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2024
12 September

ReleaseZeroAvia completes $150m Series C financing

5 September

Diehl Aviation begins construction in Mexico

The first product that Diehl Aviation will produce in Mexico is extra-spacious luggage compartments for the Airbus A220. The A220 is assembled in Mirabel, Québec and Mobile, Alabama, USA.

1 August

ReleaseFarnborough International Airshow 2024 delivered the apex of aviation

30 July

Releasethyssenkrupp Aerospace and Mecachrome extend their long-term partnership with five-year Master Service Agreement

24 July

ReleaseCollins Aerospace relocating Singapore plant to new $250M manufacturing facility in Seletar Aerospace Park, Singapore

24 July

ReleaseGKN Aerospace continues to pioneer next-generation wing technologies in Airbus SusWingS programme

24 July The LEAP-1A-powered Airbus A321XLR.

Long-legged A321XLR receives EASA type certification

The first A321XLR completed its maiden flight in June 2022. This was followed by an extensive test programme involving three test aircraft. So far more than 500 Airbus A321XLRs have been ordered.

22 July

ReleaseRTX completes preliminary design review of hybrid-electric Pratt & Whitney GTF engine demonstrator for Clean Aviation SWITCH project

21 July

ReleaseTest progress builds confidence in Open Fan engine architecture for the future of more sustainable air transport

16 July

ReleaseTrelleborg partners with Airbus on hydrogen-powered air travel

10 July

ReleaseThe apex of aviation: what’s on at Farnborough International Airshow 2024

10 July

ReleaseDLR moves into new space at ZAL TechCenter

13 June

Senior expands French production of valves and hydraulics

Increased capacity at Fossé will be used to produce industrial valves and high-pressure hydraulic fittings used in aerospace fluid-conveyance systems. Parent company Senior plc has also secured new contracts with Collins.

13 June Liebherr-Aerospace was selected by Airbus to provide the next generation of flight control computers. They will be developed and manufactured at Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH (picture) and Liebherr-Electronics and Drives GmbH in Lindau (Germany).

Liebherr provides next gen flight control computers for Airbus

The flight control computer experts have a clear focus on R&D for highly integrated solutions in the area of high performance and multicore processing control computers.

10 June

ReleasePILOT 28: Figeac Aéro wins another two contracts

7 June

ReleaseAdditive manufacturing: Liebherr reaches major milestone

6 June

ReleaseRamped up production sees MAAS Aviation paint its 1000th livery for Airbus in Hamburg

29 May Susumu Kataoka (President - JETRO); Yoshio Ando (Minister - Embassy of Japan in France); Sabine Klauke (CTO - Airbus); Stéphane Ginoux (President - Airbus Japan); and Ravo Randria (Senior Manager Cooperation Americas Japan - DGAC).

Airbus plans Tech Hub in Japan

The new Airbus Tech Hub, coordinated from Tokyo, will focus on three key research areas, including the development of new materials, decarbonisation technologies, robotics and automation.

20 March First opened in 2012, Collins' Philippines facility also manufactures a range of other cabin interior products, including galleys, galley inserts, oxygen equipment and lavatories.

Collins delivers first aircraft seats from Philippines

The site's seating assembly capacity is expected to triple throughout 2024, with deliveries to 14 separate customers across multiple original equipment manufacturer linefits and several retrofit locations.

29 February The long bed machining capability at the Wrexham facility.

Magellan gains multi-year contract for Airbus wing spars

The agreement focuses on the production of precision-machined wing spars for use on the A320 family of aircraft, and will involve expansion of Magellan's long bed machining capability at its Wrexham facility.

25 January Sopra Steria will help Airbus roll out its new flight management system.

Airbus chooses Sopra Steria to optimise engineering processes

Sopra Steria has been selected, through its Aeroline vertical, to help European aeronautics giant Airbus modernise its engineering methods and tools.

25 January The centre will complement the other activities from Airbus sites in Bremen (Germany), Nantes (France), Madrid (Spain) and Filton (UK) to get a hydrogen powered aircraft in the sky by 2035.

ZEROe Development Center opens doors for hydrogen technologies

A priority for the Stade ZEDC is the development of cost-competitive lightweight Hydrogen systems such as cryogenic Hydrogen tanks, in composites.

18 January

ReleaseAirbus boosts ‘Make in India’, awards additional manufacturing contracts to Tata Advanced Systems Limited, Mahindra Aerospace Structures Private Limited

17 January

ReleaseRatier-Figeac selects iBase-t to digitally transform manufacturing operations

3 January

ReleaseNew horizons: Ruag Aerostructures becomes part of Mubea, a leader in lightweight construction

3 January First A321neo from the new A320 Family FAL in Toulouse.

Airbus delivers first aircraft from Toulouse FAL

Located in the former A380 "Jean-Luc Lagardère" building, the assembly line will help meet demand for the A321neo, which now accounts for nearly 65% of Airbus' A320 Family order backlog.

