Airbus A380

Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders said the discovery inside the superjumbo's wings, where new lightweight carbon-composite materials and traditional metal meet, showed the difficulty of pushing technical boundaries in the ultra-competitive industry.  

The cracked wings of the Airbus A380 double-decker airliner are the result of new technologies mixed with insufficient design controls that are now causing spiraling repair costs, Chief Executive Officer Tom Enders said. “This is something ...  

SEATTLE -- The Federal Aviation Administration has relaxed its rule on the required separation distances for aircraft flying behind the massive Airbus A380. However, the giant double-decker jet still requires greater distances than Boeing's ...  

The head of European aerospace giant EADS said that cracks found in one of its most popular Eurocopter models were a minor glitch and not comparable to problems found on some superjumbo planes made by its subsidiary.EADS, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, is already facing a substantial repair bill after cracks were found in the wings of some of its A380 planes manufactured by another subsidiary, Airbus.After that authorities...  

PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus parent EADS took a charge of 158 million euros for the cost of overcoming wing cracks on the A380 superjumbo as it posted better-than-expected first-quarter results on Wednesday buoyed by resilient aircraft and helicopter demand.  

May 17, 2012 1:24 AM[PARIS] European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co has cautioned that delivering 30 Airbus A380 superjumbos this year will be a challenge and that fixing wing cracks on the double-decker airliner will occupy the company for years.  

2011 -- China’s Rich Try to Fly Around Red Tape. 2010 -- Lufthansa takes delivery of its first Airbus A380.  Airbus President and CEO Thomas Enders handed over the aircraft to Lufthansa CEO and Chairman Wolfgang Mayrhuber at an official ceremony at the Airbus plant in Hamburg-Finkenwerder, which was attended by about 700 honorary guests.  Lufthansa has configured its Airbus A380 with 526 seats. 2000 -- Two new 'smart weapons', WCMD, and a...  

Tom Enders, now chief of Airbus, will become CEO of EADS from May 31. After discovering the cracks last year, Airbus diagnosed the issue, saying it stemmed from a combination of manufacturing processes and materials, and is now working on a two ...  

Bloomberg News writes that Qantas CEO "Alan Joyce plans to defend the Sydney-based carrier's 'profit-maximizing' 65% market share as Virgin adds seats and targets lucrative corporate customers with airport lounges and business-class seats. On ...  

The Airbus A380 aircraft may be the world’s biggest commercial jet, capable of carrying 550 passengers, but it is also continuing to provide the company with some rather large headaches. The first-quarter results of EADS, Airbus’ parent, were ...  

The new A380 superjumbo may end up having a bigger carbon footprint than its makers claim, thanks to the way airlines are fitting it out. Airbus says that the aircraft, the biggest passenger jet in the world, is also one of the most environmentally ...  

Airbus CEO Tom Enders says that the wing cracks found on Airbus A380s were a result of new technology that wasn't completely understood. "We thought we understood the properties of the materials and the interface between carbon fiber and metal and found ...  

Fixing tiny cracks in its flagship Airbus A380 has weighed heavily on first quarter profits of European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS). Nevertheless, the firm's earnings are up and its prospects are bright.  

Airbus has delayed repairs to wing cracks on its flagship A380 superjumbo to early next year in order to allow time to ensure the fixes are final, the company said on Thursday. "The critical point is that we only want to go and do this one time," said ...  

The Airport has installed a mockup of the A380, the world s largest passenger jet, at its Fire Training Research Center, where it will help DFW train its own aircraft rescue firefighting (ARFF) team and others from around the world. The DFW Fire Training ...  

Airbus chief operating officer for customers John Leahy said the aircraft was safe to fly and described the problem as a maintenance issue. "It's unfortunate we have to replace some of these parts, but it happens," Mr Leahy said. Qantas said it was in ...  

Fixing tiny cracks in its flagship Airbus A380 has weighed heavily on first quarter profits of European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS). Nevertheless, the firm's earnings are up and its prospects are bright.  

Network Ten reported the airline is considering a damages claim against Airbus, the A380 manufacturer, over a technical glitch that has resulted in cracks appearing in the wing of a plane. Airbus ...  

Efter 535 dages reparationer for mere end 785 millioner kroner, er Qantas' Airbus A380 nu tilbage i Australien  

though this particular one will never take flight. The airport has installed a mockup of the A380, the world's largest passenger jet, at its Fire Training Research Center, where it will help DFW train its own aircraft rescue firefighting team ...  

