Airbus shares plunge as plane maker cuts profit forecast
FAA investigates counterfeit titanium used in some Boeing and Airbus jets
May 2024
‘Everyone wants a plane for summer’: luxury trade fair woos super-rich
Elite London billed as ‘unique platform for luxury lifestyle brands’, with entry level helicopters costing upwards of £3.2m
March 2024
Europe is unprepared for risks from Russia and Trump, says Airbus boss
Aerospace group chief executive urges UK and Europe to pool efforts and merge fighter jet programmes
January 2024
Japan jet crash: passenger plane was cleared to land, say officials
Smaller plane on runway was not cleared for takeoff, however, say authorities as investigations begin
December 2023
‘Worse than giving birth’: 700 fall sick after Airbus staff Christmas dinner
French health authorities investigating mass gastroenteritis outbreak after company restaurant served foie gras and lobster
September 2023
Observer business profile
‘We’ve learned lessons’: the banker clearing up the £1.1bn fallout from the UK’s Covid loan scheme
British Business Bank chief Louis Taylor says he values roles that are ‘beyond the pure profit motive’
April 2023
Air France and Airbus cleared of involuntary manslaughter over 2009 crash
Paris court clears aviation giants over disaster that killed 228 people flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris
March 2023
Jet planes and sugar cane: Qantas and Airbus get on board biofuel factory in Queensland
Aviation giants look to agricultural waste in bid to cut emissions but experts say it is no panacea
February 2023
Air India makes record-breaking purchases from Airbus and Boeing
Tata-owned airline orders 470 planes from rivals in expectation of rapid surge in passenger demand in Asia
November 2022
Airbus boss warns of delay in decarbonising airline industry
Guillaume Faury expresses concern at pace of investment in facilities producing alternatives to fossil fuels
Brief letters
The doll that stayed with Mum for life
Brief letters: Comfort objects | Our dad, the wing man | Simple rice pudding | Complicated beans on toast
Britishvolt saga exposes the danger of short-termism
Letters: Turning innovation into solid economic success requires patience – just look at civil aerospace production, says Prof Keith Hayward. Plus letters from Bruce Tofield and Jon Bloomfield
October 2022
Manslaughter trial over 2009 Air France crash begins with cries of ‘shame’
Final minutes of Air France flight AF447 to be examined as trial opens
September 2022
EasyJet to stop offsetting CO2 emissions from December
Airline unveils ‘roadmap to net zero’ strategy focusing on sustainable fuel and more efficient planes
July 2022
UK to work with Japan on supersonic Tempest fighter jet
First demonstrator aircraft will fly ‘within next five years’ to test features such as stealth capability
Farnborough airshow to focus on cleaner flying and potential fighter jet deal
Manufacturers to emphasise their efforts to reduce environmental impact of planes
Observer business agenda
Aviation chiefs head to Farnborough in buoyant mood, despite economic headwinds
Defying supply woes and climate concerns, the first airshow since 2018 could see plane buyers on a spending spree
June 2022
‘Very, very modest’: Johnson vs Trudeau on whose private jet is smaller
With the official UK plane in use by Prince Charles, Canada Force One pips prime minister’s stand-in Airbus A321 by 2 metres
