Airbus is the European aerospace success story. Quietly, the company met a requirement for a medium range twin when Boeing and Douglas were uninterested. There is a story that American’s CEO CR Smith had asked Douglas for a twin DC-10,…
There are three new aircraft programs in flight test at the moment. Airbus’ A350XWB, Boeing 787-9 and the Bombardier CSeries. The chart below compares the progress in flight testing to date for the three aircraft. Clearly, the 787-9 and A350XWB…
A conversation with Airbus America’s President and CEO Barry Eccleston. Views: 32
Airbus held its annual press conference in Toulouse this morning to review the results of 2013 and look forward to 2014. The key take-aways are: 1. The company plans to increase production of its A320 family from the current 42…
Should Airbus produce an A330neo? This question is on the minds of many, and is a topic that we have considered for some time. As of this writing there have been more than 800 downloads of our 2012 paper on…
Airbus rolled-out its third A350XWB flight-test aircraft, MSN2, from the paint shop in Toulouse today. The program seems to be steadily on a path to EIS in 4Q14. Note the neat new and distinctive “Carbon” livery to reflect the A350’s…