ARTICLES RELATING TO AIRBUS

No party for A350 Airbus jet

2013-05-08 18:59

Airbus has started painting its newest jet, but has bowed to the industry's increasingly pragmatic mood by deciding against a traditional rollout celebration.

Airbus breaks ground on US plant

2013-04-08 19:37

Airbus has launched its first US assembly plant, hoping it will help carve a greater share in the US market for the European aircraft maker.

Airbus, Boeing battle moves to Indonesia

2013-03-24 10:27

A new rivalry between the world's biggest planemakers is heating up in Indonesia after a record deal for Airbus in a market with huge potential.

Airbus learns from Boeing's battery issue

2013-02-15 08:05

Airbus is dropping the use of lithium-ion batteries for its A350 due to regulatory concerns.

Planes could fly on sawdust or straw

2012-09-19 22:16

Passenger jets could be chomping straw or flying on fuel extracted from sawdust in coming years as the search widens for cleaner alternatives to kerosene.

Airbus launches CSIR partnership

2012-09-14 08:50

Airbus has announced a partnership with the CSIR and Aerosud to manufacture new materials to reduce the cost of aircraft components.

Airbus to increase A380 production - CEO

2012-02-15 16:50

Airbus still plans to increase production of its flagship A380 despite the discovery of tiny cracks in some of the planes' wings, says CEO Thomas Enders.

All Airbus A380s to be checked for cracks

2012-02-08 11:28

The European Aviation Safety Agency has ordered all 67 Airbus A380 superjumbo aircraft currently in operation to be checked for wing cracks, says a spokesperson.

More examples of A380 cracks

2012-01-31 09:47

Singapore Airlines says it has found examples of recently identified wing cracks in all six of the Airbus A380s on which it carried out mandatory inspections.

Third of Airbus A380s face checks: Sources

2012-01-20 15:03

European safety authorities are set to order airlines to carry out checks on almost a third of the Airbus A380 fleet after the discovery of new wing cracks, say industry sources.

Airline in Airbus deal despite 'impasse'

2011-11-15 17:30

Qatar Airways has announced the purchase of 50 Airbus A320neo aircraft, in addition to five A380 superjumbos, shortly after the chief of the Gulf carrier said the deal had hit an "impasse".

Bad data behind Air France crash - claim

2011-10-05 22:09

The Lawyer for families of Air France victims says it seems pilots got bad data from their aircraft.

Rio-Paris jet crash probe whitewash

2011-08-03 21:39

Victims' relatives and a pilots' union have lost faith in a probe into the 2009 crash of an Air France jet that killed 228 people, alleging it sought to clear Airbus.

Armscor still after R3bn from Airbus

2011-06-30 15:07

Parastatal Armscor says it is trying to secure an undertaking from Airbus for a reimbursement after an order for eight A400 military planes was cancelled.

Minister made mistake, Airbus says

2011-06-01 22:18

Aircraft giant Airbus has stepped in after Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba's apparent blunder in his budget vote speech.

New easyJet every two weeks

2011-05-26 21:18

Europe's fastest growing airline, easyJet, buys a new Airbus every two weeks and they have just taken delivery of number 200.

Air France black box found

2011-04-27 21:16

Search teams have retrieved part of a black box flight recorder from the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic in 2009 but not the part containing the key data.

SA 'haggling' to secure R3bn from Airbus

2011-03-01 13:57

Government is negotiating with Airbus for a R3bn payment linked to the SANDF's cancelled contract for eight aircraft, says Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.

Airbus UCT partnership takes off

2010-11-23 17:12

South Africans stand to benefit from a research partnership between Airbus and UCT in Cape Town.

Qantas crew faced 54 alarms

2010-11-18 22:28

The Qantas A380 passenger jet which lost an engine suffered further damage resulting in 54 alarms going off.

100 orders for China's first jetliner

2010-11-16 12:56

China has announced a 100-aircraft order for its first commercial jetliner, a first step in its ambitions to challenge Airbus and Boeing for a slice of the global market.

Rolls-Royce replacing A380 engines

2010-11-15 21:07

Rolls-Royce will temporarily replace entire engines suffering from oil leaks on the world's largest passenger jet.

Qantas fears engine design fault

2010-11-05 14:19

Qantas says an engine design fault may have caused a dramatic mid-air emergency involving a flagship Airbus A380 super jumbo.

Airbus to spend R4bn in SA

2010-09-21 07:43

French manufacturer Airbus has entered into contracts worth R4bn with three South African component manufacturers.

Pakistan plane was 10 yrs old

2010-07-28 17:05

The Airbus 321 plane that crashed in Pakistan with 152 people on board was 10 years old, the planemaker says - a young age for that type of plane.

