Airbus offers winglets for A320
Airbus announced on Sunday at the show that it would offer winglets for its A320 family aircraft starting with an order from Air New Zealand in 2012 that would improve fuel burn by 3.5%.
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First A320 made in China enters into service
The first Airbus A320 aircraft to be assembled in China enters into service with Sichuan Airlines today after being delivered to owner Dragon Aviation Leasing on Tuesday.
The plant at Tianjin that is the first A320 assembly plant outside Toulouse, France. It is a joint-venture between Airbus, the Tianjin Free Trade Zone and state-owned China Aviation [...]
First A320 Assembled in China completes first historic flight
The first Chinese-assembled Airbus A320 completed its first flight today at 14:56 local time.
The aircraft took off from Tianjin airport at precisely 10:42 and landed back at the airport four hours and 14 minutes later at 14:56.
(Image courtesy Airbus)
Airbus Tianjin on track to deliver first A320 in June
Airbus‘ new A320 assembly plant in China has already produced two aircraft and is on track to deliver its first before the end of June as scheduled.
The ‘Ditching Switch’ on the Airbus A320 saved lives
Planes can float, but the US Airways Airbus A-320 that crashed into the Hudson River Thursday had a better chance than most.
That’s because it was equipped with a special device unique to Airbus planes that increased the likelihood it would stay on top of the water.
The device, called a “ditching switch,” effectively seals the plane [...]
Airbus A320 with Winglets
After an abortive evaluation two years ago of an in-house design and one developed by Winglet Technology of the USA, Airbus revealed in May that it intended to re-examine the concept in conjunction with Boeing’s long-established supplier API.
… Airbus is preparing to relaunch flight-testing of winglets on the A320, following an agreement with US specialist Aviation Partners (API) to carry out trials.
Airbus releases its order book totals for 2007 – 1341 aircraft
Airbus secured net orders for 1,341 aircraft during 2007, giving the European manufacturer a 48.7% share of the market.
Luftansa will buy 30 A320 aircraft for upgrades and expansion
According to the German newspapaer “FAZ” Lufthansa will buy 30 A320. 15 of these are meant to replace older jets the other 15 for expansion most likely for the planned Italian low cost carrier Italianwings.Because of the delay for the A380 got 5 additional A330 for a vey good price.The big order is to be [...]
New winglets on Airbus A320
images from Flight Global)Airbus is now testing its next winglet from Kansas. It looks great. Remember how neat the the 7E7 looked with the curves? Lets hope this
design works best and wins.