The European Aviation Safety Agency ordered Airbus to check all superjumbo A380 planes for wing cracks Wednesday after cracks were found during "an unscheduled internal inspection". Airbus claims there is no safety risk.
European plane maker Airbus said Tuesday it had a record-breaking year in 2011, outselling Boeing for the ninth consecutive year. Outgoing chief of parent company EADS announced the creation of 9,000 new jobs in 2012.
French pilots have suspended their collaboration with an ongoing probe into the cause of the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447 after the authorities' decision to focus on possible pilot errors in their latest report.
A report has been published by France's aviation investigation agency, the Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses (BEA), with their findings over what caused Air France flight AF447 to crash into the Atlantic in June 2009. They believe the pilots didn't follow the correct procedure when the problems began, although the airline has defended its crew and placed the blame on the Airbus-made plane.
American Airlines ordered 260 passenger jets from Airbus Wednesday - the European plane manufacturer's first US order for decades. The news marks an end to a longstanding monopoly by rival Boeing, which will supply 200 planes.
European aircraft manufacturing giant Airbus racked up 730 orders for jets at the Paris Air Show it announced Thursday. The orders are worth 72 billion dollars, making it the best week of sales in aviation history.
Airbus and Israel Aerospace Industries' first joint defence enterprise will seek to develop a cheaper and simpler airborne surveillance and interception system, after a prototype has been displayed at the Paris Air Show.
Business is booming for the aviation industry. At the height of the financial crisis, orders for new planes dropped sharply at the world's two biggest manufacturers, Airbus and Boeing. But two years later, both they and their smaller rivals are seeing a revival in their fortunes, as airline bosses go shopping at the Paris Air Show.
Senior figures in the French military ask how long France can keep up the fight in Libya. Also, aviation high-flyers head to the Paris Air Show to prove they’re back in business after a bumpy ride in recent years. Finally, a real life murder mystery that gripped France 20 years ago is made into a film.
