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February 2025

  • New versions of the A320 passenger aircraft family at the Airbus factory in Hamburg, Germany, in 2022.

    Airbus plans to make 820 planes this year despite supply chain problems

    European manufacturer reports 8% drop in income for 2024 but says there is ‘solid demand’ for its products

January 2025

  • Air Busan Airbus plane catches fire before takeoff at Busan airport – video

    Planemaker Airbus said it is aware of reports about the incident and it is liaising with Air Busan.
  • Water dousing fire engulfing plane

    Passengers and crew evacuated as plane catches fire on South Korean runway

    All 176 people onboard escaped safely after blaze began inside Airbus jet preparing to take off from Gimhae airport
  • A Boeing 737 Max aircraft is assembled at the Boeing Renton factory in Renton, Washington, on 25 June 2024.

    Boeing production in 2024 expected to be less than half of rival Airbus

    US planemaker may have delivered 340 aircraft compared with 766 of European group, analysis suggests

October 2024

  • FILE PHOTO: A Ryanair Boeing 737 aircraft approaches Paris-Beauvais airport in Tille<br>FILE PHOTO: A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 aircraft approaches Paris-Beauvais airport in Tille, northern France, September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo

    Ryanair boss and IATA’s Willie Walsh sound alarm over Boeing delays

    Airline says it will have to cut passenger forecasts due to lack of planes, with Airbus also hit by production issues

September 2024

  • How two Airbus ZeroE blended wing concept planes could look in flight.

    Flying-Vs and longer wings: how the familiar shape of passenger planes is about to change

    Urgent search for better fuel efficiency to cut emissions is driving radical innovation in aircraft design
  • Codi, a four-wheeled rover robot

    Airbus trials prototype space rovers in Bedfordshire quarry

    Fitted with robotic arms and navigation cameras, the rovers are being developed for mooted missions to the moon and Mars
  • A Cathay Pacific Airbus A350 aircraft at an airport with other Cathay Pacific planes

    What happened to Cathay Pacific’s A350 and how will it affect Rolls-Royce?

    British manufacturer’s share price slumped 6.5% after engines failed on Cathay Pacific flight on Monday

July 2024

  • two people in plane cockpit overlooking cityscape

    Top pilots’ union sounds alarm as regulators consider smaller crew sizes

    Firms accused of putting profits over safety as EU group weighs cutting minimum number of pilots from two to one
  • Thames Water vans are parked on a road as repair and maintenance work takes place, in London.

    Business live
    Thames Water credit rating downgraded to ‘junk’ status by Moody’s – as it happened

    Live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as rating agency says water company will struggle to find new investment
  • A member of the military personnel eats an ice- cream while standing next to an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet.

    Observer business agenda
    Aircraft industry high-flyers touch down at Farnborough airshow amid supply chain turbulence

    Fears about keeping up with demand have replaced post-pandemic concerns about a slump in the aviation sector

June 2024

  • Airbus A320neo

    Airbus shares plunge as plane maker cuts profit forecast

  • The Boeing logo is seen on the side of a Boeing 737 Max in 2022.

    FAA investigates counterfeit titanium used in some Boeing and Airbus jets

May 2024

  • One person sat in a small navy and white helicopter plane with another person crouched down on the left wing of the plane

    ‘Everyone wants a plane for summer’: luxury trade fair woos super-rich

    Elite London billed as ‘unique platform for luxury lifestyle brands’, with entry level helicopters costing upwards of £3.2m

March 2024

  • Visitors stand at the Airbus pavilion at an exhibition in Doha

    Europe is unprepared for risks from Russia and Trump, says Airbus boss

    Aerospace group chief executive urges UK and Europe to pool efforts and merge fighter jet programmes

January 2024

  • An aerial view shows burnt Japan Airlines' (JAL) Airbus A350 plane

    Japan jet crash: passenger plane was cleared to land, say officials

    Smaller plane on runway was not cleared for takeoff, however, say authorities as investigations begin

December 2023

  • Christmas feast

    ‘Worse than giving birth’: 700 fall sick after Airbus staff Christmas dinner

    French health authorities investigating mass gastroenteritis outbreak after company restaurant served foie gras and lobster

September 2023

  • Louis Taylor, CEO of British Business Bank. London. Photograph by David Levene 4/9/23

    Observer business profile
    ‘We’ve learned lessons’: the banker clearing up the £1.1bn fallout from the UK’s Covid loan scheme

    British Business Bank chief Louis Taylor says he values roles that are ‘beyond the pure profit motive’

April 2023

  • Journalists looking at pieces of the wreckage of Flight 447 in 2009.

    Air France and Airbus cleared of involuntary manslaughter over 2009 crash

    Paris court clears aviation giants over disaster that killed 228 people flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris

March 2023

  • Airbus A350-1000 Departs Sydney Following Qantas Announcement Of Order For A350-1000 Aircraft To Operate Project Sunrise Flights<br>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 04: An Airbus A350-1000 flight test aircraft departs Sydney Airport on May 04, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. Qantas announced a major fleet decision this week, with twelve Airbus A350-1000s to be ordered to operate non-stop "Project Sunrise" flights from Australia's east coast to New York, London and other key destinations. The aircraft will feature market-leading passenger comfort in each travel class with services to start by the end of 2025. (Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images for Airbus/Qantas)

    Jet planes and sugar cane: Qantas and Airbus get on board biofuel factory in Queensland

    Aviation giants look to agricultural waste in bid to cut emissions but experts say it is no panacea
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