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Kuwait’s Prime Minister Chairs Meeting with Airbus Delegation
2025-07-11 Read More...
The Prime Minister of Kuwait, His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, chaired a meeting on Thursday at Bayan Palace with a delegation from Airbus, in the presence of the company’s CEO, the Ambassadors of Germany, Spain, France to

Wizz Air to Recruit 4,600 New Pilots by 2030
2021-08-11 Read More...
Wizz Air, Europe’s fastest growing airline, announced it is ramping up pilot recruitment across its network, with plans to hire 4,600 new pilots by

Middle East Airlines (MEA) Receives its First A321neo
2020-07-13 Read More...
Lebanon-based Middle East Airlines (MEA) has received its first A321neo aircraft from Airbus’ final assembly line in Hamburg,

Luxembourg Armed Forces A400M Makes its Maiden Flight
2020-04-15 Read More...
The Airbus A400M new-generation airlifter ordered by the Luxembourg Armed Forces has made its maiden flight, marking a key milestone towards its

Airbus Reveals its Blended Wing Aircraft Demonstrator
2020-02-13 Read More...
Airbus has revealed MAVERIC (Model Aircraft for Validation and Experimentation of Robust Innovative Controls) its “blended wing body” scale model technological

Air Arabia Orders 120 Airbus A320neo Family Aircraft
2019-11-20 Read More...
Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low cost carrier, has signed a firm order for 120 Airbus aircraft comprising 73 A320neos, 27 A321neos and 20

Emirates Orders 50 A350XWB at Dubai Airshow
2019-11-20 Read More...
Airbus and Emirates Airline have signed a purchase agreement for 50 A350-900s - Airbus’ newest generation widebody

Qatar Airways Places $4 Billion Order for LEAP-1A Engines
2019-11-18 Read More...
Qatar Airways announced it has ordered CFM International LEAP-1A engines to power its new fleet of 50 Airbus A321neo family aircraft, placing the largest A321neo order ever in the Middle

Emirates Reduces A380 Order; Books 40 A330neo & 30 A350s
2019-02-15 Read More...
Following a review of its operations, and in light of developments in aircraft and engine technologies, Emirates is reducing its A380 orderbook from 162 to 123 aircraft. Emirates will take delivery of 14 further A380s over the next two

Airbus Delivered Record 800 Commercial Aircraft in 2018
2019-01-11 Read More...
Airbus SE delivered 800 commercial aircraft to 93 customers in 2018, meeting its full year delivery guidance and setting a new company record. Deliveries were 11% higher than the previous record of 718 units, set in 2017. For the 16th year in a row

Qatar Airways Grows its A350-1000 Fleet
2018-10-04 Read More...
Qatar Airways has upsized five A350-900s currently on order to the bigger A350-1000 version. This latest endorsement for the largest member of Airbus’ successful A350 XWB family reflects the five-star-airline’s need for growth and capacity at the

Gulf Air Becomes First Regional Carrier to Fly A320neo
2018-08-21 Read More...
Gulf Air, the flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, took delivery of its first A320neo

Kuwait’s Wataniya Airways to Add 25 A320neo Aircraft
2018-07-18 Read More...
Golden Falcon Aviation, the exclusive aircraft provider of Wataniya Airways, has confirmed an order for 25 Airbus A320neo family aircraft. The order follows an earlier Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) announced at last year’s Dubai

Oman’s SalamAir to Add Six New A320neo to its Fleet
2018-07-18 Read More...
Oman’s first budget airline, SalamAir, has signed an agreement to add six new A320neo aircraft to its fleet, of which five are on lease from an undisclosed

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