2004

23.12.2004

Paris - Contract for Production of the M51 Weapon System

22.12.2004

Toulouse - ATR signs an agreement with INTERTURBINE and cuts down its spare prices

22.12.2004

Delivery of the First EC 225 to the Ministerial Air Liaisons Group of the Republic of Algeria

Marignane - On 22 December 2004, the first series production EC 225 to roll off the Marignane assembly lines was officially delivered to the Ministerial Air Liaisons Group (GLAM) of the Algerian Republic. This helicopter in VIP livery will join the prestigious transport squadron, which serves the Presidency of the Algerian Republic.

22.12.2004

Toulouse - Jazeera Airways Becomes New Airbus A320 Customer

21.12.2004

Amsterdam - EADS 2004 order intake expected to surpass revenues

21.12.2004

Munich - EADS Astrium Awarded Contract to Commence the Build of the First Four Galileo Satellites

21.12.2004

Toulouse - Asiana Takes Delivery of First A330

21.12.2004

Toulouse - Air Deccan to Grow Airbus A320 Fleet by 30 Aircraft

21.12.2004

Toulouse - Air Europa, the First Airline to Commit to the A350

20.12.2004

Toulouse - AIR Deccan takes delivery of 2 ATR 42-500 aircraft

20.12.2004

Madrid/Canberra/Amsterdam - Australia signs contract for A330 MRTT

20.12.2004

Toulouse - Australia Becomes First Customer for A330-200 MRTT

20.12.2004

Madrid/Canberra/Amsterdam - Australia signs contract for A330 MRTT

20.12.2004

Toulouse - Lufthansa Orders Seven Additional Airbus A340-600s

18.12.2004

Toulouse - Kingfisher Airlines Increases Airbus A320 Commitment

17.12.2004

Toulouse - Air Hong Kong Orders 2 Additional A300-600F Freighter Aircraft

17.12.2004

Paris - Message from Philippe Camus – CEO of EADS

17.12.2004

Munich - EADS welcomes signature of production contract for second tranche of Eurofighter Typhoons

16.12.2004

Friedrichshafen - EMCS Greenhouse: From Lake Constance into Space

15.12.2004

Toulouse - Airbus Military Signs Agreement With First Export Nation

15.12.2004

Two Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters (ARH) Delivered to the Australian Army & Achievement of AIR 87 in Service Date Demonstration

Oakey QLD - Today Australian Aerospace, the Eurocopter subsidiary, delivered the first two Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters to the Australian Army at a ceremony at the Army Aviation Centre in Oakey, Queensland that also marked the achievement of Air 87 In Service Date Demonstration (ISD).

15.12.2004

Amsterdam/Pretoria - EADS welcomes South Africa's intention to become an A400M partner

14.12.2004

Toulouse - TACA Orders 14 Airbus A320 Family Aircraft and Becomes the First A321 Customer in Latin America

14.12.2004

Toulouse - Aircraft Market Shows Strong Growth Through to 2023: More Than 17,300 New Aircraft Worth US$1.9 Trillion Required

11.12.2004

Dubai/Dresden - Emirates SkyCargo signs contract with EADS EFW for conversion of three A310-300

10.12.2004

Amsterdam / London - EADS and BAE SYSTEMS give go ahead for Airbus to offer the A350

10.12.2004

Toulouse - A350 Receives “Authorisation to Offer” (ATO)

10.12.2004

Amsterdam / London - EADS and BAE SYSTEMS give go ahead for Airbus to offer the A350

10.12.2004

Amsterdam - EADS Financial Guidance for 2005: Revenues and EBIT* to further grow

10.12.2004

Vélizy/Toulouse - EADS TEST & SERVICES will supply HISPANO-SUIZA with REAL TIME INTEGRATION TESTERS for their new generation engine computers

09.12.2004

Madrid / Munich / Vidsel - Eurofighter ready to “fight” extremely cold temperatures

09.12.2004

Toulouse - Airbus A318 Performs First Flight With New PW6000A Engines

08.12.2004

Toulouse - Vietnam Airlines Orders 10 Additional A321 Aircraft

08.12.2004

Toulouse - Bangkok Airways takes delivery of an ATR 72-500

08.12.2004

Launch of the new HAD version of the Tiger for Spain and France with the signing of the first contracts

Marignane - On Wednesday 8 December, the “Instructions To Proceed “ - the contracts for the launch of the development work for the HAD Tiger version intended for Spain and France - were signed in Toulouse.

07.12.2004

Beijing - Significant Advances for EADS in China

06.12.2004

Toulouse - CASGC Announces Its Decision to Acquire 23 Airbus A320 Family Aircraft

03.12.2004

Toulouse - Alenia Aeronautica And Airbus Signed an Industrial Cooperation Agreement for the A380 Freighter

03.12.2004

Friedrichshafen - EADS: “Infantryman of the Future” to be better protected on dangerous missions

02.12.2004

Munich - EADS welcomes go-ahead from Bundestag for second tranche of Eurofighters

29.11.2004

Toulouse - Airbus's A320 Family to Benefit From Lower Maintenance Costs

25.11.2004

Munich - Major success in the United States: TDA to supply weapon system for US Marine Corps’ Expeditionary Fire Support System

24.11.2004

Domaine de Villepreux: EADS opens its international Corporate Business Academy, near Bordeaux in France

Villepreux - On 24 November 2004, Philippe Camus and Rainer Hertrich, co-CEOs of EADS, opened the EADS Corporate Business Academy (CBA), the management training centre for executives from all Group entities worldwide. Starting in 2005, some 2,000 members of staff will be attending management courses there and eventually, the EADS Corporate Business Academy will be open to executives from outside the Group.

