Another airline is going to say goodbye to the Airbus A380. Korean Air will dispose of its ten double-deckers within five years, while the carrier will take another five more years to also phase out its ten Boeing 747-8Is, CEO Walter…
UPDATE ALC – A dispute with Airbus over a quality issue on Qatar Airways A350s has entered a new stage. On explicit instruction of the Qatar regulators, the carrier has grounded thirteen A350s. CEO Akbar Al Baker wants Airbus to step…
Airbus officially launches the A350 Freighter. The Board of Directors has approved the new model during a meeting in Amsterdam this week, CEO Guillaume Faury announced at the presentation of the HY1 results. Airbus reported a €2.231 billion Group profit.…
UPDATED STORY JUNE 25 – Lufthansa gets a dream deal for 787s with Boeing. It has bought five 787-9s that have been built for another customer but were canceled last year. While previously thought to have been for Norwegian, the…
Emirates reports its first ever loss in 33 years. It announced an AED 22.1 billion ($6 billion) Group loss for its financial year 2020-2021 on June 15. The airline branch contributed to this loss with AED 20.3 billion. Emirates is…
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…