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July 27, 2026
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A SWISS International Air Lines Airbus A330 flying from Zurich to New York JFK with 208 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Bangor Airport in Maine on Monday afternoon after smoke…

BermudAir, Bermuda's national airline, became a new Airbus A220 customer after finalizing an order for 10 A220-300 aircraft, marking the first order for…

Twinjet designed for Qantas’s Project Sunrise takes the long way round as it heads back to Toulouse. Airbus’s ultra-long range A350-1000ULR is returning from Melbourne to Toulouse via a transpacific…

The Airbus A330neo and Boeing 787-9 were developed using different design philosophies, and the contrast is particularly clear in their wings.

Sofia-Briefing flight plans are designed to cross a border, but only in one direction… On July 12, for the second time this season, the link between Météo-France's servers and…

Airbus, alongside partners from across the European Union, the UK and the US, has announced its aim to pioneer a hybrid-electric non-propulsive energy architecture for the next generation of…

The Farnborough International Airshow 2026 resulted in more than 300 aircraft orders for manufacturers Boeing, Airbus and Embraer. Notably, 154 orders went to Airbus, 145 to Boeing and 65 to…

Commercial aviation is a long game. Orders placed today might not be delivered for several years. Airbus and Boeing have

On Saturday, May 16th, a Croatia Airlines Airbus A220-300 had to reject takeoff at high-speed and left the runway as a result. The aircraft smashed through several signs as it came to a stop.It’s…

Image: These images by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, captured on 26 July, show the area to the west of Bordeaux, France, where wildfires continue to burn countryside, fanned by wind and…
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BermudAir is modernizing its fleet with ten Airbus A220-300s. The Bermudian carrier, which operates four first-generation Embraer jets, is expanding its regional network after the announcement…

Airbus' new ultra-long-range widebody continues to stretch its legs.

Romania is ordering twelve Thales GM200 MM/A radars via a G2G agreement with France, funded through the SAFE program. These systems will strengthen Romanian air surveillance, with deliveries…
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Will the carrier finally launch regular superjumbo service to this destination? Time will tell!

Atlas showcases ability to disperse 20,000 litres of fire retardant. The Airbus Defence & Space A400M tactical transport’s utility in an aerial firefighting role has been demonstrated for the first…

Airbus and Collins Aerospace are moving hybrid-electric power systems toward aircraft-level integration after completing subsystem testing Continue reading Airbus and Collins to advance…

Following the corresponding announcement by Chancellor Friedrich Merz last Saturday, the Bundeswehr has sent two helicopters to support firefighting operations in the French…

Airbus' AI-enriched intelligence solution for autonomy and teaming lets uncrewed assets share a single distributed intelligence, transforming…

Cost per seat is the metric that reveals all. This guide looks into how this metric can truly compare the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320.

After specialized, general-purpose, or ad hoc anti-drone defense, now comes an "on-demand" capability. The option is now on the table at the Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA), which…

To mark Europe’s newest generation heavy‑lift launcher, La Poste, France’s national postal service, has issued a collector set of eight stamps featuring Ariane 6, paying tribute to Europe’s…


To mark the launch of the new generation of European heavy launchers, La Poste, the French postal service, has issued a series of eight collectible stamps depicting Ariane 6…

In the face of an exceptionally intense forest fire season, especially in the Gironda region, all State resources have been fully mobilized to protect the..
July 26, 2026

Airbus Helicopters and Voyageur Aviation have signed an agreement for the first purchase order of the Airbus U030 Flexrotor uncrewed aerial system (UAS) in Canada. Signed at the Farnborough…

26 July 2026: Two Super Pumas of the Swiss Air Force, with their crews, are expected to depart for France on the morning of Tuesday, 28 July, to support firefighters there in the fight against…

The 787 and A350 are both composite widebodies. Here are the five engineering decisions that explain how they differ.

Air Arabia will launch a third daily Airbus A321LR flight between Sharjah and London Gatwick from October, boosting UK-Asia connectivity.


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