Airbus Group's E-Fan electric demonstrator successfully crossed the English Channel, completing a 38-minute flight in a historic re-enactment. The achievement is controversial, as French pilot Hugues ...

According to The Independent, Airbus test pilot Didier Esteyne flew the experimental electric aircraft from Lydd airfield in Kent (on the south coast of the United Kingdom) to Calais in France. The 36 ...

Airbus flew its electric plane across the English Channel for the first time Friday – hours after an independent French pilot made a similar voyage, beating the aeronautics giant in this symbolically ...

CALAIS, France — With zero fanfare, an independent French pilot beat aeronautics giant Airbus by about 12 hours Friday in a race to fly the first electric plane across the English Channel, a ...

The aviation world hasn’t witnessed this type of intrigue in 106 years — at least as far as an English Channel crossing is concerned. Seeking to replicate Louis Blériot’s famous overwater flight in ...

Airbus finished the construction of the latest TV broadcast satellite, the Eurostar Neo Hotbird 13F, which is now ready to head on to... Cape Canaveral. The telecom satellite will be launched from ...

Airbus Defence and Space has signed Intelsat General to its channel partner programme for Skynet 5 military satellite communication services. Under this channel partner agreement, Intelsat General ...

This adorable little two-seater isn’t about to replace Airbus’ airliners, but the E-Fan — a light aircraft powered by lithium-ion batteries and two electric motors — just set a notable aviation ...

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