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Embraer delivers 57 jets during 3Q2009
São José dos Campos, October 7, 2009 2009 (3Q09), 29 of which to the commercial aviation segment, 27 to executive aviation, and one to defense, representing an increase of 18.8% over the 48 jets delivered during the same period in 2008. So far, in 2009, Embraer has delivered 153 jets. On September 30, 2009, the Company’s firm order backlog totaled US$ 18.6 billion, or 6% less than the US$ 19.8 billion recorded on June 30, 2009.– Embraer delivered 57 jets during the third quarter of 2009
Deliveries by Segment 3Q09
Commercial Aviation 29
ERJ 145 1
EMBRAER 170 4
EMBRAER 175 3
EMBRAER 190 17
EMBRAER 195 4
Executive Aviation 27
Phenom 100 22
Legacy 600 5
Lineage 1000 -
Defense Market* 1
ERJ 145 -
EMBRAER 190 1
Phenom 100 – - 2
Legacy 600 -
TOTAL 57
* Includes the delivery of jets configured to transport officials and aircraft delivered to State-owned companies.
source: aviationnews.eu - Rob Vogelaar
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Bombardier celebrates groundbreaking for new CSeries aircraft manufacturing site
Attended by Bombardier’s employees, suppliers, partners, customers and the media, the groundbreaking lays the path for the new aircraft’s entry into service in 2013.
“It’s a red-letter day for the program and an important day for Bombardier Aerospace,” noted Guy Hachey, President and Chief Operating Officer, Bombardier Aerospace in his remarks to the assembled guests. “Today we begin work on the facilities that will be the site of the first CSeries test aircraft. Eventually we will erect a complex of buildings here that will total 860,000 square feet – that’s the size of 15 football fields – to produce the CSeries family of aircraft.”
The CIASTA will be constructed as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building, the first such building for Bombardier Aerospace in the world. LEED is a third-party certification program and an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings.
The CIASTA will be constructed as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building, the first such building for Bombardier Aerospace in the world. LEED is a third-party certification program and an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings.
The design and construction of the CIASTA is on track and is expected to be ready for test rig assembly next year. Wieland-Dafco Québec Inc. and Ghafari Associates LLC have been contracted to construct the building.
As part of Bombardier’s mandate to contribute to a more sustainable future for aviation, the company’s priority is to design and manufacture the most fuel-efficient aircraft with the lowest gas and noise emissions in their category. The mandate also extends to Bombardier’s manufacturing processes and facilities. Making effective use of existing resources where possible, the CIASTA will be reconstructed from an existing fuel-flow building.
“We seek consistency and uniformity when it comes to being greener whether it’s our aircraft or the facilities in which they are tested and built,” said Mr. Hachey.
The CIASTA will house, among other things, the CSeries aircraft Integrated Systems Test and Certification Rig (ISTCR) or Iron Bird as it is usually called. This will be the first complete test vehicle enabling earlier product maturity. Flight control systems, avionics, electrical and environmental controls will be tested one year ahead of the actual flight test program. Other test articles will include an Interiors Rig, a Systems Integration Test Stand (SITS), an Engineering Simulator (ESIM) and Flight Controls Integration Lab (FCIL).
Bombardier achieved another milestone for the CSeries aircraft program recently when the first test article – a fuselage test barrel – arrived ahead of schedule at its Saint-Laurent, Québec site from China on August 19, 2009. The test barrel is now being prepared for fatigue testing including pressure cycle testing representative of the life of the aircraft. The test barrel will be used to demonstrate manufacturing and engineering structural concepts before the CSeries aircraft’s final design phase begins in 2010.
Earlier this year, the CSeries aircraft program officially transitioned from the Joint Conceptual Definition Phase (JCDP) to the Joint Definition Phase (JDP). The latter phase will bring with it greater product definition and is expected to close with the preliminary design freeze.
