DUBAI (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi state defence and security entity Tawazun is to build a satellite assembly, integration and testing centre with Airbus in the United Arab Emirates’ oasis city of Al Ain, state news agency WAM reported on Wednesday. The centre also i... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus is studying a sharp cut in output of its top-selling A320 plane series amid an industry-wide slowdown triggered by the coronavirus crisis, sources familiar with the matter said. Europe’s leading planemaker is examining scenarios includ... More »
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – AirAsia Group Bhd (AIRA.KL) said on Friday an independent probe into corruption allegations from Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has found the Malaysian airline’s procurement process with European planemaker Airbus SE (AIR.PA) rob... More »
DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai state-owned airline Emirates [EMIRA.UL] was close to a deal on Monday to finalize at least part of a provisional order for 70 wide-body aircraft from Europe’s Airbus (AIR.PA), industry sources said. The Dubai carrier has scheduled a new... More »
DUBAI (Reuters) – Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways (JAZK.KW) is unhappy with delivery delays of Airbus (AIR.PA) aircraft and has no plans to place an order at this week’s Dubai Airshow, its chief executive said. Airbus and Boeing (BA.N) are vying for an order of up to... More »
RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian budget airline flyadeal will not proceed with a provisional $5.9 billion order for Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, instead opting for a fleet of Airbus A320 jets. Flyadeal has been reconsidering a commitment to order the Boeing ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – The head of Airbus (AIR.PA) warned the British government on Friday that in a worst-case scenario Brexit could result in production at its factories stopping and aircraft being grounded. Companies have become increasingly vocal about the ris... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Airbus (AIR.PA) said on Friday it was optimistic it could sign a first export contract for its troubled multi-nation A400M military transport plane this year, and expressed growing confidence about prospects for European defense cooperation.... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus (AIR.PA) shares fell on Monday after Bloomberg News reported that the European planemaker would miss its delivery target for Pratt & Whitney-powered (UTX.N) A320neo narrow-body jets this year. Airbus was down 3 percent in early session... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus is targeting “surge” production capacity of 63 A320-family aircraft a month from 2019 but only 60 deliveries a month from the middle of that year, Finance Director Harald Wilhelm said. Wilhelm told reporters that Airbus saw potential c... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus bowed to weak demand for its A330 passenger jet on Friday, announcing a cut in production for 2019 after a series of bruising defeats to Boeing in contests for wide-body jets. Europe’s largest aerospace group said it was reducing deliv... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – The Airbus (AIR.PA) A400M military transport programme faces continued problems such a cumbersome mission planning system that makes it impossible to carry out medical evacuations and other short-term missions, a confidential German military... More »
The logo of Airbus Group is seen at the Airbus Helicopters Paris-Le Bourget plant dedicated to the production and the renovation of helicopters blades, in Dugny, near Paris, France, December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus Helicopters ... More »
The logo of Airbus is pictured at the company’s headquarters in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau PARIS (Reuters) – Frenetic selling in the closing weeks of 2017 saw Airbus (AIR.PA) overhaul Boeing’s (BA.N) recent lead i... More »
FILE PHOTO: An Airbus logo is pictured during the delivery of the new Airbus A380 aircraft to Singapore Airlines at the French headquarters of aircraft company Airbus in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau PARIS (Reuters)... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese order for 184 Airbus A320 aircraft that French President Emmanuel Macron said would be finalised soon are new purchases that have not yet been publicly announced, a French presidency official said on Wednesday. “These are orders... More »
Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders attends a ceremony during the delivery of the new Airbus A380 aircraft to Singapore Airlines at the French headquarters of aircraft company Airbus in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau P... More »
NATO buyer nations for the European A400M military transport plane have postponed a ministerial meeting on the troubled program for three months until February, said two sources familiar with the 20 billion euro project. More »
Airbus SE has agreed to buy a majority stake in Bombardier Inc's CSeries jetliner program, giving a powerful boost to the Canadian plane and train maker in its costly trade dispute with Boeing Co. More »
Two years ago, Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders halted negotiations to buy Canada's CSeries program at midnight after the talks with Bombardier leaked to Reuters. On Tuesday, he performed a U-turn by backing a similar deal after all - again at dead of night. More »