24.11.2004

Toulouse - EVA Air Orders Additional A330

23.11.2004

Toulouse - The 300th ATR 72 delivered to Air New Zealand

22.11.2004

London - Paradigm signs 15 year contract to provide Military Satellite Communications to NATO

19.11.2004

Munich - Spain acquires Taurus KEPD 350

18.11.2004

Friedrichshafen - EADS Rescue Center Improves Slovenian Armed Forces’ Medical Capabilities

17.11.2004

Friedrichshafen - EADS commissioned to conduct study on key technologies for network-centric operations

16.11.2004

Toulouse - Mexicana de Aviación, First to Operate the A318 in Latin America

14.11.2004

Versailles - Strategic dialogue between France and the United States

12.11.2004

Arlington, VA - EADS to Support International Center for Decision and Risk Analysis At the University of Texas, Dallas

11.11.2004

Two new Dragonflies in the Hanseatic Skies – The Hamburg Police Helicopter Squadron inaugurates two latest-technology EC 135 Helicopters as it celebrates its 40th Anniversary

Hamburg - On November 11th , the Interior Senator of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Udo Nagel, officially inaugurated two new EC 135 police helicopters. They have been named Dragonfly 1 and Dragonfly 2 (German call name: Libelle 1 and Libelle 2). The two brand new Eurocopter aircraft replace the older and now-retired BO 105 helicopters of the Hamburg Police Helicopter Squadron. The EC 135 is currently the latest-technology light twin-engined helicopter in the market and best-seller in its class. Around 350 helicopters have already been delivered to customers throughout the world.

11.11.2004

Friedrichshafen - TerraSAR-X - New Quality of Earth Observation

10.11.2004

Paris / Toronto - Aastra Technologies is in advanced negotiations with EADS to acquire its Enterprise Telephony Business

04.11.2004

Ulm - EADS modernizes Mission Computer System on NATO’s AWACS Early Warning Aircraft

04.11.2004

Munich / Manching - Automatic Low-Speed Recovery:   more unique carefree handling functionalities for Eurofighter aircraft proven in flight test

04.11.2004

Amsterdam - EADS raises financial targets after very strong 9-months performance

04.11.2004

Toulouse - Air Berlin And Niki Luftfahrt to Acquire up to 110 Airbus A320 Aircraft

02.11.2004

Zhuhai - Philippe Camus: “The Chinese aerospace industry is and will be the permanent partner of EADS”

02.11.2004

Toulouse - Sichuan Airlines Receives First Airbus A319

02.11.2004

Toulouse - Hainan Airlines Orders Eight Airbus A319s

02.11.2004

Amsterdam - Employees give EADS a huge Vote of Confidence

01.11.2004

Eurocopter and COHC Sign Contract for Two AS 332 L1 Super Pumas in Offshore Configuration and Additional Optional Helicopters

Zhuhai - On November 1st, during the Airshow China in Zhuhai, in the presence of Philippe Camus, CEO of EADS (European Aeronautics Defense and Systems), Norbert Ducrot, Eurocopter Executive Vice President and Li Jian Yi, President and CEO of COHC (Citic Offshore Helicopter Co. Ltd.), signed a purchase contract of a value worth 24.7 million Euros for two AS 332 L1 Super Pumas with an option to acquire one EC 225 and one EC 155 B1 helicopters.

28.10.2004

Toulouse - ATR at Zhuhai airshow

27.10.2004

Paris - Lockheed Martin and EADS Cooperate on Naval Radars; TRS-3D Will Equip U.S. Navy’s LCS and U.S. Coast Guard’s WMSL

26.10.2004

Toulouse - Turkish National Carrier Signs Contract with Airbus for Fleet Increase

26.10.2004

Toulouse - Qatar Airways Takes Delivery of First Airbus A330-300

22.10.2004

Munich/Manching - Eurofighter Production in Full Swing at EADS: 100th Fuselage Centre Section Now in Equipment Assembly

21.10.2004

Ulm - EADS: € 50 Million Contract for new Finnish Surveillance System

20.10.2004

Marignane - American Eurocopter Inaugurates a new Facility in Columbus, Mississippi

20.10.2004

Columbus, Mississippi - EADS North America Expands its U.S. Industrial Presence With New American Eurocopter Facility in Mississippi

20.10.2004

Columbus, Mississippi - American Eurocopter Receives Contract for the Re-engining of U.S. Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin Helicopters

20.10.2004

Marignane - American Eurocopter Receives $124 Million Contract for the Re-engining of U.S. Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin Helicopters

18.10.2004

Toulouse - Druk Air Receives Its First Airbus A319

15.10.2004

Amsterdam - EADS confirms Announcement of Third Quarter Results on 4th November

15.10.2004

Toulouse - British Airways Takes Delivery of First Airbus A321

14.10.2004

Munich - EADS Astrium and Boeing to cooperate in satellite navigation

14.10.2004

Grand Prairie, Texas; Las Vegas, Nevada - Thomas Enterprises Buys an EC 155 from American Eurocopter To Support the Real Estate Company’s U.S. Business Development

13.10.2004

Arlington, VA - AMERICAN EUROCOPTER TO INAUGURATE NEW HELICOPTER FACILITY IN COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI Wednesday, October 20 at 11:00 am

12.10.2004

Hong Kong - Eurocopter and COHC sign an MoU covering the Supply of EC 155 B1 and Super Puma Helicopters

12.10.2004

Las Vegas, Nevada - TBM 700C for the Aero Medical Industry

11.10.2004

Marignane - Eurocopter and China Aviation Industry Corporation II Start a New Long Term Strategic Partnership

09.10.2004

Toulouse - China Eastern Airlines Signs Contract With Airbus on Purchasing 20 A330-300s

