Reading Time: 4 minutes Medium-haul single-aisle passenger aircrafts are the most popular market segment in the world of civil aviation. Until now it was presented only by the families of Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. But the things are going to change since the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737MAX orders are going up. Moreover, the new players like – […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Airbus sold 83 aircraft in May, but remained behind rival Boeing in the race for orders after a slow start to the year, figures released on Tuesday showed. Airbus lost ground in volume terms but fractionally narrowed the gap in terms of market share by grabbing 38 percent of net orders in the first five […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney confronted escalating problems Friday over its next-generation engine after Qatar Airways said it canceled A320 Airbus orders due to delays. The Wall Street Journal and Reuters reported that Akbar Al Baker, chief executive of Qatar Airways, criticized the delays. He spoke with reporters on the sidelines of the International […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Mumbai, India based GoAir has taken delivery of its first A320neo aircraft, becoming the world’s third operator to do so. The A320neo powered by Pratt and Whitney engines, is the first of 72 A320neo on order and joins GoAir’s existing fleet of 19 A320 aircraft. The aircraft is configured in a conformable layout and is […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes On 31st May 2016, the world’s best-selling single-aisle aircraft, the A320neo, received on-schedule the Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the second engine option to be certified – CFM International’s LEAP-1A engine. This certification paves the way for the delivery of the first A320neo equipped with […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Boeing Co. won an $11.3 billion order from Vietnam’s only private airline, dealing a blow to rival Airbus Group SE in a battle over the growing market for low-cost air travel in Asia. VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Co. will buy 100 737 Max jetliners, the budget carrier said Monday during a visit by U.S. President […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Airbus Group reported a 50 percent dip in net profits for the first quarter of 2016 with net income of €399 million ($444 million), compared with €792 ($895 million). While the decline in net income can partly be explained by one-off items, the European company warned of further significant cost issues on both the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Air Côte D’Ivoire, the national airline of Ivory Coast based in Abidjan, has signed a firm order for two A320neo and two A320 aircraft. The agreement makes Air Côte D’Ivoire the first African airline to order the A320neo. The airline’s first purchase agreement directly with Airbus also makes Air Côte D’Ivoire a new customer. Air […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Airbus will slow down the production of its A320neo aircraft, as Pratt & Whitney continues working on a permanent fix to solve the existing issues with its PW1100G engine. Airbus began 2016 with a production rate of eight A320neos per month, which was going to increase to 10 aircraft in July. The adjustment would cause […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Airbus is making significant investments in revolutionary additive layer manufacturing technologies (3D printing) – with expanding capabilities that are demonstrating the company’s pioneering spirit to create new and better ways to fly. At the centre of Airbus’ innovative efforts is the company’s new additive layer manufacturing initiative – which creates a grouping of experts and […]