Yet, the A340 is disappearing from the skies. The 1990s saw a showdownin the twin-aisle airliner world. First was McDonnell Douglas, who refreshed its DC-10 trijet as the long-range MD-11. Airbus, in ...

As flagged by AeroRoutes, starting March 29, 2026, which is the beginning of the summer season, Lufthansa could replace the Airbus ... itinerary LH732 or the A340-600 on the thrice-weekly LH728.

The A330 also had a bigger (and longer) sibling — the Airbus A340 — which made its first flight a year earlier, in 1991, but is no longer in production. With more than 1,800 orders and 1,600 ...

Europe’s Airbus has reached a deal to acquire manufacturing assets from Spirit AeroSystems as the struggling Kansas-based supplier nears its $4.7 billion reacquisition by Boeing. Both companies ...

Airbus would provide non-interest bearing credit lines worth $200 million to Spirit as a part of the deal, the companies said in separate statements. Airbus, meanwhile, will be compensated by ...

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Airbus SE EADSF has agreed to take over assets owned by Spirit Aerosystems Holdings Inc. SPR in a boost to the manufacturer's acquisition by Boeing Co. BA. What Happened: Airbus will acquire ...

Just months earlier, Spirit AeroSystems, a major supplier to both Boeing and Airbus, reached an agreement with similar wage increases. Richard Aboulafia, managing director at consultancy ...

Airbus has reached a definitive agreement to take over several work packages from US-based Spirit AeroSystems, including A350 fuselage and A220 wing production. The agreement follows months of ...

Airbus SE plans to source some metal to manufacture its aircraft from Saudi Arabia as part of a widebody aircraft deal with the kingdom’s flag carrier. The European manufacturer signed a deal on ...

Airbus has finalised a deal to take over part of the Spirit AeroSystems operation in Belfast. The deal was first announced in July last year as part of a wider break up of the Spirit business.