Tim Hepher

Boeing last month announced a new delay for its largest twin-engine plane.

Airbus' share of the deal could top 100 jets, but the final split depends on negotiations.

Pratt & Whitney is in discussions with Airbus about engine supplies over the next three years as the planemaker looks to increase production of its best-selling A320neo model, the engine maker's top commercial executive said on Sunday.

Europe's Airbus lowered a production target for its smallest jetliner on Wednesday, taking the gloss off forecast-beating quarterly profits at the rest of its commercial jetliner business as well as gains in helicopters and defence.

Airbus has pushed back the assembly of some of its small A220 jets this year and next, and may only hit its 2026 target of producing 14 A220s a month in the final weeks of that year, three industry sources said on Monday.

Europe's aerospace giants kept investors waiting an extra day for details of a new space champion on Wednesday as lawyers and advisers pored over the smallprint, but merger plans remained intact, people familiar with the talks said.

Airbus is poised to open a second assembly line in China with limited fanfare this week, days after securing an extra foothold in the United States as it walks a tightrope between divided trade powers, industry sources said.

A severe shortage of next-generation fuel-efficient engines has flipped market economics.

European aerospace groups Leonardo , Airbus and Thales have reached a framework deal on a proposed merger of their satellite businesses, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.

French aerospace group Safran signed deals with Morocco on Monday to set up a new engine assembly line for Airbus jets and a new maintenance and repair plant near Casablanca, company officials said.