SPOTTED! Perhaps the best advertising for an airline's Airbus A380 service...so far. The A380 is a double-decker airplane. This is a double-decker tram. We bet China Southern considered doing up the ad to make the tram look like an airplane, but that would take a little too much imagination from people who maybe catch a glimpse of the thing as it rolls through their peripheral vision. China Southern has been flying the superjumbos since...  

OMG. OWLS. Okay. That's just a teaser video (with a hot shot of an Airbus A380), because what we really want to talk about is this Lufthansa video:  

The airline separately said it plans to order 10 planes from Canada's Bombardier Inc. this year at a cost of about $700 million. "We are going to order 10 Bombardier aircraft at the cost of nearly $700 million for our corporate jet business ...  

which is now in the process of modification," Akbar Al Baker, the chief executive at Qatar Airways, said at a tourism industry event in Dubai. Middle Eastern airlines including Qatar Airways, Dubai-based Emirates and Abu Dhabi's Etihad are among the ...  

DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)--Qatar Airways will defer the delivery ... those airplanes until we have a very clear picture on the issues of the wing which is now in the process of modification," Akbar Al Baker, the chief executive at Qatar Airways ...  

Malaysia Airlines’ (MAS) first Airbus A380 returned to Toulouse Thursday following completion of interior furnishing and cabin system tests in Hamburg, Airbus announced. The aircraft is now stationed at the Airbus flight line for final system ...  

My question is: when will I get to fly a Dreamliner? I had hoped to do it for my 787th flight but that is long past. Maybe for my 878th flight? That is a mere 28 plane trips away! “ cutting the production rate for the A380 from 2.7 aircraft each month to ...  

Airbus' new A380 superjumbo has come under scrutiny over its safety record yet again - after Singapore Airlines had to shut down an engine and return a flight to Singapore yesterday.  

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Etihad Airways, Abu Dhabi's flagship carrier which is due to get its first Airbus A380 superjumbo in 2014, said it wants more clarity from the plane maker about wing cracks on the aircraft. European air safety regulators ordered checks in February for Airbus A380 wing cracks for the entire superjumbo fleet after safety engineers found cracks in almost all the planes inspected. "Obviously we are very concerned about this...  

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian flagship carrier Qantas Airways Ltd. says it delaying delivery of two Airbus A380 planes to curb costs. The airline said Friday it would not take delivery of the A380s as scheduled in 2013. That would help it cut capital ...  

Malaysia Airlines’ (MAS) first Airbus A380 returned to Toulouse Thursday following completion of interior furnishing and cabin system tests in Hamburg, Airbus announced. The aircraft is now stationed at the Airbus flight line for final system ...  

Qantas Airways has confirmed that there are severe “type two” cracks on the wings of two Airbus A380 aircraft the airline has inspected to date. The airline is now discussing the cost of repairing the cracks with Airbus, and is seeking compensation from the plane maker. Qantas Airways carried out the inspections following an order from European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the European aircraft regulator, which instructed inspections on...  

as well as encouraging greater use of business jets to help grow what is, today, the world’s third-largest economy,” said Airbus COO for customers John Leahy.  

The jewel in the Airbus crown, the A380, did not have a great day on Tuesday, when two of the superjumbos had to abandon flights. An A380 operated by Singapore Airlines and flying from Singapore to Frankfurt had to return...  

SINGAPORE—A Singapore Airlines Ltd. Airbus A380 superjumbo jet en route to Frankfurt was forced to return to Singapore on Tuesday, in the latest incident involving the Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC engines that power the world's biggest passenger ...  

2011 --  Predator drone mistakenly kills 2 U.S. Servicemen.2011 --  An Airbus A380 of Air France aircraft collided with Comair jet  tonight on the tarmac at JFK Airport in New York, causing damage to both aircraft but causing no injuries.  The Airbus A380 superjumbo, the world's largest jetliner, with a wingspan of almost 80 metres, hit the tail of a Comair regional jet, which span a quarter-turn on the taxiway. The incident was caught on...  

An structure in the City of Melissa is getting a lot of strange looks from residents. Steel workers in the Collin County city are putting the finishing touches on...well, there's a lot of speculation on what it is.  

SINGAPORE (AFP) - A Singapore Airlines (SIA) Airbus A380 superjumbo heading for Frankfurt was forced to turn back to Singapore on Tuesday due to a problem with one of its four engines, the carrier said. Related StoriesCross-dressing doctor admits to insulting modesty of undergradSingapore women beat Chinese Taipei at World ChampionshipsInt'l dragon boat competition returning to Singapore shoresPublic engagement key for public servants: DPM...  

