22.12.2006
Marignane - Spanish government authorizes the signature of a contract with Eurocopter for the acquisition of 45 NH90 helicopters for its Armed Forces
21.12.2006
Eurocopter signs a nine year contract with the Australian government to maintain the RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft fleet
Marignane - Eurocopter, through its Australian subsidiary, Australian Aerospace, and the Australian Government signed today a nine year contract worth $201 million for deeper maintenance of the RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft. The AP-3C fleet is based at RAAF Edinburgh and the work is carried out at RAAF Bases at Richmond and Edinburgh
Toulouse - Qantas Signs Firm Order For Eight Additional A380s
20.12.2006
Seville - A400M first Horizontal Tail Plane to the Final Assembly Line
Toulouse - Airlinair Orders its First New ATR 72-500
Amsterdam - EADS Board of Directors has appointed new members of Airbus Executive Committee
Toulouse - Singapore Airlines Boosts Airbus Fleet With Additional A380 Orders
Toulouse - SilkAir Expands Fleet With Additional A320 Aircraft
18.12.2006
Toulouse - Airbus Delivers First VIP A340-600 To SAAD Air
Toulouse - Asiana Celebrates 100th Aircraft Delivery With Another Airbus A330
Muscat/Friedrichshafen - Certificate of Final Acceptance signed for the expansion and modernization of EADS Joint Command and Control System in Oman
15.12.2006
Toulouse - AerCap Orders 20 A330-200s
14.12.2006
EADS and Enterprise Ireland Sign a Strategic Partnership Agreement for Aerospace Research, Technology Development and Procurement
Dublin - Target of €35m in Annual Sales by Irish Firms
13.12.2006
Eurocopter hands over the first three NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopters to the German Army
Marignane/Donauwörth - Significant Milestone in Europe’s largest Helicopter Programme
12.12.2006
Toulouse - Airbus A380 Receives Joint EASA & FAA Type Certification
Madrid - EADS CASA delivers its first HC-235A to Lockheed Martin as part of the Deepwater Program
11.12.2006
Columbus/Mississippi - EADS North America Begins Delivery of UH-72A Light Utility Helicopters to the U.S. Army
Toulouse - Comlux Takes Delivery Of First Airbus A318 Elite
07.12.2006
Toulouse - Lufthansa Further Expands Airbus A340-600 Long-Range Fleet
06.12.2006
Amsterdam/Ulm - EADS and its partners are chosen to supply Netherlands' integrated air defence system
05.12.2006
Ulm/Lahnstein - EADS mobile digital radio system for out-of-area operations handed over to the Bundeswehr
01.12.2006
Amsterdam - A400M programme review completed
Toulouse - A350 XWB Family Receives Industrial Go-Ahead
Toulouse - Pakistan International Airlines acquires an ATEC Series 6 for maintaining Boeing 777 fleet
Amsterdam - EADS gives go ahead for Airbus to launch the A350 XWB
Regulatory announcement of price-sensitive information
Amsterdam - Ad-hoc release, 1 December 2006 EADS – A350 XWB launch EADS gives go ahead for Airbus to launch the A350 XWB
30.11.2006
Toulouse - A380 Wraps Up Technical Route Proving After A Final Trip Over Both Poles
29.11.2006
Toulouse - Airbus Completes A Major A400M Wing Assembly Milestone
27.11.2006
Toulouse - Galaxy Airlines Takes Delivery Of Its First Airbus A300-600F
Friedrichshafen - EADS personal transport system to protect German soldiers abroad against attacks
24.11.2006
Toulouse - Airbus’ A330 Long-Range Family Reaches 600 Sales
23.11.2006
Dresden - Korean Air Takes Delivery of First A300-600 Converted Freighter Aircraft
