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AirAsia Boss Tony Fernandes Reveals Midnight Crisis After Airbus Warning as 96 Jets Fixed in 25-Hour Scramble

AirAsia founder Tony Fernandes reveals how AirAsia saved 96 jets in 25 hours after a late-night Airbus warning threatened to ground thousands of A320 aircraft worldwide

International Business Times UK · Dec 1, 2025

FlyDubai expands its fleet beyond Boeing with major Airbus order

Airbus managed to secure the deal on the second day of the Dubai Air Show, after Boeing dominated order counts on Monday.

Euronews · Nov 18, 2025

Airbus First-half Profit Climbs 85% To $1.7 Bn

European aerospace group Airbus posted an 85-percent rise in first-half profit Wednesday to $1.7 billion, even though it delivered fewer commercial planes compared with the same period last year.

International Business Times · Jul 30, 2025

Airbus Boosts Plane Deliveries In 2024

European plane maker Airbus said Thursday it increased aircraft deliveries to 766 as the company still struggles to return to pre-pandemic production levels.

International Business Times · Jan 9, 2025

Top pilots’ union sounds alarm as regulators consider smaller crew sizes

Firms accused of putting profits over safety as EU group weighs cutting minimum number of pilots from two to one

The Guardian - US · Jul 27, 2024

Airbus And Boeing Supremacy Secure Despite Turbulence

Boeing's safety troubles and the Airbus scramble to ramp up production should have left a gap for smaller rivals to challenge their dominatiion of the commercial airliner market.

International Business Times · Jul 26, 2024

Airbus is slashing costs and halting hiring after a potential bounce back from Boeing and tough Chinese competition on the cards

Airbus will now "concentrate our efforts on the fundamentals" as rising costs, supply chain snarls and competition catch up with it.

Fortune · Jul 16, 2024

Airbus Posts 11 Percent Profit Drop For 2023

European aviation giant Airbus on Thursday posted an 11 percent drop in net profit to 3.8 billion euros ($4.1 billion) in 2023, with past charges for its space business cutting into earnings.

International Business Times · Feb 15, 2024

Airlines Learn Patience In Constrained Airbus-Boeing Duopoly

With the latest Boeing crisis, airlines are staring down more delays, a familiar problem in a market in which both the US giant and rival Airbus face supply chain constraints.

International Business Times · Feb 4, 2024

Airbus Says Record 2,094 Planes Ordered In 2023, 735 Delivered

European planemaker Airbus said Thursday that it secured 2,094 net plane orders last year, a record for the group as airlines prepare for further global passenger growth and seek out more fuel-efficient planes.

International Business Times · Jan 11, 2024