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Airbus Group to merge with planemaking unit

Europe's largest aerospace group will be renamed "Airbus" after its core planemaking brand under the shake-up

Retaliatory duties for Airbus subsidies can be $10 billion a year

Boeing claimed the US could levy retaliatory duties against the European Union of up to $10 billion a year

Britain launches fraud probe into Airbus

Authority said it opened the investigation in July and asked anyone with relevant information to come forward

Airbus cuts A380 delivery target to avoid glut

The move raises the possibility that aircraft firm could revert to losses on the double-decker jet

Mahindra Aerostructures bags Airbus Helicopter contract

Produce at the Mahindra facility in Bengaluru & will be shipped directly to the Airbus productions line in Marignance, France

Airbus close to $7.5-bn A320neo deal from GoAir

Airbus Group SE is in discussions with Go Airlines India regarding the purchase of about 70 A320neo planes worth around $7.5 billion at list prices, according to people familiar with the situation.An announcement could come as early as this week at the Farnborough Air Show in England, though talks may extend further into the year, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the negotiations are ongoing.GoAir is one of only three carriers that have begun operating the revamped Neo version of Airbus's single-aisle jet, so a follow-on order would provide a vote of confidence in a model that's been dogged by issues with its Pratt & Whitney turbines since last year. The Indian carrier is expanding its fleet in the world's fastest-growing major aviation market where at least seven other budget airlines operate.Air travel in India grew more than 20 per cent in 2015, compared with 10 per cent in China and less than 5 per cent in the US, the International Air Transport Associat

Airbus finds 'cracking behaviour' in aircraft

Airbus disclosed a cracking issue in its A400M military transport aircraft Friday and said its government customers must inspect the planes and make fixes if necessary. The issue doesn't impact flight safety, the it said. The issue was first identified in 2011 in tests before the plane went into service.The cracking issue adds to a chain of woes that have emerged since Airbus began developing the plane for seven European customers and Turkey more than a decade ago. It also raises questions about how much more money must be spent getting the plane into shape in order to satisfy customers. The military transport has been Airbus's most consistent bugbear over the last decade, with repeated delays causing it to enter service five years late.

Aequs to make component for Airbus A320neo

Aequs will supply 100,000 machined parts that will be used to mount engines on the wings of Airbus' A320neo aircraft over the next few years

Airbus taps into start-up ecosystem to innovate

The hybrid model houses both internal projects and external start-ups on the same platform

Airbus's Rs 260-crore flight school to take off in Delhi

The facility, to be functional by 2017-end, will have four A320 aircraft simulators in the first phase

Airbus sees demand for 1,600 planes in India

The European planemaker said over the next two decades, the country will need 1,230 single aisle narrow body aircraft

Airbus BizLab selects start-ups in Hamburg, Bengaluru for accelerator programme

Blue Morfo, Shoonya Games, Open Turf, Qualitas are the four start-ups selected from Bengaluru for this programme

Spreading wings

A320neo, the narrow-body, fuel-efficient aircraft from the Airbus stable, is making its debut at the Hyderabad air show, which began on March 16. IndiGo, which is the largest customer for the aircraft, took delivery of its plane last week, butis yet to deploy the aircraft in service.

Airbus: India sourcing tops Rs 3,350 crore in 2015

This is highest ever sourcing by any foreign aerospace and defence original equipment maker from India

Airbus eyes $2 billion worth procurement from India by 2020

Procurement value increased 15% in 2015 over that of 2014

Airbus ramps up Make in India, tops $500 million annual procurement

The group claimed that it is a first for any foreign aerospace and defence original equipment manufacturer in India