Airbus and TotalEnergies Partners On Sustainable Aviation Fuels

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Airbus and TotalEnergies have “signed a strategic partnership to address the challenges of decarbonising aviation through sustainable aviation fuels” in line with Airbus’ objective of achieving net carbon neutrality of aviation by 2050. The aircraft manufacture says “this partnership aims to contribute to the reduction of the sector’s CO2 emissions, in which Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) play a key role. …

Airbus Releases 2023 Report

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Delivered 735 Commercial Aircraft in 2023 Airbus has announced its full year report for 2023 showing that the aircraft manufacturer delivered 735 commercial airplanes, an 11% increase over the 661 aircraft it delivered in 2022. Airbus forecasts that it will deliver 800 aircraft in 2024. Airbus also posted a revenue of 65.4 billion Euros. A breakdown of the 735 commercial …

Delta Air Lines Orders 20 Airbus A350-1000 Aircraft, Posts Impressive Financial Result

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Delta Air Lines has placed a first order for 20 A350-1000 aircraft making the A350-1000 a new aircraft type in Delta’s fleet, according to Airbus. “We are thankful for Delta’s continued confidence in Airbus’ solutions to meet its fleet needs,” said Christian Scherer, Chief Executive Officer of the Commercial Aircraft business, Airbus. “Delta was the first U.S. airline to operate …

ITA Airways Takes Delivery of First A321neo

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ITA Airways has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo on lease from Air Lease Corporation from Airbus’ Hamburg production facilities. This latest addition further consolidates ITA Airways’ all-Airbus fleet strategy, which currently stands at 81 aircraft, and includes latest generation A220, A320neo, A330neo and A350 aircraft. ITA Airways says “the A321neo, which will serve the airline’s medium haul routes, is …

Airbus renews its transatlantic fleet with lower-emission ships

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Airbus said it will “renew the entire fleet of chartered vessels that transport aircraft subassemblies between production facilities in Europe and the United States with three modern, low-emission roll-on/roll-off vessels, supported by wind-assisted propulsion.” Airbus stated that it has “commissioned ship owner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs to build, own and operate these new, highly efficient vessels that will enter into service …

Airbus Makes Leadership Changes

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Aircraft manufacturer, Airbus has announced changes to the leadership team led by Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury, and the appointment of a designated Commercial Aircraft business management team which will operate under the helm of Christian Scherer, CEO of Commercial Aircraft. “Looking at our key priorities, we want to put the Company in the right configuration for the future,” said …

Turkish Airlines Places Order For 10 Additional A350-900

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Türkiye’s national flag carrier, Turkish Airlines has placed a new order for 10 additional A350-900 aircraft, taking its total for the type to 40 according to Airbus. The aircraft manufacturer says the new agreement is in addition to one announced in August for four A350-900s. The airline already operates a fleet of 14 A350-900s. Christian Scherer, Airbus Chief Commercial Officer …

Air France-KLM And Airbus To Create Joint Venture

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Air France-KLM and Airbus announced that the two entities have entered into exclusive negotiations to establish a joint venture for the provision on a worldwide basis of Airbus A350 component maintenance services (supply chain management, repairs, creation of a worldwide pool of aircraft components). The envisaged cooperation would “take the form of a 50-50 joint venture between Air France and …

Ethiopian to Enhance Passenger Experience Equipped with Airbus’ Airspace Link HBCplus and Inmarsat’s GX Aviation High-Speed Inflight Broadband Service

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Revealed at Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg, Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing airline brand will offer advanced, high-speed inflight broadband to passengers onboard its upcoming Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, with GX Aviation provided by Inmarsat, recently acquired by Viasat, and selected through the Airbus Airspace Link HBCplus programme. As one of the launching airlines for inflight connectivity (IFC) through Airbus’ …

Ethiopian Airlines Orders Africa’s First A350-1000

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Ethiopian Airlines Group has upsized four of its A350-900 on order to the largest variant of the A350 Family, the A350-1000, becoming Africa’s first customer for the aircraft. Ethiopian Airlines has already ordered 22 A350-900s, of which 16 aircraft have been delivered. With the A350-1000 upsizing, Ethiopian Airlines’ backlog consists of four A350-1000s and two A350-900s. Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO …