Passengers at Heathrow surprised to find themselves aboard British Airways' newest plane - the Airbus A380

Airbus Group will combine its defence and space activities in one division with Airbus Military transporters

A record number of new planes in production boosted profits at the engineer GKN during the first half of the year.

The delivery follows that last week of two Boeing Dreamliner aircraft as part of a £10bn British Airway's plan to upgrade its long-haul fleet

Rolls-Royce repeatedly failed to spot the engine defect that caused one of its Trent 900s to explode mid-air in a Qantas A380 carrying more than 400 people over Indonesia, Australia's safety regulator reported yesterday.

British Airways has launched a $927m (£603m) publicly traded bond issue, using 14 of its new planes as collateral.

EasyJet has finally sealed a deal to buy 135 jets worth about $13bn (£8bn) from Airbus, sparking a fresh battle with its founder and biggest shareholder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou.

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The Airbus A350, Europe's answer to Boeing's Dreamliner, took to the air for the first time yesterday, making its maiden flight out of Toulouse where it is assembled.

More than half of the plane is made up of lightweight carbon-fibre

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On the day its first Dreamliner touched down in the UK, Tui Travel yesterday agreed a multi-billion-pound deal to buy more Boeing jets.

Any traveller who normally revels in the formidable safety record of UK airlines, and cheerfully obeys the crew’s injunction to “sit back, relax and enjoy the flight”, may grip the armrests a little more tightly next time they board a narrow-bodied Airbus.

Airline hopes to avoid £10m compensation bill