
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 [...]

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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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) – [...]