09.10.2004

Toulouse - Air China Orders Six Airbus A319s

08.10.2004

Amsterdam - Michel Freuchet New CEO of EADS Sogerma Services

07.10.2004

Toulouse - Statement by Airbus on the US Government Request for Formal Consultation at the WTO

06.10.2004

London - EADS Acquires Racal Instruments Group

06.10.2004

Amsterdam - EADS North America Acquires Racal Instruments

06.10.2004

EADS North America Acquires Racal Instruments

Arlington, VA - First American acquisition strengthens and broadens EADS North America and creates leading Global Test and Services Company Racal Instruments´ market position strengthened

05.10.2004

Marignane - The EC120 Confirms Its Supremacy: 55 EC120s for the US Border Patrol

04.10.2004

Grand Prairie, TX - American Eurocopter Wins $75 Million U.S. Border Patrol Contract to Support the Department of Homeland Security

01.10.2004

UK Government Announces Support for Next Phase of Europe's Aurora Planetary Exploration Programme

Stevenage - A Response from Dr Mike Healy UK Director of Earth Observation, Navigation and Science EADS Astrium

01.10.2004

Toulouse - Jean-Pierre Cousserans appointed SVP Customer Services of ATR

01.10.2004

Toulouse - Airbus and Teledyne Controls Release “AirFASE™”

29.09.2004

Toulouse - Airbus Hands Over First A310 MRTT Air-To-Air Refuelling Aircraft

29.09.2004

Washington, DC - EADS NORTH AMERICA ANNOUNCES U.S. DEFENSE COMPANY

28.09.2004

Marignane - South African Police Service signs for its 7th Eurocopter AS 350 B3 at AAD 2004

27.09.2004

Santa Fe, New Mexico - TBM Owners’ Convention Held in Santa Fe

22.09.2004

Toulouse - ATR Obtains DOA on European Level

21.09.2004

Langkawi Aerospace Training Centre orders 4 TOBAGO GT AIRCRAFT

Kuala Lumpur - The versatile Tobago GT Aircraft will train future airline pilots and aerospace engineers in Malaysia

21.09.2004

Paris - Creation of the EADS Corporate Research Foundation: Strengthening the ties between public and private research and education

17.09.2004

Marignane - Maiden Flight of first Finnish NH90

17.09.2004

Toulouse - The Fourth ATR 72-500 Delivered to Binter Canarias

15.09.2004

Toulouse - Airbus Successfully Completes First Mobile-Telephone Flight Trial and Multiple Wireless-Cabin Technology Demonstration

14.09.2004

Toulouse - Singapore Airlines Joins Airbus Customised Spares Logistics Service

14.09.2004

Florence/Italy, Paris, Tucson/Arizona - Raytheon and EADS Space Transportation Sign Cooperative Agreement for Ballistic Missile Defense Interceptors

13.09.2004

Royal Saudi Naval Force Trials Success For Aster Naval Defence System

London - An operational firing today of MBDA’s SAAM (Surface to Air Anti-Missile) naval point and local self-defence system was successfully carried out from the Royal Saudi Naval Force’s (RSFN) HMS Al Riyadh frigate on 7TH September.

10.09.2004

Toulouse - Airbus A380: Structural Tests in Dresden

10.09.2004

Washington, D.C. - EADS North America/Northrop Grumman to Hold Personnel Recovery Vehicle (PRV) Media Briefing

10.09.2004

Toulouse - Airbus Passed 5,000 Order Milestone in August

09.09.2004

First TBM 700 delivered in Czech Republic

Tarbes - The high performance business aircraft will a key tool for the development of an Eastern Europe company.

09.09.2004

Lisbon - Paradigm signs first export contract for satcom services

08.09.2004

Washington, DC - EADS NORTH AMERICA EXECUTIVE RECIPIENT OF HERITAGE AWARD

07.09.2004

Amsterdam, Toulouse, Friedrichshafen, Stevenage - EADS Astrium awarded Fleet Satellite Control Center contract for Arabsat-4A, Arabsat-4B, Arabsat-2B and Arabsat-3A

01.09.2004

Toulouse - Cebu Pacific Selects Airbus A319 and A320 For Total Fleet Renewal

01.09.2004

Brussels - iNavSat consortium delivers bid for Galileo Concession

01.09.2004

Melbourne, Fla. - Northrop Grumman and EADS North America Collaborate on U.S. Air Force Personnel Recovery Vehicle Program

31.08.2004

Marignane - The Australian Ministry for Defence Approves the Acquisition of 12 MRH 90 Helicopters under the AIR 9000 Programme

31.08.2004

Amsterdam - Another EADS breakthrough in Asia Pacific: Australia chooses the NH90 Transport Helicopter

27.08.2004

Toulouse - Thai Airways International Selects A380 and Additional A340s

26.08.2004

Combat helicopter UH Tiger receives type certification and qualification

Marignane - Combat helicopter Tiger clears its way towards in-service date. German military certification authority grants type certification for the German UH-Tiger version. Shortly afterwards the European organisation for armaments co-operation OCCAR expressed the respective qualification.

25.08.2004

Toulouse - AZAL Orders Airbus A319 And Airbus Corporate Jet

24.08.2004

Toulouse - Airbus Delivers First A319 Jetliner to SAA for Domestic/Regional Fleet

19.08.2004

Ulm - EADS Technology protects German Helicopters against Missile Attacks in Afghanistan

17.08.2004

Ignalina, Lithuania - EADS successfully completes delivery of Radar Systems to Lithuania

12.08.2004

Toulouse - America West Firms up Orders for A320 Family Aircraft

12.08.2004

Bucharest - EADS to provide an integrated homeland security system solution to Romania

11.08.2004

Amazonas satellite reaches geostationary orbit

Amsterdam, Toulouse, Friedrichshafen, Stevenage - The Amazonas spacecraft, designed and built by EADS Astrium for HISPASAT and launched by Proton on 5th of August 2004, successfully performed early operations and is now in geostationary orbit.

