Source: Flight International
2003-12-16T00:00:00+00:00
Source: Flight International
2025-06-12T14:19:00Z By David Kaminski-Morrow
Airbus has nearly 40 A320neo-family jets awaiting engines at its facilities, but commercial aircraft chief Christian Scherer says the underlying single-aisle production performance is trending upwards. The airframer delivered 189 of the single-aisle models in the five months to the end of May, compared with 208 last year. But speaking ...
2025-06-12T04:05:00Z By David Kaminski-Morrow
Airbus is aiming to start certification work on a 160-seat version of its A220 this year, part of a continuing effort to improve the twinjet’s capabilities. Such a version had previously been pitched by Bombardier, who developed the aircraft as the CSeries before Airbus took over the programme in 2018. ...
2025-06-12T04:02:00Z By David Kaminski-Morrow
Airbus is looking to use the A321XLR’s wing on earlier models of the A321neo, to improve performance and simplify its industrial system. The long-range A321XLR – which entered service last year – features a number of aerodynamic changes including a single-slotted inboard flap design. Airbus originally developed the A321 with ...
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