Fabrice Bregier, Allan McArtor, and Barry Eccleston spoke to the press prior to the dedication of the new Airbus Final Assembly Line in Mobile Alabama. Their remarks can be heard here: Views: 6
Airbus has formally opened its final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama, and conducted a media tour on Sunday 13 September before the formal opening ceremony tomorrow. The facility is impressive, and has the capability to build eight narrow-body aircraft per…
It might come as a surprise to many to know the LEAP-powered A320neo is already doing tests outside Europe. The aircraft is now in Bolivia. This comes after flying into French Guiana on September 9. It looks like Airbus has…
Late last week Airbus announced that it had started cutting metal for the first A330neo. Airbus’ statement was: The first A330neo is coming to life one year after the programme was launched, with the first ‘cutting of metal’ underway at…
Aerospace is a big business but it is an industry increasingly consolidated. Big business yes, but a shrinking industry for sure. The recent July deal by UTC to sell its Sikorsky helicopter unit to Lockheed Martin for $9bn is an…
Here we are at month end again and we have the A320neo flight test updates. MSN6101 has not flown now for four months. The other GTF powered test aircraft is MSN6286 and this has been building hours again. MSN6419 is…