Airbus proudly showed off its first flyable A350 today. The aircraft is on its wheels for the first time being moved out of station 40 of the main assembly hall at the recently inaugurated “Roger Béteille” A350 XWB Final Assembly…
The news that Singapore Airlines is scuppering the world’s longest airlines flights—between Singapore and New York and Los Angeles, operated by Airbus A340-500s in all business class—raises interesting issues that have only been hinted at from time-to-time when it comes…
Airbus released this video today of the steps they go through producing the A350XWB. [yt]W0jlu0ghNIg[/yt] Views: 16
Airbus has ticked another box in its A350XWB development program with the arrival of the first wings for first aircraft, which will be used for static testing. The A350 wing, which is manufactured in Broughton, England, is the largest single…
We visited the Bombardier Mirabel facility in May, where we were introduced to their CSeries mockup made from wood. More than a few of the assembled media people smirked about this – after all, are we not in the 21st…
Airbus parent EADS Friday (July 27) announced a three month delay in the planned Entry-into-Service, to well into the second half of 2014 instead of mid-year. Problems with drilling holes in the wing assembly are blamed for this delay, the…