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@AirbusintheUK
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BROUGHTON | Welcome to the UK.
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BROUGHTON | Excuse us for getting a little romantic on Valentine's Day yesterday as we welcomed the beautiful @Airbus #BelugaXL to @AirbusintheUK for the first time.
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@AirbusintheUK
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We knew it would s-teal the show. @British_Airways new-look A320neo is the ⭐of its Better World campaign. With 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 wings and Filton engineering, it really is the best of 🇬🇧  #proudpartner   #BABetterWorld
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@AirbusintheUK
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The official Twitter feed for @Airbus in the #UK has taken off! We make it fly in Britain #aerospace #manufacturing
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@AirbusintheUK
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TOULOUSE | #BelugaXL 4⃣ has begun operations with a flight to Saint-Nazaire. The progressive introduction of the XL fleet will support the ramp up and sustainability ambitions of @Airbus operations in the coming years. We're looking 4⃣ward to seeing her in Broughton soon.🐳✈️🥰
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BROUGHTON | Today we donated more than 400K surgical masks to the #NHS to help in the fight against #COVID19Pandemic . The masks were flown in from China to Toulouse using @Airbus test aircraft and delivered to the UK by truck. More deliveries to come!
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BROUGHTON | Three is the Magic Number! #BelugaXL No.3 waves hello as she arrived at a windy Hawarden Aerodrome this afternoon to begin operational life. ✈️🐳😍
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BROUGHTON | Watch how we have transformed @AMRC Cymru into an assembly line to produce at least 15,000 ventilators for the @NHSuk in the fight against #COVID19 #Airbus @VentilatorU
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FILTON | @Airbus engineers have taken inspiration from the albatross marine bird to develop a scale-model #A321 demonstrator plane with freely-flapping wing-tips during flight in order to combat turbulence, so reducing wing weight and drag. Read more:
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BROUGHTON | Tomorrow morning we'll be at the Beluga Line Station to film the arrival of #BelugaXL 3. We know lockdown has made spotting impossible, so we wanted to share a video with our #AvGeek followers. We will actually livestream on the FB fan page Beluga XL Hawarden (CEG).
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WATCH | These are the first test flights of the Albatross-inspired, scale-model aircraft demonstrator featuring the 'semi-aeroelastic hinge' concept. Led by @Airbus Filton engineers, the flapping wing-tips allow for longer, lighter wings to reduce drag.
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SHARE | We hope you like our new header image. @AirbusintheUK is close to having its 10K's follower. If we make the 10,000 milestone before #NYE2021 we will enter everyone who RTs this post in a lottery for a #BelugaXL (1:200) model. #YouMakeItFly #avgeeks
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@AirbusintheUK
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After @BorisJohnson called for manufacturers to rapidly scale up ventilator production for patients with #coronavirus @Airbus is proud to be part of #VentilatorChallengeUK to support the UK’s fight against #COVID19 @VentilatorU @HVM_Catapult @NHSuk
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We're looking forward to seeing the unique #BelugaXL arrive in the UK this afternoon for the first time. Flypast over Airbus Filton and Severn Bridge now scheduled for 2.45pm with landing at Hawarden Aerodrome due at 3.30pm. We recommend Chocks Away diner for viewing at Broughton
@AvgeekMel
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Tomorrow is the first visit of the new @Airbus #BelugaXL to the U.K. with a flypast at Airbus Filton & then landing at Airbus Broughton 😃✈️ In the meantime here is a photo of her smaller sister the #BelugaST F-GSTB #avgeek #aviation #airbus @AirbusintheUK #beluga
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Broughton | @Airbus has donated more than 400,000 surgical masks to the #NHS to help in the fight against #COVID19 . Another of our jets is picking up more masks from China this weekend ready to distribute across Europe.
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@AirbusintheUK
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Happy Valentine's Day 🥰 to all our followers! Two years ago today we welcomed #BelugaXL to UK shores. So tomorrow we will broadcast a live stream of XL3 arriving in Broughton and being loaded with our #WelshWings . Tune in from 09.35 (STC). Check here or radars for updates. ✈️🐳
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FILTON | The people of #Bristol and our employees at #Filton were the first in the UK to see the stunning #BelugaXL as it carried out flypasts over the #Airbus site and the Severn Bridge this afternoon on its way to Hawarden Aerodrome for ground tests. More photos will follow...
