Posts Tagged ‘Airbus’
Dark 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 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 MoreAirbus Forecasts 2677 Aircraft for Latin America over Next Two Decades
From 2017 to 2036, Latin America and the Caribbean will need 2,677 new passenger and freight aircraft to meet rising demand, according to the latest Airbus Global Market Forecast (GMF). Valued at US $352 billion, this demand accounts for 2,084 single-aisle and 593 twin-aisle aircraft. This implies that the region’s in-service fleet will more than…
Read MoreAirbus to sell Bombardier’s aircraft, Takes majority stake
The boss of Airbus has said the firm expects to sell “thousands” of Bombardier’s passenger aircraft after an international tie-up with the planemaker. Airbus is taking a majority stake in the Canadian company’s C Series aircraft, which are part-made in Belfast. Thousands of Northern Ireland jobs looked to be at risk after a complaint from…
Read MoreEmirates shelves plan for lots new Airbus or Boeing Planes
Emirates President and CEO, Tim Clark, said that a long planned order for either the Boeing 787 or Airbus A350 is “off the table for now”. This order has been up in lights for at least three years, and even talked up by the airline as recently as this June. The smaller Airbus or Boeing…
Read MoreAirbus posts modest August deliveries
Airbus said on Wednesday it had delivered eight A320neo-family jets in August and 76 so far this year, highlighting uncertainty over its 2017 delivery schedule after delays in receiving engines from its U.S. supplier. Deliveries of the newest member of Airbus’s narrowbody jet family, which generates most of its profits, have been disrupted by delays…
Read MoreAirbus close to landing €14bn deal for jetliners
Airbus is on the verge of securing an order for 45 of its A350-900 wide-body jetliners – a critical win after a run of deferrals by US carriers. The deal would be valued at $14bn (€11.7bn) before discounts, according to the people, who asked not to be identified as the talks are private. The order…
Read MoreUnited’s $14 Billion Order Signals Airbus Gain on Boeing Domain
United Airlines is expanding an earlier order for Airbus SE ’s A350 jetliner, handing the European planemaker a critical win in its battle with Boeing Co. for supremacy in the wide-body jet market. The deal for 45 of the A350-900 planes, which is valued at $14 billion before customary discounts, replaces an earlier order for…
Read MoreFirst U.S. Built A320 Takes Flight from Mobile
Another important milestone for the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile took place Tuesday morning. Photo Courtesy: Airbus Photo Courtesy: Airbus The first flight of the first A320 to be produced in the U.S. flew for the first time from Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley this morning says Airbus in a press release. The flight lasted…
Read MoreAirbus Moves Ahead of Boeing on Russian Fleet Size
The only foreign manufacturer to bring a passenger jet to the June 18 to 23 MAKS 2017 airshow outside Moscow, Airbus made use of the event in Zhukovsky to commit a public relations strike on Boeing by declaring that the size of its Russian fleet has surpassed that of its competitor. Vice president Chris Buckley…
Read MoreAirbus, Boeing – June 2017 aircraft orders & deliveries
Boeing and Airbus delivered 75 and 64 commercial jets in June 2017, respectively, compared to 74 and 64 during the same month last year. This year to date, Boeing has delivered 352 jets (375 by this time last year), while Airbus has delivered 306 (298 in 2016). In 2016, Boeing delivered 748 jets (762 in…
Read MoreAirbus concedes defeat to Boeing in Paris order race
Boeing MAX 10 Separately, another Chinese carrier, Donghai Airlines, opted to convert an earlier order for 10 smaller Max jets to 10 Max 10s, as did Malaysia Airlines, while Panama’s Copa Airlines converted an order for 15. Aercap now has 100 737 MAX airplanes on order. Delta announced Tuesday at 8:33 a.m. ET that it…
Read MoreAirbus Predicts Significant Aircraft Growth by 2036
According to Airbus, the amount of aircraft seating between 100 passengers and 500 passengers will grow from close to 19,000 to over 40,000 by 2036. This would significantly exceed the current growth rate of 4.4% per year. However, according to the aircraft manufacturer, the quantity of new planes will not be the only numbers rising.…
Read MoreAirbus predicts $5.3 trillion jet demand
Airbus raised its forecast for deliveries by 6 percent to 34,899 aircraft worth $5.3 trillion over the next 20 years, creating jobs for more than a million pilots and technicians as China surges past the US to dominate air travel. The world’s second-largest planemaker after Boeing has predicted a surge in repairs, training and upgrade…
Read MoreAirbus says passenger plane market to double within 20 years
Airbus anticipates that air traffic will grow at 4.4 percent annually, requiring some 35,000 new passenger and dedicated freighter aircraft over the next two decades. Airbus on Friday said it expects the market for large passenger planes to more than double in the next 20 years driven by growth from Asian markets. Raising its previous…
Read MoreAirbus Braces for Life After Leahy
American reveals that he will leave ‘sooner rather than later’ Head of strategy Rao confirmed as next in line for key role Airbus SE faces the end of an era as sales supremo John Leahy prepares to leave after racking up more than $1 trillion of aircraft deals during his career at the European planemaker.…
Read MoreBoeing, Airbus Bolster Narrowbody Backlogs with New Sales
Boeing and Airbus each capitalized on the continued robustness of global narrowbody demand on Thursday, with a pair of big orders for members of their respective single-aisle families. Boeing’s contract with Riga, Latvia-based low-fare airline Primera Air calls for a firm order for eight 737 Max 9s to accompany a lease deal involving Air Lease…
Read MoreIran in talks with UK over jetliner export funding
Iran is in talks with Britain’s export credit agency to facilitate the financing of aircraft sales to state airline IranAir as part of its pact with world powers to lift sanctions over its nuclear programme, a senior Iranian official said. IranAir’s plan to buy more than 180 jets from Airbus and Boeing is the most…
Read MoreAirbus delivery targets in jeopardy in 2017 following supplier issues
Airbus has experienced delivery slowdowns for customers due to faulty engine production , The Wall Street Journal reported. Engine maker Pratt & Whitney has replaced numerous geared turbofans on multiple A320neo planes already delivered by Airbus. The French plane maker also sources engines from GE and Safran SA, which will provide about half of the…
Read MoreAsia’s a growth market for Airbus
With its high population density, burgeoning passenger demand and fast-growing aviation sector, Asia-Pacific is outpacing other world regions to become a key growth engine for aircraft manufacturer Airbus. There is demand for 13,460 aircraft worth US$2.2 trillion in the next 20 years for Asia-Pacific, making up more than 40 per cent of global demand for…
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