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Asia-Pacific airlines to acquire 8,000 new aircraft over next 20 years

3 February 2010

Region driving demand for larger aircraft types

Airlines in Asia and the Pacific will acquire some 8,000 new passenger and cargo aircraft over the next 20 years, according to European aircraft manufacturer Airbus. Valued at US$1.2 trillion, the [...]

EADS To Ground A400M if No Deal By Monday: Report

By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Published: 11 Feb 2010 10:30

MADRID – The European EADS aerospace group, which controls Airbus, will begin to wind down development of the A400M military transport plane if an agreement on budget overruns is not agreed with partner governments [...]

Second A330-200 Freighter joins test programme

Certification on track for mid-March

Blagnac, 20 January 2010

The second A330-200F has made its first flight today. Powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines, the aircraft undertook a routine three-hour production first test flight. There are now two A330-200F [...]

Airbus achieves record aircraft deliveries in 2009

12 January 2010

310 new orders prove eco-efficient aircraft to be high in demand

Airbus delivered a total of 498 aircraft in 2009. The figure is a new company delivery record for a single year and is 15 more aircraft than in [...]

LAN Airlines signs firm order for 30 Airbus A320 Family aircraft

Milestone order from Latin American airline for eco-efficient Airbus jets

23 December 2009
Source: EADS

LAN Airlines, one of Latin America’s leading passenger and cargo airlines, has placed a firm order for the purchase of 30 Airbus Family A320 aircraft. This [...]

A400M, world’s most advanced airlifter, completes first flight

11 December 2009
Source: EADS

The first Airbus Military A400M military airlifter has landed back in Seville, Spain today at 14:02 local time (13:02 UTC) after completing a successful maiden flight lasting 3h 47min following its take-off at 10:15 local [...]

Lufthansa takes delivery of its 100th Airbus A320 Family aircraft

Airbus A320 Stall Test – The best video clips are here

A320 Family continues as backbone of Lufthansa’s short-haul network

Press Release
Blagnac, 19 November 2009
Source: EADS

Airbus has delivered Lufthansa’s 100th A320 Family aircraft from Airbus’ Final Assembly Line in Hamburg. [...]

Gulf Coast States Press For Tanker Deal

By DEBORAH BARFIELD BERRY Gannett Washington Bureau
Published: 25 Nov 2009 17:11

WASHINGTON – Gulf Coast officials are working together to land a federal contract to build nearly 200 refueling tankers for the Air Force, a multibillion-dollar deal that could create tens [...]

New A330-200 Freighter takes to the skies

A330-200F: Allowing freight operators to adapt to evolving markets
05 November 2009
Press Release

The new dedicated Freighter variant of the successful A330 Family took to the skies today during a four hour maiden flight over Toulouse. This milestone marks the [...]

Air France receives its first A380

30 October 2009

Air France has taken delivery of its first Airbus A380. The French carrier is the first European airline to fly the all-new double-deck aircraft on scheduled services. The aircraft is the twentieth A380 delivered by Airbus. The aircraft [...]

Boeing may offer US Air Force two tankers

* Boeing considers offering versions of both 767 and 777
* Northrop Grumman defers comment on its plans
* Air Force publishes detailed draft bidding rules
* Senior official: may be worth up to $50 bln

By Jim Wolf

WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) – [...]