Eurocopter and PT. Dirgantara Indonesia sign Teaming Framework Agreement during Indodefence 2006
Jakarta, Indonesia, INDODEFENCE 2006 - Strong cooperation to market the World’s Number One helicopter range to governmental entities in Indonesia
22.11.2006
Toulouse - Some 22,700 New Aircraft Worth US$2.6 Trillion Required To Meet Fleet Modernisation And Growth
21.11.2006
Munich - EADS Defence & Security Systems Division Completes Major Upgrade for NATO AWACS Aircraft
Official Opening of Eurocopter Malaysia’s Regional Maintenance Centre
Selangor, (Malaysia) - State-of-the-art Facility Enlarges Regional Footprint of the World’s Number One Helicopter Company
Betzdorf - Astrium To Build New Astra Satellite
17.11.2006
Marignane - Eurocopter wins Frost & Sullivan’s « Market Leadership Award 2006 » as No. 1 in the European Military Helicopter Market. An Acknowledgement of Excellence in Aerospace and Defence
16.11.2006
Toulouse - TAROM Of Rumania Receives Its First New Airbus A318
Toulouse - Airbus A380 Beats Expectations During Heavy Crosswind Tests In Iceland
Munich - EADS and Eurofighter Consortium welcome Danish statement on fighter decision
Toulouse - TAM Signs Contract For The Acquisition Of 37 Additional Airbus Aircraft
15.11.2006
Toulouse - Kingfisher Airlines Takes Delivery Of First Indian Based A321s
14.11.2006
Toulouse - easyJet Boosts Order For Airbus A319s By 52 Aircraft
Toulouse - Airbus A318 With CFM International Engines Approved For 180 Min ETOPS
13.11.2006
Toulouse - ALAFCO Places Another Big Order With Airbus
Toulouse - Pakistan’s Airblue Expands Fleet With Airbus A320
Toulouse - Egypt’s Air Cairo Receives Its First Aircraft – An Airbus A320
Palaiseau - L’Ecole Polytechnique, le CNRS et EADS CCR s’engagent dans un partenariat scientifique dans les domaines de l’aéronautique, de l’espace et de la défense
09.11.2006
Marignane - U.S. Army Places Second Production Order For Eurocopter UH-145 Light Utility Helicopters
08.11.2006
Amsterdam - Ad-hoc release, 8 November 2006 EADS – 9m 2006 results EADS 9-months results reflect record deliveries and challenges ahead
Amsterdam - EADS 9-months results reflect record deliveries and challenges ahead
06.11.2006
Toulouse - Skybus Becomes Largest Customer For Air+ By Airbus Support Package
31.10.2006
Amsterdam - EADS Board of Directors decides new appointments for Airbus and Eurocopter and increases transparency
Toulouse - Shanghai Airlines Becomes New Airbus Customer By Ordering Five A321s
Toulouse - Fabrice Brégier Appointed Airbus Chief Operating
Astrium-built BADR-4 satellite ready for launch
Paris - Launch preparation is well underway in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, for the launch of BADR-4, a Eurostar E2000+ satellite built by Astrium for the Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT). The Proton Breeze M vehicle of International Launch Services (ILS) is scheduled for lift off on 8 November at 20:01 GMT (2:01 a.m. on 9 November Baikonur time).
Toulouse - A380 Begins Technical Route Proving in Final Phase of Certification Process
26.10.2006
Toulouse - Airbus Signed Agreement With CASGC For Largest Single Transaction Ever - 170 Aircraft
Toulouse - Airbus Signs Framework Agreement With Chinese Consortium On A320 Final Assembly Line In China
Toulouse - New U.S. Low-Fare Airline Skybus Orders 65 Airbus A319s
Madrid - Poland purchases another two (2) EADS CASA C-295 military transport aircraft
24.10.2006
Toulouse - Air One Takes Delivery of its First New Airbus A320
23.10.2006
Madrid - EADS CASA delivers the first C-295 aircraft to Brazil.