Airbus is planning a stretched version of its mega A380 commercial airplane, the director of the program told an Australian television station. First deliveries are planned for 2020. The stretched airplane could carry 100 more passengers than the current A380, which carries from 400 to 600 passengers. The Airbus A380 director, Richard Carcaillet, told Ten [...]  

msnbc.comMalaysia Airlines offers child-free zone on new Airbus A380msnbc.comWhen the airline's first Airbus A380-800 takes to the skies on July 1, flying the Kuala Lumpur–London route, families with children won't be welcome in the airplane's upper deck, which will have 70 economy and 66 business class seats.One Airline Does What So Many Others Dream About — Bans Kids EntirelyBabble (blog)Malaysia Airlines' Newest Ban on Children is Its Most...  

Qantas Airways will delay the delivery of two Airbus A380 aircraft to further cut capital expenditure and to help streamline operations. The aircraft,...  

Singapore Airlines had to shut down an engine on an Airbus A380 superjumbo en route to Europe on Tuesday and return the plane to Singapore, the carrier said.The plane, which was carrying 430 ...  

The British engine maker said it was working with SIA to investigate the incident. Rolls-Royce has faced teething problems with its engines for the world's biggest passenger plane since a Qantas A380 made an emergency landing in Singapore in November 2010 ...  

An Airbus A380 airplane run by Singapore Airlines made an emergency landing on Friday at Soekarno Hatta International Airport in Tangerang en route to Singapore.  

Lets have some nice A380 news – well it is the nearly the weekend after all. Malaysia Airlines first Airbus A380 is edging ever closer after the bird being flown back from Hamburg – where the interiors, furnishings and cabin tests were conducted to the ...  

A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 superjumbo heading for Frankfurt has been forced to turn back to Singapore, due to a problem with one of its four engines, the carrier says. More than 430 passengers were transferred to another plane upon returning to ...  

The Indonesian passenger of an Airbus A380 run by Singapore Airlines that made an emergency landing on Friday at Soekarno Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, west of Jakarta, died on his way to a nearby health facility.  

"The critical point is that we only want to go and do this one time," said Airbus Executive Vice President Tom Williams. "The permanent solution will be applied in the early part of next year and will be for aircraft that are in service," he said.  

SINGAPORE (AFP) – A Qantas Airbus A380 jet that dramatically lost an engine in a mid-air blast off Singapore in November 2010 was formally handed back to the Australian flag carrier Saturday ...  

By Markos Kaminis (Wall St. Greek): Factory order data reported for the month of March this week showed that non-defense aircraft and parts orders declined by 47.6%. While transportation orders generally, and especially aircraft orders, swing widely on a dollar basis due to their high ticket prices, we wondered just how Airbus' A380 issues might be affecting orders of Boeing's 747-8Complete Story »  

With a ceremony in Frankfurt, Lufthansa became the first airline in the world to take delivery of the 747-8, the latest version of the "Queen of the Skies." It's not the world's biggest passenger jet anymore - that title now belongs to the Airbus A380. But it's still the longest, and Lufthansa showed off the plane's amenities to press and employees.  

First A380 at DFW to be a permanent resident and international fire trainer DFW AIRPORT, Texas, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport today unveiled a new Airbus A380, though this particular aircraft will never take flight.  The...  

Qantas Airbus A380 which was damaged when its engine exploded shortly after take-off from Singapore on 04 November 2010 has been repaired at a cost of AU$150 million. The Airbus A380 was severely ...  

Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce says he does not expect customers to express any concerns about flying on the Airbus A380 that was damaged after a mid-air engine explosion. The Flying Kangaroo is set to welcome back Nancy Bird-Walton, the first A380 to enter the Qantas fleet, following 16 months of repairs costing $A139 million.  

SINGAPORE - Singapore Airlines says it had to shut down an engine on an Airbus A380 flight to Frankfurt, forcing the plane to return to Singapore. The carrier said in a statement Tuesday that crew reported a surge in one of the four engines and that engine ...  

A new restaurant has been opened in China that replicates the interior of Airbus A380. People visiting the restaurant are put into seats similar to those of the planes and the staff serving food look more like air stewards than waitresses. Chongqing ...  

Qantas introduced premium economy in 2008 on its flagship Airbus A380 and some Boeing 747s, with an award-winning seat designed by Marc Newson and manufactured by Recaro. A Qantas spokesperson says the Airbus A380's premium economy is a favourite with ...  

