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Why the A340 Struggled: The Unluckiest Plane in Aviation History
The Airbus A340 was initially hailed as a marvel of aviation engineering, designed to be the long-range, four-engine workhorse for airlines worldwide. However, despite its impressive capabilities and ...
The A340 is one of four Lufthansa aircraft types with first class cabins flying to the US, along with the Airbus A380, Boeing 747-8i and newly-inaugurated A350-900 and its new Allegris suites.
Airbus and its engine makers have acted to try to shore up the value of second-hand A340 aircraft as the European planemaker tries to reduce its financial exposure to depressed market values of an ...
Airbus produces 36 single-aisle aircraft and 10 wide-body A330/A340 aircraft a month and had planned to boost this to 40 and 11 respectively by 2010 to keep pace with record order backlogs.
Edelweiss Air Airbus A340-300. ... These state-of-the-art aircraft are poised to replace the existing A340-300 long-haul fleet by mid-2027, aligning with the airline’s eco-conscious agenda.
We first heard about the ZEROe project back in 2020, when Airbus shared the initial concept of a zero-emission aircraft based on hydrogen. Since then, Airbus has dived deep into all the complex ...
Airbus is set to give guidance for 2025 deliveries when it reports earnings next month. In a report last week, Bank of America analysts said they expect the guidance to be between 800 and 810 planes.
Airbus has orders for 2,000 aircraft compared to Boeing's 1,200 so far, per Bloomberg. Airbus is set to break the record for the most planes sold in a year in 2023, Reuters reported.
Rob Geckle, chairman and CEO of Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new hangar at Airbus’ U.S. Military Aircraft facility in west Mobile on Wednesday ...
Spirit Airlines is pushing back delivery of Airbus aircraft, prompting pilot furloughs later this year, as the airline looks to boost liquidity following its terminated merger with JetBlue last month.
Airbus is in talks with Rolls-Royce about using the engine maker’s new turbine to power its future line-up of narrow-body aircraft, in what would be a major breakthrough for the British ...
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