Actualité aéronautique

ILFC to Open Office in Europe

transmise le 26 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. , announced today that it will open a regional office in Amsterdam later this year. The new office will be managed by Colin Bole, who has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Head of ILFC Europe, Middle East and Africa.

ARC Improves Customer Service Using Communications Software from Interactive Intelligence

transmise le 26 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC), a provider of sales and settlement solutions for the travel and hospitality industry, has enhanced customer service by deploying the all-in-one IP communications software suite from Interactive Intelligence .

Verify Achieves SAS 70 Type 1 Certification

transmise le 26 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

Verify, Inc., a leading global provider of supplier quality, supply chain management, and technical support services, announced the successful completion of Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS 70) Type I Certification, which was completed by independent accounting and auditing firm Singer Lewak, LLP.

Siemens Aerospace Uses Analog Devices iCoupler Digital Isolation Technology For Sophisticated Satellite Power Protection System

transmise le 26 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, is providing its highly integrated iCoupler® digital isolation solution to Siemens Aerospace for its PowerSCOE^™ system, a sophisticated satellite power protection system that will shut down kilowatts of power within the satellite within microseconds in the case of an anomaly. Serving as the advanced technology group for Siemens AG, Siemens Aerospace designed the system with other applications in mind, such as smart grid power monitoring.

Etihad Airways to Become UATP Issuer

transmise le 26 janvier 2011 par PRNewswire

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has become a UATP Shareholder and will begin to issue UATP accounts in the U.A.E. and throughout its network. Etihad's focus will be on both growing corporate market share within the U.A.E. and further expanding the corporate account base globally. Etihad is currently a UATP Merchant accepting all UATP corporate cards as a form of payment in all sales channels.

US Airways Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Profit

transmise le 26 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

US Airways Group, Inc. today reported its fourth quarter and 2010 financial results. The Company reported a 2010 net profit of $447 million, or $2.34 per diluted share, which excludes special items totaling a net credit of $55 million. This is the second highest profit in the Company’s history and represents a $946 million improvement as compared to the 2009 net loss excluding special items of $499 million, or ($3.75) per share. On a GAAP basis, the Company reported a net profit of $502 million, or $2.61 per diluted share for 2010, compared to a net loss of $205 million, or ($1.54) per share, in 2009.

Dassault Aviation Evaluates Laminar Designs in Flight as part of Europe's Clean Sky Research Program

transmise le 26 janvier 2011 par PRNewswire

Dassault Aviation recently performed a successful flight test to evaluate potential applications of a laminar wing for large business jets. The flight was performed with a Falcon 7X at Dassault's Flight Test Center in Istres, France. The tests are part of the "Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft", one of the Integrated Technology Demonstrators of the European Clean Sky initiative. Clean Sky, one of Europe's largest research initiatives ever, aims to develop technologies for cleaner and quieter next-generation aircraft which will enter service beyond 2020.

Textron Reports Fourth Quarter Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Special Charges of $0.33 per Share

transmise le 26 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

Textron Inc. today reported 2010 fourth quarter income of $0.19 per share, compared to a loss of $0.23 per share in the fourth quarter of 2009. Excluding special charges, the company reported income from continuing operations of $0.33 per share, up from $0.15 per share in the fourth quarter of 2009. Revenues were $3.1 billion, up 11.2 percent.

Barbecan Announces High Traffic Security Portal for Airport Entrance Doorways

transmise le 26 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

Barbecan Security Systems, LLC, an Intellectual Property and development company, today announced their patent-pending Linear Revolving Door (LRD) security portal technology for secure area entrances requiring high flow rates of pedestrian traffic.

La société Rücker AG étend ses activités aéronautiques

transmise le 26 janvier 2011 par PRNewswire

Dans le but d'intensifier ses relations d'affaires avec le constructeur aéronautique Airbus, le prestataire de services d'ingénierie coté en bourse Rücker AG, basé à Wiesbaden, a fondé avec une entreprise espagnole une nouvelle société commune, créant ainsi des conditions importantes pour poursuivre la croissance de ses propres activités aéronautiques. La société Rücker Aerospace GmbH de Hambourg, une filiale de Rücker, et CT Ingenieros (CTI), un prestataire de services d'ingénierie espagnol basé à Madrid et leader avant tout dans l'industrie aéronautique, viennent ainsi de signer un contrat de joint venture et ont convenu de coopérer étroitement à l'avenir. CTI étant depuis des années un des partenaires de développement privilégiés du constructeur aéronautique Airbus, les deux nouveaux partenaires peuvent désormais mettre à profit de multiples effets de synergie pour intensifier ces relations d'affaires. Rücker AG, l'une des sociétés de développement technologiques leaders travaillant en particulier pour des constructeurs automobiles et aéronautiques de réputation internationale, coopère elle aussi depuis de nombreuses années avec Airbus.