AIRBUS | General Discussion

[Bren]

Airbus family flight











http://www.airbus.com/galleries/photo-gallery/#

[Bren]

And a nice video.

[Zaz965]

coming soon: a330neo

[cochise75]

Airbus just delivered its 10,000th aircraft

TOULOUSE, France -- Airbus celebrated both its past and its future Friday, hitting a major milestone by delivering the 10,000th aircraft in the company's history.

Perhaps fittingly, the plane designated as the European jetmaker’s landmark delivery is its newest aircraft type: an Airbus A350 bound for Singapore Airlines.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel...raft/92018660/

[Bren]

Airbus 10,000 aircraft deliveries and counting

[cochise75]

Whale hello there!
Introducing the new Beluga XL dressed up in its livery for the first time!

https://twitter.com/Airbus/status/1012331515307536384

[Thirteen13]

Between trump tariffs and brexit, airbus must be busy.

[Bycac]

RTO done for the Beluga Xl this morning , First flight next week :

[Bren]

FARNBOROUGH: Airbus expects over 500 show sales

Chief executive Tom Enders, speaking to investors during the show, said that chief commercial officer Eric Schulz had “already sold” over 400 aircraft at the event.

He adds that there would “most probably be a ‘five’” ahead of the figure by the end of the show, indicating a total of more than 500 jets.
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The airframer had accumulated gross orders for 177 single-aisle and 84 long-haul aircraft over the first six months of this year.

Schulz admits that agreements for 40 single-aisle and 12 widebody aircraft unveiled at the show were already part of this first-half total, but he says that, up to the morning of 18 July, Airbus has announced additional deals for 339 single-aisle and 31 long-haul aircraft.

These potentially take gross orders to 631 and Schulz says he is confident of reaching more than 750 by the end of the show.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...3H#sf193883154

[cochise75]

[cochise75]

[chuckw2010]

Originally Posted by Mikesconstra

Airbus S.A.S., a France-based aircraft manufacturer, has started construction work on a new $600 million manufacturing plant in Mobile, Alabama. The new assembly line, which is the company's first US-based production facility, will be located at the Mobile Brookley Aeroplex, a former military airfield adjacent to Mobile Bay, in Mobile Alabama.

The new plant will facilitate assembly of A319, A320 and A321 aircraft. It will have a capacity to manufacture four planes per month. The new Mobile assembly line, together with associated functions, is expected to create about 1,000 new high-skilled jobs in the region.

http://constructionreviewonline.com/...ine-in-alabama

Correct me if I am wrong but isn't the renamed Bombardier C Series due to be assembled at this new factory?

[Zaz965]

I noticed there are two types of a320ceo
a320 iae engine


a320 cfm engine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFM_International_CFM56

[sponge_bob]

Originally Posted by Zaz965

I noticed there are two types of a320ceo

It was like that since 1989 Zaz. But CFM outsold the Alliance engine by 3 or 4 to one. The competition between the 2 engines for the neo is closer.

[Bren]

F-WWOW Airbus family flight #AIRBUS50 by @Eurospot, on Flickr

[KiffKiff]

[KiffKiff]

Another one