TECHNOLOGY: The engineers of the two groups will work on the creation of a new generation of batteries which will be able to double the density of stored energy by 2030 Airbus and Renault have just signed an agreement to develop the battery of the future Their engineers will work together to double the energy […]
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AVIATION: The Exosonic supersonic jet could take over air transport for future US presidents Supersonic aircraft projects have multiplied in recent years, despite the forced retirement of the Concorde in 2003, the first commercial supersonic aircraft to date. It must be said that the latter suffered from many faults; huge budget, significant noise pollution and poor reliability. And yet, many startups are on […]
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JACKPOT: Airbus unveiled Tuesday a firm contract of 300 aircraft passed with a low-cost Indian company At the list price, the gigantic command “firm” unveiled on Tuesday by Airbus exceeds 33 billion dollars. The European aircraft manufacturer has just sold 300 aircraft at a time, the A320neo, to the Indian low-cost company IndiGo. A contract that he describes as “one of the […]
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On Saturday, September 22, 2018, Airbus announced that its A350 XWB “Ultra Long Range” was ready to be delivered to Singapore Airlines, for the longest commercial flights in history. It is ready to take off and break records. Airbus has announced that its A350 XWB “Ultra Long Range” model, hypothetically capable of flying from Toulouse to Australia non-stop, will be delivered […]
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China has placed an order for 184 A320s with delivery expected in 2019 to 2020, announced the Elysee this Wednesday 10th January, 2018. Another major order for Airbus. For the last day of the visit of Emmanuel Macron in China, the Elysée announced a (very) large order for 184 A320 aircraft from Airbus.. Delivery for 2019 – […]
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The airline Hop!, an Air France subsidiary, says that “85% of flights will be okay on Friday, “the first of two days of strike of its cabin crew”, a “significant impact”. For the weekend of crossover of the school holidays, “the order of 80%” of cabin crew at Hop! said in advance their intention to strike, […]
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GIFT: Airbus separates four of its aircraft, including two A380s that will join the museum Aéroscopia Bourget and Toulouse … Airbus has announced his decision to donate four aircraft “to work towards safeguarding the aviation heritage.” This is not any aircraft retired but those who have written the history: the first A320 test aircraft, two […]
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ECONOMY: Easyjet annouce direct routes to Portugal, Italy or Germany from Nice, Bordeaux and Lille … You can finally go directly to Naples, Venice and Faro from other cities as well as Paris on the low-cost airline Easyjet. The CEO of the company, Christian Biacchetta, announced Monday night on France Info, they are creating sixteen […]
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The couple was unhurt … A Scare on Saturday for a couple in their seventies. As they flew over the Breton coast aboard a small plane, their aircraft lost its propeller in midair, reported Ouest-France. The pilot finally managed to ask urgently for permission to make an emergency landing on the moor on the island […]
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The pilot of Aer Lingus flight EIN526 saw civilian drone about 150 metres off the right wing … A drone crossed the path of a passenger plane from an Irish company when it was preparing to land at Paris airport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle, it has been reported on Thursday. “The police immediately went to the area” During […]
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