At the Paris Air Show, Daher, Airbus and Safran announced a partnership for the design and development of EcoPulse™, a distributed hybrid propulsion aircraft demonstrator with a scheduled first flight in 2022. The distributed hybrid propulsion system will be provided…
Virgin Atlantic has selected the A330neo along with its existing orders for 12 A350-1200 for its fleet renewal program and will take up to 20 A330-900 models. The airline placed an initial order for eight aircraft and six options with…
The delivery, last week in Toulouse, of Japan Airlines’ first Airbus A350-900 aircraft was full of symbolism for both Airbus and the Japanese airline. This was nothing less than the first delivery by the European manufacturer to an airline that,…
A number of news outlets indicate that Airbus is considering a new narrow-body aircraft to replace the A320neo in the 2035 timeframe and that the new aircraft could be a hybrid. That would represent a marked shift in technology away…
Here is our monthly model update. We have added more pages to the model to provide additional views on the data. Page 1: Basic reporting of gross orders (Airbus won’t provide net) and deliveries (the more important number). This page…
Multiple media reports emerging from the IATA meetings in Korea indicate that Airbus will launch a new longer range variant of the A321, the A321XLR at the Paris Air Show later this month. Reports also indicate that JetBlue will convert…