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Cheick Ahmed Ibn Said al-Mahtum est venu en personne à Hamburg pour la premiere livraison du géant des Airbus A380: Il en commende en meme temps une soixantaine d autres Airbus: une trentaine du Typ A330 et une autre du typ A350! Et ce malgrés le retard de livraison ! Tous le monde est contents: les Emiratis dont leur airline compagnie vit un boom ainsi que les employés du constructeuir europeen à Hamburg!
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Airbus Delivers First A380 from Hamburg
By Hasnain Kazim in Hamburg
All the bad blood over the late delivery of the A380 superjumbo jet seems forgotten. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum personally came to Hamburg on Monday to collect the first A380 for his booming airline Emirates. He also came bearing a gift: an order for 60 more aircraft.
Airbus workers adore Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum -- they shower him with cheers and adulate him. On the day of the delivery of the first A380 for his airline Emirates, he has just revealed that his company will order 60 more aircraft -- 30 medium-range A330s and another 30 long-range A350s in a deal worth close to $13 billion (€8.3 billion). The Sheikh, who is unshaven and wearing a suit, white shirt, colorful tie and brown shoes, is a kind of job guarantee in human form for the Airbus workers.
"He's a cool guy," a mechanic says, as the Sheikh and Airbus CEO Thomas Enders step up to the plane after the handover ceremony. Enders, overwhelmed by the cheering crowd, raises his arms into the air and shouts: "Thank you. Thank you." Another mechanic turns to his colleague. "You don't mean him, do you?" His colleague shakes his head. "Okay, let's do a Mexican wave for the Sheikh," a young woman shouts and throws her arms into the air. Hundreds of Airbus workers, dressed in blue T-shirts, follow suit. The Sheikh waves back.
It was a day of celebration for Emirates, for the city of Hamburg and especially for the 12,000 Airbus workers employed in the city. After delivering five aircraft to Singapore Airlines from its plant in Toulouse, France, Airbus on Monday delivered its first superjumbo jet from its Hamburg, Germany plant.
There were times in recent years when one could have questioned whether a delivery at the plant was ever going to take place. But on Monday, Airbus employees proved their detractors wrong, and their appearance on the runway in front of the white jet with the Emirates livery was meant to send the message: We can do this after all. Problems with the aircraft's cabling caused by the Hamburg plant during the design stage led to the A380's considerable delays and also generated serious criticism of the German factory, which the company has internally blamed for getting the aircraft out the door late and the resulting €5 billion ($7.9 billion) in losses.
On top of that, an argument over the expansion of the plant needed to accommodate the assembly and testing of the A380 raged for years because of complaints by neighbors and environmental activists. And even today the company is still unable to mass produce the A380; the aircraft is manufactured by hand. But now, 13 years after the start of project A3XX -- the sun is shining at the Hamburg plant again.
Monday also provided the company with positive headlines that had become increasingly rare after the negative publicity created by Airbus's delivery problems and allegations against EADS executives over insider trading. (more...) Thomas Enders smiled broadly and said the Sheikh and Emirates' British-born President Tim Clark had supported Airbus from the start of the A380 project. As far back as the mid-1990s, Enders said, Clark had told the company not to shy away from developing its new superjumbo. The world needed it, he said at the time.
The Sheikh thanked Enders for the praise, saying his company was pleased to have been allowed to play "a small role" in the development of the A380. Still, though there was no mention on Monday of threats to cancel orders, it does not mean they have been forgotten. Clark said Emirates has already received the planes it ordered.
However, Sheikh Al-Maktoum couldn't resist making one barb against the German government. He said he hoped Emirates could also soon offer flights from Berlin and Stuttgart to Dubai. German Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee has so far refused to give permission to the airline, which already flies from Frankfurt, Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Munich. "Keep your fingers crossed that we will get those landing slots soon," the Sheikh said, prompting laughter from the Airbus workers.
Then, after all the talks and conviviality, the managers disappeared into the airplane to have a look at the Economy class (489 seats) in the lower deck, followed by a closer look at Business class (76 seats) and First Class (14 seats), the bar and the two shower cabins.
