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Airbus first-half deliveries up 6% to 316 jets

Airbus deliveries increased by 6% in the first half of the year to reach 316 aircraft, industry sources said today.

Avolon signs MoU for 20 Airbus A330neo jets

Aircraft leasing company Avolon has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to order 20 Airbus A330neo aircraft, the companies said at the Paris Airshow today

Airbus wins historic 500-plane IndiGo order

Europe's Airbus announced a record order from Indian budget carrier IndiGo for 500 jets on the opening day of the Paris Airshow.

Airbus raises 20-year delivery forecast

Europe's Airbus has raised its 20-year forecast for new airplane deliveries, but tempered its predictions for growth in the global airline fleet as carriers focus on replacing more older jets.

AerCap delivers four new Airbus planes to Air India

AerCap, the world's biggest aircraft leasing company which is headquartered in Dublin, has leased four new Airbus A321neo aircraft to Air India, the flag carrier of India.

Airbus posts lower profit, delays new freighter

Airbus has posted a smaller than expected 39% drop in first quarter core earnings on lower airplane deliveries and a partial recovery in the dollar, offset by strong helicopters.

Boeing delivers 130 planes in Q1, beating Airbus

Boeing announced 130 airplane deliveries over the first quarter of 2023, inching past rival Airbus, which delivered 127 jets.

Airbus targets 720 plane deliveries in 2023

Airbus slowed the production ramp-up of its best-selling A320neo-family jet and targeted 2023 jet deliveries in line with its original estimate for last year as the world's largest planemaker bowed to industrial pressure on supplies.

Airbus to win order under Air India relaunch

Airbus maintains jetmaker top spot despite missing goal

Airbus deliveries rose 8% in 2022, allowing the European planemaker to maintain its crown as the world's largest planemaker for a fourth year, despite being forced by clogged supply chains to abandon a more ambitious target.

United Airlines makes big Boeing order

United Airlines said today it is ordering 100 Boeing 787 Dreamliners and 100 737 MAX airplanes, a major order as the air carrier pushes for post-pandemic growth and replaces older less-efficient aircraft.

Airbus drops its 2022 delivery forecast

Airbus has abandoned a numerical forecast for jet deliveries and a date for its key production goal but maintained financial targets as it limped towards the end of a year haunted by disruption in factories and supply chains.

Airbus 2022 target under review

Airbus delivered an estimated 66 jets in November, leaving itself a near-record challenge of 137 in December to meet its 2022 goal, though it has not excluded the possibility of trimming the target, industry sources said.

Airbus developing fuel-cell engine for hydrogen plane

Airbus has started developing a fuel-cell engine, it said today, sticking with plans to introduce a hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft by 2035.

Airbus faces growing end-year jet delivery crunch

Airbus is facing an increasingly tight end-year scramble to reach 2022 delivery goals, industry sources and preliminary data suggested today, but analysts said investors would ignore a narrow miss as attention turns to 2023.

Russia aiming to fly solo without Airbus and Boeing

Russia's aviation industry will aim to go it alone without the West, using locally built parts to produce 1,000 airliners by 2030 and end a reliance on Boeing and Airbus, state-owned engineer Rostec said.

Airbus hints at plans for bigger A220 jetliner

Europe's Airbus gave the strongest hint yet that it plans to launch a bigger version of its 110 to 130-seat A220 passenger jet while pledging to act only at the right time.

Airbus delivered 46 jets in July, books big China order

Airbus has confirmed slower deliveries in July as a supply crunch left semi-finished jets outside its factories without engines, but bolstered its future business with confirmation of a major new order from China.

Airbus axes remaining A350 jet deal with Qatar

Airbus has revoked its entire outstanding order from Qatar Airways for A350 jets, severing all new jetliner business with the Gulf carrier in a dramatic new twist to a dispute clouding World Cup preparations, two industry sources said.

Boeing set to ignite sweltering Farnborough Airshow

Boeing will seek to shore up its troubled 737 MAX 10 and 777X jetliners with orders officially worth over $15 billion from Delta Air Lines and Lufthansa this week, as the aerospace industry swelters at its largest event since Covid-19.

Airbus revises up jet demand amid higher energy costs

Europe's Airbus has revised up its forecast for jet deliveries over the next 20 years as soaring fuel bills prompt airlines to speed up taking delivery of new, more fuel-efficient planes.

Spain-based cabin crew at EasyJet plan July strike

Spain-based cabin crew at EasyJet plan to go on strike for nine days in July to demand higher pay from the budget airline, local union USO said today, potentially adding to travel woes as the sector struggles to cope with rebounding demand.

Airbus delays key investor meeting amid jubilee clash

Plans by Airbus to host its largest investor meeting in three years have been postponed after the keenly awaited presentation clashed with Queen Elizabeth's jubilee.

Airbus posts higher than expected earnings

Europe's Airbus firmed up plans to raise production of its best-selling A320-family narrowbody jets by 50% from current levels to a record 75 a month in 2025, as it posted higher-than-expected quarterly earnings today.