Today: July 06, 2024
Today: July 06, 2024

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Business|Technology

Airbus deliveries rose 2% in first half, sources say

Airbus delivered a preliminary total of around 67 airplanes in June, bringing the total for the first half of the year to around 323 aircraft, up 2% from the same period

Airbus deliveries rose 2% in first half, sources say
Business|Economy

Engine maker's Boeing dilemma seen weighing on Airbus output revision

Engine maker CFM's wariness to ramp up supplies significantly to Airbus at a time of stress for its other key customer Boeing was likely one factor in Airbus' move to

Engine maker's Boeing dilemma seen weighing on Airbus output revision
Business|Technology

Airbus cuts key targets and takes hefty Space charge

Airbus softened key industrial and financial targets and took a hefty 900-million-euro ($965 million) charge for its troubled space activities as Europe's largest

Airbus cuts key targets and takes hefty Space charge
Business|Travel

Air France-KLM CEO blasts main Paris airport over jet parking shortage

Air France-KLM's CEO has urged Aeroports de Paris to improve the French capital's Charles de Gaulle airport, saying a shortage of jetways has created a daily struggle

Air France-KLM CEO blasts main Paris airport over jet parking shortage
Business

UK court tells VietJet not to interfere with export of repossessed jets

A UK judge has ordered Vietnam's VietJet to refrain from interfering in the export of jets repossessed by a leasing firm in the latest twist to a dispute that has put one of

UK court tells VietJet not to interfere with export of repossessed jets
Business

United exec says loss of skills may have contributed to Boeing problems

A senior United Airlines executive highlighted the widespread loss of experience in the aviation industry since the COVID-19 pandemic and said it may have contributed

United exec says loss of skills may have contributed to Boeing problems
Business

AerCap CEO dismisses calls for Boeing leadership changes

The head of the world's largest aircraft lessor AerCap dismissed calls for leadership changes at Boeing and said the planemaker is under no illusion about what needs

AerCap CEO dismisses calls for Boeing leadership changes
Business

Airbus on course for record jetliner orders in 2023, sources say

Airbus is on course to break aerospace order records in 2023 after a buying spree from European airlines and a brisk month so far in deliveries, industry sources said

Airbus on course for record jetliner orders in 2023, sources say
Business

Exclusive-Emirates tells Rolls-Royce: Go back to basics, get engines right

The head of Dubai's Emirates has urged Rolls-Royce to go "back to basics" and focus on the performance of its engines, a day after the British firm laid out plans to

Exclusive-Emirates tells Rolls-Royce: Go back to basics, get engines right
Business

Jet engine maker CFM says suspect parts found in its own repair shops

Jet engine maker CFM International said on Wednesday the number of engines suspected of containing falsely documented parts from a UK distributor had risen to 126,

World

WW2 veterans eye 80th anniversary of D-Day as Europe salutes war dead

English soldier Ken Hay was trapped behind German lines and captured while on night patrol in 1944, days after joining the Allied invasion of Normandy, a turning point in

WW2 veterans eye 80th anniversary of D-Day as Europe salutes war dead
Business|Economy|Technology

Airbus frets over global trade tensions amid EU-China spat

Europe's Airbus on Wednesday highlighted the impact of growing trade tensions after Europe followed the United States in increasing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

Airbus frets over global trade tensions amid EU-China spat
Business|Technology

Airbus builds new A320neo assembly line in historic hangar swap

Airbus has started building a new A320neo-family assembly line in Toulouse to replace an older and less efficient facility and help speed up production from next year.

Airbus builds new A320neo assembly line in historic hangar swap
Business|Technology

Airbus faces new output delays amid parts shortages, sources say

Airbus is facing new pressure on its planned production ramp-up for passenger jets as the world's largest planemaker struggles to overcome continued parts and labour

Airbus faces new output delays amid parts shortages, sources say
Business|Technology

Airbus fits electric truck with airliner cockpit to study safer taxiing

Airbus is showing off an unusual vehicle - a truck fitted with basic A350 airliner controls - that it hopes can demonstrate how automated taxiing will make airports

Airbus fits electric truck with airliner cockpit to study safer taxiing

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