Originally Posted by
Sue Ridgepipe
They might be "freely available" once you have acces to Airbus World, but in my experience access to Airbus World is fairly tightly controlled (well it is in my company anyway).
That's the norm. As Airbus themselves note on their website,
... be informed that access to the portal is only granted to authorized users only. Each registered company or organization has at least one dedicated User Entity Administrator (UEA) in charge of providing access rights to future users.
In short, access is restricted to companies that have a commercial relationship with Airbus.
Saying it's 'freely available' is like saying that food at the breakfast buffet at your hotel is 'freely available' - it's available but it's been paid for.