Airbus

Ground-breaking for Airbus’ new A400M maintenance centre in Wunstorf, German

Airbus starts construction for new A400M maintenance centre

Airbus has officially launched the construction of the new A400M maintenance centre in Wunstorf, Germany. The traditional ground-breaking ceremony on the site at Wunstorf Air Base, the base for the German Air Force’s A400M military transport aircraft, was held by Airbus Defence and Space CEO Michael Schöllhorn together with high-ranking representatives from politics and the […]

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Carbon Engineering

easyJet joins Airbus’ carbon removal initiative

easyJet has become the first airline to sign a contract with Airbus for its carbon removal initiative. Available through the Airbus Carbon Capture Offer, the technology uses Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS), to offer airlines worldwide carbon removal credits to advance their decarbonisation goals.  DACCS technology filters and removes CO2 emissions directly from

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Christian Scherer is to become new Commercial Aircraft business CEO

Christian Scherer to become new Airbus Commercial Aircraft business CEO

Airbus is unveiling a transformation in its Executive Committee’s leadership structure, creating a dedicated leader to steer the Commercial Aircraft division. The company has announced that Christian Scherer is to become new Commercial Aircraft business CEO, reporting to Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury. “Since 2019, Airbus has overseen both its overall leadership and the Commercial Aircraft

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Spirit AeroSystems

Spirit AeroSystems looks to renegotiate unsustainable Airbus and Boeing contract

Spirit AeroSystems (Spirit), has asked both Boeing and Airbus to soak up a greater percentage of the financial problems created by inflation which has made current contracts “not sustainable,” Spirit CEO Tom Gentile said on Thursday this week. Spirit is a major supplier of parts for jetliners/ In H1 2023, Spirit took approximately US$215 million

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Airbus Rolls-Royce and easyJet JV to tackle challenges of hydrogen powered travel

Airbus, Rolls-Royce and easyJet JV to tackle challenges of hydrogen-powered travel

Airbus, easyJet and Rolls-Royce have combined forces in a bold attempt to position Britain as a market leader of hydrogen-powered aviation at a time when the industry is plotting its course to decarbonisation. The partnership has been launched under the name of the Hydrogen in Aviation (HIA) alliance and aims to ensure that infrastructure, policy,

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Airbus and Air France to create JV for worldwide A350 component maintenance services

Airbus and Air France to create JV for worldwide A350 component maintenance services

It has been announced that Airbus SAS (Airbus) and Air France SA (Air France), the subsidiary of Air France-KLM, are to combine resources for the creation of a 50:50 joint venture. This JV is for the provision of component maintenance services (supply chain management, repairs, creation of a worldwide pool of aircraft components for the

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Airbus A220-300 airbaltic

airBaltic receives its 43rd Airbus A220-300 Aircraft

Latvian national airline airBaltic welcomed its 43rd Airbus A220-300 jet, registered as YL-ABR, in Riga. This is the fourth Airbus A220-300 delivery for airBaltic in 2023. It is a part of the 50 strong order for the A220-300 from airBaltic. In addition, airBaltic holds 30 options and purchase rights for the same aircraft type. Thus far, airBaltic has carried close to 13,000,000 passengers on the Airbus A220-300 aircraft, having completed nearly 143,000 flights

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