09.08.2004

Friedrichshafen/Ottobrunn - EADS Astrium Builds Super-Eye for JWST Space Telescope

05.08.2004

Toulouse - Virgin to Boost Airbus Fleet by up to 26 More A340-600 Aircraft

02.08.2004

Ulm - EADS Defence and Communications Welcomes New Head of Air and Naval Defence

30.07.2004

Toulouse, Friedrichshafen, Stevenage, Madrid - Amazonas satellite ready for launch

29.07.2004

Amsterdam - EADS results grow strongly in first half year

29.07.2004

The EC 225 - the Latest Development of the Super Puma Family - is certified IFR by the European Airworthiness Security Agency

Marignane - The EC 225, the most developed version of the Super Puma family of medium-sized twins (11-ton class) has just received its IFR Airworthiness Certificate in compliance with the latest version of the JAR 29 standard from the new European Airworthiness Security Agency (EASA).

29.07.2004

Washington, DC - EADS NORTH AMERICA ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL (RETIRED) CHARLES COOLIDGE, JR. AS VICE PRESIDENT OF AIR FORCE PROGRAMS

29.07.2004

Washington, DC - EADS NORTH AMERICA ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL (RETIRED) NORBERT FORTIER AS DIRECTOR OF U.S. ARMY TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT PROGRAMS

26.07.2004

Friedrichshafen - Second "Double Star" Completes Satellite Fleet for Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere

26.07.2004

Marignane - New Success for the NH 90 Helicopter through a Major Defence Contract in the Sultanate of Oman

23.07.2004

The Romanian Prime Minister Mr. Adrian Nastase Visits the Facilities of Eurocopter Romania

Marignane - Mr. Philippe Camus, CEO of the EADS group and Mr. Jean-Paul Gut, Executive Vice President, head of EADS International, were in Brasov on Friday 23 July to welcome the Romanian Prime Minister, Mr. Adrian Nastase, on his first visit to Eurocopter Romania.

22.07.2004

Washington / Amsterdam - Northrop Grumman and EADS to Collaborate on Ballistic Missile Defense Programs

21.07.2004

Toulouse - Airbus Acknowledges the Excellent Performance of its Suppliers in Customer Support

21.07.2004

Toulouse - Turkish National Carrier Chooses Airbus for Fleet Increase

21.07.2004

Farnborough - ATR today announced orders for 8 ATR 42-500s second-hand aircraft

21.07.2004

Farnborough - Defence electronics systems from EADS support NH90 and Tiger helicopter missions

21.07.2004

Toulouse - Kingfisher Airlines to Launch Services with Airbus A320s

20.07.2004

EADS adapts missile warning system to protect fighter aircraft

Farnborough - Contract for Danish F-16 awarded

20.07.2004

Farnborough - Lockheed Martin and EADS Exploring Partnership on Global Missile Defense Initiative

20.07.2004

Farnborough - John Moore, Senior Vice President Commercial of ATR

20.07.2004

Farnborough - Air New Zealand orders one ATR 72-500 aircraft

20.07.2004

Toulouse - Etihad Selects Airbus A380 and A330/A340 Family Aircraft

20.07.2004

Farnborough - EADS welcomes VT Group into the AirTanker Consortium

20.07.2004

Farnborough - ATR and Embraer Cooperate in AeroChain Initiative

20.07.2004

Dresden / Farnborough - Upturn of Airbus freighter conversion programmes

20.07.2004

Marignane - Tusas Aerospace Industries (TAI) from Turkey and Eurocopter Extend their Cooperation in the Super Puma / Cougar Helicopter Family

19.07.2004

Vélizy/Toulouse - THE GROUND TEST SYSTEM 'ESAO' HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED ON THE FIRST AIRBUS A380

19.07.2004

Farnborough Air Show - EADS Defence and Communications Systems rolls out the Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar System in Lithuania

19.07.2004

EADS Astrium wins contract for Thai Optical Earth Observation Space System

Amsterdam, Toulouse, Friedrichshafen, Stevenage - EADS Astrium has just signed today in Bangkok, a contract for delivery of THEOS, the THai Earth Observation System with the Thai Ministry of Science and Technology’s Space Agency (GISTDA).

15.07.2004

Eurocopter and Airbus agree on Measures to improve Competitiveness

Marignane - Eurocopter Deutschland and Airbus have signed a contract to increase competitiveness in the world market. Herewith the German Eurocopter facility, as a supplier for Airbus passenger and cargo doors, will contribute significantly to the reduction of costs.

15.07.2004

Toulouse - Airbus Publishes Second Edition of EHS Report

14.07.2004

First German Eurofighter Single Seater Leaves EADS Production Line

Munich - Final assembly of the 20th German production aircraft already underway.

13.07.2004

Toulouse - ATR at Farnborough

13.07.2004

Bremen - ESA - EADS SPACE Transportation contract signature for: Production of Automated Transfer Vehicles and Initial Exploitation of ISS

13.07.2004

Amsterdam - EADS specifies impact of Airbus GIE merger into Airbus SAS

07.07.2004

Technology Breakthrough – Eurocopter Produces the Worldwide first all-Composite Airplane door in one piece

Marignane - Eurocopter has stepped into a new era of passenger airplane structure design. The world’s first all-composite airplane door was successfully produced in Donauwörth at the Eurocopter Deutschland plant in a so called “one-shot curing” process.

