Airbus has agreed an order with Air Côte d’Ivoire for two Airbus A330neo aircraft which feature wings made in Broughton, North Wales. Air Côte d’Ivoire already operates an all airbus fleet which includes three A320s and three A319s but mis now looking to expand its network with long-haul flights using [read more]
UK holiday airline Jet2.com (LS/EXS) has boosted its earlier Airbus order by adding an incremental order for 35 A320neo aircraft, bringing the total to 98. Jet2.com originally placed an order for 36 Airbus A321neo aircraft just over a year ago and this was boosted shortly after with a further 15. [read more]
Chinese all-Boeing operator Xiamen Airlines (MF/CXA) is set to make the switch to Airbus for its fleet expansion following a firm order for 40 A320neo family aircraft. The operator currently operates 153 Boeing 737 aircraft and 12 Boeing 787 aircraft but from 2024 will operate a mixed short-haul fleet as [read more]
European airframer Airbus has delivered 30 aircraft to 22 customers in August including four A350 and two A330 long-haul airliners. Deliveries also included 19 A320neo, 13 A321neo and a sole A319neo to airlines including easyJet and Wizz Air. The deliveries bring the total for the year to 382 deliveries to [read more]
Airbus’ Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Dominik Assam, (53) is set to leave the European aerospace giant in 2023 after four years in the position. Mr Assam has played a key role in the company and helped to position Airbus into the strong global position it finds itself in. Airbus CEO [read more]
Airbus has successfully testest a removable firefighting kit that can be loaded onto an Airbus A400M as a mission payload. During the test, an A400M was able to demonstrate its ability to drop 20 tonnes of water in less than 10 seconds at a height of 150ft and speeds as [read more]
Delta Airlines has given European airframer Airbus a boost at the Farnborough Airshow when it firmed up orders for 12 A220-300 aircraft. The commitment brings the total number of A220 aircraft ordered by Delta to 107. Delta will be supplied with Pratt & Whitney powered A220-100 (45) and A220-300 (62). [read more]
European airframer Airbus has released its latest figures for deliveries and orders showing that it delivered 60 airliners to 35 customers in June 2022. The bulk of the deliveries were A320 family aircraft with 25 Airbus A321neo, 21 A320neo and 1 A319neo delivered to airlines including Wizz Air, Lufthansa and [read more]
Airbus has confirmed an order from several Chinese airlines for 292 A320 family aircraft, whose wings are made at Airbus’ Broughton site in North Wales. The aircraft are destined for Chinese carriers Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, and Shenzhen Airlines and highlights the strong recovery in the Asian aviation [read more]
The latest incarnation of the Airbus A321, the XLR has carried out its first flight from Airbus’ final assembly line at Hamburg-Finkenwerder airport. Getting airborne just after 11am (CEST) MSN11000 flew for 4 hours and 25 minutes testing the basic handling of the aircraft and flight envelope protection systems at [read more]
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