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Etihad Airways A330 performs first optimized RNP-AR approach in Abu Dhabi.
Reducing fuel consumption by 100 to 200kg per approach with Continuous Descent Operations and shorter trajectories.
• Paving the way for full industrial launch later this year
• Expanding Airbus’ freighter portfolio
Airbus, ST Aerospace and EADS EFW have finalised the agreement to establish the collaboration for the launch of the A330 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversion programme. This follows...
The first A380 for Malaysia Airlines (MAS) returned to Toulouse on 9th May following completion of interior furnishing and cabin system tests in Hamburg. The aircraft is now stationed at the Airbus flight line for final system checks prior to the start of the customer acceptance process and delivery...
Airbus has produced the first new-build A320 with Sharklets. Depicted here at its roll-out in Toulouse, MSN 5098 will be one of several A320 Family aircraft in the certification flight-test campaign starting in May this year and lasting around 600 flight hours. These Sharklet tests follow the succes...
Airbus has delivered the aft fuselage for the A350 XWB static test airframe to the final assembly line in Toulouse (France). This final section of the fuselage will be assembled with the front and centre fuselage sections which were joined up in early April.
Assembled at Airbus’ site in Hamburg (...
Virginie Guyot, fighter pilot and Birgitte Stalder-Olsen, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies join Board of Directors
• Offering even more interior choices for A350 XWB operators
• Jamco America becomes a new Airbus Contracted Supplier
Cebu Pacific Air and “Aviation sans Frontières” help ship 1 tonne of medical equipment to the Philippines on delivery flight
Structural assembly of the first A350 XWB aft fuselage destined for the first flying A350 XWB (MSN1) has been completed at Airbus’ manufacturing site in Hamburg (Germany). The fuselage section will now undergo its secondary interior structural assembly and system installation before being delivered ...
• Appeal Report confirms and extends the WTO’s condemnation of massive illegal subsidies to Boeing
• Appellate Body rejects nearly 90% of US appeals of the WTO’s earlier findings while validating 100% of EU appeals
• Loss of roughly $45 billion in Airbus sales due to illegal Boeing subsidies
• B...
On International Women's Day (8th March) Airbus encourages more women to join the aeronautic industry.
The A350 XWB’s main and nose landing gear test bench is ready for service at Airbus’ site in Filton, UK. This latest step in the A350 XWB’s progress is achieved more than one year before the aircraft’s first flight and two years before its entry into service.
Extensive testing campaigns are being ...
Promising start to engine flight-test campaign one year ahead of A350 first flight
Flight tests to ensure high level of maturity from day one
- Airbus’ tailor-made solution will automate inventory management
- First to select ‘ownership’ option – part is ‘Airbus-owned’ until needed