Both Woody Allen and William Shakespeare have words of wisdom regarding the momentous flight today of Qantas Airlines' newly resurrected Airbus A380. Don't believe me? Keep reading. But it remains to be seen whether this is an "all well that ends well ...  

LONDON/SINGAPORE, March 27 (Reuters) - A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 turned back to Singapore after an engine problem three hours into flight SQ26 to Frankfurt on Tuesday, the latest in a string of incidents affecting the world's biggest ...  

A Qantas Airbus A380 jet that dramatically lost an engine in a mid-air blast off Singapore in November 2010 was formally handed back to the Australian flag carrier on Saturday after extensive repairs.The near-disaster led to the temporary grounding of the Australian flag carrier's entire fleet of the A380 super jumbos, the world's largest commercial passenger plane, for inspection.Pilots managed to guide the plane back to Singapore's Changi...  

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport unveiled a new Airbus A380, though this particular aircraft will never take flight. The Airport has installed a mockup of the A380, the world's largest  

A recently opened restaurant in Chongqing, China gives diners the experience of eating in a first class Airbus A380 airplane cabin, without ever leaving the ground. The interior is custom made to look like an airplane and they have ‘flight attendants’ for waitstaff. Interestingly, this is not the first A380-themed restaurant, there is also the [...]  

Another glitch with Airbus’A380 superjumbo, this time with the  plane’s Rolls-Royce engine. The Associated Press reports this morning that Singapore Airlines had to shut down an engine on an A380 en route to Europe on Tuesday and return the plane to Singapore, the carrier said. The A380 has had several mechanical glitches since entering service. [...]  

Even the world's most luxurious aircrafts lacks fine dining in a way this Airbus A380 themed airplane restaurant does. And for one, you don't need to pay expensive expensive airfares and going through vigorous security ...  

SYDNEY - Australian flagship carrier Qantas Airways Ltd. says it delaying delivery of two Airbus A380 planes to curb costs. The airline said Friday it would not take delivery of the A380s as scheduled in 2013. That would help it cut capital ...  

Modifications to repair wing rib cracks on in-service Airbus A380s will begin in the first quarter of 2013 and the composite material at the root of the problem will no longer be used on new-production aircraft delivered from 2014. The cracks ...  

SYDNEY - Australian flagship carrier Qantas Airways Ltd. says it delaying delivery of two Airbus A380 planes to curb costs. The airline said Friday it would not take delivery of the A380s as scheduled in 2013. That would help it cut capital expenditure by $400 million. Instead, the double-decker sup  

Aircraft: Airbus A380. This behemoth of a double-decker airplane seats 471 passengers in three classes of service — "Suites" (first class), business class and economy. Cabin/Seat Assignment: Business Class featuring 60 lie-flat seats on the upper deck ...  

Airbus reagiert auf die Probleme bei seinem Riesenflieger: Der Konzern stellt laut "Financial Times Deutschland" die Flügelproduktion am A380 um. In den Tragflächen  waren Haarrisse gefunden worden. Die Änderung soll ab Jahresende erfolgen.  

The aircraft maker has already delivered 74 A380s, but the total number in need of retrofit will grow to 120 aircraft because of work already in the production system, says Tom Williams, Airbus’s executive VP-programs. Airbus has developed two fixes it ...  

James Hogan, the chief executive of Etihad Airways has said the carrier, which is due to get its first Airbus A380 superjumbo in 2014, wants more clarity from the plane maker about wing cracks on the aircraft, Reuters has reported. European air safety ...  

Qantas says an Airbus A380 jet forced to make an emergency landing in Singapore in November 2010 is finally heading home to Australia after extensive repairs. One of the engines appeared to break ...  

Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce says he does not expect customers to express any concerns about flying on the Airbus A380 that was damaged after a mid-air engine explosion. The Flying Kangaroo is set to welcome back Nancy Bird-Walton, the first ...  

The Qantas (QF) Airbus A380 that had been undergoing major repairs in Singapore since an inflight engine explosion in November 2010 returned to Sydney over the weekend.  

Qantas chief Alan Joyce yesterday said it was an emotional moment to see an Airbus A380 that lost an engine in a mid-air blast off Singapore in 2010 finally back in Australia.More than 500 days ...  

SYDNEY (AFP) - Qantas chief Alan Joyce Sunday said it was an emotional moment to see an Airbus A380 that lost an engine in a mid-air blast off Singapore in 2010 finally back in Australia. More than 500 days after the incident that led to the temporary ...  

