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Airbus A320 flies past Boeing 737 as most-delivered jet

Europe's Airbus has broken a major commercial barrier when its A320 family of planes overtook the Boeing 737 to become the most-delivered jetliner in history.

Business • 08 Oct

Airbus UK workers to strike for 10 days over pay

Thousands of Airbus workers in Britain will go on strike for 10 days starting next month over a demand for better pay, threatening to disrupt production of aircraft wings, trade union Unite has said.

Business • 21 Aug

Avolon orders 90 new planes from Airbus

Dublin-based Avolon, the world's second-biggest aircraft leasing company, has announced a new order with Airbus for 90 new planes.

Business • 24 Jul

Airbus won a total of 148 firm orders worth $14.2 billion at this year's Paris Air Show

Airbus hits $21 billion orders at Paris Air Show

Airbus secured more aircraft orders yesterday, raising its total to $21 billion at this week's subdued Paris Air Show, while rival Boeing opted not to announce new sales following last week's Air India 787 crash.

Business • 19 Jun

Today marks day three of the Paris Air Show

Airbus upbeat, but may have to wait for AirAsia deal

The world's biggest air show looked set today for a muted finale after the owner of budget carrier AirAsia, often a source of last-minute dealmaking drama, played down the prospect of expected plane deals with Airbus or Embraer.

Business • 18 Jun

Prof Ahmet Bolat, Chairman of the Board and the Executive Committee of Turkish Airlines and Andy Cronin, CEO of Avolon

Avolon to lease 10 Airbus planes to Turkey's AJet

Dublin-based Avolon, the world's second-biggest aircraft leasing company, has agreed to lease ten Airbus A321neos to AJet, the low-cost carrier subsidiary of Turkish Airlines.

Business • 18 Jun

Airbus is the world's largest planemaker

Airbus raises dividend payout range, confirms guidance

Airbus has raised the upper range of its dividend payout target ahead of a business update and confirmed its guidance for 2025 as it looked to reassure investors about its future prospects.

Business • 18 Jun

Airbus has struck a deal with budget airline VietJet for up to 150 single-aisle jets at the Paris Air Show

Hopes rise at Paris Air Show for end to tariffs

Airbus struck a deal with budget airline VietJet for up to 150 single-aisle jets at the Paris Airshow today, where industry hopes of a return to tariff-free trade were given a boost by US Transport Secretary Sean Duffy.

Business • 17 Jun

Paris Airshow - A black wall blocks off the Israel aerospace pavilions, including Elbit Systems, at the Paris Air Show (Getty)

France shuts four Israeli weapons stands at Paris Airshow

France shut down the four main Israeli company stands at the Paris Airshow for refusing to remove offensive weapons from display, in a move condemned by Israel and highlighting tensions between the traditional allies.

Business • 16 Jun

Airbus can hit delivery goal despite delays, CEO says

Airbus is "cautiously hopeful" that it can meet a 2025 target of 820 deliveries despite bottlenecks that have left nearly 40 completed airframes parked at its factories waiting for engines, the CEO of its core planemaking business said.

Business • 12 Jun

Airbus has said it expects the delays, caused in part by slow arrivals of engines, to stabilise during the summer

Airbus deliveries fell 4% in May, sources say

Airbus delivered around 51 airplanes in May, industry sources said, down 4% from the same month last year.

Business • 03 Jun

SMBC said today its annual core lease rental revenue grew by 3% to $2 billion

SMBC says Boeing and Airbus output has made some progress

Boeing and Airbus have made progress in boosting aircraft manufacturing, but there is "a way to go" to get a stable, predictable production cycle, the head of aircraft leasing giant SMBC Aviation Capital said today.

Business • 22 May

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury has called for a return to a 1979 treaty between 33 nations that spared aircraft and parts from duties

Airbus urges a return to zero-tariff deal

The head of Europe's Airbus has called for a return to tariff-free trading for aerospace today, joining a chorus of US industry leaders seeking relief from a growing tariff war in which Airbus warned there could be "only losers".

