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Airbus reports 766 commercial aircraft deliveries in 2024

Source: Airbus Airbus delivered 766 commercial aircraft in 2024. 878 gross orders (826 net), including 82 A330s and 142 A350s Demonstrates continued momentum for widebody orderbook complementing leading position in single aisle market The 2024 year end backlog stands at 8,658 aircraft. Airbus delivered 766 commercial aircraft to 86customers around the world in 2024. The Commercial Aircraft business registered 878 gross new orders. As a result, its 2024 year end backlog stood at 8,658 aircraft. Christian Scherer, CEO Commercial Aircraft at Airbus said, “2024 confirmed sustained demand for new aircraft. We won key customer decisions with most important customers and saw phenomenal momentum for our widebody orderbook, complementing our leading position in the single aisle market. On deliveries, we kept [...]

2025-01-10T07:18:38+02:00January 10th, 2025|MANUFACTURERS, News|

Embraer reached 75 deliveries in the last quarter of 2024, for a total of 206 new aircraft in the year

Source: Embraer Embraer , one of the global leaders in the aerospace industry, delivered 75 aircraft in 4Q24 – or 27% higher than in the previous quarter (3Q24), when 59 aircraft were delivered, and equal to the volume of the same period of 2023 (4Q23). For the full year, 206 aircraft were delivered in 2024 – a number 14% higher than the 181 recorded in 2023. With 31 deliveries in the last three months of the year, Commercial Aviation reached 73 new aircraft in 2024 (at the top of the revised 70-73 guidance range for the year, and inside the original 72-80 guidance). Meanwhile, Executive Aviation was responsible for another 44 jets in the quarter, and for the total of [...]

2025-01-08T06:41:13+02:00January 8th, 2025|MANUFACTURERS, News|

Boeing Appoints Deasy as Chief Information Officer

Source: Boeing Boeing announced Dana Deasy as the company's new chief information digital officer and senior vice president, Information Technology & Data Analytics. Elected to the role effective Dec. 31, 2024, Deasy will oversee all aspects of information technology, information security, and data and analytics. He will report to Boeing President and CEO Kelly Ortberg and serve on the company's Executive Council. "Dana is a well-respected, global technology leader who has a track record of delivering on innovative technologies across large and complex organizations," said Ortberg. "With the need to stay vigilant to protect against cyber threats, and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence playing a larger role across all industries, our IT team will have a key role as we [...]

2025-01-05T20:17:17+02:00January 6th, 2025|MANUFACTURERS, News|

Spain orders 25 additional Eurofighter aircraft

Source: Airbus The Spanish government has signed a contract with Munich-based, Germany, NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) for the acquisition of 25 Eurofighter aircraft. Known as the Halcon II programme, the order will cover the delivery of 21 latest-generation single-seat and four twin-seat Eurofighter aircraft to replace part of the F-18 fleet operated by the Spanish Air and Space Force. The agreement, which follows a previous contract signed in 2022 for a batch of 20 fighter jets, will see the Spanish Eurofighter fleet grow to 115 aircraft. With the first delivery due in 2030, these new aircraft will: boost Spain’s air-power capabilities and operations; reinforce its prominent position at the heart of NATO, and secure the programme’s industrial [...]

2024-12-23T13:47:57+02:00December 23rd, 2024|MANUFACTURERS, News|

Embraer expands its presence in Europe through a subsidiary in Portugal dedicated to defense matters

Source: Embraer Subsidiary will materialize Embraer's strategic objectives in creating relevant and cutting-edge defense and security solutions for customers in Europe and NATO Embraer proudly announces its new office (“Embraer Defense Europe”) focused on defense and security activities in Lisbon, Portugal, which will be linked to the Portuguese subsidiary entity of the Embraer group. With the opening of the office, the company marks a strategic milestone for its expansion in Europe, reinforcing Embraer's commitment to strengthening its presence in the region, focusing on innovative defense and security solutions for NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) member countries and the European Union (EU). Embraer Defense Europe will meet all necessary NATO and EU requirements. It will serve as the spearhead of Embraer's [...]

