AIREX 2010 IN ISTANBUL
AIREX 2010 IN ISTANBUL
8th International Civil Aviation and Airports Fair-AIREX 2010 has opened doors in Istanbul.
As one of the top players in air transportation, Turkey is hosting an important fair.
Business jets, helicopters, small planes, and passenger planes of 146 companies from 30 different countries are on display in Istanbul.
The pleasant surprise of the fair is the world's biggest plane. The $300 million worth 2-floor plane is so big that it can only land on certain airports around the world. With its 80 mt long wing-span and its 5,5 tonne giant motors the plane even used the taxi-space at the end of the runway of Ataturk Airport. In order to avoid any unforeseen circumstances, the plane came empty and with minimum fuel from France. Turkey also contributes to the A-380 project, which is carried out at the partnership of Germany, England, France, and Spain. Turkish Aerospace Industries manufactures stretch forming parts for D-Nose Panels of the A-380 planes.
Turkish Airlines also displayed the two new planes it recently purchased.
One of them is a 289 passanger capacity commercial plane and the other one is a cargo plane. With these two newcomers, Turkish Airlines increased its passenger plane fleet to 140 and the cargo fleet to 5.
Luxury Mercedes-Benz EC145 Helicopter
It's the ultimate height in personal travel, inspired by Mercedes-Benz's R-Class car series. Unlike their sportscars though, this helicopter can carry eight people in style and has a TV, fridge and requisite cup holders.
It's got wooden floors but the seats can be upholstered in custom shades—or even your family's coat of arms, I'm guessing. For something so airborne it's surprising there's even room for storing bikes and golf clubs in the tail, or maybe even an inflatable dinghy should the desire for a paddle overcome you..
It's got wooden floors but the seats can be upholstered in custom shades—or even your family's coat of arms, I'm guessing. For something so airborne it's surprising there's even room for storing bikes and golf clubs in the tail, or maybe even an inflatable dinghy should the desire for a paddle overcome you..
Available at the tail-end of 2011, there's no word on price just yet—which is just as well. I don't want to be giving anyone a heart attacks.
The 2010 Heli-Expo - Market Perspective for the Helicopter Industry
The Rotorcraft Industry Looks Forward To Better Times The 2010 Heli-Expo recently concluded in Houston, Texas, and was best described as an event in which the attendees were thankful that they had simply survived the previous year. While 2009 was "trying," many in attendance looked forward to a steady 2010 and the hope for more positive trends by the time that 2011 was well in swing. With a significant percentage of the civil rotorcraft airframes showing their age, necessary replacement and rebuilds have kept the last year from being a total disaster, while 2010 and 2011 promised slight but incrementally positive trends for airframe replacement and services.
There was much to be very positive about, however, on a number of individual fronts... especially if you happened to be Robinson, Sikorsky, Bell, Aspen, Eurocopter or a few of the more fortunate survivors of 2009.
Sikorsky President and CEO Jeff Pino noted that the company could be positioned to become the world's biggest helicopter company in the not-too-distant future. Pino reported that 2009 was a strong year for Sikorsky, which showed over $6.3 billion in turnover for the year... $1.1 billion of that in its commercial helicopter business. "If you look at how our competitors calculate their backlogs, we have some $12 billion of business,'" said Pino. "In the next few years we could be the biggest helicopter company on the planet."
Nearly a half-dozen companies have signed orders to buy aircraft from American Eurocopter at the 2010 Heli-Expo in Houston.
The largest order came from Air Methods Corporation, which plans to acquire eight EC130 and four AS350B3 helicopters, for a total of 12 aircraft. The order is part of an ongoing Air Methods initiative to maintain the upgrade of its fleet despite the economic challenges throughout the country. All 12 aircraft are scheduled to be delivered this year and they will join Air Methods considerable fleet of 330 helicopters providing emergency medical services throughout the United States.
FMI: http://www.rotor.com/, http://www.heliexpo.com/, http://www.aero-tv.net/, http://www.youtube.com/aerotvnetwork, http://twitter.com/AeroNews... (more info)
There was much to be very positive about, however, on a number of individual fronts... especially if you happened to be Robinson, Sikorsky, Bell, Aspen, Eurocopter or a few of the more fortunate survivors of 2009.
Sikorsky President and CEO Jeff Pino noted that the company could be positioned to become the world's biggest helicopter company in the not-too-distant future. Pino reported that 2009 was a strong year for Sikorsky, which showed over $6.3 billion in turnover for the year... $1.1 billion of that in its commercial helicopter business. "If you look at how our competitors calculate their backlogs, we have some $12 billion of business,'" said Pino. "In the next few years we could be the biggest helicopter company on the planet."
Nearly a half-dozen companies have signed orders to buy aircraft from American Eurocopter at the 2010 Heli-Expo in Houston.
The largest order came from Air Methods Corporation, which plans to acquire eight EC130 and four AS350B3 helicopters, for a total of 12 aircraft. The order is part of an ongoing Air Methods initiative to maintain the upgrade of its fleet despite the economic challenges throughout the country. All 12 aircraft are scheduled to be delivered this year and they will join Air Methods considerable fleet of 330 helicopters providing emergency medical services throughout the United States.
FMI: http://www.rotor.com/, http://www.heliexpo.com/, http://www.aero-tv.net/, http://www.youtube.com/aerotvnetwork, http://twitter.com/AeroNews... (more info)