06.07.2004

Toulouse - Airbus at Farnborough 2004

06.07.2004

Toulouse - Vietnam Airlines Takes Delivery of First Ordered Airbus A321

02.07.2004

Munich - Contract regulations cause Herkules negotiations to end unsuccessfully

01.07.2004

Hammelburg/Germany - EADS Future Soldier System protects German troops in Afghanistan

30.06.2004

TBM 700 SN 300 Rolls-Out

Tarbes - A significant milestone for world’s first single-turboprop aircraft and still the fastest in its category

29.06.2004

Amazonas satellite shipped to Baikonur: 3rd Eurostar E3000 delivered by EADS Astrium in 4 months

Amsterdam, Toulouse, Friedrichshafen, Stevenage - The satellite has been shipped to the launch site of Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch is planned in the last week of July on a Proton M Breeze M launch vehicle. With 51 transponders, Amazonas satellite will provide a full range of telecommunications services to Brazil, North and South America, and a transatlantic link for Europe.

29.06.2004

Toulouse - Singapore Airlines A340-500 Beats Its Own Non Stop Flight Distance Record

29.06.2004

Toulouse - China Airlines Boosts Airbus Fleet with First A330-300 Delivery

28.06.2004

Intelsat 10-02 satellite reaches geostationary orbit

Amsterdam, Toulouse, Friedrichshafen, Stevenage - The Intelsat 10-02 spacecraft, designed and built by EADS Astrium for INTELSAT and launched by Proton on 16 June 2004, successfully performed early operations and is now in geostationary orbit.

26.06.2004

EADS offers partnership to the Beijing municipality with high technology solutions for the Olympic Games

Beijing - This year, EADS is taking part for the first time in the China Police exhibition, held in Beijing from June 23rd to 26th 2004. The purpose of EADS’ presence is to present its solutions in the field of integration of large systems and to demonstrate its expertise in security management for major events. Through the company’s appearance at China Police, EADS also confirms its intention to strengthen its presence in China and its objective in implementing a security system in Beijing, which will be used for the Olympic Games in 2008.

23.06.2004

Stevenage, UK - EADS Astrium to Build Technology Pathfinder Spacecraft for the LISA Gravity Wave Observatory

23.06.2004

Miami, Florida - NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER NAMED AT EADS SOGERMA BARFIELD, INC.

22.06.2004

Toulouse - Egyptair Takes Delivery of First Airbus A330s

22.06.2004

Toulouse - Eurofly Orders Airbus A319 Long Range Aircraft

18.06.2004

Warsaw - KOLIBER & WILGA on Display in the UK

18.06.2004

Toulouse - Binter Canarias takes delivery of one ATR 72-500 aircraft

17.06.2004

Toulouse - JetBlue Orders 30 A320s

15.06.2004

Virgin America Orders A320 Family

Toulouse - New U.S. Domestic Airline to Take Deliveries in 2005

14.06.2004

Paris - EADS and SAGEM sign an agreement on EUROMALE UAVs

14.06.2004

Paris - EUROMALE

14.06.2004

Paris - Historic agreement in the European defence aeronautics industry

11.06.2004

Toulouse - CASGC Signs Agreement with Airbus on Purchasing 20 A330-300s

11.06.2004

Toulouse - Airbus to Offer New Projects Worth US $ 100 Million to China

11.06.2004

Marignane - The New EC 120 Assembly Line in China Heralds a Step Forward in terms of Co-operation between Eurocopter, CATIC and Hafei Aviation Industry Co. Ltd.

11.06.2004

Amsterdam, Paris - EADS: a privileged partner of China

10.06.2004

Miami, Florida - NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER NAMED AT EADS SOGERMA BARFIELD, INC.

10.06.2004

Lake Charles, LA - EADS AEROFRAME SERVICES ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

10.06.2004

Intelsat 10-02 Spacecraft Ready for Launch

Amsterdam, Toulouse, Friedrichshafen, Stevenage - Designed and built by EADS Astrium for the global operator Intelsat, the Intelsat 10-02 spacecraft is scheduled for launch on a PROTON launch vehicle from Baikonur on 16 June 2004 at 04H27 (15 June 2004 at 22:27 GMT).

09.06.2004

Washington - EADS NORTH AMERICA ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

03.06.2004

Amsterdam, Toulouse, Friedrichshafen, Stevenage - VENUS EXPRESS in transit towards VENUS

03.06.2004

Toulouse - Filippo Bagnato appointed CEO of ATR

31.05.2004

Warsaw - WILGA 2000 Makes Big Splash in Alaska

28.05.2004

London - EADS backs Britain’s future engineering talent

27.05.2004

London - EADS Backs Britain

27.05.2004

Washington - EADS BACKS BRITAIN

24.05.2004

Toulouse - Air Tahiti orders 5 new-generation ATR aircraft

19.05.2004

Marignane - First AS 332 L2 Super Puma Delivered To Offshore Helicopter Ltd

19.05.2004

Toulouse - CSA Czech Airlines takes delivery of 2 ATR 42-500s

18.05.2004

German President acknowledges success of EADS

Paris - EADS CEO Philippe Camus awarded Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

17.05.2004

Toulouse - Airbus A380 Engine Begins Flight Trials on A340 Testbed

17.05.2004

Washington, D.C. - EADS’ C-295 MILITARY AIRLIFTER WILL BE DEMONSTRATED TO THE U.S. ARMY DURING MONTH-LONG “ALL AMERICAN” TOUR

12.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Dresden - EADS EFW receives Extension of Design Organisation Approval from LBA/JAA

