An Airbus A220-300 flight test aircraft will visit six Asian destinations as part of a demonstration tour across the region. After a stopover at Seoul’s Incheon Airport the aircraft heads to Yangon (Myanmar), the first location of the demonstration tour. The aircraft will then visit Hanoi (Vietnam), Bangkok (Thailand) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) before heading north to Nagoya (Japan). The A220 is the most modern aircraft in the 100-150 seat market. It delivers unbeatable efficiency … [Read more...] about Airbus A220 tours across Asia
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Airbus Full-Year 2018 results
Airbus SE reported strong Full-Year 2018 consolidated financial results and delivered on its guidance for all key performance indicators. As of 1 July 2018, the A220 aircraft programme has been consolidated into Airbus. Net commercial aircraft orders totalled 747 (2017: 1,109 aircraft), including 40 A350 XWBs, 27 A330s and 135 A220s. Showing the underlying health of the market, the order backlog reached an industry record of 7,577 commercial aircraft at year-end, including 480 … [Read more...] about Airbus Full-Year 2018 results
Satellite building on an entirely new scale
Airbus’ Friedrichshafen site has opened Europe’s most state-of-the-art satellite integration and space technology centre, known as the Integrated Technology Centre (ITC). The ITC, which triples the area of clean room space to 4,200 m2, is dedicated to building satellites, probes, space instruments and experimental technologies. The centre took only two years to build at a total cost of approximately €45 million. With dimensions of 70 x 60 metres and a ceiling height of up to … [Read more...] about Satellite building on an entirely new scale
Jean-Marc Nasr appointed as President Asia-Pacific by Airbus
Airbus has appointed Mr Jean-Marc Nasr as President Asia-Pacific. Based in Singapore, Jean-Marc Nasr will be responsible for Airbus’ overall strategy, industrial footprint and operations in the region, as well as for advancing the company’s “One Roof” policy to integrate its various business entities in key markets. The area led by Jean-Marc Nasr covers the whole Asia-Pacific region. In addition, Jean-Marc Nasr is concurrently nominated as Head of Regional Sales Asia-Pacific, … [Read more...] about Jean-Marc Nasr appointed as President Asia-Pacific by Airbus
First ANA A380 rolls-out of Airbus Paintshop
The first A380 for All Nippon Airways (ANA) has rolled out of the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg, Germany, bearing the airline’s distinctive and unique Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle livery. ANA has firm orders for three A380s, becoming the first customer for the superjumbo in Japan. The airlinewill take delivery of the first A380 at the end of Q1 2019 and will operate the aircraft on the popular leisure Narita-Honolulu route. The three ANA A380s will be painted in a … [Read more...] about First ANA A380 rolls-out of Airbus Paintshop
CIMON receives ‘Best of What’s New Award’ from science magazine Popular Science
CIMON, the technology demonstrator developed and built by Airbus on behalf of the German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has now been presented with US science magazine Popular Science’s ‘Best of What’s New Award.’ One of America’s oldest and best-respected magazines, Popular Science has been introducing its readers to the most amazing innovations and discoveries for more than a century. Popular … [Read more...] about CIMON receives ‘Best of What’s New Award’ from science magazine Popular Science
