Tag: Airbus

• Friday, March 26th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Superjumbo era comes to an end: Last Airbus A380 takes off on its test flight

  

  The era of the Superjumbo is coming to an end as the last Airbus A380 ever built has taken off for the first test flight time, departing from the company's headquarters in Toulouse, France, headquarters on Thursday.

• Saturday, February 6th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Hamburg/Falklands/Munich: details from Lufthansa's longest nonstop flights

  

  An airline preparing to launch its longest-ever flight – a fifteen-hour non-stop flight from Hamburg Germany to the Falkland Islands in an A350 – is as tricky a project as one might expect.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Pakistani Airbus with 99 passengers crashes in Karachi district: at least 80 killed

  

  A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus jet with 99 people aboard crashed into a crowded residential district of the city of Karachi on Friday afternoon after twice trying to land at the airport, a witness said.

• Saturday, February 15th 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  Trump launches the aircraft trade dispute with the European Union

  

  The U.S. government on Friday said it would increase tariffs on aircraft imported from the European Union to 15% from 10%, ratcheting up pressure on Brussels in a nearly 16-year transatlantic dispute over aircraft subsidies.

• Thursday, October 3rd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  US will impose 10% tariffs on Airbus planes and 25% on French wine and Scotch

  

  United States on Wednesday said it would enact 10% tariffs on European-made Airbus planes and 25% duties on French wine, Scotch and Irish whiskeys and cheese from across the continent as punishment for illegal EU aircraft subsidies.

• Wednesday, March 27th 2019 - 08:47 UTC

  China orders 300 jets from Airbus during Xi's visit to Paris

  

  Airbus has secured an order from China for 300 jets, in a deal estimated to be worth tens of billions of dollars. An agreement to purchase A320 and A350 XWB aircraft was signed during a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Paris.

• Friday, February 15th 2019 - 07:15 UTC

  End for a symbol of Europe technology: Airbus will cease production of the A380

  

  The world’s largest airliner has run out of runway after Airbus decided to close A380 production after 12 years in service due to weak sales. The decision to halt production of the A380 superjumbo is the final act in one of Europe’s greatest industrial adventures and reflects a dearth of orders by airline bosses unwilling to back Airbus’s vision of huge jets to combat airport congestion.

• Saturday, January 19th 2019 - 08:36 UTC

  Leading Germans in an open letter ask UK to remain in the EU

  

  Leading German figures have written to the UK asking it to stay in the European Union. The letter, published in The Times, is signed by 31 people, including the leader of the Christian Democratic Union - and likely successor to Angela Merkel - Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann.

• Saturday, June 23rd 2018 - 09:03 UTC

  BMW joins Airbus in calling for clarity in Brexit negotiations

  

  Car giant BMW has followed plane-maker Airbus in warning about the consequences of Brexit uncertainty. BMW UK boss Ian Robertson says clarity is needed by the end of the summer. BMW makes the Mini and Rolls Royce and employs about 8,000 people in the UK.

• Friday, June 22nd 2018 - 08:15 UTC

  Airbus warns UK on Brexit and “its severe negative consequences”

  

  Airbus has warned it could leave the UK if the country exits the European Union single market and customs union without a transition deal. The European plane maker said the warning was not part of “project fear, but its dawning reality”. Airbus employs about 14,000 people at 25 different sites in the UK.