Airbus Defense and Space has begun a risk-assessment study for France’s future maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), to be based on an Airbus A321 airliner platform. Billed as a “flying frigate” by the ...

Lufthansa operates three variants of the Airbus A321 and is now one of the last operators of the aging A321-100. According to data provided by Cirium (an aviation analytics company), this is where ...

After many years of special mission A320 proposals, a contract has been signed between Airbus and the French Defense Procurement Agency to assess an A321 based MPA to replace the Atlantique 2.

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Airbus’ proposals for a maritime patrol variant of the A321XLR airliner are to be the subject of further risk-reduction studies as France considers replacing its Dassault Atlantique 2 fleet.