On 25th July 2023, the Government of Canada officially announced that the country awarded Airbus Space and Defence S.A. the contract for nine aircraft within the Canadian Strategic Tanker Transport Capability (STTC) programme. The contract […]
Airbus A321-251NX (c/n 10613, 15+10 of the German Air Force / Luftwaffe) performing a flypast over Neuburg air force base, Neuburg a.D., July 2023. The Airbus A321LR (Long Range) belongs to A321neo family, being the […]
Eurocopter Tiger (Airbus EC665) UHT and HAD variants operated by Internationale Hubschrauberausbildungszentrum (International Helicopter Training Centre) of the German Armed Forces in Bückeburg, taking-off for flying display during Tag der Bundeswehr open doors event, Bückeburg, […]
InterGlobe Aviation Limited airline from India, commonly known as IndiGo, has recently placed a firm order for five hundred Airbus airliners of the A320neo family. The deal, being the largest single aircraft order in the […]
Last week, personnel of the 98th Air Brigade of the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence (Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздухопловна одбрана Војске Србије) performed a series of scheduled training flights. They were executed with Airbus […]
On 11th March 1993, Airbus A321, being one of the most successful airliners made by the company, performed a maiden flight. The A321 is a member of a popular A320 family of passenger aircraft, produced […]
Eurocopter (now: Airbus Helicopters) EC120B Colibri (English: hummingbird), HE.25-11 of the Spanish Air Force helicopter aerobatic team Patrulla ASPA, Kleine-Brogel air base, September 2017. In order to introduce the roots of EC120 light utility helicopter, […]
Maiden flight of Airbus A400M Atlas Someday in the early 1980s, an idea of European transport aeroplane was born. At that time, Transall C-160 and Lockheed C-130 Hercules were the backbone of military airlifting in […]
Eurocopter EC135 P2+, SP-HXO – ´Ratownik 12´, Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe (HEMS service in Poland), Płock 2019. The Eurocopter EC135 (now being manufactured by Airbus Helicopters as H135) is a twin-engine, light utility helicopter that made […]
Two days ago, on 7th August, the Bundeswehr (German federal armed forces) ceased all operational and training flights of the EC665 Tiger fleet. This decision was caused by the safety warning issued by Airbus Helicopters, […]
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