Airbus Aircraft News

As airplane makers gathered outside Paris to show off their newest high-tech jetliners on Monday, a less-heralded technology story was unfolding back home on the factory floors of the world's leading aerospace firms.

It has been one year since Julian Assange sought political asylum inside Ecuador's embassy in London.

Airbus is aiming to sell 25 A380s this year, up from nine in 2012, when orders were hurt by the discovery of wing cracks that shortened the life of certain parts and forced the company to make costly repairs.

A police vehicle patrols under the rain during the first day of the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, Monday June 17, 2013.

THE successful maiden flight of a new lightweight airliner will safeguard more than 1,000 aerospace jobs across Burnley and Pendle.

The National Bank of Kuwait , DVB Bank, and Jazeera Airways Group today announced a USD90 million commercial facility for funding JAG's aircraft purchases through a structured facility led by NBK and DVB Bank SE.

Airbus sent a new wide-body plane into the skies Friday that sets the stage for intensifying competition with U.S. rival Boeing - with consequences for jobs, airlines' investments and the reputations of the powerful plane makers.

Honeywell and Safran have completed the first major phase of testing of their electric green taxiing system , and will make the first public demonstration of the technology, installed on an Airbus A320 aircraft , during the 50th International Paris Air Show held at Le Bourget Airport this week.

Engine makers for next-generation Airbus and Boeing narrow-body jets stepped up their war of words on Sunday, claiming their new power plants will burn less fuel than current models plus last longer without maintenance and create less noise than their rival's.

The latest chapter in that storied aviation rivalry is set to ramp up this week in Paris, where the jetmakers' fight over the widebody jet market will be a top plot line at the 2013 Paris Air Show.

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An Airbus A330 hit a hangar at JFK yesterday while parking without any ground crew to guide the way, law-enforcement sources said.

Etihad Airways' maiden flight to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, has landed on schedule at the city's Nikola Tesla Airport.

The world largest aviation exhibition, Paris Air Show, sets to launch from next Monday at Le Bourget, near Paris, in celebration to its 50th anniversary.

Flight test-crew members Peter Chandler, Patrick Du-Che, Guy Magrin, Emanuele Costanzo, Fernando Alonso and Pacal Verneau wave to onlookers Friday after the maiden flight of the Airbus A350 at Blagnac airport near Toulouse, southwestern France.

Jasvinder Sanghera set up Karma Nirvana in her living room to help thousands of women and girls who are forced into marriage by their families.

Frontier Airlines Flight 601 left Knoxville, Tennessee, about 6 p.m. ET Friday, and safely landed in Denver before it was moved to a remote pad at the airport for screening, the FBI said.

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Airbus' next-generation wide-body aircraft, the A350 XWB, takes flight for the first time in Toulouse, France, on June 14, 2013.

TO the cheers and whoops of thousands of spectators, the world's newest airliner, the Airbus A350 XWB, lifted off on its maiden test flight from Toulouse airport in France.