AFP German airline Germania has ordered 25 single-aisle fuel-efficient Airbus A320neos worth $2.6 billion (2.4 billion euros) at list prices in an announcement at the Farnborough air show. The firm aircraft order, for delivery from 2020 onwards, will double the Germania Group’s current fleet of aircraft, the pair announced on the second day of Farnborough. Airlines typically negotiate sizeable ...

AFP Oculus has announced it is ramping up availability of its Rift virtual reality gear and planning a major conference in October for developers making software for it. Facebook-owned Oculus said that all pre-ordered Rift headsets have been sent to buyers, and promised that new orders made online at oculus.com will ship within four business days. “We want to apologise ...

  Farnborough / AFP The aircraft sector hit turbulence as European giant Airbus slashed output of its A380 superjumbo because of weak demand, putting the brakes on plane orders generally at Farnborough. The Franco-German planemaker revealed at Farnborough — one of the world’s largest civilian and defence airshows — that it would halve production of its enormous A380 to one ...