SYDNEY: Qantas chief Alan Joyce said it was an emotional moment to see an Airbus A380 that lost an engine in a mid-air blast off Singapore in 2010 finally back in Australia. More than 500 days after the incident that led to the temporary ...  

PARIS (AP) – Airbus parent company EADS said Wednesday its first quarter earnings were hammered by a hefty 158-million euro ($203-million) charge to fix problematic wing parts on its flagship A380 superjumbo. EADS says the charge to fix the so ...  

SINGAPORE, March 27 (Xinhua) -- An Airbus A380 superjumbo of Singapore Airlines heading for Frankfurt was forced to turn back to Singapore on Tuesday due to a problem with one of its four engines, the airline said. The plane was carrying more than 430 ...  

2011 -- China Southern has released initial information regarding its forthcoming 506 seat  Airbus A380 configuration.  This will make China Southern’s A380 the third most densely populated superjumbo after Air France (538 seats in its three-class layout) and Lufthansa (526 seats).2011 --  UTair wins Wings of Russia Awards for airline of the year.2011 -- A destructive storm cell packing high winds, torrents of rain, and marble-sized hail hit...  

Airbus parent company EADS said its first quarter earnings were hammered by a 158 million euro (£119 million) charge to fix problematic wing parts on its flagship A380 superjumbo.Related StoriesObama tackles LA Galaxy star David Beckham over age and underwearFrench threat to UK energy: François Hollande could close nuclear plantsPakistan invited to Nato summitStocks fall amid Greece uncertaintyMladic's genocide trial begins  

Qantas Airways has completed its first assessment flight for the Airbus A380 that experienced an uncontained engine failure in Singapore, since the incident...  

China’s opposition to the European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS), has prevented Lufthansa (LH) from obtaining rights to operate an Airbus A380 to Shanghai, LH chairman and CEO Christoph Franz said.  

OnAir has equipped all 21 Airbus A380 aircraft in the Emirates Airline (EK) fleet with inflight connectivity service. The EK aircraft in July will become the first A380s to offer combined GSM mobile phone and Wi-Fi service, following the ...  

Qantas pilot captain Richard de Crespigny waves from the Qantas Airbus A380 jet, dubbed "Nancy Bird Walton" in honour of Australia's first female commercial pilot, on the tarmac at the Changi International Airport in Singapore, on April 21.  

In January 2008, NTUC secretary-general Lim Swee Say spoke up against legal action by parties ... Suites is a class available only on the Airbus A380. The A380 flies to Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo, Zurich and Los Angeles Introduced ...  

Airbus has said it will take on the load of paying for fixes to the wings of A380 planes, which are being delivered this year. The money will be spent on cracks to wing components. While more ...  

CFM Chief Executive Jean-Paul Ebanga said the deal builds on a 20-year relationship with Qantas. Qantas also uses Rolls-Royce PLC (RRL.LN) engines in some Qantas-branded aircraft, including its fleet of Airbus A380 superjumbos. According to its ...  

Air France (AF) will start operating an Airbus A380 on the Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)-Singapore (SIN) route April 1. Frequencies will be 3X-weekly from June to the end of October.  

SINGAPORE, March 27 (Reuters) - A Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) Airbus A380 aircraft was forced to turn back to Singapore earlier on Tuesday after encountering a problem with one of its engines. "SQ26 from Singapore to Frankfurt turned back to ...  

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has moved to distance itself from reports that it would create child-free zones on new Airbus A380 aircraft when it enters the fleet in July (ATW Daily News, March 12). In a spate of reports, the carrier said it would ban ...  

HAMBURG (dpa-AFX) - Nach Haarriss-Problemen in Teilen der Tragflächen des Riesenjets A380 stellt der Flugzeughersteller Airbus seine Produktion um. Ende des Jahres wird mit dem Einbau neuer Klammern in die Tragflächen des Großraumflugzeugs begonnen. Ein Sprecher der EADS-Tochter Airbus bestätigte am Montag in Toulouse einen entsprechenden Bericht der "Financial Times Deutschland". "Wir kennen inzwischen sehr genau die Ursache für die...  

In January 2008, NTUC secretary-general Lim Swee Say spoke up against legal action by parties ... Suites is a class available only on the Airbus A380. The A380 flies to Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo, Zurich and Los Angeles ...  

Malaysia Airlines KUALA LUMPUR: Children are to be barred from flying on the upper deck of the Airbus A380 on Malaysia Airlines flights, news reports suggested on Wednesday. According to reports, ...  

In January 2008, NTUC secretary-general Lim Swee Say spoke up against legal action by parties ... Suites is a class available only on the Airbus A380. The A380 flies to Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo, Zurich and Los Angeles Introduced ...  

