The Latest Breaking News from Airbus

EasyJet plane travelling at 300mph in near miss with drone flying 16ft away

Safety officials say there was serious risk of collison over Sussex

The Independent UK · May 5, 2023

Airbus Bets on a Stretched A220 Jet to Beat Boeing’s 737

Altering an existing plane could save the company billions of dollars compared with developing a new one—but it risks cannibalizing sales of its mainstay A320.

Businessweek · May 5, 2023

Lessors seek to take back possession of Go First planes, complicating rescue efforts

MUMBAI: Lessors are seeking to take back possession of at least 20 Airbus SE jets operated by Go Airlines India Ltd, further complicating the insolvent carrier’s attempts to start flying again, even as a local bankruptcy court contemplates whether the company should get any respite.

The Times of India · May 5, 2023

How do you create lunar gravity in a plane? A veteran zero-G pilot explains

Veteran parabolic flight pilot Eric Delesalle sits down with Space.com to talk about what it takes to create weightlessness and lunar gravity in a plane.

Space · May 1, 2023

132 Thais arrive home from Sudan

The second group of 132 Thais arrived home from Sudan on a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) Airbus A340-500 that landed at Don Mueang's military airport at about 11pm on Saturday night.

Bangkok Post · Apr 30, 2023

Prosecutor to appeal acquittal of Airbus, Air France in Rio-Paris crash case

A French public prosecutor is appealing a court decision that had cleared European planemaker Airbus and Air France of responsibility in France’s worst aviation disaster, the crash of a plane headed from Rio de Janeiro to Paris in June 2009 that killed all 228 people on board.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 28, 2023

First batch of evacuees scheduled to come home

A flight transporting 78 Thais from Sudan was scheduled to arrive in Bangkok at 10pm last night, the air force said, making them the first group of evacuees to arrive home since the conflict in the North African country began.

Bangkok Post · Apr 27, 2023

Watch an astronaut test a 'lunar wheelbarrow' in moon-like gravity for 1st time (exclusive video)

European scientists used a parabolic flight mimicking lunar gravity to test a device that might one day help astronauts transport material on the moon.

Space · Apr 27, 2023

Thai evacuees from Sudan to arrive Thursday night

The first group of Thai evacuees from Sudan, 78 people, will arrive in Bangkok at 10pm on Thursday, according to the air force.

Bangkok Post · Apr 27, 2023

82 Thais from Sudan on first leg of trip home

The first group of 82 Thai nationals leaving Sudan arrived at the airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday morning, and are waiting to be picked up on Thursday by the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Bangkok Post · Apr 26, 2023