Business & GAFree of C-Series, Bombardier Profits for First Time in Five Years For the first time in five years, Bombardier finished the year with a profit, earning a net income of $318 million in 2018 as the company looks to complete its turnaround. Total…
CommercialA350 to Replace A380 as New Airbus Flagship Airplane The A350 is now the flagship passenger jet for Airbus, after the manufacturer made a financial decision to end production on the A380, executives said during their annual conference in Toulouse, France,…
CommercialPublic Perception of Urban Air Mobility Shaped by Noise, Safety Public perception of the proposed use of electric air taxis is most influenced by the noise generated and perceived safety of such vehicles, a new study has found. The study, conducted by…
MilitarySixth-Gen European Fighter Study Beginning This Month Ed. Note: France and Germany, through Airbus and Dassault, are partnering on a sixth-generation European fighter to replace the country's respective fifth-gen offerings beginning in about 20 years. The two companies are…
CommercialAirbus and Dassault Systèmes Sign Five-Year Pact to Change Airbus Manufacturing Airbus has signed a five-year memorandum of agreement with Dassault Systèmes (3DS) to overhaul the engineering and manufacture of Airbus aircraft across the entire company, civil and military. Under the agreement, Airbus…
CommercialAirbus Detects Cyber Attack, Unauthorized Data Access Airbus detected what it is calling "a cyber incident" with its commercial aircraft information systems that resulted in unauthorized access to data, the company revealed Jan. 30. "This is mostly professional contact…
CommercialBoeing Brings in $100 Billion in 2018 Revenue Boeing earned $101.1 billion in 2018, an 8 percent year-over-year growth and a new high mark for the planemaker. The company saw moderate gains in every major segment contribute to the total,…
CommercialAirbus Threatens UK Pull-Out in the Event of a No-Deal Brexit Airbus CEO Tom Enders delivered a scathing rebuke to proponents of a no-deal Brexit Thursday, even threatening the manufacturer's eventual abandonment of the United Kingdom. "Please don’t listen to the Brexiteers’ madness,…
CommercialAircraft Manufacturers Must Jump In or be Left Out of Air Taxi Revolution, Says Airbus Exec New companies such as Uber and Lyft will soon be making their own vehicles, and manufacturers such as Airbus and Boeing need to beat them to the punch by offering competing services…
CommercialAirbus Delivers 800 Commercial Aircraft in 2018 Airbus set a new high mark for the company, delivering 800 commercial aircraft to 93 customers in 2018, the company has revealed. Just six off the 806 competitor Boeing produced, Airbus' figure…
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