19.10.2006
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Astrium-built MetOp satellite successfully launched
EUTELSAT awards contract to deliver HOT BIRD™ 10 broadcast satellite to Astrium
Paris - Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced that Astrium will build the HOT BIRD™ 10 broadcast satellite which will be launched in first quarter 2009 and positioned at the Group’s 13 degrees East location. Following HOT BIRD™ 8 and 9, it is the third high-power broadcast satellite based on Astrium’s Eurostar E3000 platform that will be located at Eutelsat’s premium video neighbourhood for cable and satellite broadcasting.
Toulouse - Indian Airlines Celebrates Delivery Of The First A319
18.10.2006
Toulouse - Petters Group Worldwide Is 1st US Customer For Airbus A318 Elite
Toulouse - Boutsen Aviation Announces Order For Two Airbus ACJs
17.10.2006
Toulouse - Tiger Airways orders eight more A320 aircraft
Toulouse - German carrier Blue Wings orders Airbus A320 Family aircraft
Toulouse - JETALLIANCE commits to more Airbus A318 Elites
16.10.2006
Munich - EADS and SITA plan to team-up to offer solutions for optimised turn around procedures at airports
13.10.2006
Newport, Wales - EADS’ Revolutionary New Encryption Technology
Toulouse - Lufthansa Places Repeat Order For Airbus A320 Family And A330-300 Aircraft
EADS is 100 percent owner of Airbus
Amsterdam - EADS today acquired the remaining 20 percent stake from BAE Systems
11.10.2006
First MetOp launch scheduled for 17th of October
Baikonur - First European weather satellite to operate from low Earth orbit
10.10.2006
Toulouse - Louis Gallois Appointed New Airbus President And Chief Executive Officer
Dresden - EADS/EFW, Airbus and Irkut Prepare the Foundation of a Joint Venture for Freighter Conversion
Toulouse - ATR Signs a New Contract with TACV
09.10.2006
Amsterdam - EADS Board of Directors changes significantly the management structure of EADS
05.10.2006
Newport, Wales - Progress On £35m Campus Expansion Viewed
03.10.2006
Airbus Confirms Further A380 Delay
Toulouse - Launches Company Restructuring Plan
Amsterdam - Ad-hoc release, 3 October 2006 EADS and Airbus finalise A380 review
Amsterdam - EADS and Airbus finalise A380 review
02.10.2006
Marignane - Eurocopter is pleased that Air Methods signs Open-ended MOU for 10 A-Stars
29.09.2006
San Antonio, Texas - EADS North America Defense Test and Services Launches New N-GEN™ Test System
Amsterdam - EADS Board of Directors continues A380 discussion
28.09.2006
Munich / Manching - Danish Defence Minister and Defence Committee embark on Eurofighter fact-finding mission in Germany
Toulouse - Airbus A380 Wake Vortex Study Completed
Barcelona - ATR Announces a Contract for 4 New ATR 72-500 Aircraft
Tallinn - EADS to build the Estonian nationwide TETRA radio network for public safety
27.09.2006
Fifth Australian TBM 700 delivered
Gold Coast Airport, Australia - TBM turboprop to help optimize travel for Australian building company
26.09.2006
Amsterdam - EADS: Boris L. Zaïtra appointed Head of Mergers & Acquisitions
25.09.2006
Toulouse - Lufthansa Technik Is Airbus’ 25 th Customised Spares Logistics (CSL) Customer
21.09.2006
Toulouse - Airbus A400M Wing Centre Opened By UK Defence Procurement Minister
Amsterdam - Christof Ehrhart takes lead of EADS Corporate Communications
Toulouse - Airbus Partners South Africa On Research & Technology Programmes
Amsterdam - News Release
18.09.2006
Madrid - EADS obtains contract for the design and development of Spanish Future Soldier (COMFUT)
15.09.2006
Paris - Vélizy - Sagem Défense Sécurité plans to acquire Naval and Ground Activities of EADS Defence & Security Systems in France
14.09.2006
London - Third Firing Success for Meteor Air Dominance Missile
Munich - EADS to build TETRA digital radio network for Stadtwerke München
13.09.2006
Marignane - 400th EC120 delivered to Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department
Toulouse - New Chinese Private Airline, Juneyao Airlines Receives Its First A319
12.09.2006
Air Methods Signs Open-Ended MOU for 10 A-Stars Annually
Marignane - Denver, CO: Air Methods Corporation, the largest air medical transportation provider in the United States, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with American Eurocopter to purchase ten AS350 B2/B3 "AStar" helicopters annually, on an indefinite basis. The AStars will join Air Methods’ current fleet of approximately 200 rotary and fixed-wing aircraft, which includes Eurocopter, Bell, MD and Sikorsky helicopters.
