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UPS mulls A380 freighter cancellation
This week, UPS bought itself more time to decide if it wants to cancel an order for 10…
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Boeing, Northrop may share Air Force contract
The U.S. Air Force may hedge its bet and split a multi-billion dollar tanker contract between the Boeing…
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Russia, Airbus make strange bedfellows
While the chaos escalates in Europe over how to put Airbus’s best foot forward, the Russian government continues…
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Boeing sets stock record
Over in Chicago, Boeing executives are slapping each other on the back with one hand and reaching in…
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Airbus: Off to the races with A350 XWB
In January, John Leahy, Airbus’s chief salesman, gave assurances that his company’s newly launched (re-launched?) A350 Extra Wide…
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Dreamliner orders approach 500
In the past week, the Boeing Co. apparently picked up 21orders for its 787s, bringing the Dreamliner’s lifetime…
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Airbus jumps out to quick lead in 2007
Still smarting from being knocked from the top of the commercial airplane orders heap last year, Airbus started…
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Boeing says bye to scandals, hello to 2007
Last year was one for the history books at Boeing. But it’s not just the record-setting orders or…
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EADS denies deal over Airbus interest
European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. shares spiked Monday based on a report that the company is considering…
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Conflicting accounts surface on Emirates 777 order
Dubai’s Emirates Airlines is at the center of contradictory reports over its plan to order 12 additional Boeing…
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Boeing’s order cycle sees peak, analyst says
At noon PST, the Boeing Co.’s stock had dropped more than 3 percent to$85.47. The decline came after…
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More troubles for Airbus and its A380 freighter?
Airbus soon could be without a customer for the freighter version of its delayed A380 superjumbo jet, according…
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Rumors fuel U.S. tanker talk Airbus (frequently) launches freighter
There was more talk — but no action — this week on the U.S. Air Force’s refueling tanker…
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Airbus downplays 2006 results
Since I’m relatively new to the aerospace beat, I asked industry analyst Paul Nisbet to help me decode…