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AIRCRAFT STORIES - Did Airbus Or Boeing Win The Battle Of The Aircraft Manufacturers In 2013?
Despite receiving an industry record 1,619 new aircraft orders in 2013, Airbus Group NV (EPA:AIR) remains the world’s second largest aircraft manufacturer behind The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA). However, the French-based manufacturer aims to change this trend and is considering a two-stage increase in the production of its most popular jets by 2017.
Airbus recorded 626 deliveries in 2013, an internal record, just 22 behind its main rival, Boeing. The Chicago-based planemaker received 1,355 net orders compared with Airbus’ 1,503 orders, an 80 percent increase from 2012.
Airbus closed the year with an industry-record backlog of 5,559 aircraft orders worth $809 billion at list prices. Boeing currently has 5,080 aircraft on back order.
The aircraft industry had been riding out the recession thanks to emerging-market growth and the mass replacement of old fleets in the United States, but given the huge backlogs, both firms are going to have to find ways to increase production to clear the unprecedented backlogs.
"We cannot continue at this level (of orders), but what we are doing is continuing to increase production," said Airbus sales chief John Leahy.
Airbus currently produces 42 medium-haul A320 jets a month and Boeing around 38 of its equivalent 737 a month, which it expects to grow to 47 by 2017.
"We still have some homework but we believe there is some potential to go higher than 42; there is an upside and we are studying it for the (A320) ceo," Airbus Chief Executive Fabrice Bregier told reporters.
"Then when we have moved to the (A320)neo, we know that we will ramp up again. Whatever we do or don't do now, we know that we will ramp up again. We will go higher than rate 42 (per month) in 2018, 2019 and following years," Bregier said, referring to the neo or "new engine option" version of the plane that is expected to enter service in 2015.
Source: http://www.ibtimes.com
AIRCRAFT STORIES - About Boeing
Boeing in Brief
Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems. A top U.S. exporter, the company supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in 150 countries. Boeing products and tailored services include commercial and military aircraft, satellites, weapons, electronic and defense systems, launch systems, advanced information and communication systems, and performance-based logistics and training.
Boeing has a long tradition of aerospace leadership and innovation. The company continues to expand its product line and services to meet emerging customer needs. Its broad range of capabilities includes creating new, more efficient members of its commercial airplane family; integrating military platforms, defense systems and the warfighter through network-enabled solutions; creating advanced technology solutions; and arranging innovative customer-financing options.
With corporate offices in Chicago, Boeing employs more than 168,000 people across the United States and in more than 65 countries. This represents one of the most diverse, talented and innovative workforces anywhere. More than 140,000 employees hold college degrees -- including nearly 35,000 advanced degrees -- in virtually every business and technical field from approximately 2,700 colleges and universities worldwide. Our enterprise also leverages the talents of hundreds of thousands more skilled people working for Boeing suppliers worldwide.
Boeing is organized into two business units: Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. Supporting these units are Boeing Capital Corporation, a global provider of financing solutions; the Shared Services Group, which provides a broad range of services to Boeing worldwide; and Boeing Engineering, Operations & Technology, which helps develop, acquire, apply and protect innovative technologies and processes.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Boeing has been the premier manufacturer of commercial jetliners for more than 40 years. With the merger of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas in 1997, Boeing's leadership in commercial jets, joined with the lineage of Douglas airplanes, gives the combined company a 70-year heritage of leadership in commercial aviation. Today, the main commercial products are the 737, 747, 767 and 777 families of airplanes and the Boeing Business Jet. New product development efforts are focused on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and the 747-8. The company has nearly 12,000 commercial jetliners in service worldwide, which is roughly 75 percent of the world fleet. Through Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, the company provides unsurpassed, around-the-clock technical support to help operators maintain their airplanes in peak operating condition. Commercial Aviation Services offers a full range of world-class engineering, modification, logistics and information services to its global customer base, which includes the world's passenger and cargo airlines, as well as maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities. Boeing also trains maintenance and flight crews in the 100-seat-and-above airliner market through Boeing Training & Flight Services, the world's largest and most comprehensive provider of airline training.
Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) provides end-to-end services for large-scale systems that enhance air-, land-, sea- and space-based platforms for global military, government and commercial customers. In addition to designing, producing, modifying and supporting fighters, bombers, transports, rotorcraft, aerial refuelers, missiles, munitions and spacecraft for military, civil and commercial use, BDS is developing enhanced capabilities through network-enabled solutions, communications and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies. BDS supports the U.S. government as a system integrator on several programs of national significance, including NASA's International Space Station and, the Missile Defense Agency's Ground-based Midcourse Defense program. BDS is also expanding into new markets and adjacencies, including unmanned systems, cyber security, energy management, and support and logistics.
Boeing Capital Corporation
Boeing Capital Corporation is a global provider of financing solutions. Working closely with Commercial Airplanes and Defense, Space & Security, Boeing Capital Corporation arranges, structures and provides financing to facilitate the sale and delivery of Boeing commercial and military products. With a year end 2012 portfolio value at approximately $4.1 billion, Boeing Capital Corporation combines Boeing's financial strength and global reach, detailed knowledge of Boeing customers and equipment, and the expertise of a seasoned group of financial professionals.
