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Airbus to offer wider seats for overweight U.S. travelers
In case you missed it this week: In talks with U.S. carriers, Airbus is offering to equip its popular A320 aircraft with wider seat.
Date: 05/25/2012 | Aerospace Blog
New 787 order on the way for Boeing?
The Boeing Co. could log a fresh order for the 787 Dreamliner by mid-June.Lion Air is likely to sign an order for 10 787s on June 8, reports Reuters.
Date: 05/25/2012 | Aerospace Blog
Boeing backlog may bring production increase
The Boeing Co. has a problem that every company wants and no company wants: too much work.
Date: 05/15/2012 | Business
WTO rules that Boeing got less illegal subsidy than Airbus
GENEVA -- The World Trade Organization ruled Monday that U.S. planemaker Boeing received $5.3 billion in illegal government subsidies over a quarter-century, far less than what arch-rival Airbus received according to an earlier finding.
Date: 03/12/2012 | Business
Airbus says China blocking orders over EU scheme
PARIS -- Airbus says that China is blocking orders for 35 of its jets to protest the European Union's emissions trading scheme.Airbus spokesman Stefan Schaffrath said Thursday that the aircraft maker is seeing "retaliation threats" from 26 countries, but especially from China.
Date: 03/09/2012 | Business
WTO issues confidential ruling in EU complaint against Boeing subsidies
GENEVA -- The World Trade Organization has ruled on appeals brought by the European Union and the U.S. in a long-running spat over U.S. aid to aircraft maker Boeing.
Date: 03/01/2012 | Business
At Lynnwood conference, Brazil's Embraer predicts demand for smaller jets
LYNNWOOD -- Brazil's Embraer foresees strong demand for small jets over the next 20 years, with orders from North America leading the way.
Date: 02/09/2012 | Business
Qantas grounds A380 after finding cracks in wings
SYDNEY — Australia’s Qantas Airways said Wednesday it was temporarily grounding one of its A380 superjumbos after discovering dozens of hairline cracks in its wings during a maintenance inspection.
Date: 02/07/2012 | Business
Boeing, Airbus make their case for their jetliners at aerospace conference
LYNNWOOD -- Aerospace analysts, the Boeing Co. and Airbus all agree: The commercial aircraft market looks strong for years to come.Where great minds diverge: Which jets win over more customers, and why?
Date: 02/07/2012 | Business
Production challenges
Conference brings together aerospace giants, suppliers
Date: 02/06/2012 | Business
Norwegian Air orders 122 Boeing 737s, 100 Airbus A320neos
The Boeing Co. and Airbus continued raking in orders for their updated single-aisle jets on Wednesday when Norwegian Air signed deals valued at $21.5 billion with the jet makers for 222 aircraft.
Date: 01/26/2012 | Business
Airbus says new cracks found in wings or two A380s
PARIS -- Airbus found new cracks on metal brackets inside the wings of two A380 superjumbo jets after inspections launched following the 2010 incident in which a Qantas A380's engine disintegrated in flight, the company said Thursday.
Date: 01/20/2012 | Business
Airbus admits Boeing might surpass it in orders this year
Airbus landed a record number of aircraft orders last year, easily beating the Boeing Co. for the jet sales crown in 2011, the European company reported Tuesday.However, Airbus says it's likely Boeing could be the orders winner in 2012.
Date: 01/17/2012 | Business
Aerospace’s big players to meet in Lynnwood in February
Increased production rates at Boeing Co., Airbus and other jet makers present both opportunities and challenges for local aerospace suppliers.
Date: 01/16/2012 | Business
As airlines expand, they face a big shortage of pilots
HONG KONG -- Fast-growing Asian and Middle Eastern airlines that have signed orders for hundreds of new airplanes now must find enough pilots to fly them. For safety-conscious travelers, that means sticking with the big, well-known airlines who can afford to lure the best staff as the scramble to...
Date: 12/01/2011 | Nation & World
Israel speeds up work on anti-missile system for airliners
JERUSALEM — Israel has sped up work on a missile defense system for its commercial airliners because of fears that Palestinian militants in Gaza have obtained anti-aircraft weapons looted from Libya, defense officials said Friday.