2024-12-18T06:50:49+02:00December 18th, 2024|MANUFACTURERS, News|

Eve Air Mobility and Signature Aviation Partner to Research Ecosystem Requirements and Services for Advanced Air Mobility Ground Operations

Source: Embraer Agreement includes exploration of necessary requirements for safe, scalable ground operations for AAM, along with intent to integrate Vector, Eve’s urban traffic air management software. Eve Air Mobility, a global leader in manufacturing and providing services for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, and Signature Aviation, the world’s largest network of private aviation terminals, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to research ecosystem requirements as well as the ground services necessary for safe, efficient and scalable Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) ground operations. "Following the rollout of our first full-scale eVTOL prototype, we continue to build on that momentum and are looking forward to teaming with Signature Aviation to support eVTOL operations," said Luiz Mauad, vice president, [...]

2024-12-16T23:45:52+02:00December 17th, 2024|MANUFACTURERS, News|

Quantum Leaps: Winners of Airbus and BMW Group’s Quantum Computing Challenge Unveiled

Source: Airbus Airbus and BMW Group have pushed quantum computing forward another step to leverage its significant potential for future mobility solutions. At Q2B, the companies have unveiled the winners of the Quantum Computing Challenge, an international initiative to identify and mature quantum solutions for the most promising mobility applications. Quantum computing has the potential to impact various industries by speeding up our responses to an array of computational challenges, from optimising supply chains and manufacturing processes to improving vehicle and aircraft engineering. Quantum-inspired algorithms, already able to run today on classical high-performance computers, can be used to impact the design of the next generation of mobility solutions and give us a glimpse of the significant impact real quantum algorithms [...]

2024-12-11T14:17:18+02:00December 11th, 2024|MANUFACTURERS, News|

Fostering Vision, Collaboration, and Customer-Centricity at the ATR Conference

Source: ATR Last week, ATR brought together a large portion of the regional aviation value chain in Toulouse for a series of events that gathered our operators, suppliers, and lessors from all over the world, with the aim of sharing insights, sparking ideas, and strengthening connections that will shape the future of aviation. The ATR Conference was a unique opportunity to delve deep into concrete solutions to our current challenges and ensure that we all strive for the same goal: running profitable operations to keep tickets affordable for those who want, need, and deserve to fly, thereby offering vital connectivity across the globe. Over the past days, together we: tackled some of the most critical opportunities and challenges facing the [...]

2024-12-10T11:11:23+02:00December 10th, 2024|MANUFACTURERS, News|

Carmen-Maja Rex to succeed Thierry Baril as Airbus Chief Human Resources Officer

Source: Airbus Airbus SE announces the appointment of Carmen-Maja Rex as Chief Human Resources Officer, effective 1 April 2025. In this role, she will be a member of the Executive Committee and report to Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury. Carmen-Maja Rex is currently Human Resources Group Director at Heidelberg Materials, one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of building materials and solutions. After nearly 22 years with Airbus, the last 12 of which as Chief Human Resources Officer and member of the Airbus Executive Committee, Thierry Baril will leave the Company later in 2025, after having ensured a smooth transition with his successor. “The bold transformation that Airbus will now undertake to meet its current and future challenges requires a skilled, [...]

2024-12-06T16:54:35+02:00December 6th, 2024|MANUFACTURERS, News|

Airbus Orders and Deliveries November 2024

Source: Airbus Check out our order and delivery summary in the table below (numbers valid at the end of November 2024). November 2024 deliveries: 84 deliveries to 42 customers November 2024 gross orders: 30 2024 deliveries to date: 643 deliveries to 82 customers Single-Aisle A300/A310 A330 A340 A350 A380 Total Total orders 19898 816 1850* 377 1345 251 24537 Total deliveries 12152 816 1616* 377 628 251 15840 Aircraft in operation 11241 259 1469* 193 627 223 14012 *excludes 2 A330-900 delivered to AIR BELGIUM via AIRBUS FINANCIAL SERVICES

2024-12-06T17:10:21+02:00December 6th, 2024|MANUFACTURERS, News|