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Air India … two steps forward, three steps back?
News reports out of India give a mixed indication as to whether Boeing’s going to be able to…
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Looking ahead some more
Sales tailing off in ‘06? Not so fast, says the Aerospace Industry Association. The trade group tells Aviation…
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Meanwhile, in Europe
Here’s how some of the European news media played the Qantas decision to buy 787s instead of A350s.
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Lufthansa looks at the 747-8
A sharp-eyed FOB (Friend of Blog) alerted me to the fact that Lufthansa CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber is telling…
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Qantas board to meet shortly
Qantas’ board of directors will meet in a few hours to discuss competing proposals from Airbus and Boeing…
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Qantas to announce …
… at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Sydney, which, according to worldclock.com, is 7 p.m. here in Everett, America.…
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Looking ahead
There’s been some rumbling the past week or so that jet sales will drop off in 2006. Along…
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Has tanker bid run out of gas?
Boeing Defense chief Jim Albaugh seems to be throwing in the towel on tankers, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch…
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Boeing or ‘Bus?
Well, I’m glad to know I’m not the only one working this weekend. Seems like the Qantas executive…
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Industry analyst sees growth ahead
This year’s big surge in orders is a precursor of good times ahead for the world’s aerospace business.…
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Wichita update
Boeing and SPEEA will head back to the bargaining table on Tuesday, according to the Wichita Business Journal.…
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No order? No worries
That was kind of Mike Bair’s response to Qantas’ decision to take an extra week to study competing…
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‘47-8 is really really great, Boeing says
Boeing executives were talking up the prospects of 747-8 sales today in Tokyo, The Associated Press reports. http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=AP&Date=20051208&ID=5337869
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Tanker talk
Boeing Blogger-in-chief Randy Baseler tells Reuters http://today.reuters.com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=basicIndustries&storyID=nN06392652 that there’s still life in the Everett 767 assembly line, and…
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Qantas update
OK, I just got e-mail from Qantas saying that the airline’s board will meet again next Wednesday to…
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Qantas deal on hold
Qantas officials have delayed a decision on a proposed 100-jet purchase after last-minute bid changes from Boeing and…
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The skinny on single-aisle orders
Trade magazine Airline Fleet &Network Management takes a look http://www.aviationindustrygroup.com/downloads/franklyit%27sallaboutt-1093-1102.pdf at what goes into the fleet-purchase decisions of…
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More countdown to Qantas
Air Transport World reports http://www.atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=3310 that Boeing is a near-lock to sell 777s to Qantas, but there’s a…