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In August 2012, Lufthansa switched its daily Houston–Frankfurt route to an Airbus A380 from a Boeing 747-400, making Houston the first airport in Texas to receive A380 service. In addition, Lufthansa has also operated the Boeing 747-8 on the route.
By the mid-1960s, several European aircraft manufacturers had drawn up competitive designs, but were aware of the risks of such a project. For example, in 1959 Hawker Siddeley had advertised an "Airbus" version of the Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy, [8] which would "be able to lift as many as 126 passengers on ultra short routes at a direct operating cost of 2d. per seat mile".
Airbus A318-100 — 50 TBA: Orders were transferred to American Airlines, but were later cancelled. [citation needed] Airbus A330-300 — 20 TBA: Boeing 717-200: 29 — 16 – 95 111 All were transferred to American Airlines and later retired in 2003. Boeing 757-200: 27 — – 22 158 180 All were transferred to American Airlines.
On Wednesday, International Consolidated Airline Group's British Airways picked European Aeronautical Defense and Space's Airbus' SAS short-haul planes over Boeing's 737, in a deal worth more than ...
A worrying sign of the A340’s imminent demise is that there are currently no airlines operating the A340-500 variant, which Airbus introduced in 2003 as the world’s longest-range commercial ...
Service between Houston and Washington, D.C., began in January 1979. In June 1979 Continental linked Denver with Washington, D.C., Las Vegas, San Francisco and San Jose and also began Houston-Tampa service. [11] The airline suffered in 1979 when the DC-10 was grounded nationwide following the crash of American Airlines Flight 191. Continental ...
Airlines are increasingly using Airbus A321neo family planes for transatlantic flights. These single-aisle aircraft offer efficient long-haul economics for routes to Europe.
Airbus is given reimbursable launch investment (RLI), called "launch aid" by the US, from European governments, with the money being paid back with interest plus indefinite royalties, but only if the aircraft is a commercial success. [105] Airbus contends that this system is fully compliant with the 1992 agreement and WTO rules. The agreement ...