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Airbus raises $2.69 bln from Dassault stake sale

Airbus Group SE Friday said it raised EUR2.38 billion ($2.69 billion) through the sale of its remaining 23.6% stake in French Rafale combat jet maker Dassault Aviation SA. For over a year Airbus has been reducing its stake in Dassault Aviation, which it held as part of the formation of the European plane maker. It began the gradual disposal in 2014 and sold an 18.75% holding last year, leaving...

Air France flight declares emergency, diverting to another airport

An Air France plane flying to Madrid from Paris has declared that it is redirecting to another airport due to a medical emergency. As of 10.32am, Dubai time, AirLive.net reported that Flight AF1000 has “declared an emergency and diverting” to Bordeaux, a town southwest of the French capital. The airline has so far not issued any official advisory or statement to confirm the incid...

Airbus narrows gap with Boeing after 83 orders in May

Airbus AIR.PA sold 83 aircraft in May, but remained behind rival Boeing BA.N in the race for orders after a slow start to the year, figures released on Tuesday showed. Airbus lost ground in volume terms but fractionally narrowed the gap in terms of market share by grabbing 38 percent of net orders in the first five months of the year. New business included 60 new-generation narrow-body jets...

Air Charter Service: Euro 2016 charter fever nears take off

With Euro 2016 fast approaching, leading aircraft charter provider, Air Charter Service, prepares for an extremely busy period and the fruition of months of work, having already booked more than 20 aircraft to fly to the championships.   The company has been busy with enquiries since the end of last year and started booking aircraft straight after the group draw in Paris on 12th December, as AC...

Safran selected as engine supplier for South Korean LCH and LAH helicopters

Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) has selected Safran Helicopter Engines as engine supplier for its Light Civil Helicopter (LCH). It will be powered with the existing Arriel 2C2 engine. On the Light Armed Helicopter (LAH), Safran has been selected by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), KAI and Hanwha Techwin. The LAH will feature a new engine designated Arriel 2L2. Safran Hel...

Voldirect inaugurates its PC 12

Three years after launching, Voldirect, the first business aviation company in Rennes France, has launched its second plane, the Pilatus PC12. The PC-12 is one of the most comfortable airplanes in its category and the most flexible for small airport accessibility. The Pilatus PC-12's cabin is pressurized and spacious enough to accommodate up to eight passengers and to offer them an ideal sp...

Air France stewards to go on strike from July 27

Air France stewards plan to go on strike from July 27 to Aug. 2, unions said on Friday, citing dissatisfaction with negotiations on a new work and compensation deal that is due to take effect in November. "The notice is sufficiently long to allow the management to engage in responsible talks," the unions said. Separately, pilot unions had on Tuesday called on members to...

Air France pilots union calls for labour strike during Euro 2016

Air France’s pilot unions have called on members to strike during the first week of the Euro 2016 soccer championship in a protest over pay. The unions said in a joint statement they planned to strike from June 11 until June 14 and might schedule further strikes a few days later if necessary. The soccer tournament begins in Paris on June 10 and will run until July 10. The strike c...

Airbus 3D Printed This 13-Foot-Long Drone Named Thor

Airbus, the European aerospace giant, has a new drone named Thor. Thor is a clumsy acronym for “Test of High-tech Objectives in Reality,” and what the drone does is nowhere near is important as what it means. The drone, all 13 feet and 55 pounds of it, was 3D printed over the course of about a month. Unveiled at the 2016 International Aerospace Exhibition and Air Show in Berlin this...

New A380 cabin squeezes 11 seats into each row in economy

The world’s largest passenger jet could get a lot more crowded after Airbus revealed a new seating plan that would squeeze as many as 70 additional travellers on board and create a dreaded middle, middle seat in economy class. If an airline adopts the arrangement, so-called ‘cattle class’ on the A380 would be realigned with 11 passengers in almost every row in a 3-5-3 configur...

Airbus Helicopters advances Clean Sky 2 high-speed efficient rotorcraft demonstrator

Airbus Helicopters earlier this year passed an important milestone in the development of the high-speed, compound helicopter demonstrator currently being built as part of the Clean Sky 2 European research programme. A mockup of the breakthrough airframe design has just undergone windtunnel testing in an Airbus facility. The tests proved the viability of the chosen design in terms of efficiency, su...

Airbus relies on current A320 model to meet delivery goal

Airbus is sticking to 2016 delivery targets despite a slow start caused by supplier problems, but is having to fall back on an older version of its best-selling jet to make up for delays in the A320neo, executives said. Deliveries fell 7 percent in the first quarter after problems at engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney left about two dozen A320neo jets without engines, creating what its ope...

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