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Guillaume Faury, the CEO of Airbus said he would be happy if space merger talks with Thales and Leonardo led to a venture like the MBDA European missile project

The delays have cast doubt on Airbus' ability to increase production above current rates of around six jets a month for at least the rest of this year

Airbus is expected to announce later on Thursday that it made 766 deliveries in 2024, up 4 per cent from the previous year

In July last year, Vistara became the first Indian airline to provide Wi-Fi services on international flights. Vistara was merged into Air India in November

Full-service carrier Air India and its low-cost airline subsidiary Air India Express currently have a fleet of about 210 and 90 planes, respectively

Airbus plans to take over the running of four Spirit plants associated with its A350 and A220 jetliner programmes

Private carrier Air India on Friday commenced Airbus A350 services on ultra-long-haul routes with the deployment of the aircraft on the Delhi-New York route. This comes at a time when the Tata-Group run carrier has temporarily cancelled some 60 flights to various US destinations between November 15 and December 31 on account of the non-availability of some of its widebody planes due to maintenance and supply chain issues. Following the introduction of the A350-900 aircraft on the Delhi-New York flight, Air India said it will start a five times a-week A350 service from Delhi to Newark's Liberty International Airport from January 2 next year. Air India currently has six Airbus A350-900 aircraft in its fleet. Generally, ultra-long-haul flights are those having a duration of 16 hours or more. Air India operates such flights to North America. The loss-making Air India had inducted the first A350-900 in the fleet in December last year. Following this, the airline initially deployed the

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Tata-Airbus C295 project to be inaugurated in Vadodara on Monday marks the first time a military aircraft will be manufactured in India by a private company

Airbus expects to have more than 5,000 people as direct employees in India and also aims to source services and components worth USD 2 billion from the country in the next couple of years, a top company official said on Thursday. President of Airbus India and Managing Director South Asia Remi Maillard also said the company's engagement with the country is gaining new momentum. Currently, the aircraft maker employs around 3,500 people directly in India and sources services and components worth 1 billion euros from the country. Speaking at the inaugural function of the Airbus India and South Asia Headquarters - Training Centre in the national capital, he said it will further grow the sourcing footprint and that is expected to touch USD 2 billion in the next couple of years. Also, Airbus' direct employment number in India will cross 5,000 in the next couple of years, he added. Among others, Airbus will be setting up a second pilot training centre through a joint venture with Air Indi

Minister inaugurated prominent aerospace company's new headquarters in Delhi

These job cuts at Airbus, which represent around 7 per cent of its defence and space division's workforce, are expected to be implemented by mid-2026

The European planemaker aims to implement the cuts, which represent 7 per cent of its workforce in the Defence & Space unit, by the middle of 2026

In February 2023, Air India's firm order with Airbus comprised 70 A320neo, 140 A321neo, 20 A350-900 and 20 A350-1000 planes

Airbus is targeting 770 deliveries for the full year after reducing its goal from 800 jets in July, citing shortages of engines and other parts

When asked about his plans to set up a final assembly line (FAL) for commercial planes in India, he replied that the FAL is just the tip of the iceberg and it is not a "limiting factor"

Airbus will increase sourcing of components from India, which offers plenty of opportunities, according to the aircraft maker's CEO Guillaume Faury. The European major, which has bagged huge aircraft orders from IndiGo and Air India, doubled its sourcing of components and services from India to 1 billion euros during the period from 2019-2024, he said. The company has more than 100 suppliers in India. At a press briefing in the national capital on Monday, Faury, who is also the Chairman of the French Aerospace Industries Association (GIFAS), said there are plenty of opportunities in India. "We will be continuing to grow (sourcing of components)... We will continue to double around every 5 years, that is in the next decade to come. It is a stable pace," he said. In 2023, for the first time, there was more equipment to be placed on aircraft, helicopters than IT services. The lines have crossed, he added. Companies that are part of GIFAS make procurement worth USD 2 billion annually

Outgoing COO Prock-Schauer is retiring after leading the airline's operations for over seven years. He is one of the longest serving expats in Indian aviation who has previously led operations in now

The IIT-Guwahati entered into an agreement with Airbus India Private Ltd on Friday to set up a global training centre for aviation and logistics business here. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the collaboration will pave the way for Assam to emerge as a logistics hub in providing skilled personnel in aerospace technology. This is a milestone initiative to welcome Airbus India to our state. This agreement does not represent just a formal alliance, but a shared commitment to innovation and excellence to aerospace technology and development of logistics hub in Assam, he said at the MoU signing ceremony at IIT-Guwahati. The CM maintained that the project will address the current skill gap, and the collaboration is poised to elevate global competitiveness and the logistics sector in the northeast region. This is a significant step in creating a robust and dynamic workforce in our region, Sarma said, emphasising that the coming together of academic excellence of IIT-Guwahati and .

The move affects the larger of two models of twin-engined A350, the A350-1000, which represents 15% of the A350 fleet or 86 jets