Latest Airbus global press releases

Aircalin takes delivery of its first A320neo

Uganda Airlines flies further with its brand-new A330neo

Uganda Airlines, the country’s flag-carrier, has taken delivery of its first A330neo, the latest version of the most popular…

Air Greenland places Christmas order for an A330neo

Air Greenland, the flag-carrier for Greenland, is the latest airline to order Airbus’ next generation A330neo widebody aircraft.

ÖAMTC Air Rescue starts fleet modernization with five Airbus H135 helicopters

Airbus Helicopters and ÖAMTC Air Rescue have signed a firm contract for the purchase of five H135s. The delivery of the first…

Héli-Union to purchase two Airbus H160 helicopters

Airbus Helicopters and its historical partner Héli-Union have signed a contract for the purchase of two multi-mission H160s to…

Airbus Helicopters boosts the mission capabilities of its H135 helicopters

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified a new Alternate Gross Weight (AGW) for the latest version of the…

The EcoPulse™ hybrid aircraft demonstrator achieves its first key milestone with…

The EcoPulse™ distributed propulsion hybrid aircraft demonstrator – which is being developed by Daher, Safran and Airbus with the…

Airbus quantum computing challenge helps advance sustainable flight

Airbus has concluded its global Quantum Computing Challenge (AQCC) announcing the winning team of the competition. The Italian…

Airbus successfully qualifies Europe´s first five metre deployable reflector for…

Airbus has successfully qualified Europe´s first five metre deployable antenna reflector. The 70 kilogram deployable reflector…

JetBlue’s first A220 “Hops” to the sky for the first time

The first Airbus A220-300 for JetBlue Airways has completed its inaugural test flight from the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley in…

“Innovations for FCAS”: Airbus concludes cooperative pilot phase with startup…

Munich, 09 December 2020 – Airbus has concluded a pilot phase of the “Innovations for FCAS” (I4 FCAS) initiative which aims at…

Airbus primes FCAS Low Observability and leads New Generation Fighter in Spain

Spanish industry has signed the initial framework contract of the Future Combat Air System’s (FCAS) demonstrator phase,…

Airbus to deliver radar instrument for new Copernicus ROSE-L mission

Airbus has been selected by Thales Alenia Space to build the advanced radar instrument for the ‘Radar Observatory System for the…

The Airbus Zephyr, Solar High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) concludes a…

Airbus Defence and Space has successfully completed a new test flight campaign for its Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station …

The Republic of Mali orders an additional Airbus C295

The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Mali has placed a firm order for an additional Airbus C295 airlifter in the transport…

Launch success for UAE’s FalconEye satellite

The Earth observation satellite FalconEye was successfully launched last night from the European Spaceport (CSG) in Kourou,…

Successful testing of MetOp-SG-B Scatterometer antennas

The Scatterometer (SCA) antenna subsystem of the weather satellite MetOp-SG-B, built by prime contractor Airbus Defence and Space…

Five-bladed Airbus H145 receives FAA type certification

The new five-bladed H145 helicopter has received its certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This type…