Tag: Airbus
Airbus’ Skyways drone trials world’s first shore-to-ship deliveries
Airbus has begun shore-to-ship trials in Singapore with its Skyways parcel delivery unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone.
This marks the first time drone technology...
Air Senegal receives Africa’s first A330neo
Air Senegal has received its first A330-900 aircraft from Airbus, becoming the first African airline to get the -900neo model.
Airbus made the announcement on...
Airbus A380: from European dream to white elephant
a380Loved by passengers, feared by accountants, the world’s largest airliner has run out of runway after Airbus decided to close A380 production after 12...
Ivory Coast orders C295
The Ivory Coast has become the latest country to order the C295 airlifter, with an order for a single aircraft placed by the country's...
Airbus announces Africa’s top ten tech start-ups for accelerator programme
Airbus and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) have announced the top 10 African tech start-ups that will take part in the latest...
Airbus loses to Boeing in annual jet order race
Europe's Airbus lost out to Boeing in 2018, breaking a five-year winning streak against its U.S. rival for the number of jet orders, slumping...
Air Tanzania becomes first African-based A220 operator
Air Tanzania as become the first African carrier to take delivery of the Airbus A220 aircraft, the newest addition to the Airbus family of...
Impacting Airbus aircraft design
University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers from the Industrial Computational Fluid Dynamics (InCFD) Research Group have made their mark in the field...
Airbus Southern Africa wins South Africa’s Best Aircraft Maintenance Organisation Award
Airbus Southern Africa has won the prestigious 2018 South African Civil Aviation Award for the best Aircraft Maintenance Organisation, in recognition of...
Boeing, Airbus fret over trade war as China displays aviation ambitions
The world's two largest planemakers signaled on Tuesday that they were keen to see an end to a bruising trade war between...
Lessons learnt from latest Op Copper deployment
The most recent Operation Copper deployment in the Mozambique Channel, in addition to providing valuable "on-the-job" training for both sailors and airmen,...
