As the world's first digital fly-by-wire (FBW) airliner, Airbus Industrie's A320 was positioned to bring commercial flying and flight management into the 21st century when it was rolled out in 1987.

Airbus flew its first-ever flight of its new Airbus A320neo Thursday morning, with the maiden flight of the new aircraft taking off from Toulouse, France, at around noon local time (6 a.m. ET).

The Airbus A320 is a short-haul workhorse and with 11,000+ orders it is a direct rival to Boeing’s 737. Ad Feedback. Destinations Food & Drink ... Flight QZ8501.

The flight-test campaign will evaluate robustness, performance and integration of these technologies over the A320 flight test aircraft’s operating envelope. A key characteristic for the Flight ...

While the ultimate envelope for ESG II will be determined by the tests, Airbus has set a target of 90,000 cycles and 180,000h – three times the original flight-hour limit 20 years ago – so ESG ...

Airbus' flagship models, such as the A320, A330, A350, and A380, are highly advanced in terms of avionics and flight systems.

The Airbus A320, the model of plane that crashed in France on Tuesday, is a workhorse of modern aviation.Here are some key facts about it:-Similar to the Boeing 737, the single-aisle, twin-engine ...