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BROUGHTON | At 13:00 Beluga XL5 departing Hawarden was struck by lightning. This is a routine event in aviation and the aircraft continued on its journey to Hamburg as planned. In accordance with standard operating procedure, the aircraft will be inspected before its next flight.
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FILTON / Concorde drooped its nose for the first time since retiring this evening to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its first UK flight from Filton to Fairford watched on by HRH The Princess Royal @BristolAero .
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UK | Happy New Year to all our wonderful and loyal followers. Wishing you all the best for 2023. ✈️😀🏳️‍🌈
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@AirbusintheUK
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OTD in 2013 - @British_Airways took delivery of its first @airbus #A380 . Happy birthday! Vid here...
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LONDON | In case Euniced it, here's @BigJetTVLIVE 's coverage of the action from @HeathrowAirport yesterday as #StormEunice battered England and Wales. Great commentary from Jerry and a real show of just how talented the world's commercial #pilots are! #avgeeks ✈️🌬️
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BIG JET TV
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Live from London @HeathrowAirport as #Stormeustice hits the UK via @YouTube #avgeek #aviation #storm 🌬️🌬️✈️
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The @easyJet #newNEO looks fab! Love that new livery and super UK wings 😊
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BROUGHTON | For #AvGeek spotters unable to be in London for JetBlue's inaugural #A321LR flight from New York to @HeathrowAirport , you could always head to Hawarden Airport tomorrow to witness the first time #BelugaXL #2 and #3 (twice) will be visiting on the same day. #XLent 🐳🛬
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BROUGHTON | High Five!🖐️ #BelugaXL 5⃣ made her🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 debut today on the first operational mission to the 🇬🇧 via #Airbus Saint-Nazaire.🐳✈️
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@AirbusintheUK
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This Sunday marked the 20-year anniversary of the beloved Concorde's last flight. Here you can see the warm welcome it received when it flew into Filton for its final homecoming!💙
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Our St David's Day #WingFriday is the majestic and beautiful delta wing of #Concorde , which made its maiden flight from Toulouse 50 years ago tomorrow. We can't claim they are #WelshWings but can celebrate the contribution engineers in #Filton made towards this iconic aircraft.
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UK | We'd like to thank you all for your support during another topsy-turvy year. We need just 27 new followers to hit 12K b4 #NYE ! We hope you enjoyed our Top 10 countdown of most popular '21 tweets and will reveal our #1 soon. In the meantime, we wish you all the best for 2022.
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BROUGHTON | The @AirbusHeli #H175M 🚁draws admiring glances from #BelugaXL after making her debut visit to @Airbus ' Flintshire site today. Production of this super-medium battlefield rotorcraft will come to Broughton should it be chosen to replace the Puma 2 fleet in RAF service.
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Ahead of next week's @salondubourget , we thought we'd give you a #wingfriday treat by posting this time-lapse video of the first ever twin set of #A350 wings - which happened to be @British_Airways wings - being loaded on to a #BelugaXL . Beluga ST can only carry one A350 wing.
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BROUGHTON | It was a real honour to be the first #Airbus site to welcome the latest addition to the #BelugaXL fleet today. 🐳🥰
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She looks fantastic! #A319 #HappyCentenary
@British_Airways
British Airways
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The skies may be grey, but G-EUPJ is gleaming in her retro BEA livery. Thanks @IAC_Ltd for doing such a great job! #BA100 #BEA #BritishEuropeanAirways #Centenary
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A no-deal #Brexit will lead to @Airbus making “potentially very harmful decisions for [its operations in] the UK”, says Airbus CEO Tom Enders. ➡️Watch Tom Enders’ message:
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Beluga taking off is such a joyful sight. We can't wait for the big XL Beluga next year!
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BROUGHTON | @Airbus is proud to have played its part in the @VentilatorU consortium that has produced more than 10,000 life-saving ventilators for the @NHSuk . As we wind down production today, we'd like to thank our talented teams @TheAMRC Wales facility for their dedication.
