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Airbus encourages young women to pursue aviation careers

By on December 11, 2014 in Airbus

Airbus continued its policy of encouraging young girls to consider studying aeronautics by recently welcoming secondary school students to its Toulouse site for a day, giving them the opportunity to meet Airbus employees and learn more about the different professions in the aeronautical industry. The goal of the Airbus’ program, “Elles du Futur – Girls […]

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Bees playing a key role in Airbus’ environmental footprint

By on August 14, 2014 in Airbus, Environment

The Airbus family of widebody and single-aisle aircraft are not the only buzz-worthy products created by the European aircraft manufacturer. More than 600 jars of honey are collected each year from beehives at Airbus’ Hamburg facilities. The beehives are located near the company’s aircraft paint shop and close to the runway where new-build jetliners carry […]

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JAL and Airbus sign first-ever order

By on October 17, 2013 in Airbus, Japan Air Lines

For more than half a century, Boeing has been the top provider of commercial aircraft to Japanese airlines, with Japan being one of the largest single-country international markets in dollar value for Boeing. Over the past 50 years, Japanese carriers ordered approximately 900 Boeing jetliners and Japan Airlines (JAL) has purchased more Boeing 747 aircraft […]

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Airbus A350XWB, A380 and A330 in formation

By on October 17, 2013 in Airbus

Airbus’ next-generation A350XWB joined the A330 and A380 in the sky as the company’s modern widebody family flew together for the first time from Toulouse, France on September 19, 2013, before continuing on separate flight test missions. Across all its aircraft families, both widebody and single-aisle, Airbus’ design approach ensures that the aircraft share the […]

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First A350 XWB emerges for outdoor testing

By on March 13, 2013 in Airbus

  The first Airbus A350 XWB (eXtra Wide Body) recently completed successfully a series of indoor ground tests including stability tests on ‘movable’ elements such as rudder, elevators, ailerons and wing spoilers and landing gears extraction/retraction. Next steps will include three planned families of tests: Fuel tanks testing—including levels, flows, sealing and internal fuel transfer […]

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