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Boeing’s labor battle Down Under
Boeing is putting national security at risk by refusing to negotiate with striking engineers, one of Australia’s largest…
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Polish airline may pick 787s
Reuters today http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2005-09-06T171529Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-215189-1.xml reports that LOT Polish Airline will announce Wednesday that it will order six 787s from…
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A350 subsidies back in the news
Europe came back to work today, after the traditional August holidays, and the Boeing-Airbus subsidy fight is bound…
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Big deals Down Under
Boeing will present Qantas with a bid on a big fleet-replacement buy within the next two weeks, Australian…
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Not the only Boeing contract talks
Boeing is in talks with the United Aerospace Workers at its suburban Philadelphia helicopter plant, the Delaware County…
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Boeing considers ramping up 787 production rates
That’s what Guy Norris of Flight International reports http://www.flightinternational.com/Articles/2005/08/30/Navigation/177/201283/Boeing+considers+ramping-up+787+production.html
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Machinist talks, Monday edition
British business newspaper Financial Times peers across the pond this morning to look at the Boeing/IAM contract talks.…
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Machinist contract talks, Sunday edition
The folks on the Boeing side are telling me they’re going to release more details of their latest…
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Machinist talks, Saturday edition
Lovely day outside, so naturally I’m here at The Herald, working on an update for Sunday’s paper on…
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Boeing nears 787 contract with leasing company
That’s what Flight International says. http://www.flightinternational.com/Articles/2005/08/25/Navigation/177/201181/Boeing+near+to+closing+787+lessor+deal+.html Boeing’s been carrying a deal for six Dreamliners going to an unannounced…
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Machinists Contract Talks, Week 2
I’ve been too busy writing about the Machinist union contract talks to seriously blog about it, but yesterday’s…
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Gulf Air shops for jets
Gulf Air of Bahrain is looking for a big fleet buy to replace a mixed fleet of 34…
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Pentagon moves forward on tanker studies
Hey, you know what we haven’t talked about in a long time? Tankers. I had a little free…
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Airbus seeks British launch aid
The Times of London reports that Airbus officials are pushing the British government to approve roughly $682 million…
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Airbus hits turbulence in Boeing’s wake
That’s the theme of this Bloomberg News story, which looks at how Airbus is trying to play catch-up…
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Proposed Indian start-up seeks jets
The Associated Press reports http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/19/AR2005081900460.html from Bangalore that a conglomerate best known for its holdings in the textile…
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Spokane looks to lure more parts makers
That’s what the Spokane Journal of Business reports http://www.spokanejournal.com/spokane_id=article&sub=2468 According to the JoB, Spokane development officials are working…
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A Russian 737?
First the Canadians, now the Russians. The Itar-Tass news agency reports that Yakovlev, Tupolev, and Ilyushin are pooling…
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Airbus picks up an A350 order
Jet leasing company CIT is ordering five of them, as part of a much larger deal for A320s,…
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Why we love the British tabloids
This one has no redeeming value, but it made me laugh: A 29-year-old British woman was in court…