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Proud to see our @Airbus A330MRTT flying at @airtattoo ! 🇬🇧 ✈️ #RIAT22
@rafredarrows
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Flying the flag: The #RedArrows in formation with the RAF’s VIP Voyager aircraft, known as Vespina, at @airtattoo . With their distinctive Union flag tailfins, both the Red Arrows and Vespina represent the UK wherever they are operating across the globe. Pic by AS1 Abigail Drewett
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@HMSQnlz and @RoyalNavy - Hello sailors ⚓️, looking good; we've got our Pleiades on you 👀🛰 #wemakeitfly
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Many thanks @Qantas for selecting the A350-1000 for Project Sunrise! We look forward to working together to make non-stop services between cities such as Sydney and London a reality. #A350 #LongRangeLeader .
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#ProjectSunrise update: We’ve selected the Airbus A350-1000 as our preferred aircraft for our plans to fly non-stop from the east coast of Australia to #London and #NewYork . Read more here:
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BROUGHTON | XL-ent weather for a bit of whale-spotting. #BelugaXL
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For #WingFriday an image we never get tired of seeing. An A350 XWB wing being loaded into a Beluga in Broughton before the days of the Beluga Line Station (our fantastic facility that lets us load wings into Beluga indoors).
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Retro XL... ???
@la_livery
La Livery
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Airbus Beluga XL "Super Guppy" retro livery. #avgeek #BelugaXL
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LONDON | Looking forward to welcoming @JetBlue 's new @Airbus A321LR to @HeathrowAirport tomorrow morning as it embarks on its maiden transatlantic flight from New York tonight. Hope our UK #AvGeek spotters have their cameras at the ready! Best* photo we're tagged in wins a prize!
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Tonight’s the night! We’re taking off on our first flight from NYC to London—and you can take a mini-tour of our new Airbus A321LR right now. More at .
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BROUGHTON | This Valentine's Day marks two years since #BelugaXL first touched down on UK soil. To celebrate, we plan to broadcast a live twitter stream on Monday morning (time TBC) of a BelugaXL landing and loading at Hawarden Aerodrome. We hope you will be able to tune in. ✈️🐳
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@AirbusintheUK
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Wishing all our friends and followers a very #HappyNewYear2021 . Here’s to hoping we have lots to #Smile about in the year ahead. #Airbus #WeMakeItFly #avgeeks
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Today's #wingfriday is a pair of wings in our #A350 equipping factory at #Airbus Broughton. Here, the wings are fitted with their fuel and internal hydraulic systems. But where are the wings taken to have their flaps, slats and ailerons fitted? Wee prize for first correct answer.
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Today’s A380 decision has nothing to do with Brexit. It’s a business decision driven by changing global patterns of aviation technologies #AirbusResults #A380 #Airbus
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SOUTHAMPTON | #Airbus is honoured to partner with @PeoplesMosquito to support the construction of a de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, 96 of which were built at our Broughton site in North Wales. Photo copyright: David G Schultz
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BROUGHTON | Two years ago on #ValentinesDay our #BelugaXL 🐋 swallowed her first #A350 wing set to take to @Airbus Bremen for equipping. Enjoy this video. We will live stream tomorrow XL3's landing and loading in Broughton with insight from line station manager Andy from 09.35 🐳
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BROUGHTON | Our #BelugaXL mascot and #Airbus employees were there to meet the smiling aircraft as it pulled to a halt on the apron. The aircraft is currently going through ground testing in the Beluga Line Station and will depart for Toulouse on Saturday.
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UK | We offer our sincere and deepest condolences to the Royal Family as we all mourn the loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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BROUGHTON | A little light show before we put #BelugaXL to bed for the night after her inaugural visit to the UK.
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NOVOSIBIRSK | #Beluga 🐳 #3 provided #avgeeks in #Russia with this wonderful night-time display as it took off for its first transport mission delivering a🚁from @Airbus via #Siberia to Kobe #Japan just before Christmas. Thanks to Sergey Kazakov for this spectacular pic! 🐳✈️
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This week's #WingFriday is @FlyANA_official 's 1st #FLYINGHONU in its beautiful 'ANA Blue' turtle livery. For a chance to win #A380 goodies, how does the airline describe the colour schemes of its 2nd and 3rd A380 Flying Honus? Winner drawn after (noon) next Mon closing date. 🐢
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TOULOUSE | #Beluga XL5 coming out of paintshop in Toulouse. We can't wait to see this beauty in the UK in the coming weeks 🐋
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Happy 33rd birthday @VirginAtlantic – and we’ve got something special for your 35th… #A350XWB
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The #H175M here at #RIAT2022 is aimed at replacing #Puma as the UK's #NewMediumHelicopter It's a unique chance to see them both in the static park at the same show thanks to  @230SqnRAF   @33SqnRAF   @RAFBenson
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BROUGHTON | Ever wanted to see inside the belly of a 🐳? Here’s the shiny new cargo hold of #Beluga XL4️⃣ as she makes her debut operational visit to Hawarden Airport. 🐋4️⃣😍
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UK | Happy New Year to all our friends and followers. Wishing you all the best for 2020. #WeMakeItFly #happynewyear2020
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BROUGHTON | #BelugaXL put on a whaley good show with two flypasts before finally coming into land at Hawarden Aerodrome for the first time yesterday to start two days of ground tests.