11.09.2006
Paris - Successful first flight of the SIDM UAV system in France
08.09.2006
Toulouse - A380 Early Long Flight Series Near Completion
German Army Air Corps School in Bückeburg clocks up 30,000 Flight Hours with EC135 Training Helicopters
Marignane/Bückeburg - Eurocopter’s first full System Support Contract for the German Army, a resounding Success
Toulouse - Air Deccan takes delivery of the 700th ATR
Stevenage - Paradigm signs multi-year contract to provide MilSatCom services to the Netherlands Ministry of Defence
04.09.2006
Toulouse - The Airbus A380 Takes Off From Toulouse On First Passenger Flight
Toulouse - Appointment of New Heads for A380 And A320 Programmes
Helsinki - EADS introduces TMR880i mobile radio for professional users
The INAER group continues the renewal of its fleet with nine new Eurocopter helicopters
Marignane - First order of an EC145 in Spain
01.09.2006
Bangalore - EADS, HAL set to explore new horizons
31.08.2006
Paris - Mise au point concernant la rémunération de Louis Gallois, Président exécutif d’EADS
Toulouse - US Airways Orders More A321s
30.08.2006
Eurocopter delivers the 500th Aircraft of best-selling EC135 Helicopter
Marignane/Donauwörth - Austrian ÖAMTC takes over its 25th Aircraft
Miami, Florida - EADS Barfield initiates work covered by a support contract with Global Airtech
Paris - EADS awards Grob Aerospace and Sogitec Industries contracts to supply training devices for the French Air Force Training School
29.08.2006
New Delhi - EADS to increase industrial footprint in India
Friedrichshafen - EADS delivers prototype of NH90 mission planning system to Finland
Toulouse - Cathay Pacific Celebrates 100 th Aircraft Delivery When Taking Another Airbus A330
28.08.2006
Eurocopter delivers 1 st Cougar helicopter to Bulgaria
Marignane - In a ceremony at the 24th Air Force Base in Krumovo, Bulgaria, in the presence of several Bulgarian and French officials, Eurocopter handed over the first Cougar helicopter to base commander General Stefan Petrov. This initial delivery follows the signature in January 2005 of a contract with the Bulgarian armed forces for the acquisition of 12 Cougar AS 532 AL and 6 Panther AS 565 MB helicopters for a total of 360 million euros.
