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The selection covers the 101 Airbus narrowbodies China Eastern ordered earlier this year and includes spare engines and a long-term services agreement. It preserves the airline’s LEAP-1A choice across its A320neo fleet; deliveries, including A321XLRs, are due from 2028 through 2032.
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The selection covers the 101 Airbus narrowbodies China Eastern ordered earlier this year and includes spare engines and a long-term services agreement. It preserves the airline’s LEAP-1A choice across its A320neo fleet; deliveries, including A321XLRs, are due from 2028 through 2032.
Airbus has completed flight validation in Germany of an A320 fitted with a Eurofighter nose and ECRS Mk1 radar, advancing the system toward airborne trials and planned 2027 deliveries to German and Spanish fighters. Separately, France’s DGA has received Rafale B374 for conversion into a flying laboratory for future F5-standard and RBE2 XG radar testing.
Airbus has increased the A330-900’s maximum seating capacity to 480 by adopting enhanced exit slides and slide rafts. The change follows approval of the upgraded exits, enabling the twinjet to accommodate more passengers.
Airbus Defence & Space has delivered the second A400M Atlas to Kazakhstan’s air force. The aircraft will support the Central Asian nation’s defense and humanitarian relief missions.
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Airbus reported 74 deliveries in October, taking its 2026 total to 621, and is targeting 259 aircraft in November and December to meet its goal of around 870. Boeing likely delivered about 32 737 Max jets, its lowest monthly total in almost a year. Airbus also lifted net orders above 1,300, driven by leasing-company commitments.
The Eurofighter consortium is targeting more than 200 additional sales as demand for combat aircraft grows, despite continued export competition from the F-35. Production of Türkiye’s first aircraft from a 20-jet order has begun, with front-fuselage assembly at BAE Systems in the UK and center-fuselage work by Airbus in Germany.
The first serial A350-900 left Airbus’ Toulouse production halls in November 2014 and entered service with Qatar Airways two months later. The cluster examines the prospect of a larger A350, but the supplied article information does not establish whether Airbus plans to develop one.
Airbus delivered about 74 aircraft in October, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The figure provides a snapshot of the planemaker’s monthly delivery activity, though the report does not include a breakdown by aircraft type or customer.
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