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Airbus sales drive Q1 profits at parent company

Airbus, which expects to take in around 700 orders this year, is preparing for the first flight of its new A350 long-range aircraft that is aimed at rivaling Boeing's 777 and 787.

Air China approves plan to buy 100 Airbus jets

The announcement follows French President Francois Hollande's visit to China last month, when officials inked a deal for China to buy 60 planes from France-based Airbus.

News Summary: Airbus gets biggest order ever

The first planes will be delivered in 2014 and most of them will be outfitted with a new, more fuel-efficient engine that Airbus has recently developed.

Airbus, Indonesia airline in ?18.4 billion accord

Airbus, the archrival of U.S.-based Boeing Co., is the civilian aircraft business of the European aerospace and defense company EADS.

Lufthansa to order 102 new Airbus planes

German airline Lufthansa AG says it plans to buy 102 new aircraft from European planemaker Airbus to improve fuel efficiency and meet future demand.

Airbus parent EADS sees 4Q earnings fall

Airbus parent company EADS NV says its net profit declined by nearly half in the fourth quarter as the company took charges at its helicopter and defense electronics divisions.

Airbus to drop lithium-ion batteries in A350

Airbus abandoned its plans to use lithium-ion batteries for its new A350 airplanes due to the uncertainty surrounding the technology following the grounding of Boeing's 787, the company said.

Dubai's A380 concourse in full operation

Dubai's airport authorities say a purpose-build concourse for Airbus' A380 aircraft is fully open after weeks of phased-in operations.

DFW-Dubai route is called success

Baxter declined to comment on whether Emirates would add a second daily flight to DFW, although he mentioned that the airline has a number of Boeing 777s and Airbus A380s on order for 2013.

Airbus reports record deliveries in 2012

Airbus only sold nine of its superjumbo A380 jets last year, due to a combination of technical problems with the aircraft's wing ribs and the poor European economy.

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PARIS: Airbus sales drive Q1 profits at parent company

Airbus' orders also continued to rise, with 410 net commercial aircraft orders in the quarter.

Airbus parent company posts higher Q1 profits

Airbus delivered 144 aircraft in the first quarter, up from 131 in the same period last year.

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Airbus picked by Kuwait Airways as best bid: minister

The state carrier found that the Airbus offer was better than one by rival Boeing (BA.

Airbus A350 XWB

Airbus' first completed A350 XWB is unveiled with a full paint-job in Toulouse, France on May 13.