Airbus A320neo
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Airbus beats Boeing to Air France-KLM order

In a major blow to Boeing, Air France-KLM has placed an order for 100 narrowbody aircraft with rival Airbus. The order for Airbus A320neo and A321neo is part of the fleet replacement plan for medium-haul aircraft at KLM and Transavia, both traditionally Boeing airlines. Air France also has the rights [read more]

Qatar Airways A350-900 arrives into Cardiff Airport
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Airbus seeks legal assessment in A350 paint row

Airbus has confirmed it is seeking independent legal assessment of the Airbus A350 paint issue which Airbus says is being subject to ‘mischaracterization’ by ‘one of its customers’. Although not naming the customer directly, Qatar Airways is the customer that has been driving this issue which has resulted in a [read more]

Airbus A321XLR Complete
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First Airbus A321XLR test aircraft takes shape

The first Airbus A321XLR (MSN11000) has been structurally completed at Airbus’ Final Assembly Line (FAL) at Hamburg, Germany. Major Component Assemblies for the aircraft were shipped from several sites including fuselage sections from Saint Nazaire in France and wings from Broughton, Wales. The aircraft will now be fitted out with [read more]

Airbus A321neo (Image: Airbus)
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Dubai Airshow: More orders roll in for Airbus

Following on from the first day massive order for 255 aircraft, Airbus has maintained momentum with more orders on days two and three. Monday saw a Letter of Intent (LoI) signed by Air Lease Corportation (ALC) for 111 aircraft from across Airbus’ current product catalogue. The list is made up [read more]

An Airbus A350-1000XWB touches down at Farnborough (Image: Max Thrust Digital)
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Airbus delivers 36 aircraft in October

European airframer Airbus has delivered a total of 36 aircraft to 23 customers in October 2021 including one of the final two Airbus A380 super-jumbos. In October Airbus delivered 30x A320neo family aircraft. This was made up of 1 A319neo, 17 A320neo and 12 A321neo aircraft to airlines including Air [read more]