When Airbus launched the A300, few believed it would succeed. Critics dismissed it as a government vanity project, airlines ...

There’s the Airbus A300 Zero-G, a reduced-gravity aircraft used for training astronauts. And then there’s the A300-600ST Beluga, a huge, whale-shaped cargo freight version of the A300-600, used to ...

Airbus is retiring its first-generation Beluga cargo aircraft and is searching for museum or educational homes for the ...

Staff in the Dubai-based regional headquarters for aircraft manufacturer Airbus are celebrating a special anniversary this weekend. This weekend sees the 40th anniversary of the Franco-German ...

The best-known airlines in the United States are typically scheduled passenger carriers like Delta Air Lines or United Airlines. These carriers all operate flights for passengers, and, as a result, ...

The American Airlines A300-600R that plunged into a New York neighborhood yesterday was the first Airbus jetliner to crash in the United States. It was an updated version of the very first plane that ...

BLAGNAC, France – The airplane is one that turns heads. Aviation enthusiasts instinctively know it is the "Beluga," a nickname stemming from the aircraft's uncanny resemblance to the whale of the same ...

Airbus could reverse its decision to cease production of the A300-600 Freighter, because of increasing demand for cargo capacity and continuing indecision over the launch of the A330-200F. Airbus ...

The Airbus A300 is a mid-size passenger jet. Developed in the 1970s, the A300 is a twin-engine, wide-body airliner that was among the first to use a twin-aisle configuration in the passenger cabin.

This year, around 4 billion plane passengers will take to the sky — and most of them will travel in an Airbus or a Boeing. These two Goliaths have dominated aerospace manufacturing for half a century, ...