Emirates places further orders at Farnborough in excess of US$1.13 billion Orders In-flight Entertainment Systems, A380
First Class Suites, Full-Flight Simulators and Visual Systems
Hard on the heels of the first day's order for 13 Boeing aircraft worth US$2.96 billion, Emirates has signed a host of
other agreements at the Farnborough air show worth more than US$1.13 billion, ranging from systems and suites to
simulators,
The contracts, ranging from systems and suites to simulators, were signed in Farnborough by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed
bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Emirates' Chairman, in the presence of the airline's senior management, including Maurice
Flanagan, Vice Chairman and Group President; Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline; and Ghaith Al Ghaith, Executive Vice
President Commercial Operations Worldwide.
Emirates has inked an US$80 million deal with B/E Aerospace Inc, the world's leading manufacturer of aircraft cabin
interior products, ordering First Class Suites for its new fleet of double-decker Airbus A380-800 passenger aircraft.
The agreement means that B/E will design, manufacture and deliver First Class Suites for all 31 of Emirates' A380s
designed in a three-class configuration, out of its total order for 43 passenger aircraft. Each aircraft's First Class
cabin will house 14 suites in a 1-2-1 configuration.
The avant-garde blueprint for the seats is the brainchild of Emirates' in-house design team, in collaboration with the
renowned French designer Jacques Pierrejean, and is based largely on the First Class Suites currently installed in its
innovative A340-500 aircraft, which flies on the Auckland-Sydney-Dubai route.
Some of the features include: private wardrobes, electrically controlled doors, seats upholstered in leather with
built-in massage options, touch screen technology, large personal interactive LCD screens, vanity tables, mini-bars and
much more.
Robert Khoury, President and Chief Executive Officer at B/E Aerospace, said: "We are confident that Emirates' First
Class Mini-Suite will establish a new standard for luxury long-haul first class service."
The airline has also signed an agreement with Matsushita Avionics Systems Corporation (MAS) for the eX2 inflight
entertainment system, which includes interactive audio, video, games, communication and connectivity support, for the
airline's new Airbus fleet including A380-800 double-deckers and A340-600 HGWs.
The agreement also includes new systems for existing and other new aircraft on order, making MAS the sole supplier of
inflight entertainment systems to the Emirates fleet which will total 169 by 2012. The majority of the airline's fleet
already offer MAS' inflight entertainment systems, including the brand-new A340-500 aircraft. Emirates' passenger A380s
are expected to start entering the fleet from October 2006 and the 20 A340-600s from June 2007.
The overall value of the order is approximately US$1 billion of which up to 30 per cent will be invested in
manufacturing and digital media facilities in Dubai.
The third agreement signed was Emirates' contract with CAE of Montreal for three full-flight simulators to support the
airline's flight training requirements for its new fleet of Airbus aircraft. The deal, valued at some C$65 million
(US$50 million) at list prices, is for two A380-800 and one A340-600 full-flight simulators.
The three simulators will be installed at the Emirates Aviation College in Dubai by mid-2006, in preparation for the
delivery of the new additions to the fleet.
Emirates has already purchased five CAE full-flight simulators for its flight crew training. Under the terms of the new
agreement, CAE will become the airline's exclusive provider of full-flight simulators for 10 years.
At the signing, Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) also announced the expansion of its world-wide customer base. The
agreements, worth some C$7 million (US$5 million), are with Deerjet, the largest corporate aircraft operator in China;
Jet 2000 Business Jets, a Moscow-based aircraft management company; Presidential Air Fleet of Nigeria; Ford Air, located
in Essex, UK; MEA; and Air Astana, the national carrier of Kazakhstan.
Emirates has become the launch customer for Evans & Sutherland's (E) complete visual systems for its newly-ordered A380 and A340-600 full-flight simulators from CAE.
The simulators will be fitted with Evans & Sutherland's EP-1000CT image generator and the new ultra-high resolution LaserWide(tm) projectors. The contract, worth
approximately US$5 million, also includes upgrades to the college's existing Boeing 777 and A330/340 simulators.
"By becoming our first LaserWide customer, Emirates continues to demonstrate its commitment to technological leadership
in training simulation," said David Rushton Managing Director of Evans & Sutherland. "With the installation of these new projectors and the EP-1000CT image generators, Emirates will have the
most advanced training simulation that the industry can offer."
The contract represents the first sale of LaserWide, E's revolutionary laser projector for civil aviation training. The projector, which delivers unprecedented colour and
contrast in addition to near-eye-limited resolution, offers dramatic reductions in projector life cycle costs by
eliminating the consumables and multi-projector calibrations associated with traditional wide projection systems.