Munich/Ulm - EADS receives contract to construct the BOS digital radio network in Germany
25.08.2006
Toulouse - Success as A380 Powered by Engine Alliance Completes First Flight
Toulouse - Engine Alliance Powered A380 Takes Off On First Flight
21.08.2006
Ulm - Deployable EADS combat operations centre for air defence enters into service with the German Air Force
15.08.2006
Friedrichshafen - EADS is given its first export order for personal protective containers
14.08.2006
Arlington, Virginia - EADS' DT-35 subsonic aerial target family performs successful flight demonstrations for the U.S. Army
10.08.2006
Warszawa - PZL-104MA Wilga Marks its Presence in American Market
Ulm - EADS Technology Protects German Armed Forces’ Puma Armoured Vehicles
08.08.2006
Grand Prairie, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection to receive five additional American Eurocopter EC120s for homeland security missions
07.08.2006
Toulouse - ATR signs a new contract with Precision Air Services
03.08.2006
Essen, Munich - Joint acquisition of Atlas successfully completed
02.08.2006
Amsterdam - EADS: Detlef Müller-Wiesner and Yann Barbaux take new roles within the Group's CTO organisation
28.07.2006
Toulouse - IndiGo Celebrates Delivery of First Airbus A320
27.07.2006
Ulm - EADS delivers digital Professional Mobile Radio for federal highways in Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg
Amsterdam - Ad-hoc release, 27 July 2006 EADS – H1 2006 results EADS delivers solid half-year performance in growing markets
Amsterdam - EADS delivers solid half-year performance in growing markets
TBM 850 program exceeds expectations
EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh, WI - Order backlog for the World’s fastest single-engined turboprop at record levels
26.07.2006
Toulouse - Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company Limited (Gameco) of China Joins Airbus MRO Network
22.07.2006
Farnborough - EADS Wins MoD MASC Contract for Study
21.07.2006
Airbus Announced 182 New Orders And Commitments At Farnborough Airshow
Farnborough - First for new A350 XWB and incremental order for A380
Farnborough - German Carrier Blue Wings Expands With Airbus A320 Family Aircraft
Farnborough - Singapore Airlines Looks to the Future With Orders for A380 And A350 XWB
20.07.2006
Farnborough - Leasing Company CIT Orders More Airbus Long-Range And Single-Aisle Aircraft
Farnborough - Wizz Air Orders 20 Additional A320s
19.07.2006
Farnborough - Aegean Airlines Reconfirms Its Confidence in Airbus With Three More Airbus A320s
Farnborough - Airbus A380 Fatigue Test Reaches 15,000 Flight Cycles
Farnborough - AirAsia Orders Forty More A320 Family Aircraft
Farnborough - Airbus ACJ Wins New Sale, Takes Orders for Year to 14
Farnborough - Grupo Marsans Expands Its Airbus Long Haul Fleet With Purchase Of Up To 22 A330s
Farnborough - 3 Additional ATR Aircraft for Finncomm Airlines
Ulm - EADS supplies the German Armed Forces with a new type of ground surveillance radar
Farnborough - Seven Major European Aerospace Manufacturers Sign LOI an a “Clean Sky” Joint Technology Initiative
London - EADS and INDRA join forces in Identification Systems
Farnborough - ILFC Order For A320s Takes Its Total Airbus Orders Beyond 600 Aircraft
18.07.2006
Farnborough - EADS and Libya start joint aeronautical maintenance and training activities for Africa
Toulouse - Japan’s Rimcof And Airbus Agree To Conduct A Cooperative Study For Structural Health Monitoring Technology Development
Toulouse - Afriqiyah Airways Orders Up To Six A330s And 14 Airbus A320 Family Aircraft
London - EADS technology protects Georgian VIP helicopters
The EC225/EC725, latest Member of the Super Puma/Cougar Family, offers Cost-Effective Medium Lift Capability
Farnborough - Eurocopter is displaying an EC725 in the Static Display (No. OE17) at this year’s Farnborough Air Show. Like no other helicopter in its class, the EC725 and its civil variant, the EC225, fuses military capabilities with commercial standards. The EC725 has entered service with the French Army and Air Force, while the EC225 has captured renowned customers in offshore oil and gas operations both in Europe and the United States, in governmental VIP flying services in Japan and Algeria, and in SAR as well as offshore operations in China.
Farnborough - Air Caraïbes Signs for an Additional A330-300
17.07.2006
Farnborough - Eurocopter and COHC sign a Contract for the Supply of long range EC225 Helicopters
Farnborough - The U.S. Navy orders additional aircraft carrier-based JETI Systems from EADS
London - EADS and India join forces to develop a missile warning system
Farnborough - EADS North America is the test system supplier of choice for the new VH-71A U.S. Presidential Helicopter
Toulouse - Airbus Presents A350 XWB: New Extra Wide Body Family for the 21st Century
Toulouse - GoAir Expands Airbus Fleet With 10 More A320’s
13.07.2006
Amsterdam - Sogerma: A lasting industrial solution for the Mérignac site
07.07.2006
Toulouse - Farnborough air display for world’s most advanced passenger aircraft
Toulouse - Christian Streiff confirmed as Airbus President and Chief Executive
05.07.2006
German Armed Forces will receive secure communications network with two dedicated satellites
Koblenz - MilSat Services GmbH, a company set up by EADS SPACE Services and ND SatCom, will provide the German Bundeswehr's satellite communications system SatcomBW Step 2. The Federal Office for Information Management and Information Technology of the Bundeswehr (IT-AmtBw) and MilSat Services signed a contract in Koblenz, Germany on Wednesday. The contract will be valid after the German budget 2006 will have been enacted.
