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Airbus sees 103 A321neo orders in a week

European aerospace giant Airbus has received orders for 103 A321neo aircraft in a bumper week for the airframer. The early part of the week saw Viva Aerobus signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for 90 Airbus A321neo single-aisle airliners bringing the total number of orders for the airline with Airbus [read more]

IndiGo places huge 500 aircraft order with Airbus
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Airbus dominates at 2023 Paris Air Show

After 5 days of deals, European aerospace giant Airbus has dominated the order books over US rivals Boeing, by some margin. It was also going to be a tough ask for Boeing to keep up with Airbus given the record breaking IndiGo deal announced on day one but it wasnt [read more]

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Paris Air Show: Bumper start for Airbus continues

European aerospace giant Airbus has continued its bumper start to the Paris Air Show with the second day already bringing confirmed orders from two airlines Early in the day Australian carrier Qantas confirmed an additional nine Airbus A220 airliners bringing the total backlog to 29 for the carrier. Philippines Airlines [read more]

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Airbus wins Air Algerie long-haul order

Algerian national carrier Air Algerie has placed a firm order seven wide body airliners whose wings and engines are made in the UK. The order consists of five Airbus A330-900neo and two A350-1000XWB aircraft to help the airline meet its transcontinental ambitions. The A330neo alongside the A350-1000 will see Air [read more]

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Icelandair looks to Airbus for 757 replacement

Icelandair (FI/ICE) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Airbus for 13 Airbus A321XLRs to replace its ageing Boeing 757 airliners. The MoU also includes options for a further 12 of the type making it a deal potentially worth 25 Airbus A321s. Icelandair is already in talks to lease [read more]

Airbus A220-300 (Image: UK Aviation Media)
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Airbus has positive February with 46 deliveries

European aerospace giant Airbus has had a positive February with 46 aircraft delivered to 34 customers during the shortest month of the year. The Toulouse, France-headquartered company saw 42 single-aisle airliners delivered including three Airbus A220, 13 A320neo and 26 A321neos variants. Wide-body airliner deliveries included one Airbus A330-200ceo, one [read more]

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Air India places 250 aircraft order with Airbus

Air India (AI/AIC) has committed to a total of 250 aircraft from European airframer Airbus in a widely anticipated order. The TATA Group-owned airline will use the order to boost its domestic and international operations with a mixture of single-aisle and wide-body jets making up the order. A total of [read more]