missions to study Earth-bound asteroid Apophis win international prizes

25.02.2008

Madrid - United Arab Emirates orders the A330 MRTT air to air refuelling aircraft from EADS

25.02.2008

On 30 January 2008, the EC225 received its type certification from the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA).

On 30 January 2008, the EC225 received its type certification from the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA). The way is now cleared for the commercial operation in the United States of this twin-engine aircraft in the 11 metric ton class.

24.02.2008

Houston, TX - American Eurocopter Delivers the First EC225 in the United States to Era Helicopters LLC

24.02.2008

Eurocopter unveils its brand-new EC175 at Heli-Expo 2008 Market Introduction of the World’s latest Technology 7 Ton Class Helicopter

Houston, 2008 Heli-Expo 2008 - At 11.30 AM on the opening day of this year’s Heli-Expo, February 24, Eurocopter lifted the veil off a brand-new member of its helicopter family: the EC175. The full-scale mock-up was highlighted on the company’s booth # 631. Eurocopter is now introducing its 16-passenger civil product to the market. Two first launch partners were present at the unveiling ceremony. They are: Bristow Group (USA) and VIH Aviation Group (Canada). Eurocopter will announce further customers during the show.

22.02.2008

Toulouse - BOC Aviation Signs Firm Order For Five A330-200F Aircraft

22.02.2008

Toulouse - ATR 42–300 missing

22.02.2008

Toulouse - Avianca Takes Delivery Of First Airbus A320 Family Aircraft

21.02.2008

Marignane - Eurocopter offers two “Firsts” at Heli-Expo 2008: World’s first-ever Unveiling of a brand new Helicopter, First-ever Display in the United States of an EC225

21.02.2008

Singapore - Lao Airlines Signs For One ATR 72-500

20.02.2008

EADS Defence & Security selected for the TETRA COMDES radio network in the region of Valencia

20.02.2008

Toulouse - Inauguration of Astrium Services’ new Teleport in Toulouse

20.02.2008

Friedrichshafen / Geneva - TerraSAR-X supports UN Emergency Response

20.02.2008

Singapore - EADS and A*STAR Sign Framework Agreement for Research Collaborations

20.02.2008

Astrium Services to supply PASSEREL communications services to France’s troops

Four year contract to service all major French bases overseas

20.02.2008

Singapore - Air Tahiti Orders its 25th ATR aircraft

20.02.2008

Singapore - ATR and Air Vanuatu Sign Contract For One ATR 72-500

19.02.2008

Toulouse - Korean Air Expands A380 Aircraft Order

19.02.2008

Singapore - Cebu Pacific Receives the First ATR to Fly in the Philippines

19.02.2008

Munich/Hanover - Astrium Services and Allsat form JV for European Navigation and Positioning Services

19.02.2008

Toulouse - Emission Free Power For Civil Aircraft: Airbus Successfully Demonstrates Fuel Cells In Flight

19.02.2008

Eurocopter displays a Wide Range of Helicopters at the First Singapore Airshow

Singapore, Singapore Airshow 2008 - The extensive product display illustrates the sales breakthrough in various market segments last year by Eurocopter South East Asia, its Singaporean subsidiary

18.02.2008

Singapore - EADS to partner two main Singapore universities in R&D

18.02.2008

Infoterra Group expands into Spain

Valencia - Astrium today announced that it has entered into a joint-venture with the Cartographic Institute of Catalonia (ICC), the Catalan official mapping agency, and Hisdesat, a space services provider, to create Infoterra Servicios de Geoinformación SA (Infoterra SGSA).

16.02.2008

Eurocopter proud to showcase strong participation at 5th Defexpo 2008

New Delhi, Defexpo 2008 - Eurocopter, the world’s leading helicopter manufacturer, will be having a dominant presence at the four day Defexpo event, organised jointly by the Defence Exhibition Organisation and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Eurocopter’s presence at Defexpo is one more step towards continuing a long successful partnership with India, which started more than 45 years ago with the licensing agreement to produce the “Alouette” and “Lama” helicopters in India, where they became the famous “Chetak” and “Cheetah” models.

15.02.2008

Dresden - China Eastern Airlines Takes Delivery of Third A300-600 Converted Freighter Aircraft

15.02.2008

Singapore - RSAF, Eurocopter and EADS to cooperate in R&D project on Condition-Based Maintenance

15.02.2008

Toulouse - Reduced Pilot Training Now Approved For The A380

14.02.2008

Astrium heading European programme for International Space Station operations

Bremen - The hatch opening of Columbus marks the beginning of its operation and Europe’s use of the International Space Station. Astrium is heading an industry consortium on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of the Exploitation Programme. The consortium is responsible for the operation and use of the ISS.

14.02.2008

Madrid - EADS Military Transport Aircraft completes successfully the Flight Test Phase 1 of the A330 MRTT Aircraft

14.02.2008

EADS Defence & Security to supply SAMOC to Saudi Arabian forces