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We are at the @easyjet #A320neo #newNEO delivery today! Excited to see the aircraft soon.
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RIAT | Day 2⃣ of @airtattoo and the rain clouds finally cleared, allowing Airbus' Pleiades Neo optical 🌍observation satellites to capture the #RIAT23 site. Stay tuned for more highlights from this weekend's spectacular military air show. @AirbusDefence @AirbusSpace 🛰️
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FINKENWERDER | We're at Airbus in Hamburg today so thought we'd bring you this photo of the Beluga's predecessor the 'Super Guppy' parked in their Heritage Square.
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We might be a little bias but we do love those #WelshWings , especially today of all days ✈️🥰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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I think we can all agree that the wings on the @airbus @airbusintheuk #A350 are easily the best in the skies right now - looks great & performs great!✈️🌥️ 📸9V-SMM/9V-SJA of @SingaporeAir on Sunday
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FILTON | @Airbus has completed wind-tunnel testing of its nature-inspired eXtra Performance Wing demonstrator in our quest to quickly test and accelerate new technologies to decarbonise the aviation industry. Read more: #sustainability #biomimicry
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BROUGHTON | Keep your 👀on the skies tomorrow as we look 4⃣ward to welcoming #BelugaXL LJ ( #4 ) to Hawarden Airport for the first time. ETA is currently 10.55am local but always STC. ✈️🐳4⃣
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We're delighted that our Senior Vice President, Katherine Bennett, has been awarded a CBE for her services to the Aerospace Industry. #NewYearsHonours Congrats Katherine!
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OXFORD | Hugely excited to see UK #NewMediumHelicopter #NMH competition launched. If selected, the #H175M , produced at Broughton by @AirbusHeli will support thousands of jobs in UK aerospace, generate meaningful helicopter exports, and revitalise the nation’s helicopter industry
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Wow!
@DaveWallsworth
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Absolutely stunning photo taken after takeoff from Vancouver @yvrairport last night on Nelly G-XLEL #A380 @Airbus @AirbusintheUK @RollsRoyce @British_Airways
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#WingFriday | How many full-grown elephants can you fit in the cargo hold of the #BelugaXL ? First with correct answer gets a XL lanyard.
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Farnborough | Looking forward to day 2 of @GUASFarnborough and hearing about the latest in #UAM vehicles. Watch the video to see why we need urban air mobility @AirbusSV #GUAS2019 #innovation #sustainability #electrification #autonomy
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BROUGHTON | Some exclusive footage from one of the #Airbus videographers of #BelugaXL arriving at Hawarden Aerodrome last Thursday - a couple of flypasts first to please the crowds.
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@AirbusintheUK
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UK I After 19 years of outstanding service to @DefenceHQ , the successful @AirbusSpace SKYNET🛰️contract is coming to an end. The programme has provided the MoD with highly robust, reliable and secure military communications services, supporting 🇬🇧 operations around the globe.
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UK | So coming up we will be offering our best competition prize yet - a signed #BelugaXL postcard by no less than pop superstar Ed Sheeran. Ed visited #Airbus Broughton for filming last year. A BelugaXL model will also be included in the prize. Share if you know a Sheeran fan!
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@AirbusintheUK
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@British_Airways A320neo has a new look but the same impressive environmental performance 🌍: 20% less fuel burn compared to A320ceo, CO2 emissions reduced by 3,400 tonnes/year & 50% less noise. Great choice for #BABetterWorld #proudpartner
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Some of the big moments in the development of @British_Airways first #A380 , delivered 4 yrs ago today. #HappyBirthday
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BROUGHTON | #BelugaXL made its 2nd visit to the UK today and will become a regular feature in the coming weeks and months. @AirbusintheUK won't be announcing futiure visits, but realise this info gets out there. We're happy to post video/photo content after the event though 😃
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Our lovely curvaceous #WingFriday this week comes from an #A350 in the buff. For a #BelugaXL lanyard, who knows which airline took delivery of this particular aircraft? First correct answer wins.
