Want to discover more about what our diverse 12,000 UK employees and
#apprentices
do to get you flying, explore space and more? You've come to the right place.
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.
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
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.🐳✈️🥰
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!
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. ✈️🐳😍
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:
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).
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.
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
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
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.
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. ✈️🐳
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...
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.
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
.
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
✈️🌬️
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
🐳🛬
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!💙
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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
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
.
#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:
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).
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!
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 .
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. ✈️🐳
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.
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
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
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 🐳
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.
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! 🐳✈️
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. 🐢
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😍
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.
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
🛰️
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.
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
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
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
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!
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
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.
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.
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!
@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
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 😃
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.
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
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:
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. ✈️
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...
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
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 😄✈️
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! ✈️🐳😍
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.
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