THE thousands of Airbus workers in North Wales are “critical” to the  aerospace giant’s future. Speaking to Business Post at the company’s Toulouse headquarters, executive  vice president Tom Williams revealed the  6,000-strong Broughton factory was one  of the main reasons behind the decision  to ramp-up production of all planes in  2012. Mr Williams - the most senior UK  Airbus representative - admitted cracks  found in the wings of an A380...  

Hamburg (dpa) - Nach Haarrissproblemen in Teilen der Tragflächen des Riesenjets A380 stellt der Flugzeughersteller Airbus seine Produktion um. Ende des Jahres wird mit dem Einbau neuer Klammern in die Tragflächen des Großraumflugzeugs begonnen.  

Airlines have had to take their A380s out of service to conduct the inspections. Airbus chief operating officer for customers John Leahy said recently the costs of the repairs were covered under warranty. However, Mr Leahy played down the prospect of ...  

Gallois is due to retire at the end of May and will be replaced by current Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders. EADS CFO Hans Peter Ring also steps down in two weeks and his job will be merged into that of Wilhelm as part of a general move to ...  

Emirates Airline’s (EK) dedicated Airbus A380 terminal at Dubai International (DXB) will open Jan. 1, 2013, Executive VP-passenger sales Thierry Antinori confirmed to ATW. “At this new facility we can offer 20 A380 parking positions ...  

The Qantas Airbus 380 which had one of its four engines blow up in mid-air - while it was over Batam in November 2010 - is ready to be put back into commercial service. Related StoriesHotels say they check ICs, passports of guestsWhat lures women to become social escortsStation managers lacked info to help stranded travellers3 Geylang Serai hawker centres to offer healthier food choicesLTA teams up with SMRT to investigate recent train...  

China’s opposition to the European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS), has prevented Lufthansa (LH) from obtaining rights to operate an Airbus A380 to Shanghai, LH chairman and CEO Christoph Franz said. “The EU ETS is further increasing the already distorted level playing. We [the European airline industry] cannot accept retaliatory measures against the EU ETS in whatever form, landing rights or other. Some days ago, Lufthansa once again...  

They're baaaack! The doubledecker Airbus A380s of Lufthansa have resumed flying to San Francisco and, soon, New York-JFK. The big planes pulled back into SFO on March 25, but it's NYC that'll have the big welcome back when Lufthansa names their newest A380 after the city. From May 21, planespotters and Frankfurt-bound flyers at JFK should keep a look out for tail number D-AIMH, the "New York" A380. Lufthansa has been naming their superjumbos...  

TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa Fastening Systems (AFS) received a Bronze Award from Airbus for outstanding performance in its Supplier Quality Improvement Program. Based on selections of Airbus’ top tier suppliers, the award recognizes supplier improvement, quality, on-time delivery and sustainability performance. AFS provides Airbus with fasteners for all of their major programs including the A320, A330, A340, A350, A380 and A400M...  

PARIS (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus won 90 net plane orders in the first three months of the year, dominated by single-aisle aircraft such as the A320, it said on Friday. The net figure takes into account 10 cancellations so far this year, the company said on its website. Airbus, which competes with Boeing , said it delivered 131 planes in the first three months of the year, including four of its A380 superjumbo aircraft. (Reporting...  

HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Air China Ltd has not cut or cancelled any Airbus orders and is sticking to the delivery plan for the aircraft, it said on Thursday, adding that it plans to expand capacity. China has suspended the purchase of a total 55 Airbus jets, including 45 long-haul A330s and 10 Airbus A380 superjumbos worth a total of $14 billion amid a trade row over European Union airline emissions charges. "The stand of our central...  

On 1 April 2012, Air France will start operating an Airbus A380 on the Paris-Charles de Gaulle-Singapore route for the first time. This first commercial flight will be followed by regular services three times a week from June to the end of October 2012.  

The cost of fixing the superjumbo A380 wing cracks has blown out by 50 per cent, with the repair bill to cost Airbus 158 million euro ($A202 million). The cost is up 53 million euro from an estimate of 105 million euro just two months ago, because the fix ...  

Airbus has defined a permanent fix for cracks in rib support brackets on A380 aircraft, but still expects the programme to break even by the beginning of 2015.  

