Airline news
Airbus Activates ‘Plan B’ for the A350 XWB Batteries
Airbus is confident that the lithium ion (Li-ion) main battery architecture it has been developing with Saft and qualifying for the A350 XWB aircraft is robust and safe. The A350 XWB flight test programme will continue as plann...
Airbus Supports New Noise Standard
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) has adopted a new noise stringency level for commercial airplanes. The milestone achieved at the CAEP meeting last week ...
Etihad Says Needs To Revise Jet Airways Deal
Etihad Airways needs to revise its deal to buy a stake in India’s Jet Airways and it is too soon to say when a final agreement will be struck, the Abu Dhabi airline’s chairman said. Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed al-...
Iberia Strike To Ground Over 1,000 Flights
Workers at loss-making Spanish flag carrier Iberia were set to begin a five-day strike at midnight on Monday, grounding over 1,000 flights and costing the airline and struggling national economy millions of euros. Staff,...
Airbus Drops Lithium-Ion Batteries For A350
Airbus will drop lithium-ion batteries and switch to nickel-cadmium batteries for its new A350 passenger jet following battery problems on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, the European plane maker said on Friday. Airbus sa...
American Air To Unite With US Airways
AMR and US Airways unveiled an USD$11 billion merger deal after months of negotiations, creating the world’s biggest airline with 6,700 flights a day. Now comes the hard part. Before they can welcome their first pa...
