Virgin Atlantic (Image: Max Thrust Digital)
Engineering and leasing news

Airbus lobbies government to help Virgin Atlantic

Airbus has lobbied the UK Government to provide a bailout for Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) as the airline struggles to survive. Sources close to the airline have said several companies have directly contacted the Government setting out the harm it could do. Those companies are understood to also include Heathrow Airport. [read more]

Airbus BelugaXL (Image: Aviation Media Agency)
Engineering and leasing news

Welsh Wings help BelugaXL enter service

Airbus’ latest super-sized transport aircraft, BelugaXL has officially entered service adding the extra capacity to Airbus’ transport network that it needs to meet its planned increases in production of commercial aircraft. Based on the A330-300 Freighter, the BelugaXL is 63 metres long and 8 metres wide which allows the aircraft [read more]

What the Qantas Airbus A350-1000 will look like
Engineering and leasing news

Welsh Wings for Project Sunrise as Qantas selects Airbus

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]

Emirates A350-900 Artists Impression (Image: Airbus)
Air show news

Dubai Airshow picks up for Airbus

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 Swiss Airbus A220 seen at London City Airport (Image: UK Aviation Media)
Aviation safety news

Swiss Airbus A220’s resume flying after grounding

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]