Sales of new airliners at the Farnborough International Airshow 2024 (FIA) were at their lowest in over a decade with a total of 286 aircraft receiving orders during this year’s event. By comparison the shows in 2022, 2018. 2016 and 2014 saw 441,1464, 742, and 1210 sales respectively. Airbus came [read more]
A late surge for Airbus has seen a second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today, this time for five A350-900s from the pan-Latin American network, Abra Group which is the majority stakeholder of Avianca & GOL airlines. Abra has chosen the A350 as a tool to further expand its international network [read more]
Suadi Arabian low-cost carrier Flynas has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus for the purchase of 90 Airbus airliners in a bid to expand the airline’s activities across the region and further afield. Flynas has selected 75 A320neo family airlines and 15 A330-900 wide-body jets which, although not [read more]
Dublin, Ireland-based aircraft leasing specialist Avolon has announced it is partnering with Airbus through its ZEROe project to explore the financing and commercialisation of Hydrogen-powered aircraft. The announcement came at the Farnborough International Airshow and highlights the ambitions of both partners to meet the industry’s decarbonisation goals. Avolon is already [read more]
Japan Airlines has placed an order with Airbus for 31 airliners in a deal announced at the Farnborough International Airshow 2024. The deal is made up of 20 wide-body Airbus A350-900 and 11 single-aisle A321neo airliners. The A350s will join Japan Airlines’ international network while the A321s will serve Japan’s [read more]
European airframer Airbus has delivered 67 aircraft to 40 customers around the world bringing the number of deliveries in 2024 so far to 323. Single-aisle Airliners dominated the deliveries with 53 A320neo family aircraft and seven A220 family aircraft being delivered. Four A350s headed up wide-body deliveries to airlines including [read more]
Airbus could takeover operations at two Spirit Aero sites in a deal that will see the company carved up between Airbus and Boeing. Spirt Aero systems site in Northern Ireland makes the carbon fibre wings for the Airbus A220 family of airliners whilst the site in North Carolina builds fuselage [read more]
Airbus has released updated guidance for 2024 showing it aims to deliver 770 airlines this year, down from the 800 originally planned. Although supply chain issues have forced the European aerospace giant to review its ramp up trajectories Airbus still aims to be producing 75 A320 family aircraft a month [read more]
The Kingdom of Belgium has placed an order for 15 Airbus H145M helicopters for its Army and two additional H145s for its Federal Police through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency. The deal also includes options for a further three helicopters for the Federal Police. “We are proud that Belgium [read more]
The former head of Airbus’ wing manufacturing facility in Broughton, North Wales has been awarded an OBE for services to Welsh Industry in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2024. Paul McKinlay oversaw the Flintshire site’s growth into a global manufacturing site which builds the wings for all Airbus airliners, except [read more]
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