Airbus Helicopters annual orders rise 9%, deliveries creep higher
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus Helicopters saw a 9% increase in net orders last year but deliveries rose fractionally as the civil market struggled to recapture pre-COVID levels, the company said on Tuesday.…
Airbus urges suppliers to carry extra stocks amid output snags
By Valerie Insinna SEATTLE (Reuters) – Airbus laid down the law to its stretched supply chain on Wednesday, with a senior U.S. executive reminding contractors to meet timing and quality targets and…
Airbus may appoint interim CFO as Asam prepares to step down
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus is drawing up a stop-gap succession for the role of chief financial officer after struggling to appoint a permanent successor for Dominik Asam, who joins German software group…
Airbus and Qatar Airways settle A350 dispute
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus and Qatar Airways have settled a dispute over the degraded surface of grounded A350 jets, Airbus said on Wednesday, averting a potentially damaging UK court trial. The “amicable…
Airbus plans to recruit more than 13,000 people in 2023
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus intends to recruit more than 13,000 people globally in 2023, the European aircraft maker said in a statement on Thursday. It said the new hires would support its…
Airbus Helicopters boosts deliveries, pledges UK investment
LONDON (Reuters) – Airbus Helicopters on Wednesday posted a 2% rise in deliveries last year to 344 units, cementing its position as the world’s largest commercial helicopter maker as it booked a…
Aviation Capital latest lessor to doubt Airbus, Boeing targets
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Airbus and Boeing will find it challenging to meet intermediate delivery targets this year on their way to ramping up production sharply in the coming years, an executive at…
Airbus delivered unaudited total of 663 jets in 2022 – sources
(Reuters) – Airbus provisionally delivered as many as 663 aircraft in 2022, industry sources said on Thursday. The tentative score is subject to an internal audit, which could result in modest changes…
Airbus, Dassault, Indra, Eumet win $3.4 billion fighter jet contract
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus, Dassault Aviation, Indra and the Eumet joint venture between Safran and MTU Aero Engines said on Friday they had won a 3.2 billion euros ($3.4 billion) contract for…
Spain to lend Airbus 2.14 billion euros for miltary programmes
MADRID (Reuters) -Spain will lend Airbus 2.14 billion euros ($2.26 billion) to help the company to develop its military drone and helicopter programmes in the country, Industry Minister Reyes Maroto said on…
Airbus wary of squeezing out suppliers as tops hiring target
By Tim Hepher MUNICH (Reuters) – Airbus, struggling to meet resurgent jet demand in the face of crumbling supply chains and labour shortages, has exceeded this year’s hiring targets but is wary…
Airbus CEO says partners converging towards FCAS fighter deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The head of European planemaker Airbus said on Tuesday partners in a future European fighter were converging towards contractual agreements on the next phase of the Franco-German-Spanish project. The…
Airbus CEO says supply chain still ‘very complex’
By Tim Hepher BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Airbus will have a clearer picture on 2022 deliveries by the end of November but the supply chain environment “remains very complex”, Chief Executive Guillaume Faury…
Airbus says reached settlement with French prosecutor on Libya, Kazakhstan bribery probe
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus has reached a settlement with the French financial prosecutor (PNF) concerning judicial investigations related to Libya and Kazakhstan, an Airbus spokesperson said on Thursday, confirming a report by…
Air India in talks with Airbus, Boeing to buy planes, says CEO
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Tata Group-owned Air India is in talks with Boeing and Airbus about ordering new aircraft and is meeting its immediate needs by leasing planes and repairing grounded aircraft,…
China will not decouple from West, Airbus CEO says
BERLIN (Reuters) – Airbus Chief Executive Guillaume Faury believes China and the West will reduce their mutual dependency in the long term but there is no question of them breaking off trade…
Airbus fed regulator talking points on Qatar jet row, court told
LONDON (Reuters) – Airbus sought to exert influence over the European Union Aviation Safety Agency in a dispute with Qatar Airways over damaged A350 jets, providing the agency with a “Line To…
China Aviation Supplies to buy 140 Airbus jets worth about $17 billion
BEIJING (Reuters) – China Aviation Supplies Holding has signed an agreement to buy 140 Airbus planes worth about $17 billion, it said on Friday. The purchase agreement includes 132 of the European…
Jazeera Airways plans to get around $2 billion from banks for Airbus deal
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Jazeera Airways is planning to get around $2 billion from commercial banks to fund 70% of a deal it has with Airbus for 28 A320neo airliners, the Kuwaiti carrier’s…
German union calls for strikes at Airbus, other companies
BERLIN (Reuters) – German trade union IG Metal Kueste said it has called on several thousand workers to strike on Tuesday at 15 sites, including Airbus in Hamburg. The warning strikes are…
Airbus confirms bribery settlement talks over Kazakhstan, Libya
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus confirmed on Friday it is negotiating a new bribery settlement with French authorities over past dealings in Libya and Kazakhstan on top of record fines agreed in 2020.…
Airbus raises cashflow target on strong dollar
PARIS (Reuters) -Europe’s Airbus raised its 2022 free cashflow forecast on the back of a strong dollar and reaffirmed delivery and production targets while delaying the projected introduction of its newest jet,…
Tata and Airbus to make defence aircraft in India in local manufacturing push
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s Tata group and Airbus will make the C-295 transport aircraft in the country, the government said on Thursday, the first such production by a local private company amid…
Airbus staff in Spain to go on strike from Oct. 31, unions say
MADRID (Reuters) -Airbus staff in Spain will go on an indefinite strike from Monday to demand a pay rise, unions said on Thursday. “The protest will start on Oct. 31 and will…
Airbus faces fresh bribery settlement, French prosecutor says
PARIS (Reuters) – French authorities are in talks with planemaker Airbus that could lead to the expansion of a record multi-national bribery settlement agreed in 2020, prosecutors said on Tuesday. French publication…
Airbus CEO says 2022 deliveries may affect later output
By Tim Hepher LONDON (Reuters) – The head of European planemaker Airbus on Wednesday reaffirmed a target of delivering a total of 700 aircraft in 2022 – a task he said was…
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