The French government, which owns an 11 percent stake in Airbus, welcomes the airplane maker's deal for a majority stake in Bombardier's CSeries jet program, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday. More »
Airbus shares rose on Tuesday after the European planemaker and aerospace group agreed to buy a majority stake in Bombardier's CSeries jetliner program. More »
Europe's Airbus does not buy products directly from Japan's Kobe Steel but is investigating whether any of its suppliers have been affected by a cheating scandal at the Japanese group, an Airbus spokesman said. More »
Airbus SE (AIR.PA) on Wednesday opened its Chinese completion plant for A330 jets, with hopes that an increased presence in the world's fastest growing aviation market would help boost demand for the firm's profitable but ageing wide-body jets. More »
Airbus (AIR.PA) denied any wrongdoing in a submission on Monday to Austrian prosecutors investigating allegations of fraud and willful deception over a $2 billion fighter deal and threatened the country's defense minister with legal action. More »
Iran is holding talks with European planemaker Airbus to buy 48 helicopters for civilian use, an Iranian official was on Saturday quoted as saying, as Iran continues its shopping spree of Western aircraft after the lifting of sanctions. More »
FILE PHOTO: Fabrice Bregier (L), Airbus President and Chief Executive Officer and Tom Enders (R), Chief Executive Officer of Airbus Group, at the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse April 11, 2015. REUTERS/Adrien Helou/File Photo Airbus unveiled on Monday a corpor... More »
The logo of Airbus Group is seen on the company’s headquarters building in Toulouse, Southwestern France, April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo Airbus (AIR.PA) could move production of new aircraft models out of Britain if the European plane-maker’... More »
The logo of Airbus Group is seen on the company’s headquarters building in Toulouse, Southwestern France, April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau Austria and Australia are 16,000 km (9,940 miles) and two keystrokes apart, as European aircraft manufacturer Airbu... More »
An Airbus A400M military transport plane is parked at the Airbus assembly plant during an event in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, December 1, 2016. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo All A400M transport plane engines affected by an order from Europea... More »
Austria said on Friday that Vienna prosecutors had initiated a formal criminal investigation against Airbus and the Eurofighter consortium over alleged fraud, widening the potential fallout from a $2 billion combat jet order more than a decade ago. More »
A waiter walks past an Airbus A400M military transport plane is parked at the Airbus assembly plant during an event in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, December 1, 2016. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo Airbus (AIR.PA) called for new talks with Europ... More »
The logo of Airbus group is pictured in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau Airbus (AIR.PA) warned supplier Zodiac (ZODC.PA) that it must not let itself be distracted by its planned tie-up with aero engine maker Safran (SA... More »
Airbus Group Chief Executive Tom Enders speaks during a news conference on the aerospace group’s annual results, in London, Britain February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Hannah McKay Airbus (AIR.PA) said engine maker Pratt & Whitney (UTX.N) still had to make an effort to... More »
FILE PHOTO – An Airbus A380 aircraft takes part in a flight display during the 48th Paris Air Show at the Le Bourget airport near Paris June 18, 2009. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File photo France honored the A380 superjumbo with a place in its national aerospace... More »
A visitor looks at Airbus’s A380 flight model during Japan Aerospace 2016 air show in Tokyo, Japan, October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo European aircraft maker Airbus (AIR.PA) aims to overtake arch rival Boeing (BA.N) in terms of annual plane d... More »
An Airbus A380, the world’s largest jetliner, approaches to land after a flying display during the last day of the 51st Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport near Paris, June 21, 2015. Also pictured are the French and the EU (R) flag. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol A... More »
FARNBOROUGH, England Airbus (AIR.PA) bagged deals worth $20 billion to seize the initiative at a rain-soaked Farnborough Airshow on Tuesday, but industry executives said the mostly lackluster event confirmed a recent boom in aircraft orders was finally fizzlin... More »
FARNBOROUGH, England Europe’s Airbus on Tuesday cut the delivery target for its A380 superjumbo to 12 a year from 2018, down from 27 in 2015 and about half what is projected for this year, to prevent a glut of unsold planes as airlines shun the industry’s behe... More »
LONDON Airbus Group (AIR.PA) reversed part of its plans to cut production of a key aircraft model due to a rebound in demand, a move likely to generate extra cash as it posted 2015 profits in line with expectations on Wednesday. The European planemaker said it... More »
MOBILE, Ala. Airbus Group (AIR.PA) said on Sunday that its first U.S. factory, due to formally open on Monday, will be the most efficient in the world and will focus on building the largest version of the company’s single-aisle aircraft. The elegant, skylit fa... More »
MOBILE, Ala, Airbus Group NV (AIR.PA) threw a party for its new U.S. workers ahead of the formal opening Monday of its first commercial jet factory in the United States, and representatives of the machinists union joined the crowd. The International Associatio... More »
