Airbus

The company is making key technology choices early and still has massive challenges ahead: technological, regulatory and in convincing industry partners to participate.

Airbus is expecting to gather the first results of a demonstration program on onboard hydrogen storage and distribution in 2021, according to Airbus EVP for engineering Jean-Brice Dumont.

As Airbus and the suppliers for its commercial aviation business have to cope with drastic reductions in production rates, jobs are under threat.

Airbus has completed three test flights using two of its own Airbus A350s with the autopilot engaged in its Fello’fly wake vortex-riding project.

The French government has reiterated its desire to see a hydrogen-fueled Airbus flying in service by 2035, firmly reacting to those claiming the move is too risky.

France will focus on investing in hydrogen technology as part of a broader post-COVID-19 economic relaunch plan with the government planning to have a hydrogen-powered aircraft ready for 2035.

With backing from KLM and Airbus, the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands has tested its Flying-V concept for an ultra-efficient airliner by conducting the first flight of a subscale model.

Recaro Aircraft Seating and Airbus leadership are discussing how to collaborate on ideas to manage the effects on the interiors industry as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.

Airbus registered four new orders in July 2020, leaving it with a total of 302 net orders for the year to date; 49 aircraft were delivered during the month.

The Spanish government has outlined planned spending on defense and R&D initiatives that will maintain Airbus’ presence in the country.

As production rates have decreased amid the COVID-19 crisis, Airbus’ suppliers are in a difficult but still viable situation, according to Guillaume Faury, the airframer’s CEO.

Airbus has agreed to increase the amount of interest it is paying on launch aid from the French and Spanish governments for the A350 in a bid to end

Thousands of Airbus employees gathered July 8 in Toulouse for a demonstration at Airbus’ main site for commercial aircraft, protesting planned job cuts related to the COVID-19 crisis.

LYON, France—Airbus’ announcement June 30 that it would cut 15,000 positions in response to the current crisis has caused an uproar in France, where 5,000 cuts are planned.

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said he expects aircraft production and deliveries will be back in line by the end of 2021, meaning the manufacturer will produce more aircraft than it can deliver until then.

Airbus conducted six dedicated test flights over nine months as part of the research project that culminated in April with the milestone first fully

Airbus has appointed Anand Stanley as the new president of Airbus Asia-Pacific.

Which new-build airliners are most likely to see deferred deliveries or cancellations by airline or lessors due to the COVID-19 downturn? Industry

Germany is looking to arm its future fleet of EuroDrone unmanned aircraft systems with MBDA Brimstone air-to-ground missiles and Enhanced Paveway

As the LCC returns to the skies on June 15 the focus is “profitable flying” on British and French domestic routes.

FRANKFURT—Airbus plans to increase its research into how health-protection technology inside passenger aircraft cabins can be improved, the OEM’s executive vice president of engineering Jean-Brice Dumont told Aviation Week.

The largest aerostructures provider to Airbus, Boeing and other aircraft makers will lay off around 1,450 more workers at its Wichita headquarters campus.

With an increasing number of carriers pressing passenger aircraft into service as temporary freighters during the COVID-19 pandemic, Airbus is developing a main cabin cargo-stacking modification for its A330 and A350-family aircraft.

Airbus will not decide on further changes to its production rates before June and any potential adaptations will be “on a smaller scale” than previous cuts, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said April 29.

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury gave a dramatic warning to employees that heralds potentially deeper production cuts than initially planned.