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Will Airbus Make A New Plane To Compete With The Boeing 797?
With Boeing still confident that they’ll bring a NMA to market by 2025, possibly called the Boeing 797, we wonder how Airbus are feeling about it? With similar gaps in their product lineup to cope with, should they be looking at a new aircraft too? Will Airbus make a new plane to compete with Boeing’s…
Read MoreAirAsia to buy proposed new Airbus A321XLR: sources
Airbus has begun tying up customers for the A321XLR ahead of a possible formal announcement of the modified version at the Paris Airshow in June, though the timing of any deal between Airbus and AirAsia remains unclear. Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia is in negotiations to buy a proposed new longer-range version of the best-selling Airbus…
Read MoreDark Clouds over Boeing Max at airline summit due to Trade war
Trade war, fuel, and Boeing Max cloud airline summit By Heekyong Yang and Tracy Rucinski Global airlines are meeting under a storm pattern of trade tensions, rising oil prices and a two-month-old grounding of the Boeing Co 737 Max jetliner — threatening to put a halt to five years of strong profits in the cut-throat…
Read MoreLufthansa Group Announces New Aircraft Order
A Lufthansa Group announced that it would be placing an order for up to 16 additional aircraft, as approved by the Supervisory Board. Deliveries are planned until 2022 for the order that is valued at a 2.1 billion Euros list price. The order is split between the two major manufacturers: Boeing and Airbus. Boeing was…
Read MoreIran expects word from Airbus on deal soon
Iran expects to hear from Airbus in the coming days about the fate of an order for 100 planes that looks to have been wrecked by the United States’ decision to reinstate sanctions on the Islamic Republic. The deal, potentially worth about $18 billion to $20 billion at list prices, was agreed in December 2016.…
Read MoreSAS Commits to 50 More Airbus A320neos
SAS Group has decided to order 35 Airbus A320neos directly from the manufacturer and source another 15 through leasing companies, the airline announced this week. Calling for delivery from spring 2019 through 2023, the order means SAS for the first time will operate a single fleet type within five years. The airline, which hasn’t yet…
Read MoreAirbus aiming to step up A320neo production
Airbus aims to boost production of its A320neo aircraft and step up deliveries in the second quarter of the medium-haul carrier despite persistent engine woes, chief executive Tom Enders said. In 2018 “we do expect to deliver around 800 commercial aircraft,” Enders told the European aircraft maker’s annual general assembly in Amsterdam. But he cautioned:…
Read MoreAll-Airbus Spirit Airlines eyes a Boeing for fleet expansion
A top executive at Spirit Airlines said the carrier is shopping for new airplanes to grow its all-Airbus fleet — and a Boeing airplane is in the mix of candidates. Matt Klein, the chief commercial officer for MIramar, Florida-based Spirit, made the remarks in an interview with The Puget Sound Business Journal. “We are undergoing…
Read MorePop.Up Next: The next evolution in urban mobility is here
Italdesign and Airbus have unveiled the latest evolution in the Pop.Up concept, the first fully electric and zero-emission modular system designed to help resolve traffic congestion in large urban areas. While the concept was first introduced in the 2017 Geneva Motor Show, Italdesign has introduced the next evolution of Pop.Up concept at the 2018 Geneva…
Read MoreChina’s Burgeoning Aviation Industry
China’s aviation industry has had a slow start and hadn’t taken off until the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping opened up the country to significant economic reform. Since then, however, the industry has grown tremendously and is set to eclipse the United States’ aviation industry within the next decade and a half. Comac C919 The…
Read MoreAirbus Identifies Its Biggest Growth Potential in China
Airbus’ Chinese market has the biggest potential for growth over the next two decades, according to the latest market forecast of Airbus, a worldwide leading aircraft manufacturer. Airbus established its first assembly and delivery center outside Europe in north China’s Tianjin in 2008. In 2009, the center delivered the first A320 family aircraft. Components of…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines to buy 50 planes from Airbus, Boeing
TURKISH Airlines has confirmed plans to buy at least 50 wide-body aircraft from Airbus and Boeing, as the flag carrier ramps up its ambitions ahead of a move to a new Istanbul airport. The company said in a statement late yesterday that it has agreed to buy 25 Boeing B787-9 aircraft, known as the Dreamliner,…
Read MoreVirgin cancels Airbus A380 order, conceding the super-jumbo has no place in its fleet
Virgin Atlantic Airways canceled its order for six Airbus SE A380 super-jumbos, finally acknowledging that the world’s largest passenger aircraft has no place in its fleet after years of deferring a decision on the double-decker. The deletion appeared in Airbus’s February order-and-delivery tally published on Wednesday, and was confirmed by the airline. Virgin originally ordered…
Read MoreIndia will need 1,750 new aircraft over 20 years – Airbus
Airbus has forecast that air passenger traffic in India will grow exponentially over the next 20 years, as fast as the world average, and the country will need 1,750 aircraft to meet this demand. The projections were made by top officials of the European plane maker at a media conference on the sidelines of the…
Read MoreLessor CALC leads Airbus January order tally
In January, Hong Kong-based China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited (CALC) ordered 15 Airbus A320neos. After Airbus’ record-breaking conclusion to 2017 , in which the Toulouse-based manufacturer gained firm orders for 836 aircraft in December alone, the company’s January 2018 commercial orders returned to a normal pace, with a total of 20 aircraft firmed between…
Read MoreIn today’s aviation world, small is beautiful
The economics of Boeing’s new midmarket plane — a model informally dubbed the 797 that would carry 225 to 275 people over shorter ranges than the similar-sized 787 — could be “superb,” said Qantas Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce. If you want to start a bitter debate among people in the aviation industry, don’t ask…
Read MoreAirbus woos Air New Zealand with new plane
Airbus’ new A350-1000 will visit Auckland this week to show off the French giant’s latest development in wide body aircraft manufacturing. While media and the public will relish the visit, Airbus’ goal is to woo Air New Zealand bosses who in the market for new aircraft. To date, the national carrier has shunned Airbus in…
Read MoreAirbus halts some deliveries, tests after engine snag
Airbus has stopped delivering A320neo jets powered by Pratt & Whitney geared-turbofan engines and halted pre-delivery test flights after the latest in a series of problems with the engines, two sources familiar with the matter said. Airbus has briefed airlines and leasing companies and told them it cannot yet say how long it will take…
Read MoreAirbus to Securing Big Chinese Order, 184 Airbus A320 aircraft
China will finalize orders for 184 Airbus A320 aircraft soon, French President Emmanuel Macron said following talks with his Chinese counterpart as he wrapped up his three-day visit. Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to maintain order volumes and parity between Airbus and rival Boeing Co. , Mr. Macron told a news conference Wednesday. He said…
Read MoreAirbus Lifts Narrow-Body Output in China, Explores A380 Pact
Airbus will accelerate production of the A320 workhorse model in China to six a month by 2020 as the European planemaker seeks to meet global demand while pursuing more orders in Asia’s largest economy. The narrow-body build rate at the Tianjin plant east of Beijing will increase from the current four planes a month, Airbus…
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