Engineering, Operations & Technology
EO&T enhances Boeing's growth and productivity by driving technical and functional excellence across the enterprise. Its primary objectives are to support the company's business units by delivering high-quality, low-cost technical services in information technology, research and technology, and test and evaluation; integrated enterprise strategies that ensure technology is ready when needed, competitively protected and environmentally progressive; and highly disciplined and efficient engineering, operations and supplier management support that ensures program success. The organization pays particular attention to ensuring the success of development programs, and strives to attract, develop and retain a world-class technical and functional work force.
Shared Services Group
Shared Services Group allows business units to focus on profitable growth by providing the infrastructure services required to run their global operations. The group provides a broad range of services worldwide, including facilities services, employee benefits and services, staffing, recruitment, wellness programs, security, fire protection, site operations, disaster preparedness, construction, reclamation, conservation programs, virtual workplace, creative services, transportation, business continuity and the purchase of all non-production goods and services. It also offers comprehensive travel services to Boeing employees and manages the sale and acquisition of all leased and owned property for Boeing. By integrating services, Shared Services Group delivers greater value, creates “lean” processes and operations, leverages buying power and simplifies access to services for all of Boeing.
Contact: Public Relations 312-544-2002
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Source: http://www.boeing.com
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AIRCRAFT STORIES - 9 mysterious plane disappearances in history
9 mysterious plane disappearances
in history
Updated: 2014-03-28 07:59(People's Daily Online)
2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 370
A Malaysian Airlines plane carrying 239 people lost contact with air traffic control about two hours after leaving Malaysia's capital of Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014.
Flight MH 370, a Boeing 777-200 aircraft, departed Kuala Lumpur at 12:21 am local time and was expected to land in Beijing at 6:30 am the same day.
On March 24, 2014, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said that new analysis of satellite data suggested that the missing plane "ended" in the southern Indian Ocean, but the plane is still missing, even a piece of debris is not found. And search teams from various countries are still searching in targeted waters.
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A Malaysian passenger plane carrying 239 people, including 227 passengers and 12 crew members, has lost contact with air traffic control after leaving Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur, the carrier said on March 8, 2014. This undated file photo from the internet shows a Malaysia Airlines' Boeing 777 passenger plane. [Photo/Xinhua]
2009: Crash of Air France Flight AF447
Before the MH370 went missing, the most recent case was that of Air France flight AF447. The flight carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris vanished over the Atlantic Ocean on June 1 2009, after a few hours in the air. On June 6 and 7, the Brazilian military found wreckage, and bodies of some of the passengers. But what exactly had happened remained unknown until two years later when two black box recorders were found. In June 2012 French investigators issued their final report: ice crystals had obstructed air speed gauges in the aircraft, causing the autopilot to disconnect. The crew reacted incorrectly and the plane plunged into the ocean. All 228 passengers on board died.
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HEALTHY EATING - Eating fruit and vegetables can stop you having a heart attack – but only if you are a WOMAN
Eating fruit and vegetables can stop you having a heart attack – but only if you are a WOMAN
- Young women who eat fruit are less likely to have clogged arteries
- But benefits don't extend to men, according to U.S scientists
- Arteries can be clogged with calcification from an early age from poor diet
- Lack of exercise and smoking can also lead to clogged arteries
New data suggests that only women can reap the benefits of a fruit and veg rich diet
Eating fruit and vegetables could stop you having a heart attack - but only if you are a woman.
Young females who eat a healthy diet are less likely to develop clogged arteries from a build up of plaque, which can lead to heart attacks or stroke, compared with those who eat a less balanced diet.
However the same benefit does not apply to men - and scientists don't know why, saying the phenomenon 'warrants further investigation'.
The study, comprised of more than 2,500 people in the U.S, reinforces the importance of developing healthy eating habits early in life.
Previous research was able to find that middle aged adults who eat a lot of fruit and vegetables are less likely to have heart attacks or strokes, but the effect on young adults is less clear.
Women in their 20s who said they ate between eight and nine servings of fruit and vegetables a day as part of a 2,000 calorie diet were 40 per cent less likely to develop a build up in their arteries called 'plaque', or coronary artery calcification.
This was when compared with those in their 40s who ate only three or four servings a day, whose chance of developing the build up was much higher.
This trend carried on even after other lifestyle behaviours like smoking, exercise and sugary drink consumption were accounted for.
The study also took into consideration current eating habits, further demonstrating how dietary patterns affect younger people as well.
Dr Michael Miedema, of the Minneapolis Heart Institute, said: 'Several other studies have also suggested a diet high in fruits and vegetables is less protective in men, but we do not have a good biological reason for this lack of association.
'It is an important question because lifestyle behaviours, such as a heart healthy diet, are the foundation of cardiovascular prevention and we need to know what dietary components are most important.'
A healthy diet from an early age can help stop development of calcification of the arteries (pictured) which can lead to blockages
and heart attacks
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2591741/Eating-fruit-vegetables-stop-having-heart-attack-WOMAN.html#ixzz2xNRk6KLZ
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