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Commercial Aircraft
easyJet to upgrade its Airbus A320 Family fleet with Descent Profile Optimisation and Continuous Descent Approach to further improve efficiency, fuel savings and noise emissions
easyJet is to upgrade its A320 Family fleet with Airbus’ “Descent Profile Optimisation” (DPO) – a fuel-saving enhancement to the aircraft’s on-board Flight Management System (FMS) performance database and “Continuous Descent Approach” (CDA) to reduce noise impact on the ground. The European short-haul airline will become the biggest operator worldwide using these powerful combined solutions.
Company
Airbus to hold Capital Market Day on 23 September 2022
Airbus SE (stock exchange symbol: AIR) will hold a Capital Market Day on Friday, 23 September 2022 in Toulouse.
Helicopters
French Navy takes delivery of first H160 for search and rescue missions
The French Navy has taken delivery of the first of six H160s that will perform search and rescue (SAR) missions.
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Commercial Aircraft
Airbus delivers its 500th A350
Airbus delivers its 500th A350 and unveils its new Production Standard 2022. 225 million passengers, more than 900 routes and over 400 orders in the backlog. At the end of September 2022, Airbus celebrates its 500th A350 delivery with an aircraft for Iberia. With this milestone, the A350 Family is continuing to spread its wings to all corners of the world.
Helicopters
Airbus delivers 100th H135 in Japan
Since the delivery of the country’s first H135 to Toho Air Service in April 1997 for electronic news gathering (ENG) activities, Japanese operators across the country have been tapping into Airbus Helicopters’ H135 operational excellence for a variety of missions spanning utility, emergency medical services, law enforcement, media broadcasting, passenger transportation, and training.
Space
Uploading the Cloud Imager
The development of Europe's second generation polar-orbiting weather satellites has reached another decisive milestone with the installation of the Ice Cloud Imager Instrument (ICI) onto the MetOp-SG-B satellite.
Topics in focus
Zero emission
Alternative propulsion is key to bringing zero-emission flight to reality. Discover how Airbus is driving its development to disruptively reduce CO2 emissions of future aircraft.
Airbus safety
From conception to the end-of-service, Airbus’ safety culture drives the design and operations of our full product range – backed by continuous technological improvements.
Sustainability
Uniting & safeguarding for a more sustainable world – at Airbus, our approach to sustainability starts by rethinking the way we do business to ensure we can be a driving force for change.