In August 2025, Jalopnik published an article about why the Airbus A340 widebody jet has four small engines instead of two larger ones. In the comments section, one reader astutely pointed out, "[It's ...
While Airbus expects its next narrowbody jet will have a traditional tube-and-wing configuration, it has not abandoned the idea of an eventual blended-wing-body (BWB) design for a larger jet. That is ...
On the morning of November 4th, 2010, 440 passengers and 29 crew boarded Qantas flight 32, at Singapore’s Changi airport. The ...
Airbus officially opened its third Final Assembly Line in Mobile on Monday, cementing the Alabama city’s status as the world’s fourth largest aircraft manufacturing hub behind Seattle, Toulouse, and ...
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A new A320 final assembly line is ready for action at Airbus. At Monday’s unveiling ceremony, there was standing room only as mayors, congressmen, senators and top airbus leaders ...