The doomed Pakistan International Airbus A320 which crashed in May was seen on CCTV scraping along the runway at Karachi airport after its pilots ‘forgot’ to put its wheels down for landing. The airliner plunged into a residential neighbourhood in Pakistan’s capital city, killing 97 of the 99 people on board after its pilots aborted an … Read more
European Space Agency enlists Airbus to help it build a Mars rover called ‘Fetch’ that will find and retrieve rock samples on the Red Planet The Airbus firm has won the next phase of the contract to develop the rover It will travel more than 9 miles across the red planet to pick up rock … Read more
Boeing and Airbus are studying how coronavirus may spread on their airplanes, and taking a no-stone-unturned approach to developing a way to minimize risks as they search for a way to restart business amid the pandemic. They’re trying to pinpoint how the virus moves inside a plane cabin, and experimenting with using ultraviolet (UV) light to … Read more
Boeing and Airbus are studying how coronavirus may spread on their airplanes, and taking a no-stone-unturned approach to developing a way to minimize risks as they search for a way to restart business amid the pandemic. They’re trying to pinpoint how the virus moves inside a plane cabin, and experimenting with using ultraviolet (UV) light to … Read more
A passenger list from the doomed Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 has revealed where the two survivors were sitting when the aircraft plowed into a residential neighbourhood in Karachi. Nineteen of the 97 bodies recovered from the wreckage have been identified and were collected by loved ones for funeral prayers this morning. Two men survived … Read more
Airbus A320 with 107 people aboard crashes in residential area of Karachi in Pakistan By Alice Cachia For Mailonline Published: 11:31 BST, 22 May 2020 | Updated: 11:57 BST, 22 May 2020 A passenger plane carrying more than 100 people has crashed in the southern city of Karachi. Photos on national television show plumes of … Read more
Airbus A320 with 107 people aboard crashes in residential area of Karachi in Pakistan By Alice Cachia For Mailonline Published: 11:31 BST, 22 May 2020 | Updated: 11:48 BST, 22 May 2020 A passenger plane carrying more than 100 people has crashed in the southern city of Karachi. Photos on national television show plumes of … Read more
Easyjet braced for showdown with founder Stelios as he attempts to oust four directors over £4.5bn Airbus order By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 21 May 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 21 May 2020 Easyjet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is set to grill bosses about the budget airline’s ties to European … Read more
Travel lockdown triggers another 18,000 job cuts: Aircraft maker Airbus and tour operator Tui reveal plans to axe staff By Tom Witherow and Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 13 May 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 13 May 2020 Airbus and Tui are set to slash thousands of jobs as planes around … Read more
Sir Stelios offers a £5m reward to anyone who can help him stop Easyjet’s £4.5bn deal with Airbus By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 23:36 BST, 12 May 2020 | Updated: 00:20 BST, 13 May 2020 Easyjet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou wants the budget airline to cancel an order with Airbus for 107 … Read more