Date: 11/11/2011 | Nation & World
Airbus to delay A350 by as much as six months
Airbus handed the Boeing Co. a dabble of good news Thursday: The European jet maker is delaying its A350 by as much as six months.
Date: 11/11/2011 | Business
Airbus closes in on sales record
Airbus needs just 112 jet orders in the last two months of 2011 to beat its sales record.The European jet maker reported Tuesday that it had added another 193 orders to its backlog in October, bringing its net order tally through the first 10 months of the year to 1,231.
Date: 11/09/2011 | Business
New, efficient aircraft part of plan to reduce American Airlines losses
DALLAS -- American Airlines is in bad need of an upgrade.
Date: 10/20/2011 | Business
Airbus on pace for orders record
Airbus could have a record-setting year for aircraft orders if the jet maker keeps up its scorching sales pace.
Date: 09/07/2011 | Business
Summit to focus on jet jobs
The state's aerospace industry will take center stage during an event later this month.
Date: 09/06/2011 | Business
Putin vows support for Russian aircraft makers
ZHUKOVSKY, Russia — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed Wednesday to keep the development of national aerospace industries a top priority for his government.
Date: 08/17/2011 | Nation & World
Small French company a cog in Airbus machine
ST. NAZAIRE, France -- At Spirit AeroSystems' new plant in St. Nazaire, three clocks on a conference room wall are set to three different times: local time; Wichita, Kan.,time; and Kinston, N.C., time.
Date: 08/10/2011 | Business
Cockpit chaos reigned on doomed 2009 Airbus flight
LE BOURGET, France — A confused cockpit crew without proper training to head off high-altitude disaster flew toward it, instead, with wrong-headed maneuvers, no task-sharing and perhaps unaware their flight was about to end in the Atlantic Ocean.
Date: 07/29/2011 | Nation & World
Which direction for 737?
A decision by American Air could direct jet's future
Date: 07/20/2011 | Business
Hail damage grounds about a third of Frontier's Airbus fleet
DENVER — Frontier Airlines has announced more flight cancellations through Monday after golf ball-sized hail at Denver International Airport took almost a third of its Airbus fleet out of service.
Date: 07/16/2011 | Nation & World
Airliners make rain that wets airport terrain
WASHINGTON — The planes make rain that wets airport terrain.Airplanes flying through super-cooled clouds around airports can cause condensation that results in more snow and rain nearby, according to a new study.
Date: 06/30/2011 | Nation & World
China signs deal for 88 Airbus A320 jets
China signed an agreement Tuesday to buy 88 new Airbus aircraft in the A320 family, the European plane maker said. Airbus CEO Tom Enders signed the agreement with the China Aviation Supplies Holding Co. on the sidelines of a visit to Berlin by Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. As part of the...
Date: 06/29/2011 | Business
Gregoire tours German Airbus plant as state seeks diverse industrial base
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Chris Gregoire traveled with some of Washington's aerospace executives Friday to tour an Airbus facility in Germany, saying Boeing's chief rival should work with state suppliers on future planes.
Date: 06/25/2011 | Business
Success for Airbus A320 puts pressure on fate of Boeing 737
Even Airbus officials weren't expecting so much success so soon for its A320 new engine option aircraft.
Date: 06/24/2011 | Business
Jet takeoff halted in close call between Boeing 777 and Airbus A340 at JFK airport
NEW YORK -- A pilot of a jet carrying 286 passengers slammed on the brakes to abort takeoff at Kennedy Airport this week after another plane began taxiing toward the runway it was using, the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday.
Date: 06/23/2011 | Nation & World
Flying the Dreamliner's colors
All Nippon Airways shows off its livery for the 787
Date: 06/23/2011 | Business
Air show is a preview
Next year, the aerospace world comes to Washington
Date: 06/21/2011 | Business
Bodies from Airbus plane crash brought to France
BAYONNE, France — The remains of 104 people killed in a 2009 plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean were brought to France on Thursday for identification.
Date: 06/16/2011 | Nation & World
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