You asked, we answered! ✈️
It's
#WorldPilotsDay
👩✈️👨✈️ and today we celebrate our pilots and the teams that support them. Meet our experts as they answer some of the most popular questions we received about what it's like to be a part of Airbus' Flight Test team! ✈️
Congratulations
@Condor
on the delivery of your stunning first
#A320neo
! 😍
Soon to join the airline's latest-generation
#A330neo
fleet, Condor will benefit from the commonality of these two aircraft types as well as the additional efficiency and comfort advantages. ✈️
Ever wondered what's it like to be a Flight Test Pilot at Airbus? 👩✈️👨✈️ Here's your chance to drop your questions below about anything you want to know. Our two experts will answer on April 26th
#WorldPilotsDay
!
It's a wrap! Here's our final
#TechTuesday
Cockpit Safety Video Ep.10! ✈️📙
Learn how during final approach and landing - Airbus' Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS) - alerts the crew of a potential runway overrun.
Read more here 👉
It's
#TechTuesday
's Safety Innovation EP. 9 ✈️
25% of runway excursions happen on wet or icy runways 🛬 Learn how Airbus' Braking Action Computation Function provides real time data for safer landings in rapidly evolving weather conditions.
More here:
What do you get when you combine the power of an
@AirbusSpace
satellite 🛰️ with
#AI
?
Imagery from the Pléiades satellite, enhanced by digital mapping experts working with AI, enables more informed planning so that NGOs like
@Aquaya
can support the development of water 💧…
대한항공에 감사드립니다! Thank you
@KoreanAir_KE
for choosing the
#A350
#LongRangeLeader
!
With the news that it will order 33 A350s, the airline has become the latest customer for the aircraft that is changing the shape of long-haul air travel.
Great news from Tokyo!
@JAL_Official_jp
has announced that it will grow its Airbus fleet with new orders for 21
#A350
-900s and its first ever order for Airbus single aisle aircraft, with a commitment for 11
#A321neo
.
Thank you to JAL for its continued confidence in Airbus and…
A special ‘Ville de Bordeaux’ from France has arrived in Mobile! It’s delivering aircraft components to our Alabama
#A320Family
assembly line, powered in part by eSAILs, generating 6–to-7X more lift than conventional sails using an electric suction system to optimize airflow.
Its
#TBT
! Let's look back to Airbus' latest special mission featuring the
#Beluga
flying its special cargo - the Airbus-built
#EUTELSAT
36D satellite to its launch site 🚀 in the US.
Did you know that a "Go-Around" manoeuvre in low visibility conditions may cause spatial disorientation to the flight crew?
In today's
#TechTuesday
Cockpit Safety Innovation EP. 8 ✈️ 📙 we learn how the "Soft Go-Around" function reduces these effects.
👉
Airbus-built EUTELSAT 36D satellite shipped inside the Beluga to its launch site in Florida 🛫
Built for
@Eutelsat_Group
, EUTELSAT 36D is a new generation all electric telecommunications satellite that will be positioned on a geostationary orbit at 36 000 km from Earth.
👉Read…
Our
#Beluga
🐳 is well on its way to Florida 🇺🇸 to deliver its special cargo - the latest full electric
@AirbusSpace
- built telecom satellite!
Watch this space for updates 👀