Posts Tagged ‘380’
Boeing Planning Longest Range Passenger Jet
Boeing has shown airlines a blueprint for the world’s longest-range passenger jet, adding spice to a long-awaited revamp of its 777 wide-body jet, people familiar with the matter said. Boeing on Wednesday launched ...
Tail Section for Qatar Airways’ First A380 Rolls out of Paint Shop
The painting was completed earlier this week and the assembly of the airlines first A380 is set to begin this month, for delivery in early 2014. The vertical tail section for the first A380 for Qatar Airways has been painted ...
Turkish Interested In A380s, A350s
Turkish Airlines is interested in buying Airbus A380 superjumbo and A350 wide-body aircraft provided the plane maker comes up with “good opportunities”, chairman Hamdi Topcu told Les Echos newspaper. Turkish ...
EU To Approve Airbus A380 Wing Repairs
The European Aviation Safety Agency said on Monday it would give formal approval to repairs designed to eliminate potential cracks on wing components on the Airbus A380. A draft directive means aircraft being retrofitted...
Air-France-KLM Seeks To Delay A380 Deliveries
Air France-KLM said it is in talks with Airbus about postponing deliveries of the next A380s it has on order by several months as it tries to rein in spending and reduce debt. The Franco-Dutch carrier operates a fleet of...
Airbus Delivers 100th Airbus 380 to Malaysian Airlines
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Airbus together marked a major achievement, with the hand-over of the 100th A380 to MAS at Airbus’ Henri Ziegler Delivery Centre in Toulouse, France. The aircraft is the sixth A380 for MAS. “We a...
