Now that the MAX is back being delivered how is the delivery competition between these two families doing? We are focusing on deliveries as that is where the rubber hits the runway, so to speak. It also gets rid of…
Airbus dusts off its plans for a new A320 final assembly line (FAL) in Toulouse. A year after the plan was mothballed due to the effects of the Covid-crisis, the former A380 Final Assembly Line in the Lagardère building will…
Here’s the updated model for Airbus orders and deliveries through April 2021. Click the double-headed arrow at the bottom right to optimize your view of the model. More signs of a recovery with the nice-sized Delta order. The fact that…
Airbus announced the passing of Bernard Ziegler, at the age of 88. Ziegler was one of the company’s engineering pioneers. Mr. Ziegler was instrumental in the introduction of the world’s first digital Fly-By-Wire (FBW) and side-stick controls in a commercial…
Airbus has returned to positive results again in the first quarter, announcing a EUR 362 million net profit for the period compared to a EUR -481 million loss last year on April 29. The results “mainly reflect our commercial aircraft…
In December 2017 Delta ordered 100 A321neo aircraft. The order news from Delta, at that time, stated “Delta Air Lines and Airbus have agreed to terms for a 100 firm and 100 option order for state-of-the-art Airbus 321neo“. Note the…