Airbus

  • Airbus A350 XWB Premium Economy Seating

    Airbus plans to further enrich its Premium Economy Seating offering available in the A350 XWB Catalogue. This will result in more choice for future operators of the Airbus A350 XWB family of airliners. EADS-Sogerma, an existing Airbus Contracted Supplier, is optimising its new ‘Celeste’ seat for the A350 XWB’s wide fuselage. Celeste is an innovative…

  • British Airways Airbus A380 Photos

    British Airways’ first Airbus A380 rolled out from the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg, Germany on 5 April 2013, following application of its full livery. The livery includes approximately 10,000 individual dots on the tailfin that make up its Union Flag graphic. Photos: (c) Airbus S.A.S. 2013

  • (Video) Airbus Runway Overrun Prevention System

    American Airlines is going to equip its entire Airbus A320 Family fleet with Airbus’ innovative Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS) technology and this new on-board cockpit technology will also become available to other manufacturers aircraft as well. ROPS, which Airbus has pioneered independently over several years, increases pilots’ situational awareness during landing, reduces exposure to…

  • Lufthansa orders additional A380s and A320neo

    Airbus announced today that German flag carrier Lufthansa has placed an additional order for 100 A320 Family aircraft (35 A320neo, 35 A321neo and 30 A320ceo with Sharklets) and two A380s. The engine choices will be announced by the airline at a later date. This latest acquisition reconfirms the Lufthansa Group as Airbus’ largest airline customer,…

  • Delivery of 100th Airbus A380

    Today, Airbus reached another exciting milestone with delivery of the 100th Airbus A380! This 100th A380 (9M-MNF) will be operated by Malaysia Airlines. The plane wears a special “100th A380” marker on the forward fuselage to celebrate this achievement. To date, the Airbus A380 is operated by 9 airlines. Emirates (31 planes), Singapore Airlines (19…

  • Images – Lufthansa First Sharklets on A320

    Lufthansa has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320 (D-AXAE) equipped with Sharklets. Lufthansa is becoming the first carrier in Europe to take benefit of the new fuel-saving wing-tip devices. The airline will receive 21 more A320 Family aircraft equipped with Sharklets until 2015. Sharklets are made from light-weight composites and are 2.4 meters tall.…

  • Saudi Arabia Operates First A330 MRTT

    Airbus announced that Saudi Arabia has placed its first Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport into operational service into the Royal Saudi Air Force fleet. The clearance was given by Deputy Minister of Defense Prince Khaled bin Sultan during a dedication ceremony held earlier in the week at Riyadh Airbase. This Airbus A330 MRTT is…

  • Photos – First A350 XWB Roll Out for Outdoor Testing

    The first Airbus A350 XWB – MSN001 – rolled out today from A350 XWB Final Assembly Line (FAL) “Station 30”. The first A350 XWB now is structurally complete and shows the installed winglets, belly fairing panels, main landing gear doors. The aircraft has recently completed successfully a series of indoor ground tests as well as…

  • Cockpit Video – Airbus A320 Landing at La Palma (GCLA)

    This nice HD cockpit video features a German Condor Airbus A320-212 NDB-DME approach and landing on runway 01 at La Palma airport (GCLA), Spain. Produced by PilotsEye.

  • A350 XWB MSN1 out of Main Assembly Hall (Photos)

    Airbus has successfully completed the main structural assembly and system connection of Airbus A350 XWB “MSN-001” – the first flight-test aircraft. The aircraft is depicted here on its wheels for the very first time moving out of the main assembly hall (Station 40) at the recently inaugurated “Roger Béteille” A350 XWB Final Assembly Line in…

  • Airbus New Connected Cockpit

    A new Airbus-developed cockpit system now reaching completion will provide pilots with better information and faster, richer dialogue with the ground, leveraging the potential of high-speed broadband satellite communications and the latest in tablet computer technology. Called the “connected cockpit”, this system grew out of an Airbus Innovation Cell project exploring potential cockpit applications of…

  • Airbus A350 XWB Final Assembly Line Opened

    French Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault and Airbus President and Chief Executive Officer, Fabrice Brégier tofficially inaugurated the 74,000 square-metre Airbus A350 XWB Final Assembly Line (FAL), in Toulouse, France. At full production, the FAL will employ some 1,500 people who will build up to ten aircraft a month as from 2018. Guests at the ceremony…

  • Cockpit Video – A380 Landing Primary Flight Display (PFD) View

    A great video of a Qantas Airbus A380 landing at Singapore Changi Airport (SIN/WSSS) from an unusual perspective. Enjoy the entire landing from Primary Flight Display (PFD) view! Make sure to watch it in HD fullscreen!

  • Video – THAI’s First Airbus A380 Takes Off

    THAI’s first Airbus A380 takes off for a flight to Bangkok in advance of the milestone jetliner’s service entry. This A380, which is the first of six the airline has on order, will operate on Thai Airways‘ Bangkok to Singapore and Bangkok to Hong-Kong routes when it begins revenue operations in October.

  • Airbus 2050 Future Vision

    Airbus today unveiled the latest instalment of the Future by Airbus, its vision for sustainable aviation in 2050 and beyond. For the first time the vision looks beyond aircraft design to how the aircraft is operated both on the ground and in the air in order to meet the expected growth in air travel in…

  • Power-On – A350 XWB MSN1 Flight-Deck

    Airbus has successfully powered-up the flight-deck of the first Airbus A350 XWB (MSN1). This significant milestone was passed only two weeks after the front fuselage section was delivered to the Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse. Moreover, it gives a promising indication of the Airbus A350 XWB’s progress in pre-FAL and the readiness of the…

  • HD Cockpit Video – Airbus A380 Night Departure

    An amazing cockpit video of a Qantas Airbus A380 departing from London Heathrow Airport. This footage was filmed using a headrest cam and includes crystal-clear ATC audio. Make sure to watch it in HD quality.

  • Cathay Pacific selects Airbus A350-1000

    Cathay Pacific Airways today announced that it intends to add the Airbus A350-1000 to its future A350 XWB fleet, with an agreement to place a new order for 10 aircraft. In addition, the Hong Kong-based airline will convert 16 of its existing orders for the A350-900 to the larger A350-1000. The acquisition of the A350-1000,…

  • Video – Mist and Sunrise at Amsterdam Schiphol – Runway Mystique

    5am, sunrise at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport – Watch this amazing footage of various airliners cutting though the mist producing beautiful wing condensations and vortices.

  • Malaysia Airlines A380 – New Livery Finished

    The final new livery of the first Malaysia Airlines Airbus A380 has been finished and unveiled today. Entry-into-service is scheduled for next week on the Kuala Lumpur-London route. The livery was designed by MAS specifically for it its new A380 flagship and was applied post-delivery by Airbus in Toulouse. Photo: (c) Airbus

  • Spotter Video – China Eastern Airbus A340 Go Around

    During landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) a China Eastern Airbus A340 performs a go-around because of a departing Hawaiian Airbus A330. Video by CAPlaneSpotting

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