The A321XLR is built across four countries. The reason has more to do with politics than engineering.

The journey starts in the UK and ends in Toulouse, France.

Airbus opened a new Wing Technology Development Centre (WTDC) at its Filton site last July to accelerate the design, construction, and testing of wings for the next generation of jets. Airbus says ...

FILTON, England, July 4 (Reuters) - Airbus AIR.PA is stepping up testing of radical new wing technology as the planemaker lays the foundation for a future successor to its best-selling A320 series, ...

Airbus revealed its new wing demonstrator, a carbon-reducing innovation modeled off how an eagle soars. The technology will be represented on a Cessna Citation VII business jet platform. The wing is ...

Airbus (OTCPK:EADSF) inaugurated a new wing technology development center at Filton, England, stepping up investment in its U.K. innovation capabilities as the company races with rival Boeing (BA) to ...

Europe's aviation regulator, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), has ordered urgent inspections of 16 Airbus A380 aircraft operated by Emirates and Qantas after cracks were discovered ...

Airbus is testing a new type of experimental wing that the company hopes could revolutionize how airplanes fly. The new extra performance wing demonstrator took off for the first time on November 6, ...

TOULOUSE, France — Airbus on Tuesday said it would inspect 16 A380 planes, five of them immediately, after cracks were found in a key wing component on aircraft used by Emirates and Qantas airlines.

Airbus has traced the source of the cracking in A380 wing structures to unexpected additional stresses imparted by the manufacturing process, and is confident that its original flight loading ...

The air safety directive to Qantas and other airlines for some of their A380s comes amid reports that the Australian carrier is eyeing a replacement plane for the superjumbo.