Category: Civil Aviation

Airbus-parent EADS and BAE Systems are in talks over a merger that would create a global giant in the aerospace and defence industries. The two companies confirmed the merger talks in a joint statement yesterday, outlining a deal in which UK-based BAE would own 40 per cent of the new company with EADS owning a

AirAsia will become the first operator of Airbus A320 ‘Sharklets’ when it takes delivery of aircraft equipped with the fuel-saving wingtip devices late this year. Airbus claims the ‘Sharklets’ will result in a fuel savings of close to four per cent on longer flights. The devices will be standard equipment on the upcoming A320neo and

The first wing for the A350 XWB has arrived at Airbus’s final assembly line in Toulouse, France. The wing will form part of a static test airframe currently under construction. At 32 metres long and six metres wide, it is the largest single aviation part made from carbon fibre composite materials, Airbus says. This content

Airbus has released an updated Global Market Forecast predicting a need for 28,200 commercial aircraft worth nearly US$4 trillion over the next 20 years. The prediction is a slight upward revision from last year, when Airbus predicted a need for 27,800 aircraft over the next two decades. The forecast includes passenger and freighter aircraft of