Overall, the A330-300 can operate to a range of 7,301 miles (11,750 kilometers), with a maximum ramp or take-off weight of 242 tonnes. On landing, it can manage up to 187 tonnes onboard, and when ...

The A350-900 typically carries 300 to 350 passengers, and the longer A350-1000 can carry 350 to 410 passengers (it can carry 410 passengers in a single-class configuration).

After many years of special mission A320 proposals, a contract has been signed between Airbus and the French Defense ...

“The two companies will explore wing performance ... Delta confirmed its participation in the Airbus-led GEESE programme to “test a new flying technique” involving multiple jets operating ...

Simple Flying has asked Spirit AeroSystems and Airbus for comment ... and Mirabel, Quebec, with wings produced at Spirit's Belfast plant. Spirit is one of Northern Ireland's major manufacturing ...

and Airbus are all betting on blended wing designs to do this. Blended wing aircraft are basically flying wings, where the cargo-carrying section of aircraft is shorter, wider, and produces lift.

Airbus Defense and Space has begun a risk-assessment study for France’s future maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), to be based on an Airbus A321 airliner platform. Billed as a “flying frigate” by the ...