Airbus inaugurates new Toulouse A320 Family final assembly line
Airbus has inaugurated its new A320 Family final assembly line (FAL) in Toulouse during a ceremony attended by French Minister of Economy & Finance Bruno…
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India’s IndiGo places record order for 500 A320 Family aircraft
IndiGo, India’s largest airline by market share, has placed a firm order for 500 A320 Family aircraft, setting the record for the biggest single purchase…
EasyJet to upgrade its Airbus A320 Family fleet with Descent Profile Optimisation and Continuous Descent Approach to further improve efficiency, fuel savings and noise emissions
EasyJet is to upgrade its A320 Family fleet with Airbus’ “Descent Profile Optimisation” (DPO) – a fuel-saving enhancement to the aircraft’s on-board Flight Management System…
Safety innovation #1: Fly-by-wire (FBW)
It’s a fact, our industry has achieved huge improvements in safety since the 1950s, especially over the last three decades, and technology has made a…
SAS Scandinavian Airlines chooses Digital Alliance’s Skywise Predictive Maintenance solution for its A320 Family fleet
Dallas TX – April 26 2022 – The Digital Alliance has welcomed SAS Scandinavian Airlines as its first customer for its Skywise Predictive Maintenance (SPM)…
Airbus receives first A320 Flight Hour Services maintenance contract in Europe to support Finnair’s entire single aisle fleet
Toulouse, France, 20 October 2021 – Finnair has selected Airbus’s Flight Hour Services (FHS) to support its entire A320 Family fleet (35 aircraft), thus becoming…
Mixed Fleet Flying for A380 and A320 approved by Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau
Tokyo, 14 October 2021 – All Nippon Airways (ANA) is set to introduce Mixed Fleet Flying (MFF) for the A380 and A320 Family following approval…
Airbus provides suppliers with an update on production plans
Consistent with Airbus’ market outlook and recovery plan Providing visibility to suppliers and calling for rate readiness Toulouse, 27 May 2021 – Airbus continues to…
Airbus delivers A320 Family MSN10,000 to Middle East Airlines
Middle East Airlines (MEA) has taken delivery of Airbus’ A320 Family aircraft with manufacturer serial number 10,000. MSN10,000 is the third A321neo to join the…
Crashed Pakistan plane hit runway three times on first approach, minister says
ISLAMABAD/PARIS (Reuters) – The captain of a Pakistani airliner that crashed last week, killing 97 people on board, approached Karachi airport without announcing he couldn’t…
Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 jet with 99 people on board crashed in Karachi
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – At least 41 people are confirmed to have been killed in a plane crash in a residential area of Pakistan’s largest city,…
Airline crisis forces Airbus to consider A320 output cuts
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus is studying a sharp cut in output of its top-selling A320 plane series amid an industry-wide slowdown triggered by the coronavirus…