12.05.2004

Amsterdam - EADS strongly improves first quarter performance

11.05.2004

Toulouse - Spirit Airlines Orders Airbus; Low-Cost Carrier To Become All-Airbus Carrier

11.05.2004

EADS and SAIC to support NATO's Supreme Allied Command Transformation Experimentation Campaign

Washington, D.C. / Berlin - EADS teams with SAIC to support NATO transformation

11.05.2004

ILA/Berlin - TIPS Industries Celebrate Selection and Outline Way Forward for NATO AGS

11.05.2004

EUROHAWK debuts at Berlin International Air Show

ILA/Berlin - EADS/Northrop Grumman alliance highlights new developments on EUROHAWK ^TM programme

11.05.2004

ILA/Berlin - EADS and Irkut sign Strategic Framework Cooperation Agreement at ILA in Berlin

11.05.2004

Washington, DC/Norfolk, VA/Munich, Germany - EADS TO SUPPORT SAIC IN NATO's SUPREME ALLIED COMMAND TRANSFORMATION EXPERIMENTATION CAMPAIGN

11.05.2004

The first Serial NH90 presented at ILA 2004 in Berlin - A major Achievement for the European Helicopter Industry

ILA/Berlin - Eurocopter and its partner companies in the NHIndustries consortium, Agusta and Stork Fokker, are proud to announce that the first serial NH90 helicopter to come off the Eurocopter production line in Germany is publicly presented at the ILA Berlin Air Show on May 11th. The aircraft performed its maiden flight last week on May 4th at Eurocopter's Donauwörth facility in Germany. In the expert hands of Herbert Graser, Manfred Kuck (Test Pilots) and Laurent Palcy (Flight Test Engineer), the aircraft designated "TGEA01" flew 2 hours and 5 minutes, thus demonstrating the high degree of proficiency and mastery of the NH90 programme.

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Friedrichshafen - Cassini/Huygens: Approaching Saturn - “the Lord of the Rings”

10.05.2004

Successful demonstration of MEADS system performance

Berlin - Objectives of Risk Reduction Effort Phase achieved

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Friedrichshafen - Infoterra GmbH Initiates Commercial Exploitation of TerraSAR-X

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin - Highlight Professional Mobile Radio PMR: @CORE – Control-station system for today and tomorrow

10.05.2004

Berlin - EADS/LFK presents Taurus KEPD 350 at ILA 2004

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Friedrichshafen - CryoSat - A Satellite on an Icy Mission

10.05.2004

Three Billion Euros Contract For 30 Ariane 5 Launchers

Berlin - ARIANESPACE and EADS SPACE Transportation signed at Berlin the contract of 30 Ariane 5 launch vehicles. The value of this order is about 3bn Euros.

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin - EADS presents the TRML – 3D radar system at ILA

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin - EADS Defence Electronics’ systems protect Tiger and NH90 helicopters – €200m contracts signed

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin - German-U.S. experimental aircraft X-31 at the ILA Berlin

10.05.2004

Berlin - A world leader through well-targeted technology

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin - EADS supplies the Federal Border Police with the Hellas obstacle warning system for helicopters

10.05.2004

Satellites Support International Missions of the German Armed Forces

ILA/Berlin, Friedrichshafen - TerraSAR tandem for 3D reconnaissance

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Friedrichshafen - SATCOMBw: Satellite Communications for the German Armed Forces

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin - SAMOC: Integrated Air Defence Systems

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Bremen/Les Mureaux - ATV Automated Transfer Vehicle

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Bremen - European high technology for the International Space Station

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin - Highlight Professional Mobile Radio PMR: TETRAPOL 2004.IP for public security and safety forces

10.05.2004

ILA Highlight Secured Networks and PMR

ILA/Berlin - In Focus: Homeland Security

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Bremen - From the SS-19 to the commercial launch vehicle Rockot - successful German-Russian space co-operation through EADS SPACE Transportation and Eurockot

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin - EADS Demonstrates Network Centric Operations Simulations at ILA Berlin

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Friedrichshafen - Geo-Information Products Serving European Directives and User Requirements

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Friedrichshafen - GOCE – Surfer of the gravitational field

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin - Coastal Surveillance Systems: Ensuring National Sovereignty

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Friedrichshafen - Herschel - Looking at the Birth of Stars

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin - Eurofighter production aircraft now in service with German Air Force fighter wing

10.05.2004

ILA/Berlin, Bremen - PHOENIX: Future prospects in space transport through reusable launch systems

10.05.2004

Berlin - EADS welcomes contract signature for 30 Ariane 5 launchers at ILA 2004 in Berlin

07.05.2004

Amsterdam - Rüdiger Grube and François David appointed as new Board Members of EADS

07.05.2004

Toulouse - ATR is working on a “life extension” programme of its aircraft

07.05.2004

London - European Nations Selected for NATO Milsatcom Solution

07.05.2004

Toulouse - Airbus A380 Assembly Site is Opened by French Prime Minister

05.05.2004

ILA/Berlin - TIPS Industries Call Press Conference to Discuss NATO AGS - Leaders from all six companies in attendance

29.04.2004

Vélizy, France - EADS Defence and Communications Systems selected for the CARAPAS demonstrator

28.04.2004

EADS Astrium awarded a second Anik satellite by Telesat.

Amsterdam, Paris, Munich - EADS Astrium has been selected by Telesat, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, to build the company’s new Anik F3 satellite. This is the second order for a Eurostar E3000 satellite received from the Canadian-based operator, which ordered the Anik F1R satellite from EADS Astrium in January 2003. Planned to enter into service in 2006, Anik F3 will provide satellite communications services in C, Ku and Ka-bands over a large area covering North America from its orbital location of 118.7º West.