A few minutes later the Sheikh reappeared at the door of the plane. "Wonderful," he said. "I recently flew in it, it's wonderfully quiet." The five-hour test flight over the North Sea went without a hitch.
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Airbus Delivers First A380 from Hamburg
By Hasnain Kazim in Hamburg
All the bad blood over the late delivery of the A380 superjumbo jet seems forgotten. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum personally came to Hamburg on Monday to collect the first A380 for his booming airline Emirates. He also came bearing a gift: an order for 60 more aircraft.
Airbus workers adore Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum -- they shower him with cheers and adulate him. On the day of the delivery of the first A380 for his airline Emirates, he has just revealed that his company will order 60 more aircraft -- 30 medium-range A330s and another 30 long-range A350s in a deal worth close to $13 billion (€8.3 billion). The Sheikh, who is unshaven and wearing a suit, white shirt, colorful tie and brown shoes, is a kind of job guarantee in human form for the Airbus workers.
"He's a cool guy," a mechanic says, as the Sheikh and Airbus CEO Thomas Enders step up to the plane after the handover ceremony. Enders, overwhelmed by the cheering crowd, raises his arms into the air and shouts: "Thank you. Thank you." Another mechanic turns to his colleague. "You don't mean him, do you?" His colleague shakes his head. "Okay, let's do a Mexican wave for the Sheikh," a young woman shouts and throws her arms into the air. Hundreds of Airbus workers, dressed in blue T-shirts, follow suit. The Sheikh waves back.
It was a day of celebration for Emirates, for the city of Hamburg and especially for the 12,000 Airbus workers employed in the city. After delivering five aircraft to Singapore Airlines from its plant in Toulouse, France, Airbus on Monday delivered its first superjumbo jet from its Hamburg, Germany plant.
There were times in recent years when one could have questioned whether a delivery at the plant was ever going to take place. But on Monday, Airbus employees proved their detractors wrong, and their appearance on the runway in front of the white jet with the Emirates livery was meant to send the message: We can do this after all. Problems with the aircraft's cabling caused by the Hamburg plant during the design stage led to the A380's considerable delays and also generated serious criticism of the German factory, which the company has internally blamed for getting the aircraft out the door late and the resulting €5 billion ($7.9 billion) in losses.
On top of that, an argument over the expansion of the plant needed to accommodate the assembly and testing of the A380 raged for years because of complaints by neighbors and environmental activists. And even today the company is still unable to mass produce the A380; the aircraft is manufactured by hand. But now, 13 years after the start of project A3XX -- the sun is shining at the Hamburg plant again.
Monday also provided the company with positive headlines that had become increasingly rare after the negative publicity created by Airbus's delivery problems and allegations against EADS executives over insider trading. (more...) Thomas Enders smiled broadly and said the Sheikh and Emirates' British-born President Tim Clark had supported Airbus from the start of the A380 project. As far back as the mid-1990s, Enders said, Clark had told the company not to shy away from developing its new superjumbo. The world needed it, he said at the time.
The Sheikh thanked Enders for the praise, saying his company was pleased to have been allowed to play "a small role" in the development of the A380. Still, though there was no mention on Monday of threats to cancel orders, it does not mean they have been forgotten. Clark said Emirates has already received the planes it ordered.
However, Sheikh Al-Maktoum couldn't resist making one barb against the German government. He said he hoped Emirates could also soon offer flights from Berlin and Stuttgart to Dubai. German Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee has so far refused to give permission to the airline, which already flies from Frankfurt, Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Munich. "Keep your fingers crossed that we will get those landing slots soon," the Sheikh said, prompting laughter from the Airbus workers.
Then, after all the talks and conviviality, the managers disappeared into the airplane to have a look at the Economy class (489 seats) in the lower deck, followed by a closer look at Business class (76 seats) and First Class (14 seats), the bar and the two shower cabins.
A few minutes later the Sheikh reappeared at the door of the plane. "Wonderful," he said. "I recently flew in it, it's wonderfully quiet." The five-hour test flight over the North Sea went without a hitch.
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