Toulouse - Tunisair Orders A319 Extended-Range For Its Medium Range Operation
04.07.2006
Paris - EADS Test & Services acquires Get Electronique, a French company specialising in services in industrial electronics
03.07.2006
Amsterdam - Tom Enders and Louis Gallois to jointly lead EADS
02.07.2006
Amsterdam - EADS confirms price determination for BAE Systems' stake in Airbus
Amsterdam - Ad-hoc release, 2 July 2006 EADS Board of Directors appointed Louis Gallois to join Tom Enders as CEO
Amsterdam - Ad-hoc release, 2 July 2006 EADS confirms price determination for BAE Systems' stake in Airbus
Toulouse - Airbus President And CEO Gustav Humbert Resigns
Amsterdam - EADS Board of Directors appointed Louis Gallois to join Tom Enders as CEO
30.06.2006
U.S. Army selects Eurocopter UH-145 for its Light Utility Helicopter Requirement
Marignane - Eurocopter’s first-ever Entry into American Military Market
Paris - Sogerma: A few additional days of negotiations
Amsterdam - EADS marks break-through on US defence market
Amsterdam - EADS further strengthens defence business with Australia
EADS North America selected to provide U.S. Army's Light Utility Helicopter
Arlington, Virginia - UH-145 to be produced in Columbus, Mississippi
29.06.2006
Amsterdam - EADS files a legal complaint further to use of internal and confidential draft documents and their publication in the press
Official contract signature between Eurocopter and the Australian government confirming the order of 34 MRH-90s
Marignane - Eurocopter’s subsidiary, Australian Aerospace, and the Australian Defence Material Organisation (DMO) today signed the contract to provide 34 additional MRH-90 medium-lift helicopters to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the associated support for a period of ten years. The signing ceremony, which took place in Canberra, follows the announcement last week by Prime Minister John Howard and Defence Minister Brendan Nelson that the ADF was ordering the extra MRH-90s, the most advanced helicopter of its size in the world.
27.06.2006
Amsterdam - EADS continues to co-operate with AMF
Toulouse - A380 Sets World Record For Number Of Emergency Slides Deployed
26.06.2006
Eurocopter and “Gazpromavia” have signed Maintenance Center Agreement to provide Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO services for Eurocopter Helicopters in Russia
Marignane - Eurocopter is the first Western aircraft manufacturer to implement a full scale Maintenance Center to provide Maintenance Repair and Overhaul services for Eurocopter helicopters in Russia. The Center is based on the premises of Ostafievo airport located near Moscow.
23.06.2006
Essen/Munich - ThyssenKrupp Technologies and EADS have reached an agreement on the industrial structure for Atlas Elektronik
21.06.2006
Toulouse - ATR signs a contract with TransAsia Airways
19.06.2006
New major order for Eurocopter in Australia: the Federal Government will add 34 MRH-90s
Marignane - Eurocopter is once again selected by the Australian government to fulfill the Army helicopter needs. This decision comes less than two years after the Federal Government ordered the first 12 MRH-90s as additional troop lift helicopters. Already in December 2001, Eurocopter was selected to provide 22 Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters (ARH) to the Australian Army.
Amsterdam - EADS and Airbus to co-operate with AMF
Ulm - EADS successfully passes lab and field testing for the BOS digital radio network in Germany
16.06.2006
Paris - Clarifications about sale of EADS shares and the exercise of options by Executive Committee members
13.06.2006