Seattle-based Boeing Co. will probably launch a super-jumbo B747-X airliner, an extended version of the B747, to compete with the projected Airbus A3XX, later this year, company President Phil Condit ...

Airbus Industrie, the European aerospace consortium, says it will decide "shortly" on whether to go ahead with a commercial launch of the A3XX "superjumbo" airliner. Issues remain outstanding about ...

The governing board of Airbus Industrie might vote as early as next week to begin making the world's largest passenger plane, launching its boldest challenge yet to Boeing Co.'s stranglehold on large ...

To understand why we may be looking at an "autopsy for the Airbus A380" (see Part I of this story here) it's important to look at the history of the A380 and the assumptions that led to the birth of ...

BOEING'S bosses are growing increasingly nervous about the prospect of losing their lucrative monopoly at the top end of the jet-airliner market. The 400-seater jumbo is showing its age and orders are ...

PARIS - In a powerful challenge to Boeing Co., Airbus Industrie announced Friday the launch of the world's largest passenger jet, a flying ''cruise ship'' that the European aeronautics company hopes ...