A photo included in the U.K.'s Air Accidents Investigations Branch special bulletin shows the location of one damaged and two missing window panes on an Airbus A321. Air Accidents Investigation Branch hide caption
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The new Airbus A320neo takes off for its first test flight at Toulouse-Blagnac airport in southwestern France on Sept. 25, 2014. The owner of Air India announced a deal Tuesday to buy 250 Airbus jets, including A350 wide-body planes and A320neo single-aisle planes in a deal worth billions of dollars. Frederic Lancelot/AP hide caption
A Russian Aeroflot airplane is moved from a remote location at John F. Kennedy Airport in October, 2002, in New York. DOUG KANTER/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sanctions may ground Russia's planes, but the firms that own them can't get them back
An American Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner approaches Miami International Airport. In a joint letter, the heads of Boeing and Airbus Americas reportedly called for postponing a planned Jan. 5 rollout of a 5G wireless network. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
A United Airlines plane takes off over another plane on the runway at San Francisco International Airport last year. United Airlines has announced a new order of 270 narrow-bodied planes from Boeing and Airbus. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
An Airbus aircraft of the German airline Lufthansa is parked at the Franz-Josef-Strauss airport in Munich, Germany, earlier this month. Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Employees work on Airbus SE A321 fuselages at the company's final assembly line facility in Mobile, Ala. in 2017. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
A winemaker pours rosé at the Chateau Sainte Roseline in the southern France region of Provence. European producers of premium specialty agricultural products like French wine, face a U.S. tariff hike with duties on a range of European goods, including wine. Daniel Cole/AP hide caption
A new Airbus A320neo aircraft is presented by the Spanish airline Vueling at Barcelona's airport on Sept. 27, 2018. The Trump administration is preparing to slap tariffs on imports from Europe, citing subsidies of Airbus jets. Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Emirates' inaugural A380 flight to San Francisco International Airport approaches the gate in 2014. Airbus announced Thursday it is stopping production of the A380 in 2021 after Emirates canceled dozens of orders. Tony Avelar/AP Images for Emirates hide caption
The Airbus BelugaXL, built to transport large aircraft pieces, took off on its first flight Thursday from France's Toulouse-Blagnac Airport. A. Tchaikovsky/Airbus hide caption
O Tannenbaum. A screenshot of Flightradar24.com shows Wednesday's Airbus A380 test flight over Germany. Flightradar24.com/AP hide caption
The EHang drone from China will provide VIP sky shuttle service in Dubai. EHang hide caption
Chicago-based aircraft manufacturer Boeing would not divulge details about its deal with Iran Air — not the number of aircraft involved, the specific models or the price tag. Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
French President Francois Hollande (left) greets Iranian President Hassan Rouhani before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Thursday. Rouhani's visit to Europe this week has been accompanied by numerous business deals announced by Iran and European companies. Peugeot-Citroen said Thursday it was returning to Iran to build cars with an Iranian automaker. Christophe Ena/AP hide caption
The first twin-engine C919 passenger plane made by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China is pulled out of the company's hangar Monday during a ceremony near Shanghai. AP hide caption
Airbus' patented design for amphitheater-like seating. Espacenet hide caption
'Flying Doughnuts': Airbus Files Patent For A New Kind Of Plane
A Boeing 787-9 lands after its first flight on September 17, 2013 at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington. The aircraft maker delivered 65 of the new jetliners last year. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images hide caption
An Airbus A350-900 takes off from an airport in Toulouse, France, on its maiden flight. Japan Airlines reportedly has ordered 18 A350-900s and 13 A350-1000s. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Airbus hopes the global growth in air traffic will fuel demand for its giant A380. Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
An Airbus A320 on display during Airshow China 2012 at China International Aviation Exhibition Center in Zhuhai on Nov. 13, 2012. Increasing prosperity and urbanization in China and elsewhere in Asia will drive the global demand for aircraft, Airbus said Tuesday. Marina Lystseva/ITAR-TASS/Landov hide caption
A troubled Qantas Airbus A380 plane seen after an emergency landing in Singapore. ROSLAN RAHMAN/Getty hide caption