AFPAustralia's Qantas delays A380 deliveries in blow to AirbusReuters| SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian carrier Qantas is delaying delivery of two new Airbus A380s to help cut capital spending, a further blow to planemaker Airbus which has already seen China pull out of orders over a European Union airline emission charge ...Australia's Qantas delaying A380 deliveriesBaltimore SunQantas to Boost Domestic Flights Amid Virgin...  

Airbus chief operating officer for customers John Leahy says the repair work on a small number of tiny cracks found in the wings of two Qantas A380 aircraft, as well as in the A380 fleet of some other carriers, was covered under warranty. Mr Leahy said ...  

Delivery of the two Airbus A380s, originally intended for early 2013, will be put back to 2016/17, with a final six A380s delivered from 2018/19, Qantas said on Friday. Airbus earlier this year said ...  

Production of the A380 is being slowed for part of this year as Airbus fixes the wing crack problem. Nick Cunningham, analyst at Agency Partners, said the full cost to EADS of repairing the wing cracks could be more than €500m and did not include the ...  

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian carrier Qantas is delaying delivery of two new Airbus A380s to help cut capital spending by A$400 million ($410.7 million) while it increases capacity on its more profitable domestic operations. Delivery of the two Airbus A380s, originally intended for early 2013, will be put back to 2016/17, with a final six A380s delivered from 2018/19. Qantas said in February it would cut capital spending by A$500 million over...  

Airbus is cutting the production rate for the A380 from 2.7 aircraft each month to 2.3 for the next two quarters, as it goes about mending defective components in the superjumbo’s wing structure. The aircraft manufacturer insisted the move should not ...  

"We messed up," was recognized in February the head of Airbus, Tom Enders, at the Singapore Airshow. "This problem will occupy us for years," added a month later the vice president of Airbus programs, Tom Williams. It was only from 2013 that the first A380 ...  

FRANKFURT -(MarketWatch)- Aircraft manufacturer Airbus, a unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. EADS NV (EADSY, EAD.FR), will produce less of its super jumbo A380 model than planned in the coming months due to repair work, but it won't ...  

"This was achieved due to 'as-new' replacement parts being used wherever possible. This very small additional weight impact was a considerable achievement," says Airbus. "The aircraft's overall performance - range and efficiency - is expected to be unaffected."  

SYDNEY (AFP) - Airbus will pay to repair wing cracks in A380 superjumbos, but compensation is unlikely to extend to other costs such as the time the aircraft were out of service, reports said on Friday. Qantas and other airlines found tiny cracks ...  

Chief executive Alan Joyce said the latest savings would come from delaying the delivery of two Airbus A380s. Qantas was to receive two of the superjumbos in early 2013, but will now get them in the 2016/17 financial year. Another six A380s will be ...  

(Reuters) - Airbus said on Thursday it had slowed production of A380 aircraft as it addresses recent problems with wing cracks but it maintained a target of delivering 30 of the superjumbos in 2012. A spokesman for the European planemaker confirmed a report in France's La Tribune that it had slowed down production to 2.3 aircraft a month from 2.7 as it prepares to install fixes to prevent a repeat of cracks found earlier this year. ...  

Safety experts and the company itself say there was never any risk to passengers. Tom Williams, Executive Vice-President of Airbus, acknowledges the problems with the A380 wings have been "an embarrassment" to the company, but was upbeat about ...  

Airbus continues to hedge about the timing for the postponed delivery of the first green A380 to be converted into a VIP configuration for Saudi billionaire Prince Al-Waleed.  

Airbus, a unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. EADS NV (EADSY, EAD.FR), will temporarily slow production of its super jumbo A380 model to a rate of 2.3 planes a month from 2.7, French business news website La Tribune reported Thursday ...  

The Welsh Secretary was met at the French base by Executive Vice President (Programmes) Tom Williams, and Katherine Bennett, Vice President Head of Political Affairs before being taken around the A380 final assembly line by Paul Mackenzie, A380 Overseas Manager.  

The Middle East airline's outspoken chief executive Akbar Al Baker said he still has reservations about the manufacturer's plans for a stretched version of its new A350 jetliner, casting a shadow over Airbus ... 05/10 DJ Union Calls For North Sea ...  

"It is not typical that there would be any compensation above and beyond the actual repairing of the product," Airbus chief operating officer John Leahy told the paper from the firm's base in Toulouse, France. "We are traditionally responsible ...  

Chief executive Alan Joyce said the latest savings would come from delaying the delivery of two Airbus A380s. Qantas was to receive two of the superjumbos in early 2013, but will now get them in the 2016/17 financial year. Another six A380s will ...  

