Airbus Industrie is likely to put off delivery of one or two of the 13 Airbus A380 Superjumbo aircraft, earlier scheduled for 2009, till January 2010.

Singapore Airlines, the government-owned national airline of Singapore, has started daily fights between Changi Airport in Singapore and Melbourne Airport in Australia using the Airbus A380 Superjumbo aircraft.

The Airbus A400M military transporter aircraft is most likely to make its first flight in December 2009.

Air France is planning to auction 380 seats on 2 inaugural flights of the Airbus A380 Superjumbo from Paris to New York on November 20, 2009, and from New York to Paris on November 21, 2009.

Airbus has decided to fund the third search to help find the flight recorders and the debris of the Air France airliner crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, in June 2009.

Aircraft maker Airbus has admitted to spying on its staff from 2005 to 2007 in Germany as a part of a campaign to uncover potential corruption.

Emirates to fly Airbus A380 Superjumbo on Toronto-Dubai route from June 1, 200.

Airbus Industrie, based in Toulouse, France, and a subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), has signed an agreement with a group of Chinese industrial partners to set up a joint-venture manufacturing centre in Harbin, China, to make carbon-fibre composite parts as well as components for the Airbus A350XWB and Airbus A320 family.

Singapore Airlines, the national airline of Singapore, has announced plans to fly the Airbus A380 Superjumbo, the world's largest passenger airliner, from Singapore to Paris starting June 1, 2009.

Airbus Industrie, the aircraft-manufacturing giant based in Toulouse, France, has test-flown one of its Airbus A320 jets with new winglets designed and developed by Aviation Partners, a private corporation based in a Seattle, Washington, the United States, which produces and markets winglet systems.

Emirates is bringing its very own brand of double-decker to London with the arrival of its industry leading Airbus A380. The new flight, which departs Dubai daily for London Heathrow is to be served by the giant airliner, said the airline.

Air Arabia, the low-cost airline based in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has signed a contract with the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus Industrie for 10 additional, single-aisle A320 aircraft to serve its new hub in Casablanca, Morocco.

BOC Aviation, the aircraft-leasing division of Bank of China, one of the big four state-owned commercial banks of the People’s Republic of China, has placed additional orders with Airbus Industrie for 20 aircraft of the Airbus A320 family.

Aircraft manufacturing giant Airbus Industrie has opened a final assembly line for its A320 aircraft in Tianjin in northern China. The new facility is the first of its kind built by Airbus outside Europe.

The new double-decker Airbus A380 from Emirates has touched down in San Francisco and Los Angeles. This is part of a number of exclusive tours of the aircraft that have been planned for the United States. 

Aimed at supporting the expansion of its international route network, Dubai-based international airline Emirates has bought a total of 60 wide-bodied aircraft. A letter of intent was signed by Emirates with Airbus for 30 Airbus A330-300s and 30 Airbus A350 XWBs.

The gateway to the Heathrow Airport has a new attraction. A giant model of an Airbus A380 has been installed at the spot, courtesy Emirates Airline.

Singapore Airlines, the national airline of Singapore, has taken delivery of its 5th Airbus A380 Superjumbo.

Air One, the airline based in Rome, Italy, has ordered 24 aircraft from Airbus Industrie, the aircraft-manufacturing consortium based in Toulouse, France.

JetBlue Airways, partly owned by Deutsche Lufthansa AG of Germany, has said it deferred deliveries of 21 Airbus A320 jets. This has been done with a view to slowing down further the airline’s expansion in the midst of enormously high prices of jet fuel. 

The phenomenal rise in the prices of fuel is sweeping each and every sector of the aviation, the aircraft-making companies included. Airlines are reining in spending as they face losses that may total $40 billion in 2008.