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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

The Aer Lingus Shannon service to New York returns today with a new more fuel efficient aircraft with reduced fuel needs, a quieter engine and cheaper landing charges as a result.

Business • 13 Feb 20

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

Australia's Qantas Airways told pilots today that if it could not reach a pay deal soon covering the world's longest commercial flights from Sydney to London, it would form a lower-cost employment entity.

Business • 13 Feb 20

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

Airbus posted its biggest January order haul in at least 15 years as it booked a major leasing order that has been in the pipeline for several months, and carried out 31 aircraft deliveries.

Business • 07 Feb 20

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

AirAsia CEO steps aside amid bribery probe

AirAsia's colourful chief executive Tony Fernandes has stepped aside from the company while authorities probe unusual payments at the Malaysian carrier, as the fallout from a $4 billion bribery fine at Airbus reverberates across the industry.

Business • 04 Feb 20

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

Airbus has agreed in principle to a settlement with French, British and US authorities over an investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption, it said today.

Business • 28 Jan 20

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

Qantas selects Airbus for world's longest flights

Australia's Qantas Airways has picked Airbus over Boeing as the preferred supplier for jets capable of the world's longest commercial flights from Sydney to London, dealing the US planemaker its latest setback this year.

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

Boeing's troubled 737 MAX aircraft won another boost today, as Air Astana said it planned to buy 30 of the planes a day after SunExpress of Turkey ordered 10 of the jets, which were grounded in March.

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

Airbus signed two mammoth orders for its A320 and A350 aircraft worth $30 billion at Dubai's air show today, with Boeing managing only a $1.2 billion sale of its troubled 737 MAX.

Business • 18 Nov 19

IndiGo places record order for 300 Airbus planes

Indian budget carrier IndiGo has placed an order for 300 Airbus A320 neo-family jets worth at least $33 billion at recent catalogue prices.

Business • 29 Oct 19

Norwegian Air shares surge on Airbus fleet deal

Shares in Norwegian Air surged over 20% today after it said China's CCB Leasing would come in as a joint owner of 27 Airbus aircraft it has on order to help cut debt and reported earnings above expectations.

Business • 24 Oct 19

The US and EU accuse each other of paying billions in subsidies to Boeing and Airbus in cases dating back to 2004

The jet subsidy row that threatens a trade war

The US has secured approval from the World Trade Organization to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion worth of European goods over illegal EU subsidies handed to Airbus.

Business • 03 Oct 19

The WTO has found that both Europe's Airbus and its US rival Boeing received billions of dollars of illegal subsidies

US to hit EU with tariffs starting 18 October

The US will impose punitive tariffs on the EU from 18 October following the World Trade Organization decision giving the green light to retaliation on $7.5bn worth of goods, senior trade officials said.

Business • 02 Oct 19

Airbus has predicted the world's fleet of jets would more than double to 47,680 by 2038

Airbus revises up jet demand, but trims traffic growth

Airbus has today revised up forecasts for jetliner demand in the next 20 years led by growth in the new industrial hubs of Asia, while voicing alarm over rising protectionism.

Business • 18 Sep 19

The plane plunged into the ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris after entering an aerodynamic stall

Charges dropped against Air France, Airbus over crash

French judges have dropped charges against Air France and Airbus over a mid-Atlantic plane crash in 2009 that killed all 228 people onboard, blaming the pilots for losing control of the plane.

World • 05 Sep 19

The grounding of 737 Max planes is hitting Boeing, new figures show

Boeing falls behind Airbus in deliveries

Airbus is on track to overtake Boeing in commercial plane deliveries for 2019 after outpacing its US rival at mid-year following the 737 MAX grounding, according to the latest data.

Business • 10 Jul 19

Airbus saw its short-haul position among IAG brands eroded by the huge deal with Boeing earlier this week

Airbus demands chance to bid for IAG's Boeing order

Airbus has called for a chance to compete for a blockbuster plane order by Aer Lingus owner IAG which stunned industry executives at this week's Paris Airshow by ordering 200 of Boeing's grounded 737 MAX.

Business • 20 Jun 19

The Paris airshow is being held this week amid Boeing's 737 MAX crisis and a long-running corruption scandal at Airbus

FACTBOX - Airbus and Boeing deals at Paris Airshow

A summary of the commercial aircraft deals announced by Airbus and Boeing at the Paris Airshow so far this week.

Business • 20 Jun 19

A view of the Airbus display at this year's Paris airshow

Airbus bounces back with Franke deal at Paris Airshow

Airbus struck a 50-plane deal with veteran low-cost airline investor Bill Franke today, bouncing back from the potential loss of a major customer after IAG placed a lifeline order for Boeing's grounded 737 MAX jet.

Business • 19 Jun 19

Airbus CEO says chances of no-deal Brexit increasing

Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury said today there was a growing risk Britain would leave the European Union without a withdrawal deal in a way that could damage the aerospace firm's performance next year.

Business • 19 Jun 19

News of the IAG-Boeing deal, worth more than $24 billion at list prices, sent shockwaves round the world's largest air show

Boost for Boeing as IAG backs grounded jet

Boeing won a major vote of confidence at the Paris Airshow as Aer Lingus owner IAG signed a letter of intent to buy 200 of its 737 MAX jets that have been grounded since March after two deadly crashes.

Business • 19 Jun 19

Aer Lingus and Iberia will be among the launch customers for the extra long-range narrowbody Airbus aircraft

Aer Lingus orders six new Airbus planes

Aer Lingus is set to get six new Airbus A321XLR aircraft, which will enable it to launch new routes beyond the US east coast and Canada.

Business • 18 Jun 19

The business class cabin of an Airbus A321neo airliner on display at the 2019 International Paris Air Show

Boeing and Airbus bag $15bn of deals in Paris battle

Airbus and Boeing have bagged a combined $15 billion of plane deals on day two of the Paris Airshow.

Business • 19 Jun 19

The Paris Airshow marquee event is a chance to take the pulse of the $150-billion-a-year commercial aircraft industry

Boeing crisis, trade tensions cast pall over air show

Safety concerns, trade wars and growing security tensions in the Gulf are dampening spirits at the world's largest planemakers as they arrive at this week's Paris Airshow with little to celebrate despite bulging order books.

Business • 19 Jun 19

Airbus was one of the European companies who topped the charts in terms of positive first quarter results surprises

Europe Inc scores to avert Q1 disaster

European investors breathed a sigh of relief as more than half the region's major companies reported first-quarter earnings above market expectations, even if the bar was set very low ahead of results season.

Business • 03 May 19

Airbus plans to shut down production of its A380 superjumbo due to poor sales

Airbus keeps outlook as Q1 core earnings rise

European planemaker Airbus stuck to its full-year financial targets after reporting slightly higher-than-expected core first-quarter profits.

Business • 30 Apr 19