European Airframer Airbus has today successfully carried the first fully automatic vision-based take-off using an Airbus A350 test aircraft. The flight took off at around 10:15 local time and was operated by two pilots, two flight test engineers and a test flight engineer who carried out 8 successful take-offs. The flight forms [read more]
Australian airline Qantas (QF/QFA) has announced that it has selected Airbus aircraft to form the backbone of its Project Sunrise project to operate regular non-stop flights from Australia to London and New York. The airline has selected Airbus A350-1000XWB aircraft which is great news for the United Kingdom as not [read more]
European airframer Airbus has signed an agreement with leading Low-Cost Carrier easyJet (U2/EZY) to research Hybrid and Electic ‘Green’ aircraft. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the companies will see them cooperate in a joint research project to asses the viability and look at solutions for hybrid and electric-powered aircraft [read more]
After a slow start for all manufacturers the 2019 Dubai Airshow has picked for European Airframer Airbus. The Toulouse based company has seen orders for 50 Airbus A350’s from Emirates Airlines and an order for 120 A320 family aircraft from Low-Cost carrier Air Arabia. The emirates deal is for 50 [read more]
A recent big order for the A320neo from US low-cost carrier (LCC) Spirit Airlines is one of several large orders for the family that will provide a big boost and security for thousands of workers in North Wales. Florida based Spirit signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to order 100 [read more]
Swiss International Airlines (LX/SWR) has resumed operations with its fleet of Airbus A220 aircraft after grounding them yesterday for urgent engine checks. Around 100 flights were cancelled when the fleet was grounded following an incident on a flight between London and Geneva which made an emergency diversion to Paris. The [read more]
Leading airframer Airbus has said it expects the world airliner fleet to double in size from 23,000 to almost 48,000 by 2038. The predictions, which include passenger and cargo aircraft, mean that there will be a global demand for 550,000 new pilots and 640,000 new technicians to be trained. Airbus [read more]
Airbus has hit a new milestone when it delivered its 9000th Airbus A320 family aircraft earlier this month. The aircraft, an Airbus A320neo (A20N) was delivered to leading low-cost carrier Easyjet (U2/EZY) on September 13th. The A320 family, and the newer A320neo family, are the second most popular airline in [read more]
Coffee that was spilt onto the Audio Communications Panel (ACP) caused smoke and fumes to appear in the cockpit on-board a Thomas Cook A330 aircraft (G-TCCF) mid-Atlantic. The report by the Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) said that the flight on 6th February 2019 was forced to divert to Shannon [read more]
The Ministry of Defence has said it is withdrawing from Canada’s Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP) along with Airbus Defence and Space and has informed the Canadian Government accordingly. The project will see Canada purchase 88 advanced fighter aircraft in order to maintain Canada’s defence policy, Strong, Secure, Engaged; as well [read more]
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