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100 Airbus employees fall sick after company's Christmas party
Aviation

Airbus updates many A320 jets after software crisis

Airbus SE announced on Monday that it has successfully updated the “vast majority” of the approximately 6,000 A320-family jets affected by a recently identified software issue, moving swiftly to prevent significant operational fallout from its largest-ever recall. The European plane maker’s action stems from an Alert Operators Transmission issued on November 28, which called for […]

100 Airbus employees fall sick after company's Christmas party
Aviation

American Airlines confirm Airbus software updates complete

American Airlines said Saturday that aircraft grounded by an Airbus recall have been updated with new software and can resume flights. “As of 12 p.m. CT, no aircraft were left to be updated of the 209 impacted,” the company said. “American expects no further operational impact related to the Emergency Airworthiness Directive and looks forward […]

100 Airbus employees fall sick after company's Christmas party
Aviation

Global flight disruption looms over plane modifications — Airbus

European aerospace giant Airbus has warned that flights will be disrupted after it requested immediate modifications to thousands of its A320-family planes. The move comes after the aircraft makers discovered that intense radiation from the Sun could corrupt data crucial to flight control. About 6,000 planes are thought to be affected, which makes up about […]

Air cargo demand rises by 18.4% January - IATA
Aviation

Global flight in chaos after major Airbus jet recall

A major software glitch in Airbus jets prompted the cancellation of hundreds of flights worldwide, disrupting the busy holiday travel season. The European planemaker stated the issue could affect over 6,500 aircraft, and regulators have mandated that a software upgrade be completed before any affected plane can fly again. Airlines grounded flights and scrambled to […]

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Airbus overtakes Boeing as world’s most-delivered jetliner

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has achieved a major milestone, overtaking Boeing to claim the title of the world’s most-delivered jetliner. Industry data from UK-based consultancy, Cirium, shows that Airbus’s A320 family reached 12,260 deliveries as of Tuesday, surpassing Boeing’s long-standing 737 record. The milestone was reached with the delivery of a new A320 to Saudi […]

100 Airbus employees fall sick after company's Christmas party
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100 Airbus employees fall sick after company’s Christmas party

Earlier this month, festivities turned sour for employees of an Airbus subsidiary in France as a holiday celebration resulted in dozens of employees falling ill after a company Christmas party. “Around 100 Airbus Atlantic employees were taken ill after contracting a food-borne illness after eating the company-organized Christmas lunch,” a spokesperson said in an emailed […]

UAE cancels Airbus H225M helicopters deal
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UAE cancels Airbus H225M helicopters deal

The United Arab Emirates has reportedly cancelled a 2021 deal with Airbus to acquire twelve H225M Caracal multirole helicopters for around 800 million euros ($880.6 million). This was revealed following reports from Breaking Defense magazine. According to an official at the UAE’s defense and security acquisitions authority, Muammar Abdulla Abushehab, the decision was not politically […]

Air France, Airbus face trial over 2009 crash
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Air France, Airbus face trial over 2009 crash

Air France and aircraft maker Airbus go on trial in Paris on Monday on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 crash of a flight from Brazil, killing all 228 people aboard. The case focuses on alleged insufficient pilot training and a defective speed monitoring probe, which was quickly replaced on planes worldwide in the […]