Airbus said Dec. 3 that it now aims to deliver 790 aircraft in 2025 “in light of a recent supplier quality issue on fuselage panels.”

The global fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft burned nearly $200 million in fuel in 2024 while idle waiting for takeoff, according to data gathered by IATA.

EASA is mandating Airbus-recommended inspections of A350 auxiliary power units (APU) following two in-service incidents linked to a common problem.

The UK’s Serious Fraud Office has secured the conviction of the former director of AOG Technics, which sold unapproved CFM 56 engine parts from 2019-23.

Chinese airlines have sharply pulled back their planned flying to Japan in December, slashing almost a quarter of capacity and frequencies compared to November.

Human error appears regularly in the probable cause and contributing factors sections of accident reports. Too often, however, the probing stops there.

Airbus says most of the 6,000 A320-family aircraft requiring an immediate flight controls software update have received the necessary modifications.

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines has named the successor to Director General Subhas Menon, after Menon announced he will step down next year.