Airbus has shown off the first A321 to be completed at the US final assembly line in Mobile.
The JetBlue Airways twinjet, with International Aero Engines V2500 powerplants, has emerged from the facility’s paint shop carrying the low-cost airline’s colours.
Airbus says the painting was performed by MAAS Aviation, which has a centre on the Mobile Aeroplex close to the Airbus manufacturing plant.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury is giving little away on the airframer’s specific strategy for Spirit AeroSystems, but confirms the company is holding preliminary talks on options should Spirit be taken over. Spirit’s future direction has appeared uncertain since attention focused on aerostructure quality lapses at the Wichita-based firm – ...
Southwest Airlines is exploring changes to its single-class cabin, potentially signalling an eventual departure from the carrier’s signature system of no assigned seating.
Lufthansa revealed the first aircraft equipped with its new “Allegris” cabin updates on 25 April, more than a year late owing to supply chain and airframer delays.
