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Airbus Chief Executive, Guillaume Faury, has warned staff that “it’s unlikely that voluntary departures will be enough” as it seeks to cut its workforce to survive the current crisis in the aviation industry. Airbus is seeking to cut around 15,000 jobs around the world with 1,670 of those to go [read more]

European airframer Airbus SE is cutting production of its long-range widebody airliner, the Airbus A350, from 6 to 5 per month as undelivered aircraft being to pile up. In its half-year reports Airbus disclosed that 145 airliners went undelivered in the first half of 2020, a direct result of the [read more]

European airframer Airbus showed a small increase in deliveries for June 2020 compared to the previous month according to its half-year (H1) commercial aircraft orders & deliveries report. June saw 36 new aircraft being delivered compared to 24 in May and overall in the first half of 2020, Airbus delivered [read more]

Airbus’ wing production facility at Broughton, North Wales will see the majority of the 1,700 job cuts to made in the UK. Over 1,400 jobs will be lost at the site which produces wings for all Airbus commercial airliners except the A220 the biggest ever blow to jobs at the [read more]

Airbus has tonight confirmed that 15,000 jobs are at risk worldwide with the Toulouse based Aerospace giant and that up 1,700 of those jobs could be from its UK operation. Airbus has been badly hit by the slow down in the aviation industry which has seen it having to halt [read more]

A Royal Air Force (RAF) Airbus A400M had had its flight deck ‘punctured’ by a bird strike whilst on operations Getafe Air Base in Spain. Images shared on the internet show blood & feathers both outside and inside the flightdeck area and a a large hole in the fuselage. Royal [read more]

Spanish flag carrier Iberia (IB/IBE) has confirmed the retirement of its remaining Airbus A340 fleet. The news that that the airline would bring forward the retirement its final 14 Airbus A340-600 aircraft was given to staff in an internal memo and later confirmed by the airline. Iberia is the only [read more]

The third of Airbus’ giant transport aircraft, the Beluga XL has left the paint shop ahead of its entry into service with Airbus Transport International (ATI). The Beluga XL is used to transport Airbus components such as fuselage sections and Wings between the manufacturing sites such as Broughton, North Wales [read more]