Showing Russia the love

Published 9:00 pm Tuesday, February 14, 2006

BizWeek’s Moscow correspondent, Jason Bush, looks at the lengths Boeing and Airbus are going to try to land an order for about two dozen 787s or A350. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2006/tc20060215_694672.htm

Key Quote: “Officially, Aeroflot has yet to pick a winner, but in December, Russian newspapers reported that Aeroflot had already decided in favor of the Dreamliner 787, citing anonymous company sources. Whoever wins the tender, the battle to woo Aeroflot has put the spotlight on the growing amount of business international planemakers are now doing with Russia — a major source of raw materials, components, and engineering services.”

You may recall that a few weeks ago, I tried a little tea-reading and decided that Boeing has landed the order, which should be announced in March (which is just two weeks away now). Of course, I also thought the Seahawks would walk all over the Steelers, so …