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Airbus strengthens leadership position with more efficient organisation
In line with its 2020 Vision, Airbus lays out its plans for a more efficient and agile organisation to be implemented by January 2013. This new organisation aims to boost Airbus’ overall performance by shortening the lines of command, thus making the company more agile and capable of taking and implementing decisions faster. A more […]
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Airbus’ ‘Fly Your Ideas’ challenge brings innovation to campus
Airbus’ Fly Your Ideas – a UNESCO-backed biennial competition – is challenging students worldwide to develop new ideas for a more sustainable aviation industry. This year, victory will mean not only a €30,000 cash prize; the successful team will also welcome experts from Airbus’ Innovation Cell * onto their campus for a week of learning […]
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Airbus supports extension of Clean Sky programme
ILA Berlin Air Show – Airbus has entered into an agreement together with 13 leading aerospace industry and research partners with a letter of intent to cooperate on a “Clean Sky 2” programme. As an extension of the European Commission’s (EC) “Clean Sky” Joint Technology Initiative, the industry would invest jointly with the EC a total […]
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AirAsia to become first Airbus A320 ‘Sharklets’ operator
Airbus and the world’s largest A320 customer AirAsia announced that the airline will become the first operator of the A320 with ‘Sharklets’ when they take delivery of the first A320 equipped with these fuel-saving wing-tip devices at the end of this year. The aircraft exhibited on static and flying display at the ILA Berlin Air […]
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PAL to buy 54 Airbus Jets
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has placed a firm order with Airbus covering 34 A321ceo, 10 A321neo and 10 A330-300s. The aircraft are being purchased under a major fleet modernisation programme at the airline, with deliveries starting in 2013. The single aisle A321 aircraft are being purchased to enhance the airline’s product offerings on domestic […]
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Airbus provides famine relief for Africa
The Airbus Corporate Foundation has helped deliver 36 tonnes of dried food to famine-blighted areas of southeast Africa, in a relief effort organised jointly with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IRFC). On 27 July, a flight test crew left Toulouse, France aboard an A340 and collected the supplies from Bergen, […]
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Airbus expands operations with Satair
EADS has for the second time this year dipped into its cash pool to make a services-oriented acquisition for one of its operating units, with a $504 million deal to acquire Satair to bolster Airbus’s service offering. The move – along with acquisition of Vector Aerospace for Eurocopter – is part of EADS’s wider […]
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Singapore Airlines replaces Rolls-Royce engine that failed on Airbus plane after takeoff
Singapore Airlines says it has replaced a Rolls-Royce Plc engine that shut down on an Airbus A380 airplane shortly after takeoff. The company said in a statement Wednesday the plane had to return to Singapore’s Changi International Airport after taking off Tuesday heading to Hong Kong. The airline replaced the aircraft’s Trent 900 number three […]
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Lufthansa purchases 30 A320neo Family aircraft
Lufthansa has placed a firm order for 30 Airbus A320neo Family aircraft. This contract follows the selection by the Lufthansa Supervisory Board of the A320neo Family in March this year. The order comprises 25 A320neo and five A321neo aircraft. These will be powered by new-generation Pratt & Whitney PW1100G turbofan engines. With this latest order […]
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Airbus rolls out Kit digital signage solution
International aircraft manufacturer Airbus has rolled out a digital signage solution from video service provider Kit in a bid to improve its brand image. The system delivers video marketing communications to customers via the company’s corporate website, it also pushes video content to YouTube and mobile applications. The Kit digital software solution that enables the […]