http://www.iag-inc.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:12:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.iag-inc.com/2011/05/30/af447-a-pilots-thoughts/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2011/05/30/af447-a-pilots-thoughts/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 12:31:48 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/?p=7871 We made contact with an industry connection who is a certified A330 check captain to talk about the preliminary BEA report on AF447. Take a listen, it is uncomfortable feedback. In other news: Airbus delivers its first A330 tanker Embraer pauses – a big mistake? An electric airplane Subscribe to our analysis and opinion behind [...]]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2011/05/30/af447-a-pilots-thoughts/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2011/05/27/next-stop-australia/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2011/05/27/next-stop-australia/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 12:02:58 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/?p=7867 The first Airbus A330 MRTT new generation tanker/transport for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) left Madrid at 10h00 local time on its ferry flight to Australia. Designated the KC-30A by the RAAF, the aircraft is scheduled to arrive at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland on Monday 30 May, and to be formally handed over to [...]]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2011/05/27/next-stop-australia/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/09/airbus-coup-in-india/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/09/airbus-coup-in-india/#comments Wed, 09 May 2007 11:56:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/airbus-coup-in-india/ Flyington Freighters changes teams. More on Blackprogram]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/05/09/airbus-coup-in-india/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/03/14/airbus-delivers-800th-a330a340/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/03/14/airbus-delivers-800th-a330a340/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:00:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/03/airbus-delivers-800th-a330a340/ The A330-200 long range jetliner was delivered to Qatar Airways. More than 1,080 aircraft have been ordered and 280 are still to be delivered. Production rates are currently seven aircraft per month and this is due to increase to eight per month by the beginning of 2008 and nine per month by the middle of [...]]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/03/14/airbus-delivers-800th-a330a340/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/03/14/airbus-delivers-800th-a330a340-2/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/03/14/airbus-delivers-800th-a330a340-2/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:00:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/03/14/airbus-delivers-800th-a330a340-2/ The A330-200 long range jetliner was delivered to Qatar Airways. More than 1,080 aircraft have been ordered and 280 are still to be delivered. Production rates are currently seven aircraft per month and this is due to increase to eight per month by the beginning of 2008 and nine per month by the middle of [...]]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/03/14/airbus-delivers-800th-a330a340-2/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/03/02/767f-to-get-update/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/03/02/767f-to-get-update/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:49:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/03/767f-to-get-update/ Geoffrey Thomas at ATW reports that Boeing is tight-lipped about plans for a freighter models based on the 767-200/300 and derived from its entry in the USAF KC-X tanker competition. These plans are in order to counter the A330-200F, which has 32 orders this year. Boeing is looking to match the A330-200F's 69 ton payload [...]]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/03/02/767f-to-get-update/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/02/15/cit-orders-more-airbus/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/02/15/cit-orders-more-airbus/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:29:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/02/cit-orders-more-airbus/ CIT Group signed a firm contract with Airbus in December 2006 for five long range A330 widebodies, as well as ten A320 Family aircraft. The repeat order by CIT underlines strong demand for the Airbus A330 and the A320 in the leasing market. To date CIT has placed firm orders for a total of 142 [...]]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/02/15/cit-orders-more-airbus/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/02/15/cit-orders-more-airbus-2/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/02/15/cit-orders-more-airbus-2/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:29:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/02/15/cit-orders-more-airbus-2/ CIT Group signed a firm contract with Airbus in December 2006 for five long range A330 widebodies, as well as ten A320 Family aircraft. The repeat order by CIT underlines strong demand for the Airbus A330 and the A320 in the leasing market. To date CIT has placed firm orders for a total of 142 [...]]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/02/15/cit-orders-more-airbus-2/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/02/13/the-french-saudi-tanker-fracas/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/02/13/the-french-saudi-tanker-fracas/#comments Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:42:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/02/the-french-saudi-tanker-fracas/ French officials scrambled Monday to fix a misunderstanding with the Saudis after prematurely announcing a deal to supply Saudi Arabia with refueling aerial tankers. First the French defense ministry announced that the French Defence Minister and the Saudi Crown Prince had signed a strategically important agreement to supply Airbus MRTT tankers in a deal worth [...]]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/02/13/the-french-saudi-tanker-fracas/feed/ 0 http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/02/13/the-french-saudi-tanker-fracas-2/ http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/02/13/the-french-saudi-tanker-fracas-2/#comments Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:42:00 +0000 IAG http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/02/13/the-french-saudi-tanker-fracas-2/ French officials scrambled Monday to fix a misunderstanding with the Saudis after prematurely announcing a deal to supply Saudi Arabia with refueling aerial tankers. First the French defense ministry announced that the French Defence Minister and the Saudi Crown Prince had signed a strategically important agreement to supply Airbus MRTT tankers in a deal worth [...]]]> http://www.iag-inc.com/2007/02/13/the-french-saudi-tanker-fracas-2/feed/ 0