UPDATE SPIRIT – Is Airbus overstretching itself by targeting production rates for the A320neo-family that go beyond 70 per month? That question seems to be answered affirmatively by at least two of its key program suppliers, engines manufacturers Safran and…
Airbus officially launches the A350 Freighter. The Board of Directors has approved the new model during a meeting in Amsterdam this week, CEO Guillaume Faury announced at the presentation of the HY1 results. Airbus reported a €2.231 billion Group profit.…
Airbus has gone public with a vision for new aircraft using hydrogen by the middle of the next decade. But between now and then there are several steps. Amanda Simpson, Vice President of Research & Technology at Airbus Americas, explains…
Airbus has delivered the first A350 out of its Completion & Delivery Center in Tianjin. China Eastern Airlines took delivery of the aircraft on July 21 during a special ceremony with selected guests. The center will be used for deliveries…
Today we will be looking at LATAM’s fleet plan. The South American airline has been actively reducing the size of its fleet but also has restarted the reconfiguration project of its narrowbody planes. At the end of 2019, LATAM had…
Last Friday we had an opportunity to catch up with Airbus Chief Commercial Officer Christian Scherer. As the global commercial aviation industry starts to climb out from the pandemic, Mr. Scherer is a very busy man and we fortunate to get…