Since launching the CSeries family of aircraft at the Farnborough Air Show in July 2008, Bombardier has recorded firm orders for 50 CS100 and CS300 aircraft from Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Lease Corporation International Group. The CSeries aircraft which are optimized for the longer range, single-aisle 100- to 145-seat market will deliver the lowest operating costs in their class, exceptional operational flexibility, widebody comfort and an unmatched environmental scorecard.
source: aviationnews.eu
source: aviationnews.eu
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Embraer to decide on larger aircraft within 18 to 24 months
Embraer expects to decide whether to move forward with development of a larger commercial aircraft within the next 18 to 24 months. During an earnings conference call today, Embraer president and CEO Frederico Fleury Curado said: "We keep looking into the whole section of commercial aircraft [from] small to 150 seats or so." In that regard, he says, the Brazilian company is looking at two "moving pieces in this puzzle" - engine technology and "the correct level of use of composites and aluminium alloys" to use in a newer airframe.
On the engine side, for instance, open rotor technology could hold promise, but Embraer still needs to asses the tradeoffs in fuel burn and fuel efficiency versus how passengers would react from a psychological perspective.
"We keep doing the same thing we have been doing for the last 24 months, assessing the market, investing into technology development to be able to use that as we think, and probably, within 18 to 24 months, we will conclude this strategy to address maybe a larger aircraft, maybe an updating of our existing [E-Jets] aircraft," adds Curado.
Another consideration for Embraer as it mulls whether to offer something bigger than its largest commercial aircraft, the E-195, which can carry a maximum of 118 passengers, is the competitive landscape. Bombardier's long-running efforts to offer a 110/130 new-design aircraft are bearing fruit after Lufthansa recently placed a firm order for 30 of the Canadian manufacturer's geared turbofan-powered CSeries aircraft. But Embraer sees Airbus and Boeing as "formidable competitors". Both airframers are targeting narrowbody replacement aircraft for the latter part of the decade. Asked whether Embraer is still looking at the possibility of bringing a new turboprop to market, Curado says the firm sees a "clear trend" away from 30-, 40- and 50-seat aircraft toward turboprops with 70, 80 and 90 seats. But, he says: "We are not sure, to be frank, what is the correct way to go."
On the engine side, for instance, open rotor technology could hold promise, but Embraer still needs to asses the tradeoffs in fuel burn and fuel efficiency versus how passengers would react from a psychological perspective.
"We keep doing the same thing we have been doing for the last 24 months, assessing the market, investing into technology development to be able to use that as we think, and probably, within 18 to 24 months, we will conclude this strategy to address maybe a larger aircraft, maybe an updating of our existing [E-Jets] aircraft," adds Curado.
Another consideration for Embraer as it mulls whether to offer something bigger than its largest commercial aircraft, the E-195, which can carry a maximum of 118 passengers, is the competitive landscape. Bombardier's long-running efforts to offer a 110/130 new-design aircraft are bearing fruit after Lufthansa recently placed a firm order for 30 of the Canadian manufacturer's geared turbofan-powered CSeries aircraft. But Embraer sees Airbus and Boeing as "formidable competitors". Both airframers are targeting narrowbody replacement aircraft for the latter part of the decade. Asked whether Embraer is still looking at the possibility of bringing a new turboprop to market, Curado says the firm sees a "clear trend" away from 30-, 40- and 50-seat aircraft toward turboprops with 70, 80 and 90 seats. But, he says: "We are not sure, to be frank, what is the correct way to go."
In the nearer-term, the industry faces "a perfect storm of recession and credit [crunch]", says Curado, who sees business jets "more impacted than airlines at least as far as the short-term goes".
The company in February announced laying off nearly 4,300 workers as it slashed its 2009 delivery forecast by 28 aircraft and lowered revenue guidance for the year. Today, it revealed that full-year 2008 net income fell by more than 20% to $389 million although sales were up by 21%, on increased deliveries, to $6.3 billion. At 31 December 31, Embraer's firm order backlog totalled a new record of $20.9 billion.
Curado says Embraer is "basically holding on to our strong backlog both on business jets and on airlines" but is seeing very low demand and an environment and prospects that "are not very enthusiastic".
source: flightglobal.com
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