 

Airbus breaks ground in US

2013-04-09 15:09

US aircraft maker Boeing's turf is being invaded by archrival Airbus as the European aircraft giant started constructing its first assembly line in America.

Boeing trails arch-rival Airbus

2013-04-04 20:11

US aerospace giant Boeing trailed European rival Airbus in jetliner orders and deliveries in the first three months of the year, according to company data.

Airbus gets biggest order ever

2013-03-18 18:04

Airbus and an Indonesian airline have signed a $24bn contract, the biggest ever for the aircraft maker.

Airbus leads global airliner market

2013-01-17 13:15

As Boeing sinks into crisis, European aircraft giant Airbus says it has cornered over 50% of the global market for commercial aircraft.

New Denel-Airbus agreement signed

2012-09-17 16:56

Arms manufacturer Denel Aerostructures and Airbus Military have signed a new agreement on aircraft components for the A400M military transport.

Air Canada makes biofuel flight

2012-06-19 12:26

Air Canada's first flight using biofuels is an effort to showcase the aviation industry's global commitment to greener transportation.

Airbus 'screwed up' on A380 wings - CEO

2012-02-13 12:02

Airbus Chief Executive Thomas Enders has vowed that the company will quickly fix tiny cracks detected on the wings of its flagship A380 super jumbo, admitting "we screwed that up".

Qantas grounds A380 over cracks in wings

2012-02-08 10:59

Australia's Qantas Airways says it is temporarily grounding one of its A380 superjumbos after discovering dozens of hairline cracks in its wings during a maintenance inspection.

A380 cracks - factory, design flaws

2012-01-26 22:33

Airbus are blaming a combination of manufacturing and design flaws as more examples of wing cracks arose during checks on the A380.

More cracks found in Airbus A380 wings

2012-01-20 08:29

An engineering union says Airbus is downplaying the discovery of cracks in the wings of its A380 superjumbo.

Airbus 'still learning to make planes'

2011-11-15 14:05

Qatar Airways chief Akbar Al Baker has dismissed Airbus as "still learning to make airplanes" and announced his carrier was cancelling an announcement for an expected large order.

Pilots battled to save Air France jet

2011-08-08 15:46

A transcript of the last minutes of a doomed Air France jet that crashed into the sea on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris reveals how pilots tried to prevent the disaster.

Cockpit chaos on doomed Air France jet

2011-07-30 18:17

Investigators see confusion, unexplained manoeuvres in cockpit on doomed Air France flight 447.

Airbus maps future travel

2011-06-22 14:06

Future aircraft will hopefully be safer, kinder to the environment, and more luxurious thanks to research being done in SA.

EADS "seeks veto right" against takeovers

2011-05-29 11:25

The head of Airbus parent EADS is pushing for a veto right to be introduced in the defense industry to prevent hostile takeovers, reports a German magazine.

Airbus to deliver over 20 A380s

2011-05-13 18:35

European planemaker Airbus expects to deliver more than 20 A380 superjumbo airliners this year, says its parent company EADS, having previously forecast only 18.

Airbus faces manslaughter charges

2011-03-17 20:03

The head of Airbus says a French judge has filed preliminary manslaughter charges over the crash of an Air France jet.

Boeing unveils latest 747

2011-02-14 10:41

US aerospace giant Boeing has unveiled its 747-8 Intercontinental, a longer and more fuel efficient update of its emblematic jumbo jet.

SA planes may fly in 'flocks'

2010-11-23 08:46

Long-distance passenger aircraft between SA and Europe may soon fly in V-formation, like birds, to save fuel.

Lufthansa to change 2nd A380 engine

2010-11-18 18:47

German flag carrier Lufthansa will change a Rolls-Royce engine on one of its Airbus A380 aircraft.

China jet to rival Boeing, Airbus

2010-11-16 11:27

China has unveiled its first large domestically produced passenger jet, which aims to compete with Airbus and Boeing in the global aviation market, reports state media.

A380 scare could 'trim' Airbus deliveries

2010-11-12 15:43

Airbus has warned that investigations into an engine blowout on a Qantas A380 superjumbo could delay deliveries of the aircraft.

Qantas passengers leave for Sydney

2010-11-05 07:48

Passengers aboard a Qantas A380 super jumbo that made an emergency landing in Singapore after a mid-air engine failure have left for Sydney.

Pakistan data box search disrupted

2010-07-29 23:14

Monsoon rain and cloud are hampering the search for the black box of a Pakistani airliner that slammed into hilly woodland.

Plane crash: Bodies all around

2010-07-28 10:13

The death toll from a Pakistan passenger plane crash has risen to 10 as officials describe how bodies are lying all over the scene.

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