Airbus believes there will be no impact ... that the blaze affected an autoclave in the area of section 19 manufacture for the A350. Section 19 is part of the aft fuselage which interfaces with ...

In May 1974, Air France introduced Airbus' first production aircraft ... also came in a dedicated freighter variant. The A300's cross-section was also retained for the larger quad-engined A340 ...

Airbus UpNext, the airframer’s innovation arm, is gearing up for flight tests early next year of an A350-1000 fitted with advanced automation systems developed through its Optimate project.