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2025.07.26

03:20

Supply chain issues cause seat shortages as American Airlines' new Airbus planes remain grounded in Europe

American Airlines Group has finally taken delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR long-range aircraft, but the plane will remain in Europe due to a shortage of seats caused by supply chain issues. American Airlines said in a statement that it signed documents to take delivery of the aircraft in Hamburg, Germany on Friday. American Airlines ordered 50 of the long-range aircraft in 2019 and plans to put the first aircraft into service on transcontinental routes in the United States later this year, and then switch to international routes. American Airlines said in a statement that the aircraft "will remain in Europe until the current seat supply chain issues are resolved," but declined to name the seat manufacturer.

03:14

Market news: American Airlines' new Airbus aircraft are grounded due to supply chain issues.

2025.07.24

20:59

Bohai Leasing: A wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding subsidiary plans to purchase 15 A330NEO and 75 A321NEO aircraft from Airbus

Bohai Leasing announced that Avolon Aerospace Leasing Limited, CIT Aerospace LLC and CIT Aerospace International Unlimited Company, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Avolon Holdings Limited, a holding subsidiary of Bohai Leasing, signed the Aircraft Purchase Contract Amendment Agreement and related agreements with Airbus on July 23, 2025, intending to purchase 15 A330NEO and 75 A321NEO aircraft from Airbus. At the same time, Avolon's wholly-owned subsidiary has the right to purchase an additional 25 A321NEO aircraft and obtain the purchase option for 15 A330NEO. The transaction targets include 75 A321NEO aircraft with a total value of approximately US$12.95 billion and 15 A330NEO aircraft with a total value of approximately US$8.892 billion. The contract performance period is until the date when all aircraft are delivered, and it is expected to be completed by the end of 2033. This transaction is conducive to enhancing the company's competitiveness in the global aircraft leasing market and is in line with the company's business development strategy.

2025.07.21

17:38

The Korean Pilots Association refutes the investigation into the Jeju Air crash: "The pilots are blaming us for distorting the facts"

On the 21st local time, the Korean civilian aviation pilots group, the Korean Civilian Aviation Pilots Association (ALPA-K), issued a statement expressing strong opposition to the investigation results of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Committee on the Jeju Air crash, pointing out that "the Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Committee attempted to shift the responsibility for the accident to the pilots" and directly refuted the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's investigation process and conclusions on the accident.

16:05

Air India plane veers off runway while landing

This morning, local time, an Airbus A320 passenger plane of Air India flying from Cochin, Kerala to Mumbai deviated from the runway when landing at Mumbai Airport in heavy rain. Air India said that no one on board was injured and the plane was being inspected. According to Indian media reports, the airport runway was slightly damaged.

2025.07.19

06:49

US National Transportation Safety Board: Too early to draw conclusions on cause of Indian Airlines crash

On July 18, local time, Jennifer Homendy, chairwoman of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, said that reports on the cause of the Air India crash were "premature and speculative." Homendy stressed that such a major accident investigation takes time and it is too early to draw conclusions.

2025.07.18

20:25

Meta says it will not sign the EU's final version of the "Code of Conduct for General Artificial Intelligence" and criticizes it for "excessive intervention"

Joel Kaplan, Meta's chief global affairs officer, said in a LinkedIn post on the 18th that Meta would not sign the final version of the General Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct released by the European Union earlier this month. "The code has brought a lot of legal uncertainty to model developers, and its measures are far beyond the scope of the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act." Kaplan mentioned that earlier this month, 44 major European companies including Bosch, Siemens, SAP, and Airbus signed a joint letter calling on the European Commission to stop implementing the code. "We share the concerns of these companies that this excessive intervention will stifle the development and deployment of cutting-edge artificial intelligence models in Europe and hinder European companies that hope to build businesses on them."

2025.07.17

23:36

United Airlines executive: Expects to receive up to 10 Airbus A320 aircraft by 2027.

2025.07.15

19:02

According to the Wall Street Journal: Airbus Silicon Valley Innovation Center and AI startup SandboxAQ released new navigation technology using quantum technology.

14:57

Airbus and XAC Tianjin start A321 fuselage system assembly work

Airbus and AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group (XAC Tianjin) under AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group have officially started the A321 fuselage system assembly work. The front and rear fuselages of the first A321 aircraft to undergo fuselage system assembly in China arrived at Tianjin Port by sea in early July and were successfully transferred to the XAC Tianjin plant. In the next 50 working days, the Airbus team will work with XAC Tianjin to complete a series of processes including factory inspection, isolation installation, bracket installation, and installation and testing of electrical, electronic, drainage, oxygen, flight control, hydraulic and other systems. It is expected that the fuselage with system assembly will be delivered to Airbus Tianjin A320 series aircraft final assembly line for final assembly in October this year.

2025.07.14

17:49

The CEO of Hungarian Wizz Air said that after exiting the Abu Dhabi business, it plans to "scale back" its order for 47 Airbus A321XLR aircraft. It is negotiating with Airbus to convert part of the order to the A321 model.

2025.07.11

21:30

Market news: Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) removes engines from new Airbus aircraft to overcome U.S. engine shortages. Delta has been removing engines from newly built A321 NEO aircraft in Europe and shipping them back to the United States without incurring any tariffs.

2025.07.09

01:02

An Italian airport temporarily stopped flights due to a runway accident. It is suspected that someone was sucked into the engine

On July 8, local time, the airport in Bergamo, Italy, temporarily stopped flights due to a runway accident. The Bergamo-Milan Airport Authority said that due to problems on the taxiway, all flights at Bergamo Orio Al Serio Airport were suspended from 10:20 to 12:00 that day. Local media reported that unnamed airport officials said someone ran onto the apron during a plane's takeoff and was sucked into the engine. The plane was an Airbus A319 of Volotea Airlines, which was preparing to fly to Asturias, Spain. Relevant investigations are underway.

2025.07.08

23:44

Airbus: 63 aircraft delivered in June 2025. Total orders in June were 203. 306 aircraft delivered so far in 2025.

16:16

Saixiang Technology: Won the bid for a project worth 533 million yuan

Saixiang Technology announced that it recently received the "Notice of Winning Bid" for the Airbus Tianjin A320 series aircraft second final assembly line project aircraft large component transportation tooling and fixtures, with a winning bid amount of RMB 533 million.

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