JetBlue to launch London flights this summer using long-range Airbus A321 planes

In a move it’s claimed will ‘shake up transatlantic premium air travel’, low-cost American airline JetBlue this summer is launching flights to London for the first time. The services will be operated by a long-range version of the single-aisle Airbus A321 aircraft, which will be fitted out with 24 individual reimagined ‘Mint’ suites, including two … Read more

Airbus in plan to build thousands of broadband satellites in UK

A venture to create a constellation of satellites to boost superfast global broadband is considering plans to bring its manufacturing across the Atlantic to Britain.  Sources said executives behind the British Government-backed OneWeb last week briefed civil servants on the merits of moving production of the fleet of thousands of satellites from Florida to the … Read more

Airbus reveals radical design for detachable hydrogen fuel cell wing pods

Airbus has revealed its designs for self-contained hydrogen fuel cell pods that attach to the underside of aeroplane wings. Each so-called pod contains a propeller and all the fuel, motors, cooling and engineering needed to provide thrust on long-range flights.   The units are designed to be detachable, so they can can be clipped on and … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Airbus planes delay fails to ground Easyjet shares 

MARKET REPORT: Airbus planes delay fails to ground Easyjet shares as new Covid strain plunges global aviation industry deeper into crisis By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:15 GMT, 22 December 2020 | Updated: 22:27 GMT, 22 December 2020 Airline Easyjet has pushed back more plane orders as the new Covid strain threw … Read more

Airbus racked up £2.5bn loss in first nine months of year

Airbus racked up £2.5bn loss in first nine months of year as it was battered by effects of coronavirus crisis By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:27 GMT, 29 October 2020 | Updated: 22:44 GMT, 29 October 2020 Airbus racked up a £2.5billion loss in the first nine months of the year as … Read more

Airbus commissioned to build the first ‘interplanetary cargo ship’

NASA’s Perseverance mission launched today and will collect at least 20 rock samples from the surface of Mars.  But engineers have already set their eyes on how these samples, which will be stored on the Martian surface, will be returned to Earth.  The European Space Agency has revealed that Airbus-France will be in charge of building … Read more

Easyjet founder Stelios to grill airline’s bosses over Airbus order

Easyjet founder Stelios to grill the budget airline’s bosses next week in battle over £4.5bn Airbus order By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 9 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 9 July 2020 Easyjet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is battling bosses over a £4.5bn order with Airbus for more than 100 … Read more

Struggling Airbus to axe 15k roles worldwide including 1,700 in the UK

Struggling Airbus set to axe 15k roles worldwide including 1,700 at UK plant where it makes wings for jets By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:27 BST, 30 June 2020 | Updated: 22:27 BST, 30 June 2020 Plane maker Airbus will axe 15,000 jobs worldwide as it struggles to survive the coronavirus crisis. … Read more

Coronavirus jobs catastrophe as Airbus sheds 1,700 UK roles after EasyJet said 4,500 were at risk

Aerospace giant Airbus is to cut 1,700 jobs in the UK as the coronavirus pandemic causes ‘the gravest crisis’ the aviation industry has ever faced.  The company is cutting nearly 15,000 jobs across its global operations to stay afloat as the coronavirus crisis rocks the air travel industry.  In a statement released today, chief executive … Read more

The moment doomed Pakistan Airbus scraped along runway after pilots ‘forgot’ to put wheels down

The doomed Pakistan International Airbus A320 which crashed in May was seen on CCTV scraping along the runway at Karachi airport after its pilots ‘forgot’ to put its wheels down for landing.  The airliner plunged into a residential neighbourhood in Pakistan’s capital city, killing 97 of the 99 people on board after its pilots aborted an … Read more