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Unions representing a majority of Airbus' French workers signed an agreement paving the way for 4,200 job cuts

French Airbus workers sign key restructuring deal

Business • 13 Oct

Airbus said it had delivered 39 jets in August, down from 49 a month earlier and slightly below the 41 in August last year

Airbus jet deliveries slip in August

Business • 09 Sep

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said the company's recovery will be long and slow

Airbus quarterly loss worse than expected

Business • 30 Jul

Airbus said it had agreed to pay higher interest rates on government loans it received from France and Spain to help develop its A350 jet

Airbus offers final concession to ease jet subsidy row

Business • 24 Jul

Rolls-Royce makes engines for the Boeing 787 and Airbus 350

Rolls-Royce posts cash outflow of £3 billion in H1

Business • 09 Jul

Airbus wants to cut 15,000 jobs in Europe in a restructuring after a 40% slump in its €55 billion jet business

Airbus, Air France told to minimise job cuts

Business • 01 Jul

Airbus said the move is subject to talks with unions

Airbus to cut 15,000 jobs to survive Covid crisis

Business • 30 Jun

Airbus is assuming a 40% drop in production over the next two years due to Covid-19

Airbus sees production down 40% over the next two years

Business • 29 Jun

EasyJet is not expecting travel demand to recover to its pre-coronavirus levels until 2023

EasyJet pushes back new aircraft to 2025

Business • 16 Jun

France has today launched a €15 billion rescue plan for its aerospace industry

France presents aid package to save aerospace industry

Business • 09 Jun

Having founded EasyJet in 1995, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, quit the board in 2010 and voted against buying new planes in 2013

EasyJet founder fails to oust management

Business • 22 May

Qantas has said it was reviewing its fleet with the expectation that most international travel could take years to rebound

Qantas pauses plane deliveries from Airbus, Boeing

Business • 11 May

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said that all 'nature of costs' are being reviewed at the planemaker

Airbus Q1 profit plunges 49% as Covid-19 starts to bite

Business • 29 Apr

Airbus has told its 135,000 employees to brace for potentially deeper job cuts

Airbus 'survival at stake', Boeing eyes slow rebound

Business • 27 Apr

French unions said they would fight for the plant

Airbus scotches plans for assembly line

Business • 10 Apr

Stelios Haji-Ioannou is EasyJet's founder and biggest shareholder

EasyJet founder steps up battle over Airbus order

Business • 06 Apr

Airbus said it was withdrawing its 2020 financial guidance

Airbus signs credit facility for €15 billion

Business • 23 Mar

The A321 Neo LR long range-aircraft resumes services from Shannon to New York today after a month long winter break in service

New Aer Lingus plane for Shannon-New York route

Business • 13 Feb

Qantas has selected the Airbus SEA350-1000 as the preferred plane to launch the Sydney-London flights in the first half of 2023

Qantas eyes new pilot group if no deal on Sydney-London

Business • 13 Feb

Airbus said its deliveries from an overseas assembly plant in China had been halted amid the coronavirus outbreak

Airbus posts strong January orders, delivers 31 jets

Business • 07 Feb

Tony Fernandes and AirAsia chairman Kamarudin Meranun have stepped aside while an investigation gets underway

AirAsia CEO steps aside amid bribery probe

Business • 04 Feb

Airbus has been investigated by French and British authorities for suspected corruption over jet sales dating back over a decade

Airbus agrees to settle corruption probes

Business • 28 Jan

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said the Airbus A350 is 'a fantastic aircraft'

Qantas selects Airbus for world's longest flights

Business • 13 Dec 19

Boeing yesterday secured the first firm order for its 737 MAX plans since the aircraft was grounded from Turkey's SunExpress

Boeing bags business for troubled 737 MAX at Dubai show

Business • 19 Nov 19

Emirates Airline and Air Arabia sign big orders for new Airbus planes

Airbus beats Boeing with 2 mega deals at Dubai air show

Business • 18 Nov 19

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