Supply chain challenges force Airbus to delay its ramp-up plans for the A320neo family by some six months. Instead of increasing the rate to 65 aircraft per month from the summer of 2023, the airframer will now take this step in…
UPDATE BOEING – China’s Big Three airlines are back in buying mood again. In just an hour or so, China Eastern, China Southern, and Air China announced orders for 292 Airbus A320neo family aircraft on July 1. China’s Big Three buy…
After two years, eleven months, and one day, International Airlines Group (IAG) finally confirmed its intention to buy the Boeing MAX. The airline group said on May 19 that it will purchase 25 MAX 8200s and 25 MAX 10s, plus 100…
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After reducing its workforce by some 8.000 in the past two Covid-years, Airbus will recruit 6.000 new staff this year again. The new roles will be worldwide across the group and are needed as the European airframer is seeing a…
Airbus will decide on a further ramp-up of production of the A320neo-family by the middle of this year. The decision to go to rate 65 per month from the middle of 2023 was taken last year, but it’s now an…