28.04.2004

Toulouse - Airbus Receives 180 Minute ETOPS Approval For A320 Family Aircraft

22.04.2004

Ulm - TIPS Team Welcomes NATO AGS Downselection

22.04.2004

Toulouse - Air Dolomiti takes delivery of its eighth ATR 72-500

22.04.2004

Amazonas, Hispasat most powerful satellite, nearly completed by EADS Astrium

Madrid/ Friedrichshafen/ Stevenage/ Toulouse - Astrium has completed the Amazonas satellite manufacturing and assembly and has also successfully completed the Environmental Testing. Final end to end RF testing is on going and will be completed before end May. The satellite will be then shipped around mid June to Baikonour, Kazakhstan, to prepare for the launch which is planned in July on a Proton M Breeze M launch vehicle. With 51 transponders, it will provide a full range of telecommunications services to Brazil, North and South America, and a transatlantic link for Europe.

19.04.2004

Washington, DC, - EADS NORTH AMERICA ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF VICE PRESIDENT EXPORT CONTROLS AND LICENSING

16.04.2004

Amsterdam - EADS selected to supply Australian Forces with A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT)

16.04.2004

Toulouse - Lufthansa Starts Operating Its First New Airbus A330-300

16.04.2004

Amsterdam - EADS SELECTED TO SUPPLY AUSTRALIAN FORCES WITH A330 MULTI-ROLE TANKER TRANSPORT (MRTT)

16.04.2004

Marignane - Eurocopter Certifies Azur Aéro Assistance as an Approved 'Maintenance Center'

15.04.2004

Marignane - With its Successful Endurance Test, the EC225 has Achieved a Significant Step Towards its Certification.

14.04.2004

Toulouse - Cathay Pacific Expands Airbus Fleet by Six More A330 Aircraft

09.04.2004

Toulouse - China Southern Airlines Orders 21 Airbus Aircraft

09.04.2004

Toulouse - SAA Takes Delivery of First Airbus A340-300

08.04.2004

Toulouse - Four European Governments Sign New Tax Agreement - Airbus First to Apply

07.04.2004

Washington, DC - EADS NORTH AMERICA TO OPEN NEW EADS CASA FACILITY IN ALABAMA

07.04.2004

Toulouse - Knighthood for Airbus Chief

05.04.2004

Toulouse - Independence Air Signs Airbus Order

05.04.2004

Munich / Venegono - Industry Study on Advanced European Jet Pilot Training submitted

02.04.2004

Friedrichshafen/Caracas - World Bank Supports Project for Environmental and Spatial Planning

31.03.2004

Bremen - A decisive step in the development of the European Space transporter ATV

31.03.2004

Marignane - Eurocopter has Received DGA Military Certification and OCCAR Qualification For the Combat Support HAP Tiger Helicopter

30.03.2004

Operational Firing From Sawari II Frigate Marks Another Milestone For Aster SAAM Naval Self-Defence Systems

London - 23rd March 2004 – EUROSAM’s SAAM (Surface to Air Anti-Missile) naval point and local self-defence system was successfully tested offshore at the Centre d’Essais des Landes (CEL) near Biscarrosse on the South West coast of France. During the test an MBDA ASTER 15 missile was fired, making direct impact on a C22 target simulating an attacking aircraft. Significantly, the firing was carried out from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces’ (RSNF) HMS Al Daman, an Al Riyadh (F3000S Sawari II) class, multi-purpose anti-air warfare frigate.

29.03.2004

Ulm/Germany - EADS delivers advanced defence electronics to the US Armed Forces – Further successs in US market

29.03.2004

Toulouse - Airbus Shows Leading Cabin Innovations at Aircraft Interiors

25.03.2004

Moscow - EADS CEO Rainer Hertrich inaugurates EADS Russia

25.03.2004

Toulouse - Airlinair acquires 5 ATR 42-500 aircraft

25.03.2004

Paris - EURO-ART delivers first COBRA for French Forces

24.03.2004

Marignane - Heli-Expo 2004 a Record-Breaking Success for Eurocopter with 39 Orders Booked

24.03.2004

Eutelsat W3A, the first Eurostar E3000 satellite, reaches geostationary orbit

Baikonour - The W3A spacecraft, designed and built by EADS Astrium for EUTELSAT and launched by Proton on 16 March 2004, successfully performed early operations and in now in geostationary orbit.

23.03.2004

Paris - EADS Systems House is called for C3I System for the French Army

22.03.2004

Warsaw - Ryszard LEJA (1941 – 2004)

22.03.2004

Unterschleißheim - Taurus KEPD 350 System Verification completed

19.03.2004

Toulouse - Air Dolomiti takes delivery of its seventh ATR 72-500

15.03.2004

Ulm/Germany - EADS Defence Electronics’ systems protect Tiger and NH90 helicopters – €200m contracts signed

12.03.2004

Washington, D.C. - EADS expresses solidarity with Madrid victims and their families

12.03.2004

Warsaw - New Prop for the Wilga 2000 Floatplane

12.03.2004

Baikonur - W3A spacecraft ready for launch

08.03.2004

Amsterdam - EADS surpasses 2003 profit target: EBIT* of EUR 1.54 billion

05.03.2004

Bremen - PHOENIX final rehearsal goes well

05.03.2004

Amsterdam - EADS Appoints New Heads of its Military Aircraft and Defence Electronics Business Units

05.03.2004

Amsterdam - EADS CEO Rainer Hertrich to also lead EADS Aeronautics Division - Dietrich Russell retires as of 31 March 2004

02.03.2004

Kourou - Rosetta Successfully Launched - EADS SPACE has a major role in this mission

01.03.2004

Ulm, Germany - EADS signs Series Contract for Air Defence Management System SAMOC