2023
21 December

ReleaseRuag Aerostructures Germany & Hungary extends long-term cooperation with Airbus

15 December

ReleaseFUCHS ECOCOOL GLOBAL 1000 coolant acquires Airbus approval

7 December EcoPulse during its first flight on November 29, 2023, from Tarbes, France.

EcoPulse aircraft demonstrator makes first hybrid-electric flight

The demonstrator aims to evaluate the operational advantages of integrating hybrid-electric distributed propulsion, with specific emphasis on CO2 emissions and noise level reduction.

28 November

ReleaseDynamatic successfully completes first delivery of Airbus A220 escape hatch door assembly to Airbus Atlantic

15 November Thomas Sauzé (TGC-France Sales Manager), Laurent Troquet (SONACA Chief Procurement Officer), Laurent Demaret (TGC-France Sales Director), Bertrand Boudart (SONACA Honeycomb Lead Buyer) and Ludovic Watremez (SONACA Purchasing Project Leader).

The Gill Corporation-France secures honeycomb parts deal with SONACA

The contract covers honeycomb parts for flaps on the Airbus A321 and the contract extension to supply machined honeycomb parts for slats on the Airbus A320, A330NEO and A350 programs.

9 November

Airbus taps Advent for hydrogen fuel cell expertise

The project will focus on the needs for future hydrogen-fuelled aircraft, aiming to reduce the weight and volume of the powertrain system through a simplified balance of plant and cooling subsystems.

12 October

ReleaseNovelis signs an agreement to extend collaboration with Airbus

18 September

ReleaseAirbus, Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital and NEOM co-lead ZeroAvia's latest financing round

5 September

ReleaseExpanding the market for survivability engineering and composite solutions

4 September

ReleaseSatys Aerospace signs new agreement with MBRAH to launch construction of new paint hangar at Dubai South - Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC)

31 August Peter Tschentscher, First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, André Walter, Head of Airbus Commercial Aircraft Production in Germany, Anna Christmann, Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy and Gary O'Donnell, Head of A321XLR Development, open the new A321XLR Equipment Installation Hangar in Hamburg, designed and constructed in line with latest production and sustainability standards.

Airbus opens A321XLR equipment installation hangar in Hamburg

All the components of the rear fuselages of the A321XLR aircraft, which is also built in Hamburg, will be installed and mounted in the new hangar.

20 July

ReleaseReliable Robotics brings autonomous flight even closer with industry leading certification milestone

19 July

ReleaseAcquisition by Mubea Group strengthens technology leadership of Aerostructures Germany & Hungary

18 July

ReleaseMFFD – using thermoplastics to replace aluminium in aircraft construction

13 July Final assembly line innovations include digital production control using tablets and smartphones to reduce paper consumption, automated logistics for parts distribution and light-weight robots for joining sections.

Airbus celebrates its second A320 assembly line in Toulouse

The new facility is one of two final assembly lines in Toulouse, alongside four in Hamburg, Germany; two in Mobile, United States; and two in Tianjin, China, all them capable of assembling the A321.

13 July Laser measurement technology in front of the combustion chamber. The Institute of Propulsion Technology draws on decades of experience in the use of complex laser-optical measurement methods in aircraft gas turbines to enable rapid adaptation to new measurement objectives.

DLR breaks new ground with hydrogen combustion testing

The combustion behaviour of hydrogen is significantly different from that of conventional aviation fuels such as kerosene, and the infrastructure at DLR enables experiments in a realistic environment.

11 July

ReleaseThe fifth edition of Business Factory Aero (BFAero) drives innovation in the aerospace and unmanned aerial vehicle field

22 June

ReleaseRecaro Aircraft Seating unveils new seating solution to increase cabin efficiency on Airbus aircraft

21 June

ReleaseDaher, Safran and Airbus exhibit EcoPulse, a hybrid-electric distributed propulsion aircraft demonstrator, at the Paris Air Show

19 June

ReleaseSonaca signs the biggest contract in its history

19 June

ReleaseScioTeq advanced avionics displays selected for Airbus A330 MRTT Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft

19 June

ReleaseAlbany International is excited to deliver its advanced 3D woven rib to the Airbus Wing of Tomorrow program

15 June

ReleaseGoodyear selected by Airbus to provide tires for the new A321XLR

8 June

Airbus selects Astronics PSUs for the A220

The enhanced Passenger Service Units will include updated industrial design, optimised passenger air outlets, latest LED lighting solutions and other design improvements to reduce weight and meet program objectives.