John Leahy, the chief operating officer of Airbus has said the company is to pay to repair wing cracks in A380 superjumbos, but compensation is unlikely to extend to other costs such as the time the aircraft were out of service, The Sydney Morning Herald has reported.  

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Australia's Qantas took its repaired A380 superjumbo back to the skies on Saturday, resuming a 3,900 mile journey dramatically interrupted 18 months ago when one of its engines blew up over Indonesia. After $140 million of repairs, the world's largest jetliner took off for Sydney shortly before midnight, carrying Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce and members of the crew that safely landed the crippled Airbus in Singapore...  

The second-largest Middle Eastern carrier had been due to take the first of 10 A380s on firm order in October next year, Chief Executive Officer Akbar al Baker said today in Dubai ... late last year and is now working to fix planes already ...  

Some 535 days after a mid-air engine explosion over Indonesia, the pride of the Qantas fleet - the plane that chief executive Alan Joyce calls the ... In what has been the biggest aviation repair job in living memory, Airbus, Qantas and Singapore ...  

This morning Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said that when the A380 "re-enters service it will have been approved to do so by Qantas, Airbus," and all relevant safety authorities. "So the aircraft we see this weekend is 100 per cent safe, and as good as brand new ...  

Qantas and other airlines taking their A380 aircrafts out of service to repair cracks in wing components are likely to struggle to get compensation from Airbus, as they were repaired under warranty.  

Airbus’s A380 superjumbo encountered fresh operational problems on Tuesday, when two aircraft had to abandon flights because of separate difficulties. An A380 operated by Singapore Airlines and flying from Singapore to Frankfurt had to return ...  

Australia Qantas says it will delay spending on new planes next financial year in a bid to reduce costs.The airline is pushing back the delivery of two Airbus A380s originally due early next year ...  

Qantas has denied reports that it's been forced to ground a third A380 Airbus plane because of a crack in the wing.Network Ten reported the airline is considering a damages claim against ...  

Qatar Airways said it won't take delivery of five A380 super jumbos until the airline knows plane-maker Airbus has a permanent fix for faults in the aircraft's wings.  

Europe has ordered regular checks of the superjumbo fleet after safety engineers found cracks in a handful of wing components of most aircraft in service. "Qatar Airways will have to defer scheduled deliveries of its A380s from October 2013 ...  

Earlier reports by Flightglobal Pro had put the additional weight at 200kg, but Airbus clarifies that the actual weight added to the aircraft was far less at 94kg. "This was achieved due to 'as-new' replacement parts being used wherever possible.  

SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Chile'sLan Airlines (LFL, LAN.SN) and Brazil's Tam (TAM, TAMM4.BR), the airlines merging to form Latin America's biggest carrier, have spoken with Airbus about the possibility of buying an A380 aircraft, Airbus said Thursday.  

SINGAPORE : Qantas has chalked up its biggest repair bill yet of US$144 million, after it took 18 months repairing ... Didier Lux, executive vice president for customer services at Airbus, said: "The old one had this engine problem which is ...  

British Airways plan to invest £5 billion over the next five years in new aircraft, smarter cabins, elegant lounges, and new technologies. British Airways has ordered 12 of the world’s roomiest aircraft, the A380, and 24 Boeing 787s Dreamliners ...  

Panasonic Avionics has secured a long-sought commercial agreement with Airbus to linefit its broadband connectivity service onboard Airbus A380s. The company announced the linefit approval on the first day of Aircraft Interiors in Hamburg and is targeting ...  

Airbus's chief operating officer, John Leahy, said the manufacturer would cover the cost of repairs as part of a warranty program but it would not extend to other bills incurred. ''It is not typical that there would be any compensation above and beyond the ...  

April 21 - Australian airliner Qantas prepares to send an A380 airbus back into the skies after an engine failure incident grounded the plane in Singapore in 2010. Julie Noce reports.  

Airbus said last week it was slowing down production of the world's largest aircraft as it develops a long-term solution to premature cracks in some of the brackets inside the wings but insisted it would stick to its schedule of delivering a ...  

Construction on the first of 12 A380 super jumbos ordered by British Airways has started in the Airbus facility in Hamburg. "They [the A380s] represent a significant part of a huge investment ...  

Airbus SAS (EAD) broadened the choice of business-class seats it offers in a catalog to customers of the A350 wide-body jet, as it seeks to avoid the high degree of customization that hobbled output of the larger A380 plane. Customers of the ...  

QANTAS will delay delivery of two Airbus A380s scheduled to arrive early next year until 2016/17 in major spending cuts, but announced plans to boost its domestic ...