27.02.2004

Toulouse - A380 Ro-Ro Vessel Christened “Ville de Bordeaux” in Nanjing

26.02.2004

Munich - Successful Training of Eurofighter Flight Instructors

25.02.2004

Toulouse - Air Deccan To Acquire Airbus A320s

25.02.2004

The Economic Development Board of Singapore Awards Regional Headquarters Status to Eurocopter South East Asia

Singapore - Asian Aerospace ‘04

25.02.2004

Singapour - Forte croissance des activités d’EADS dans la région Asie-Pacifique

25.02.2004

MBDA's Storm Shadow Wins Major Industry Award

Singapore - MBDA’s long-range, conventionally armed stand-off cruise missile, Storm Shadow, has been declared winner of the Missiles and Military Aircraft category of the 2004 Aerospace Industry Awards. MBDA was declared winner of the award at the 11th Aerospace Industry Awards ceremony and gala dinner held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Singapore during the Asian Aerospace Exhibition.

24.02.2004

Two EC 155 B1s for the Royal Thai Police

Singapore - Asian Aerospace‘ 04

23.02.2004

Singapore - EADS Socata at Asian Aerospace 2004

23.02.2004

Amsterdam - EADS welcomes changes in Eurofighter GmbH

23.02.2004

Singapore - Indonesian Navy orders Tobago GT trainers

20.02.2004

Marignane - Maiden Flight of the Australian ARH Tiger

20.02.2004

Sinpagore - EADS at Asian Aerospace 2004

20.02.2004

Toulouse - Austrian Airlines Receives First Airbus A319

18.02.2004

Madrid - EADS CASA signs contract to supply Maritime Patrol Aircraft to the U.S. Coast Guard

18.02.2004

Madrid - EADS CASA signs contract to supply Maritime Patrol Aircraft to the U.S. Coast Guard

18.02.2004

Marignane - EC 135 Creates Helicopter History

16.02.2004

Toulouse - ATR signs a global maintenance agreement with Alitalia Express

12.02.2004

Friedrichshafen/Bremen/Kourou - Rosetta – Masterpiece of Technology with a Cosmic Message

12.02.2004

Friedrichshafen - Rosetta - In Search of Pristine Matter

11.02.2004

Tarbes, France/Pembroke Pines, FL - EADS Socata Reports Continued Growth

10.02.2004

Madrid - The Spanish Ministry of the Interior is expanding its SIRDEE network with EADS systems

09.02.2004

Toulouse - Aircalin Becomes New A320 Operator

05.02.2004

Paris - HR Technologies and Management: A new player in HR process consulting and outsourcing

05.02.2004

London - Skynet 5 PFI Wins Accolades

04.02.2004

Toulouse - Singapore Airlines A340-500 Flies into the Record books

02.02.2004

London - Skynet 5 PFI Wins Accolades

30.01.2004

Warsaw - As one of the Main Sponsors of the pilot’s Ball, EADS-PZL once again added a valuable contribution to the Polish post Christmas Carnival in Warsaw.

26.01.2004

Toulouse - Air Tahiti Nui Orders Another Airbus A340

26.01.2004

EADS NORTH AMERICA ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF DAVID OLIVER EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Washington, DC - Appointment strengthens EADS strategic management team in the U.S.

26.01.2004

Amsterdam / London - EADS welcomes the selection of AirTanker for final negotiations for the Royal Air Force’s Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft Programme

26.01.2004

Toulouse - UK Government Announces Preference for the Airbus A330-200 as its Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft

23.01.2004

Marignane - Czech Police Inaugurates First of Eight EC 135 Helicopters

21.01.2004

Robotic vehicle Primus does not require a driver

Friedrichshafen - EADS presents experimental programme

21.01.2004

Marignane - A successful 2003 for Eurocopter in which it reinforced its leading position and achieved an increase in turnover with a 45% share of the world market including 53% for the civil and parapublic sector.

20.01.2004

Toulouse - Binter Canarias orders 6 ATR 72-500 aircraft

20.01.2004

Toulouse - ATR showed an outstanding resistance in 2003 despite the crisis

19.01.2004

Toulouse/Friedrichshafen/Stevenage - Mars Express on successful final orbit. First 3D photography of Mars

19.01.2004

Friedrichshafen - SOSTAR-X Programme Acquires a new General Manager

15.01.2004

Toulouse - 2003: A Landmark Year for Airbus

14.01.2004

EADS CEO Camus describes global blueprint in annual new years greetings

Amsterdam / Paris - Camus: "EADS, a true global leader transforming the future of the worldwide aerospace industry."

13.01.2004

Unterschleißheim - Taurus KEPD 350 voll im Plan

13.01.2004

Warsaw - EADS-PZL to be featured on CNBC Television

08.01.2004

Amsterdam - EADS 2004 EBIT* forecast around 20 percent higher than 2003

07.01.2004

MBDA Contracted to Supply MICA and SCALP EG / STORM SHADOW Missile Systems to the Hellenic Air Force

London - The Greek Ministry of Defence has formalised the contract for MBDA’s MICA air-to-air and Scalp EG / Storm Shadow long-range, stand off air-to-ground missile systems to equip the Hellenic Air Force’s fleet of Mirage 2000-5 combat aircraft. This represents a second tranche of MICA missiles following an earlier order placed two years ago by the Greek authorities. The total number of MICA missiles now under order by Greece stands at 100 (including both the RF and IR variants of the missile). The air force has ordered a total of 34 Scalp EG / Storm Shadow missile systems.

06.01.2004

Toulouse - Management Changes – Guy McLeod and Laurence Barron Switch Roles

05.01.2004

Toulouse - ATR Opens an Office in Beijing