Aircraft
Scoot adds 11 Airbus A320neo family aircraft to its fleet
Move brings its orderbook for the series of airliners to 20 in total
AirAsia ready to buy 150 larger versions of Airbus A220 jet it ordered
The airline is the “launch customer” of the A220’s new 160-seat cabin configuration
Airbus extends China winning streak with US$21.4 billion order
The European manufacturer is the biggest supplier to the Asian nation
US approves Singapore’s US$2.3 billion purchase of naval aircraft, torpedoes
The city-state is buying four Boeing P-8A maritime patrol aircraft, eight MK 54 torpedoes and related military hardware
Air India warns of possible disruptions to A350 routes after jet suffers engine damage
Air India operates six Airbus A350s on lucrative routes, including between New Delhi and London, New York and Newark
Airbus CEO concedes likely defeat to Boeing in order race this year
The planemaker remains ahead of its US rival in deliveries and the pipeline of outstanding orders
India investigates Air India after plane flown repeatedly without safety certificate
It also grounded the aircraft and de-rostered “concerned personnel”
Airbus says most of its recalled 6,000 A320 jets now modified
It is the first time Airbus has had to deal with global safety attention on such a scale since that crisis
Airbus enters last month of the year facing a cosmic distraction
The company has long grappled with parts shortages, from engines to kitchen units to toilets, that have held back output
Air travel faces disruptions over A320 software switch
Airbus has sold 12,257 of the aircraft by the end of September, compared with the sale of 12,254 Boeing 737s
