Airbus
British Airways Buys Two A318’s for Transatlantic Service
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Looks like British Airways is going to test the legs of the A318 by sending it across the Atlantic in an all business class configuration. Operating between London City, and New York, this will put BA’s new A318’s in direct competition with Silverjet, which just recently saw victories in this market with the extinction of […]
Airbus A340 Meets Wall. Airbus Loses.
Monday, November 26th, 2007Etihad was to receive their next A340 this week, but it seems that delivery may be delayed. While running an engine test at the Airbus facility in Toulouse, France, the A340-600 jumped the chocks and headed for the blast wall. The good news is the blast wall held up remarkably well. The […]
Beauty of the Beast
Friday, October 5th, 2007The A380 is out and making its way aournd the country. I’m as big an airplane geek as the next guy, but this airplane is ugly. This isn’t an article to discuss whether or not the airplane is pretty or not, so please don’t get offended all of you hard-core Airbus fans. […]