News tagged with airbus
Airbus offers US airlines fat profits from obese seats
Airbus is offering US airlines buying its A320 passenger jet extra-wide seats for obese passengers, leading to fatter profits, Airbus' aircraft interiors director said Thursday.
May 24, 2012 |
not rated yet |
1
Australia's Qantas makes first commercial biofuel flight
Australia's Qantas Friday launched the nation's first commercial flight using a mixture of refined cooking oil, saying it would not survive if it relied solely on traditional jet fuel.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 13, 2012 |
not rated yet |
3
EU says airline CO2 tax 'less than a coffee'
The EU's climate commissioner played down the impact of the controversial carbon tax being imposed by the bloc on airlines, saying Friday it would cost less than a cup of coffee per passenger.
Apr 06, 2012 |
4.2 / 5 (5) |
0
Airplane rivals launch joint biofuel project
Plane makers and bitter rivals Airbus of Europe, Boeing of the US and Embraer of Brazil announced on Thursday a joint plan to develop affordable biofuels for the airplane industry.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 22, 2012 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
European airlines rally against EU carbon tax: source
Airbus and six European airlines have written to four EU leaders attacking the carbon tax imposed by the European Union, a source close to the dossier told AFP Sunday.
Mar 11, 2012 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
EU stands firm as polluting tax row threatens Airbus sales
The EU refused Saturday to back down on a planned pollution tax on airline companies after reports China has put an Airbus order on ice and growing discontent in the United States.
Jun 25, 2011 |
3.7 / 5 (3) |
9
Airbus racks up orders, glitches at Paris Air Show
(AP) -- Airbus stumbled at the launch of the aviation industry's premier event Monday as its star superjumbo clipped a wing and a gearbox glitch derailed a demonstration flight.
Jun 20, 2011 |
3 / 5 (1) |
2
Airbus shows off a see-thru concept plane (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Airbus has begun to show off its version of the plane of the future. It is somewhere between cool and disturbing, depending on who you ask, but it definitely represents some interesting new technology that ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 14, 2011 |
2.7 / 5 (9) |
22
|
Spaceplane that takes off from airport runway could be ready in 10 years
(PhysOrg.com) -- An unpiloted, air-breathing spaceplane that takes off from an airport runway, carries up to 30 passengers, and costs less than one-tenth to launch into space compared to a conventional rocket ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 21, 2010 |
4.6 / 5 (28) |
28
|
Swiss solar-flight bid to take off for first test flight
The Solar Impulse aircraft, a Swiss bid to fly around the world on solar energy, will make its first test flight Wednesday at a military airbase in western Switzerland, organisers said.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 06, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
Huge solar powered plane takes to the air (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A huge airplane using solar cells as its only power source is being tested in Switzerland. In its first successful test flight last December, the plane flew only 350 meters at a height of ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 01, 2010 |
4.1 / 5 (11) |
2
|
Swiss pilots aim to circle world in a solar-powered plane
Bertrand Piccard is no conventional environmental activist -- he hopes to raise awareness about the potential of renewable energy by flying a solar-powered aircraft around the world.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 21, 2010 |
3 / 5 (2) |
0
After foiled US plane attack, scanners revisited
As US lawmakers demand to know how a would-be attacker smuggled explosives aboard a plane on Christmas Day, the use of body scanners at airport security points is likely to be revisited.
Dec 29, 2009 |
3.8 / 5 (6) |
5
Pioneering solar-powered plane makes airborne hop
The prototype of Solar Impulse, a pioneering Swiss bid to fly around the world on solar power, briefly took off for the first time on Thursday but under battery power, the organisers said.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 03, 2009 |
3.5 / 5 (4) |
0
Alternative fuel 'can power 15% of flights by 2020'
Alternative fuels could power 15 percent of global air traffic by 2020 and 30 percent by 2030, European aircraft-maker Airbus said at the Dubai Airshow on Tuesday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 17, 2009 |
2.5 / 5 (4) |
0
Airbus
Airbus SAS (English pronunciation: /ˈɛərbʌs/, French: [ɛʁbys] ( listen), German: [ˈɛːɐbʊs], Spanish: [airˈβus]) is an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of EADS, a European aerospace company. Based in Blagnac, France, surburb of Toulouse, and with significant activity across Europe, the company produces around half of the world's jet airliners.
Airbus began as a consortium of aerospace manufacturers, Airbus Industrie. Consolidation of European defence and aerospace companies in 1999 and 2000 allowed the establishment of a simplified joint-stock company in 2001, owned by EADS (80%) and BAE Systems (20%). After a protracted sales process BAE sold its shareholding to EADS on 13 October 2006.
Airbus employs around 52,000 people at sixteen sites in four European Union countries: France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain. Final assembly production is at Toulouse (France), Hamburg (Germany), Seville (Spain) and, since 2009, Tianjin (People's Republic of China). Airbus has subsidiaries in the United States, Japan, China and India.
The company produced and markets the first commercially viable fly-by-wire airliner, the Airbus A320, and the world's largest airliner, the A380.
For more information about Airbus, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
This text uses material from Wikipedia and is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
