Airbus

By Jens Flottau
Reaching its 2025 delivery goal was always going to be challenging for Airbus. Now it turns out it is unachievable.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
The Middle East, as the crucible for challenging durability and performance conditions, is the focus for ongoing dust ingestion engine tests.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Keith Mwanalushi
Airbus and ATR are deploying new strategies to address Africa’s chronic spare parts shortage.
Supply Chain

By Guy Ferneyhough
British aerospace supplier Senior has been awarded a new contract from Airbus for fluid conveyance components that will be installed on multiple airliners.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
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.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Safran is embarking on a period of heavy research and technology activity to help secure positions on future narrowbodies from both Airbus and Boeing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
A quality problem with fuselage panels on the A320neo family is further slowing deliveries of the aircraft and threatens Airbus’ deliveries target for the year.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Robert Wall, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne, Brian Everstine
Strategic decisions loom for some of the biggest Western airlift programs.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
Powertrain demonstrators advance under Airbus’ rescoped effort to field a hydrogen-electric commercial aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Airbus says most of the 6,000 A320-family aircraft requiring an immediate flight controls software update have received the necessary modifications.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
French prosecutors have called for Airbus and Air France to be convicted of manslaughter over the 2009 crash of Air France Flight AF447 as part of an appeal hearing.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kurt Hofmann
Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary says he is in talks with Airbus regarding a refresh of subsidiary Lauda's A320 fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
For Emirates’ long-haul fleet, the challenge is twofold: maintaining aging widebodies while looking beyond their likely life spans to the next big thing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Airbus is pressing ahead with its assessment of future technologies.
Emerging Technologies

By Daniel Williams
There was no shortage of aircraft commitments announced at Dubai Airshow 2025 but only a modest number of firm orders will hit the OEMs' backlogs.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has forged an agreement with UAE-based Calidus that could potentially lead to the creation of an MRO facility for the A400M airlifter in the UAE.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Future helicopter concepts that are set to shape the next steps in NATO’s Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability finally have come to light.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
In spite of geopolitical tensions and trade uncertainty, airlines in the Gulf region are spending big money on large new narrowbody and widebody fleets.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
Airbus, Leonardo and Sikorsky proposals are shaping NATO’s vision for a next-generation battlefield and naval rotorcraft fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
Emirates wants more capacity and bigger aircraft, but will Airbus and Boeing respond—and with what?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Airbus has pivoted to moving uncompleted A350s off the production line to finish cabin installation at numerous separate stations as it works to ramp production
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
Airbus Commercial CEO Christian Scherer says the company could build a stretched version of the A350-1000 and is seeing increasing customer demand for such an aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Airbus is gearing up to begin flight trials of its Sirtap tactical uncrewed air system while also looking to expand the system's customer set and capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Joby’s hybrid eVTOL; maritime drone demonstrations; Tokyo air taxis; and advancing additive manufacturing.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
Airbus is in talks with some A400M users to define the next round of capability enhancements as the military airlifter program looks to expand its mission capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion