On 19 October 2026, Lufthansa operated its final scheduled Airbus A340-600 passenger flight, LH419, from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt Airport. The landing marked the end of nearly 23 years of the type’s service […]
Airbus and the American company Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. have announced the successful completion of the first European test flight of the U740 Valkyrie Uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (UCCA). The flight marked another […]
During a unique multinational exercise over central France, an Airbus A330 MRTT Phénix of Armée de l’air et de l’espace (the French Air and Space Force) refuelled United States Air Force and Royal Air Force […]
The Airbus A400M Atlas has taken on a brand new operational role. In response to one of its most severe wildfire seasons in recent years, France has deployed the Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace‘s […]
On 15 June 2026, in Donauwörth, Germany, Airbus Helicopters and Avincis, one of the world’s leading aerial emergency services operators, signed a contract for up to 15 H145 helicopters. The new rotorcraft will strengthen Avincis’ […]
On 24 April 2026, Airbus announced on its website that it had delivered the first of thirty A321XLR aircraft ordered by Air Canada. The aeroplane is leased from SMBC Aviation Capital, and its delivery represents […]
Airbus A350-941 XWB (c/n 002, F-WWCF), flying display at the XIV International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2019, Zhukovsky, August 2019. The Airbus A350 airliner was developed in the late 2000s as the company’s answer to […]
Airbus A330-243 Multi Role Tanker Transport (c/n 1830, T-054 operated by Koninklijke Luchtmacht / the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force), exercise Lion Effort 2024, Čáslav, May 2024. The Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport […]
Last year’s edition of Tag der Bundeswehr, the annual open day of the German Armed Forces, took place on 28 June 2025 at ten different military facilities across the country. As tradition dictates, the event […]
Last week, Airbus officially announced that the company had been awarded an order for one hundred military rotorcraft by the Spanish Ministry of Defence. The helicopters will be acquired under four separate contracts signed between […]
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