Airbus’ (Blagnac, France) A320neo (new engine option) jetliner took to the skies for its maiden flight on September 25 from Toulouse, France – opening a new chapter for the company’s single-aisle product line. The A320neo aircraft, powered by Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1100G-JM engines, ascended from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, kicking off an historic first mission with a five-member crew of Airbus

L’avion civil de dernière génération, a obtenu sa certification de Type de l’EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) le 30 septembre 2014. L’appareil certifié est équipé des moteurs Trent XWB de Rolls-Royce. La certification de la FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) est attendue prochainement. Le Certificat de Type de l’A350-900 délivré par l’EASA a été signé par

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued type certification for the Airbus A350-900, clearing the way for first delivery of the aircraft in the coming weeks. “We dealt with a very mature aircraft,” EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky stated on Tuesday. “Airbus and EASA have learnt from experience and have established pragmatic working methods

Le premier vol du best -seller d’Airbus l’A320neo, la Fiat Scudo sera produite dans l’usine de Renault à Sandouville (Seine-Maritime), le français Netatmo résiste à l’ogre Nest… Retrouvez les sept bonnes nouvelles industrielles recensées par L’Usine Nouvelle pour bien commencer la semaine. LE PREMIER VOL DE L’A320NEO L’A320neo a décollé pour la première fois de

The first A320neo to fly has landed back at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport France at 02:22 pm local time after successfully completing its first flight which lasted around two and a half hours. The aircraft – carrying the registration F-WNEO – was flown by Airbus experimental test pilots Philippe Pellerin and Etienne Miche de Malleray. Accompanying them

Airbus Helicopters (CA 2012 : 6,3Mds d′Euros – 22.000 salariés), leader mondial de la filière hélicoptère, et GFC Construction (69), filiale de Bouygues Construction pour le sud-est de la France, ont lancé le 12 septembre dernier la construction du Marignane Development Center sur le site principal de l′hélicoptériste à Marignane. Fruit d′un investissement de 30M

Airbus Group plans to sell non-core assets, including its stake in Dassault Aviation. A version of this article appears in the September 22 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. Two years ago the Airbus Group was called EADS and its defense division was Cassidian. Stefan Zoller was Cassidian’s CEO and EADS was in merger