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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 ...
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How Many Airbus A300s Are Left?
Most of the world's remaining Airbus A300s are freighters in service with three of the world's largest cargo companies.
Airbus stopped making the A340 in 2011 after improvements in engine technology caused airlines to switch to two-engined models such as the Boeing 777 and, in future, the A350.
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.
Airbus on Tuesday unveiled a new concept for its next-generation, single-aisle aircraft and reiterated its intention to develop a hydrogen-powered model.. The manufacturer announced ambitious ...
Airbus uploads information about its aircraft design, production, operations, and maintenance to a cloud database, where it can be fed into 3D models. The product, it says, ...
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.
With the length of its overall fuselage—an aircraft's main body section—being just over 247 feet, the "super-stretch" A340-600 is Airbus' "longest jetliner operating today," the manufacturer ...
FARNBOROUGH, England— Airbus AIR -0.11% 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 ...
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 ...
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