Tag: Airplanes & airplane parts
These are the silent stars of the aviation industry
Wingcopter delivery drone The start-up from Weiterstadt near Darmstadt is very far in the development of the delivery drone and already has specific orders in Japan, for example. (Photo: Wingcopter)…
That’s why Boeing and Airbus are against the new 5G network
5G expansion The airlines fear possible interference from 5G and the sensitive aircraft electronics. (Photo: Reuters) Washington In the dispute over the security of 5G in the aviation industry, the…
Also Boeing and Airbus against the introduction of 5G in the USA
5G expansion The airlines fear that possible interference from 5G and the sensitive aircraft electronics will arise. (Photo: dpa) Washington In the dispute over the security of 5G in the…
Dispute over large-capacity jet A350: Qatar Airways sued Airbus
Dispute over large-capacity A350 In June, Qatar suspended acceptance of further machines of the type. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The aircraft manufacturer Airbus is being sued by its important customer Qatar…
Airbus delivers last A380 to Emirates
Hamburg, Dubai The A380 chapter is over for the aircraft manufacturer Airbus – only 16 years after the first flight. The Arab airline Emirates wanted to receive the very last…
Airbus delivers last A380 to Emirates
Emirates Airbus A380 Emirates has accepted a total of 123 copies of the double-decker aircraft from Airbus, almost half of all 251 A380s ever sold. (Photo: dpa) Hamburg, Dubai With…
Airbus delivers last A380 to Emirates
A380 In size and capacity, it trumps the legendary Boeing Jumbo 747: the world’s largest passenger jet A380 from Airbus. (Photo: Reuters) Hamburg, Dubai With the delivery of the last…
Lufthansa Technik boss: “We are extending technical life”
Lufthansa Technik boss Johannes Bussmann The CEO of the Lufthansa subsidiary contradicts the thesis that in terms of climate protection it makes sense to replace all aircraft with modern ones…
Dispute over Airbus subsidiary Premium Aerotec escalates
Airbus boss Guillaume Faury The Airbus boss is angry about the strike threats from IG Metall. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt The dispute about the future structure of the German Airbus subsidiary…
IG Metall calls for warning strikes at Airbus and Premium Aerotec
Airbus boss Guillaume Faury The Airbus boss is angry about the strike threats from IG Metall. (Photo: Reuters) Munich IG Metall calls for warning strikes in the dispute over the…
Dubai Airshow gives hope to aircraft manufacturers – mega-order for Airbus
For the European aviation group, the deal is a perfect start to the Dubai Airshow, which has been running since Sunday. It is the first major aviation show in two…
Airbus raises profit target for 2021 again
Alitalia Airbus in Rome The bottom line was that Airbus earned 404 million euros in the third quarter, after the group had fallen into the red a year earlier due…
Airbus plans record production for A320
Frankfurt 75 – this number brings beads of sweat to many Airbus suppliers. This is the number of A320 Family jets that the Group intends to produce every month from…
Airbus plans record production for A320
Frankfurt 75 – this number brings beads of sweat to many Airbus suppliers. This is the number of A320 Family jets that the Group intends to produce every month from…
Lufthansa is planning with this fleet
Frankfurt It is an emotional moment for many Lufthansa employees and airplane fans when the super jumbo with the identification D-AIMH takes off in Frankfurt on September 14th at around…
With Air2E, Norbert Werle makes flying electric
Frankfurt When Norbert Werle founded his business aircraft provider in 2017, one thing was certain: in the long run, his customers should fly electrically. That’s why he named his company…
The last major project of Rolls-Royce boss Torsten Müller Ötvöt
Torsten Müller Ötvöt The Rolls-Royce boss has to moderate the change from the combustion engine to the electric motor at the luxury brand. (Photo: BERNHARD_LIMBERGER / BMW Group) Munich For…
Lilium boss Wiegand is planning the first test flights in 14 months
Frankfurt, Düsseldorf Daniel Wiegand is used to criticism. The head of the air taxi company Lilium has been criticized for months. The IPO through the merger with an empty shell…
Deutscher sets global standard for operating system
Palo Alto Kitty Hawk’s building in Palo Alto is nondescript. The air taxi start-up didn’t even put up a company sign. But Lorenz Meier knows his way around the sensational…
Comment: Hydrogen in the airplane – more realism please
The statement makes you sit up and take notice. Airbus boss Guillaume Faury said a few days ago that he is becoming increasingly confident that a hydrogen-powered airliner will be…