Category: airbus

Qatar Releases Video of Scarred Jets in Airbus Dispute

PARIS—Qatar Airways took a spiraling $4 million-a-day dispute with Europe’s Airbus to social media on Friday, publishing a video of the scarred exterior of grounded A350 jets that the airline said underscored “serious and legitimate safety concerns.” The two companies have been locked for months in a dispute over deterioration to paint and anti lightning…


China Punishes US Airlines

News Analysis The United States, Europe, Japan, and other powerful economies should align more closely to protect democracy against China’s unscrupulous trade policies. But as illustrated by the airline industry, Beijing skillfully uses its gatekeeper status to the massive China market to play the democracies against each other. Since at least 2019, for example, Beijing…


Boeing Wins Annual Jet Order Race on Adjusted Basis

SEATTLE—Boeing Co. won the annual jet order race against European rival Airbus SE on an underlying basis but lagged on deliveries as it continues to haul itself slowly out of a succession of crises, new data showed on Tuesday. The U.S. planemaker said it ended 2021 with 535 net orders after cancellations and conversions that…


Airbus Outstrips Boeing With 611 Plane Deliveries in 2021

PARIS—Airbus kept its crown as the world’s largest commercial airplane supplier for the third year running as it outstripped Boeing by delivering 611 jets in 2021, company data showed on Monday. The delivery numbers gave Airbus an unassailable lead on revenue-generating deliveries—the industry’s main yardstick—after Boeing only handed over 302 jets in the first 11…


Airbus Faces $339 Million Class Action Suit in the Netherlands, Lawyers Say

AMSTERDAM—Lawyers who say they are representing “a hundred” institutional investors have filed a class action lawsuit against Airbus in a Dutch court, saying they suffered at least 300 million euros ($339 million) in damages as a result of company misconduct. The suit, filed by the Foundation for Investor Loss Compensation on Jan. 3 at The…


Airbus Delivers 58 Jets, Gets Order Boost in November

PARIS—Airbus delivered 58 airplanes in November, leaving itself the task of speeding up monthly deliveries to 82 in December to reach an end-year target of 600, company data showed on Tuesday. The European planemaker booked 318 new orders after a busy Dubai Airshow, but removed or took cancelations for 75 jets including 28 A320neos for…


Foreign Companies Not Trustworthy to Handle US National Security Functions

Commentary Americans probably owe our independence to foreigners. After all, the British employed Hessians to fight on their side in the Revolutionary War. These German troops didn’t really have skin in the game. They were paid, regardless of whether they fought well or were captured in their barracks. And so, many were captured in their…


‘Bear of the Pyrenees’, Former Airbus CEO Jean Pierson Dies

PARIS—Jean Pierson, the “Bear of the Pyrenees” who propelled planemaker Airbus onto the global stage and began its transformation from a loose consortium into a European giant, has died, former colleagues said on Thursday. Pierson died on Wednesday aged 80 in France, they said. The Frenchman was Airbus’ longest-serving chief executive, between 1985 and 1998,…


Investors Eye Airbus Q4 After Flat September Jet Deliveries

Airbus jetliner deliveries were flat in September, compared with the previous month, heralding another end-year sprint to allow the European planemaker to reach its overall 2021 target. Airbus delivered 40 aircraft last month to bring the total so far this year to 424 aircraft, up 24 percent from the same point a year ago, which…


Airbus Sees Jet Demand Conquering Suppliers’ Output Fears

BOSTON—Airbus is sticking to its quest for record jet output after airlines reported glimmers of a post-pandemic recovery this week, and believes engine makers who have questioned its most ambitious proposals will be “unable to resist” demand. Airbus has said it hopes to almost double jet production in a few years as borders reopen. Engine…