Qatar Airways and Airbus both said they wanted to settle a bitter billion dollar dispute out of court after the latest hearing Thursday in which each side claimed victory. The airline and leading plane maker have been fighting in the British courts for months over peeling paint on 23 A350...

Qantas announced on Monday it will launch the world's longest non-stop commercial flight, with passengers set to spend 19 hours in the air traveling from Sydney to London by the end of 2025. After five years of planning, the airline said it was ordering 12 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft to operate...

Qatar Airways has denied that it owes Airbus $220 million in compensation for the rejected A350 aircraft. The Gulf carrier said that by refusing to accept two of the wide-body jets from Airbus it has in any way breached its contract with Airbus.

Qatar Airways has secured an injunction preventing Airbus from cancelling deals for other jets as the two are involved in a legal battle.

Qatar Airways on Monday accused aviation giant Airbus of blocking efforts to settle their billion-dollar dispute over the safety of the A350 as it announced that another plane has been grounded with peeling paintwork.

Baptised Eurodrone, the twin-motor aircraft with a 30-metre wingspan similar to some commercial planes, will be able to carry out intelligence-gathering, surveillance as well as combat operations.

Airbus has been mired in controversy despite its best efforts to increase its customer base, across the world in general and in the GCC in particular.

Kuwait Airways announced an expanded, $6 billion deal with Airbus that includes 31 new planes on Monday, restructuring an agreement struck in 2014. In February 2020, Kuwait's parliament opened a fact-finding panel to probe allegations of kickbacks, after Airbus paid huge fines to settle bribery cases.

European aircraft giant Airbus posted record profits in 2021 after two years of losses as it cruises past the pandemic-induced crisis in the travel industry, company results showed Thursday. The group, which employs more than 126,000, plans to recruit 6,000 people this year.

Jazeera Airways of Kuwait has placed an order for 28 Airbus aircraft worth $3.4 billion, according to media reports.

The move came within mere hours of Airbus cancelling an order of 50 of its A321neo aircraft, which it was to deliver to the Gulf-based airline.

The order was worth $6 billion at catalogue prices, though airlines are usually charged less for large purchases.

A320 family planes, which are most frequently used for short and medium-range flights, accounted for more than three-quarters of last year's deliveries.

The US had asked them to delay 5G rollout by 2 weeks.

Boeing currently supplies much of Qantas' domestic fleet.

Qatar Airways in August stopped taking deliveries from Airbus over a problem that saw external paint degrading.

The shortage represented more than half of the civilian aircraft in the sanctions-hit country, he said in an interview this week.

Airbus says the Middle East will need more than 3,000 aircraft by 2040.

A total of 408 aircraft (269 firm orders and 139 commitments) were ordered at the Dubai Airshow, the first major airshow since the pandemic. It covered the full range of commercial aircraft, including a first commitment for the A350F. In the pre-show event, Airbus launched its latest global market forecast...

The deals were signed with one local company and four others from around the world.

The global aviation sector has begun to emerge from the Covid pandemic, its worst-ever crisis, and the "outlook is starting to brighten", Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury told journalists Monday. A large order of 255 of Airbus' single-aisle A231 planes announced Sunday at the Dubai Airshow "completely justifies" a shift to...

US company Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has signed a letter of intent to purchase 111 Airbus aircraft, the European plane-maker said in a statement on Monday. The agreement is for 25 A220-300s, 55 A321neos, 20 A321XLRs, four A330neos and seven A350Fs. The order will be finalized in the coming months...

The MoU comes as part of Tawazun’s endeavors to attract long-term partnerships with leading defense and security, aviation and aerospace manufacturing companies.

Airbus came out strongly at the Dubai Airshow on Sunday with a group order for 255 single-aisle A321 aircraft, marking the first major deal of its kind since the pandemic began. The European plane-maker's announcement came shortly after its American rival Boeing said it would fulfill an order to convert...

Boeing has endured a series of crises as Airbus recovers.

Airlines are still deep in the red, with losses expected to extend by another $51.8 billion this year.

European planemaker booked net profit of 404 mn euros.

From Sept 20, the index of 30 firms will bring its total membership to 40 firms.

The delivery will take the airlines' total fleet of A380s to 188 units.

The Saudi low fares airline, flyadeal, has signed a long-term Flight Hour Services (FHS) agreement with Airbus to support its A320 fleet.

The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority has asked the airline to take the step due to a faster deterioration of the fuselage surface below the outer paint, the local reports pointed out.