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Qatar Air Says Airbus A350 On Schedule
Qatar Airways, the launch customer for the Airbus A350, expects the European plane maker to start delivering the aircraft by the second half of next year, the airline’s chief executive said on Tuesday. The Gulf car...
Airbus Deals To Retrofit A320 Wingtips
Airbus has introduced plans to retrofit gasoline-saving wingtips on older variations of its A320 jets as gross sales of its best possible-promoting plane hit 10,000. The transfer will see wingtips, which have change into...
Airbus To Deliver Minimum 25 A380s A Year
Airbus has kept its 2013 goals for the A380 despite a shortage of orders, but struck a more cautious note for future years, according to a newspaper interview. Chief executive Fabrice Bregier told French newspaper Les Ec...
Boeing Ekes Out More Fuel Savings For 737 MAX
Boeing said on Tuesday that its next-generation 737 MAX jet will beat its previous fuel-efficiency target, delivering a 14 percent improvement, instead of the 13 percent gain promised earlier this year. The 1 percentage ...
Vietnam Air Signs GE Engines Deal
Vietnam Airlines has placed an order for General Electric engines to power its Boeing 787 Dreamliners in a deal worth around USD$1.7 billion, a source with knowledge of the transaction said on Tuesday. The airline has pl...
Airbus Looking At A380 After Slow Sales
Airbus is to consider ways to make its A380 superjumbo more attractive to customers, according to a report in Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. The report quoted Thomas Enders, the group chief executive of ...
