The Zephyr is a solar-powered, high-altitude long-endurance UAV initially developed by QinetiQ, a British company, but which became part of the Airbus High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HMAPS) program, becoming known as the Airbus Zephyr

The prototype of the EC-135 series (D-HECX) made its first flight at Ottobrunn, Germany on 5 February 1995, this being the first definitive aircraft following the completion of a test flying programme with two BO-108 technology demonstrators.

The MRTT was selected by the Australian Government for the RAAF ahead of the rival KC-767 to fulfil Project Air 5402 in April 2004 after a Request for Tender was released in June 2003 for both acquisition and Through Life Support contracts.

On 26 September 1967 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the British, French and German Governments to cover the development of an Airbus-type aircraft with Rolls Royce RB207 engines. However, because of the absence of firm airline orders, the British Government withdrew in 1969, although Hawker Siddeley remained as

The A310 was designed to meet world airline requirements for a large capacity short-range airliner, using as many components of the A300 series as possible.

The A321 was designed by Airbus to basically compete against the Boeing 757, which at that time had been in service for some years.

The A330-300 was the baseline variant with seating for 335 passengers in standard two class, but up to a max of 440 passengers could be carried.

The A380 has been described as a giant amongst airliners, being 73 m long, nearly 80 m in span, weighing 560-tonnes at take-off, seating up to 555 passengers, and will fly further and more cheaply per seat.