Airbus poised to sue Pratt & Whitney as engine delays plague aircraft production

Airbus’ clash with Pratt & Whitney shows the engine crisis is now hitting production too.
Aviation Week

Safran To Add Airbus A320 Engine Production Line In Morocco

The new Casablanca line will come in addition to Safran’s Villaroche production site near Paris (pictured) where it currently produces all Leap-1As. Credit: Gonzalo Fuentes/AFP/Getty Images A new ...
Morningstar

Mohammed VI Launches Construction Works of Africa’s First Aircraft Engine Assembly Ecosystem as Safran Group Invests €350 Million

King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, chaired in Nouaceur the presentation and launch ceremony of Safran Group’s “Aircraft Engines” industrial and technological complex in ...
Flightglobal

Deutsche Aircraft on track to take possession of new final assembly plant by year-end

Construction of Deutsche Aircraft’s new final assembly line in Leipzig continues to progress, with the structure of the building now complete. A ‘topping out’ ceremony was held at the site on 13 ...

Why are new Airbus aircraft ferried to different sites before delivery?

The journey of a new Airbus aircraft is far from over once it leaves the final assembly line.
Flightglobal

Sokol plant initiates duplicate assembly line for MC-21 aft fuselage section

Assembly of aft fuselage sections of the Yakovlev MC-21-310 has commenced at the Sokol plant in Nizhny Novgorod, initiating a duplicate line for the structure. The structures – which anchor the ...