Qatar Airways vs Airbus: Court date set for late April January 20, 2022 A division of London’s High Court has set late April as the court date for Qatar Airways’ $618m lawsuit against plane maker Airbus, according to Reuters sources. The Qatari airline decided in December to take Airbus to court over a damage dispute concerning the A350 model, after it was forced to ground some of its [...]
Boeing snatches Airbus crown on adjusted order basis January 11, 2022 US plane manufacturer Boeing has snatched Airbus’s crown as the world’s largest aircraft maker on an adjusted order basis. While the European plane maker remains the world’s largest manufacturer for the number of planes delivered, the Seattle-based company ended the year with 535 net orders while Airbus’s total amounted to 507. Boeing’s deliveries – which [...]
Airbus crowned world’s largest aircraft maker for third time in a row January 10, 2022 Airbus was crowned the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer, snatching the title from Boeing for the third year in a row. Compared with Boeing’s 302 revenue-generating deliveries, Airbus shipped 611 aircraft to 88 customers in 2021, while its gross order intake doubled to 771 new sales, 507 of which net, while its US rival sold 457 [...]
Airbus and Boeing call on Biden to delay 5G roll out December 21, 2021 Airbus and Boeing executives have called on the Biden administration to delay the roll-out of 5G services, citing safety concerns for the aviation industry. In a letter to the White House, Boeing’s boss Dave Calhoun alongside Airbus Americas’ chief executive Jeffrey Knittel said “5G interference could adversely affect the ability of aircraft to safely operate,” [...]
Qatar Airways sues Airbus over A350 damage dispute December 20, 2021 Qatar Airways is reportedly suing aircraft manufacturer Airbus, taking it to court in the UK over a damage dispute concerning the A350 model. “We have sadly failed in all our attempts to reach a constructive solution with Airbus in relation to the accelerated surface degradation condition adversely impacting the Airbus A350 aircraft,” the carrier said in [...]
“It’s a big Lego!” Inside Airbus’s manufacturing of the A350 November 16, 2021 Plane maker Airbus is predicting that airlines will need 39,000 new planes built by 2040, as more travel for holidays and work and the need for replacing old and less-fuel efficient models increases. The manufacturer has forecast that small aircraft such as the A320 will be the main drivers behind the demand, while around 4,000 [...]
Wizz Air to buy up to 196 Airbus A321 November 14, 2021 Wizz Air has announced the purchase of 102 Airbus A321 aircraft – divided between 75 Airbus A321neo and 27 Airbus A321XLR – that will be delivered between 2025 and 2027. It follows Airbus’s forecast that up to 39,000 new aircraft will be built by 2040, as a result of increasing passenger numbers as well as [...]
Airbus predicts 39,000 new planes will be built by 2040 November 14, 2021 Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is predicting that around 39,000 new planes will be built by 2040 as passenger traffic and the need for replacing old models increase. Out of the overall 39,000 expected, 15,250 aircraft will be destined to replace less fuel-efficient models. This will result in the majority of commercial planes in operation becoming fuel-efficient [...]
Airbus’s performance prompts increase in full-year guidance October 28, 2021 Airbus’s third quarter results performed better than expected, prompting the company to increase its full-year guidance for 2021 to 600 commercial aircraft deliveries and an EBIT Adjusted of €4.5bn. “Based on our nine-month performance, we have updated our 2021 earnings and cash guidance,” said Airbus’s chief executive Guillaume Faury. “We are strengthening the balance sheet [...]
Airbus airplane that flies higher than planes and lower than satellites completes 18-day flight October 11, 2021 A solar-powered airplane that should soon bring the internet to some of the most rural areas in the world has been tested by Airbus, the aerospace giant said this afternoon. Its Zephyr model, which resembles an unmanned glider but with two small propellers, could soon be spending around six months in the air at a [...]