Airbus Aircraft News

Britain's Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply engines to power 23 Airbus aircraft ordered by U.S. leasing company CIT Aerospace, it said on Wednesday.

CEO Louis Chenevert told analysts Tuesday that airline profitability looks better for 2013 than in recent years.

Airbus Corporate Jet Centre , the specialist in Airbus Corporate Jet VIP cabin completion and customised nose-to-tail services, has received Part 145 maintenance organisation approval from the Russian State Centre of Aviation Flight Safety, confirming its leadership in Eastern Europe as a completion and maintenance, repair and overhaul centre.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has plans to recruit more than 50 pilots from its partner airline, airberlin.

Sharjah: Air Arabia said on Monday it has signed a $350 million financing deal from a syndicate of two GCC banks - Qatar National Bank and Commercial Bank International .

Virgin America Inc. is rolling out the red carpet, boarding celebrities and an Austin band, and even launching a water cannon salute upon arrival for its first nonstop flight from Silicon Valley to Silicon Hills.

The vertical tail wing of the first Airbus A350 is seen on the final assembly line in Toulouse, southwestern France, in this October 23, 2012 file photo.

A "loyal" South African Air Force officer stands to lose her entire pension and service benefits - eight months before her scheduled retirement - after being named as one of the two key people in the Guptagate scandal.

Parker is about to run the world's biggest airline and Baldanza heads a successful start-up that has captured Wall Street's affections.

United's refurbished Boeing 757-200's, which have been retrofitted with fully lie-flat beds in the front cabin.

Dear Sir: Is this the prime airline that Gonsalves referred to when he told us that some great airlines would be flying into Argyle? Will this be our 'flag carrier' airline? Will this be as good as it gets? This is a new airline established in 2004, but several bad records have held it back from being a success.

RESIDENTS in Hixon have lost their bid for a judicial review into a controversial planning decision - leaving the parish council with a bill running into thousands.

The Jet Airways Airbus A330-200 that brought the Gupta family members and guests to the Waterkloof Air Force Base is seen moments before taking off.Picture: Phill Magakoe President Jacob Zuma has tacitly defended the landing of the Gupta chartered jet by bizarrely insisting that the Waterkloof Air Force Base is not a national key point.

A Lufthansa Airbus A321-200, registration D-AIRH performing flight LH-2017 from Dusseldorf to Munich , rejected takeoff from Dusseldorf at high speed following a bird strike.

A TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A320-200, registration PR-MYP performing flight JJ-3072 from Porto Alegre,RS to Brasilia,DF , was in the initial climb out of Porto Alegre's runway 11 when the left hand engine ingested a bird causing the engine to emit a loud bang and streaks of flames.

A Brussels Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration OO-SFY performing flight SN-465 from Entebbe to Brussels , was climbing out of Entebbe about 20 minutes into the flight when the right hand engine emitted a series of bangs and streaks of flames prompting the crew to shut the engine down and return to Entebbe for a safe landing about 40 minutes ... (more)

Chromalloy will receive $150,000 from Florida's Quick Action Closing Fund to expand and improve its investment foundry, Chromalloy Castings, in Tampa.

An Air India Airbus A320-200, registration VT-EDF performing flight AI-403 from Delhi to Bangalore with 125 passengers, was enroute near Bhopal when the captain decided to take a toilet break, the first officer and a trainee pilot remained in the cockpit.

A TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A320-200, registration PR-MHU performing flight JJ-3081 from Recife,PE to Rio de Janeiro Galeao,RJ , was enroute when a passenger, a well known Brasilian singer, was invited to take the captain's seat and posed in the seat to fly the aircraft, that was on autopilot at that time with the first officer in his seat.

The second Airbus A330 for national carrier Air Pacific will arrive next Thursday in Nadi.