Business • 01 May

Spirit AeroSystems has a plant in Belfast that makes carbon wings for the A220

Airbus-Spirit deal leaves question mark for Belfast plant

Europe's Airbus has finalised an agreement to take some assets from Spirit AeroSystems, but the deal leaves a question mark over part of the company's operations in Belfast.

Business • 29 Apr

Airbus says next jet 'evolutionary not revolutionary'

Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury said today the planemaker's next single-aisle jet would be "evolutionary rather than revolutionary", but that this could include an open-rotor engine such as one being studied by supplier CFM.

Business • 25 Mar

Airbus' shares were down around 3% in early trading.

Airbus sees uptick in 2025 jet deliveries

Airbus flagged short-term production pressures and confirmed a delay to its A350 freighter as it predicted a 7% increase in deliveries to around 820 jets this year, while continuing to clean up troubled space and defence projects.

Business • 20 Feb

Boeing said it delivered 348 commercial jets last year, down from 528 in 2023

Boeing deliveries in 2024 drop to lowest since Covid

Deliveries of new Boeing jets bounced back in December after a crippling labour strike that slowed production last fall, but the company's annual deliveries dropped in 2024 to the lowest level since the Covid-19 pandemic.

Business • 15 Jan

Aengus Kelly, the CEO of AerCap, is in Dublin at the Airline Economic conference

AerCap CEO warns tariffs could delay Boeing cash recovery

AerCap, the world's largest aircraft leasing company, said today that potential new trade tariffs floated by US President-elect Donald Trump could hit supply chains and hinder planemaker Boeing's efforts to restore much-needed cash.

Business • 13 Jan

Airbus said it is confident it can reach a target of producing 75 single-aisle A320-family jets a month at some point in 2027

Airbus keeps top spot with 766 jet deliveries in 2024

Airbus delivered 766 jets in 2024 and looked certain to maintain leadership of the jetmaking industry for a sixth year as arch-rival Boeing recovers cautiously from a prolonged internal crisis, company data shows.

Business • 10 Jan

Aer Lingus get first two of its six new Airbus planes

Aer Lingus has taken delivery of its first two new Airbus A321XLR planes in Dublin Airport.

Business • 19 Dec 24

Airbus to cut 2,000 jobs in Defence and Space

Airbus is cutting 2,043 jobs in its Defence & Space businesses, or 6% of the divisional workforce, drawing back slightly from an earlier target of up to 2,500 job reductions, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Business • 04 Dec 24

Malaysia Airlines is Malaysia's flag carrier and currently operates a fleet of 74 planes

Avolon delivers first of 20 Airbus planes to MAG

Dublin-based aircraft leasing company Avolon has delivered the first of 20 Airbus A330neo planes it has agreed to lease to Malaysia Aviation Group, the parent company of Malaysia Airlines.

Business • 29 Nov 24

Norwegian Air said its 2025 capacity growth would slow because of delays in Boeing aircraft delivery

Norwegian Air misses Q3 profit expectations

Norwegian Air has lowered the upper end of its 2024 profit forecast range after reporting third-quarter core earnings below market expectations, and said its 2025 capacity growth would slow because of delays in Boeing aircraft delivery.

Business • 25 Oct 24

The European planemaker accelerated the pace of deliveries following a slow start to the month.

Airbus Sept deliveries fell 9% to 50 jets, sources say

Airbus delivered 50 jets in September, down 9% from 55 a year earlier and leaving nine-month deliveries ahead by a narrow margin as it faces a sprint towards the finish line in the fourth quarter, industry sources said.

Business • 04 Oct 24

Avolon is to lease five Airbus A330neos to South Korean low-cost carrier T'way Air

Avolon to lease five Airbus planes to T'way Air

Dublin-based aircraft leasing company Avolon has agreed a deal to lease five Airbus A330neos to South Korean low-cost carrier T'way Air.

Business • 26 Sep 24