Airbus has applied for A350 launch aid

Published 9:00 pm Tuesday, April 12, 2005

That’s what British Prime Minister Tony Blair said, according to the Western Mail newspaper in Wales:

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=15392216&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=blair-may-help-airbus-project-take-off-name_page.html

France is considering a similar Airbus request, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/13/content_2821437.htm

And here’s an interesting analysis on the launch aid issue from a columnist with The Times of London:

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8210-1566282,00.html