Articles tagged “airbus”

The change in the Airbus/Boeing competition will likely come not through the WTO or a temporary hiccup like the German's withholding a bit of cash, but pressure from emerging nations like Brazil and China so that it's no longer a U.S. vs. Europe concern.

Despite Airbus’s predictions for air travel growth in the US, China is still set to pass the US as the largest market for air travel and aircraft in the next 20 years.

It’s often overlooked that aviation depletes environmental resources to such an extent that without new ideas like those outlined in the report, the future of aviation would be in doubt.

Conversation around the water cooler of aviation execs will likely touch on the Middle East and Asia's aviation growth, the number of delayed aircraft orders, and the very venue they're at (but still can't fly to).

The airline is still recovering from losses earlier this year, but with the help of a new stakeholder was able to purchase the jets that the airline believes is needed to foster a growing demand for overseas flights.

Air France wants to buy Rolls-Royce engines for their 25 new Airbus jets, but are not willing to pay for the engine maker's long-term maintenance deal as they are eagerly developing their own support division.

FAA's doing the right thing by coming down hard on Boeing, and i everyone agrees they'll meet the 2017 deadline, then why delay it between now and then?

For most of us, $52 billion wouldn't be a bad week's worth of work. But the decline in orders this year speaks to the caution even the ambitious lines in the Middle East and Asia currently have.

In the biggest firm order yet at the airshow, Airbus sold ten A330 planes to a transport finance and leasing company. Otherwise this year's show has been disappointing and indicative of the global uncertainty over Europe's debt crisis.