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BROUGHTON | And we have take-off; we can't wait to see you again.
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@AirbusintheUK
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UK | Almost 1 million more protective masks donated by @Airbus to @NHSuk to support the fight against #COVID19 have arrived in the UK. The masks were transported to Europe at the weekend using an Airbus #A350 test aircraft. @DHSCgovuk @WelshGovernment
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From Tianjin 🇨🇳, to Hamburg 🇩🇪 and Toulouse 🇫🇷. Thanks to the teams in China, France and Germany who made our #A350 -1000 fly over the weekend - bringing around 4 million #facemasks to Europe. #COVID19 #TeamAirbus
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Airbus In The UK
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UK | 50 years ago today, the #Airbus adventure started with the A300B... on October 28, 1972, the world’s first wide-body commercial aircraft with UK wings - the A300B1 development aircraft, MSN 1 - took to the skies. Read more here:
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FILTON | Following yesterday's official opening of @Airbus ' £40m Aerospace Integrated Research and Test Centre #AIRTeC by @beisgovuk SoS @KwasiKwarteng , we thought you might like to see how it began and take a virtual look around (best w/ sound)... @UKAeroInstitute @ADSgroupUK
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Loving the livery @VirginAtlantic on your new #A350 . We can't wait to see her fly! ✈️😀💖
@VirginAtlantic
virginatlantic
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This is the one you’ve been waiting for. Our @Airbus A350 livery is here, and we think you’ll agree it’s looking beyond fabulous. There’s just one special addition to make when the plane arrives home in London – our new flying icon. ✈️
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FILTON | To celebrate today's 50th anniversary of Concorde's first flight from Filton and use the legacy of this incredible feat of engineering to inspire the next generation of aerospace enthusiasts we're asking our STEM and aviation followers to tweet us your advice...
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LONDON | Congratulations @JetBlue on your first @JFKairport to @HeathrowAirport transatlantic flight aboard the stunning #A321LR with #Airbus ' Airspace interior for enhanced passenger comfort. #JetBlueLHR
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Airbus In The UK
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What do you think? Orcas are not strictly whales but part of which oceanic mammal family?
@la_livery
La Livery
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"Orca" livery in flight. #airbus #BelugaXL #avgeek
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Look at that sweeping wing-tip. #WeMakeItFly
@VirginAtlantic
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Our first @Airbus A350-1000, Red Velvet, has arrived home for her final touches… one of our new flying icons: 🤩
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Airbus In The UK
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The sun was shining on us today at #FIA with plenty of orders. #WeMakeItFly Thanks for dropping in @theresa_may !
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BROUGHTON | The first #A321XLR wing box has successfully been taken out of its assembly jig ready for the next stage of production. The A321XLR (Xtra Long Range) is #Airbus ’ next evolutionary step for the A321neo Family and is due to enter service in 2023. #WeMakeItFly
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@DaveWallsworth
Captain Dave
3 years
For anyone who loves to fly but hasn’t been able to enjoy the view out of the window when airborne recently due to all the restrictions, here is a video taken by one of our passengers today of our landing at @HeathrowAirport in @British_Airways @Airbus #A350 G-XWBE 😄✈️
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BROUGHTON | #BelugaXL #2 receives some admiring glances from residents of @chesterzoo as she flew into Hawarden Aerodrome earlier. She's just been joined by XL3 for an #AvGeek 's dream spotting day! ✈️🐳😍
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Airbus In The UK
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A hard-hitting #bbc1 documentary, 'Climate Change - The Facts', presented by Sir David Attenborough, airs tomorrow at 9pm and will feature @Airbus ' E-Fan X hybrid-electric flight demonstrator.
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BROUGHTON | We hope you enjoyed our live stream of #BelugaXL at Hawarden Aerodrome this morning and thanks for your questions. If you missed it, the video streams are below (we lost connection twice). Big thanks to Line Station Manager Andy Owen (below) for narrating. ✈️🐳 #avgeek
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Airbus In The UK
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Big love - #HappyValentinesDay from #Airbus in the UK ❤️ #Beluga ❤️
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