Airbus

With demand booming in commercial and defense aviation, why are Airbus programs in turmoil?

Editors are joined by Richard Aboulafia to discuss airliner production after Airbus shared its delivery targets for this year and Boeing updated its suppliers.

On location in Toulouse, Aviation Week's Jens Flottau and Robert Wall discuss the implications of Airbus' latest results.

According to its latest guidance, Airbus is finally revising downward its targets for the A320neo family, but not by much.

Airbus says it is ready for a two-fighter approach under the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project.

Airbus has described 2026 as a “year of testing” for the latest addition to its portfolio, the H140 twin-engine light helicopter.

Daher has signed a new five-year agreement with Airbus Atlantic for the logistics management of the manufacturer’s west hub at its Montoir-de-Bretagne site.

Aging aircraft, potential new fighter buys and a long-discussed service merger leave the Royal Saudi Air Force at a strategic inflection point.

The EU plans to establish what it calls a Military Mobility Transport Group in a move that could be a boon to Airbus by paving the way for more A400M orders.

Aalto, the business spun out of Airbus to provide services from the stratosphere with the Zephyr high-altitude pseudo satellite, will establish a second operational base in Australia.

In January 2026, Airbus secured orders for 49 aircraft, while Boeing recorded a total of 107 new orders.

Airbus is using the World Defense Show 2026 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this week to relaunch its A400M tactical airlifter sales campaign in the country.

Air Canada has confirmed an order for eight Airbus A350-1000s, widebody additions that will support the flag carrier’s growth and ongoing fleet modernization.

A total of nine widebody aircraft were delivered in January, eight from Boeing and one from Airbus.

Major airframers are betting on Asian demand to outpace other global regions.

Leonardo has provided additional granularity regarding its future low-Earth-orbit-based satellite constellation.

Frontier Airlines is embarking on 2026 with a “clear strategic path” back to sustained profitability, including through a rightsizing of its fleet.

Hexcel, which supplies advanced composites to more than 100 military aircraft, sees growing demand for its products globally as countries hike defense spending.

Airbus says it will augment its space-based SAR imagery provision through a teaming agreement with Japan’s Synspective to boost resolution and revisit rates.

As India reopens key military helicopter contests, European rotorcraft-makers are betting on local assembly to gain an edge.

AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly does not see a market for a stretch version of the Airbus A220, dubbed the A220-500.

Airbus continues to stand by its case to keep the UH-72A Lakota as the U.S. Army’s primary helicopter trainer.

Airbus started off 2026 with 19 January deliveries—a lower than expected number that may have been affected by a supplier quality problem unveiled in late 2025.

The Brazilian airframer wants to take advantage of the huge growth of India’s air transport industry. But regional flying must first become a viable business.

Boosting widebody production is a key strategic priority for Airbus, which might offer a larger A350 that could enter service in the early 2030s.