Airbus is in talks with American manufacturer General Electric to provide engines for the A330neo, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Japan Airlines’ order for A350 aircraft was momentous not just for Airbus breaking into a loyal Boeing customer, but also since JAL selected the A350-1000 to succeed its 777-300ER, a market size Boeing has dominated.
United Airlines has announced an order for 50 Airbus A321XLRs to be delivered from 2024 alongside plans to defer its order of 45 A350-900s by five years.
Airbus has unveiled the 100th A220 regional jet to be delivered to an airline customer some three years after the aircraft entered service in 2016.
Qantas international boss Tina La Spina says the airline has asked Airbus and Boeing "to sharpen their pencils" on their Project Sunrise proposals.
Fiji Airways took delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 from the manufacturer's Toulouse headquarters in France on November 15 2019.