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Vought announces layoffs
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/business/14268033.htm that key Boeing supplier Vought Aircraft Industries has announced it will cut…
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Un nouveau retard?
Le Figaro in Paris http://www.lefigaro.fr/eco-entreprises/20060404.FIG000000104_l_airbus_a_prend_un_nouveau_retard.html reports that the A380s Airbus is building for Emirates will be delayed another…
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… and boy are my arms tired
Canadian low-cost carrier WestJet on Friday asked its passengers to assume the position — that is, to cock…
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Emirates confirms delay on deliveries
Over the weekend, officials with the airline confirmed last week’s reports that they had decided not to take…
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Airbus in China
Airbus has narrowed its list of potential manufacturing sites in China to four cities, Shanghai Daily reports. http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/04/04/258364/Airbus_may_choose_Shanghai_as_site_for_aircraft_assembly.htm…
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Boeing and B/E
As noted below, Boeing commercial airplanes chief Alan Mulally was in Miami last week — no doubt to…
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Tough times in Toulouse
Emirates, you may have heard, has pushed back its plans to take 20 A340s from Airbus. http://www.forbes.com/finance/feeds/afx/2006/03/31/afx2637628.html
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Qantas may exercise 787 options
Reuters is reporting http://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/03/29/qantas.787.reut/ that the Australian carrier “is very likely” to exercise its options on 50 more…
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Emirates says it won’t retaliate for Dubai ports
Although the Dubai ports debacle was “rather a slap in the face,” a senior executive with Emirates tells…
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Hazy says A350 falls short
Leeham Co.’s Scott Hamilton checks in from Orlando, where ILFC chief Steven Udvar-Hazy spoke at an industry meeting…
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Great wings don’t mean a profitable airline
It’s a sad, sad day, aerospace fans. The airline with the greatest hot wings in the sky, Hooters…
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A380 passes evacuation test
Airbus will be able to crowd up to 853 people onto its A380, now that regulators have approved…
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Boeing talks up the Intercontinental
Boeing’s 747 chief Jeff Peace is in Europe pitching the new 747-8 to airlines. The Associated Press reports…
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Mulally in Miami
Reuters http://today.reuters.com/business/NewsArticle.aspx?type=businessIndustry&storyID=2006-03-28T161323Z_01_N28390480_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESSPROIND-TRANSPORT-BOEING-SUPPLYCHAIN-DC.XML caught up with Boeing’s commercial airplanes chief, who talked about raw materials but didn’t discuss 787…
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Qatari decision ‘imminent’
Qatar Airways chief Akbar Al Baker tells Bloomberg News http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=az27mm2xDS_0&refer=asia his airline is close to deciding on 20…
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Hazy crystal-clear on A350, 747-8
International Lease Finance Corp. chief Steven Udvar-Hazy was in Everett this morning for the ceremony marking the delivery…
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Game on
Connexion by Boeing announced this morning http://sev.prnewswire.com/advertising/20060321/SFTU16322032006-1.html that it and SAS will co-host an aerial online video game…
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GE tests Dreamliner engine
The first tests of the GEnx engines that General Electric is building for Boeing’s 787 went well, GE…
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A potential new buyer emerges in India
Or maybe not, but the big buzz in the subcontinent is an off-hand comment that the governing body…