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So, Canada
Air Canada officials compiled a 40-page briefing document to explain their decision to buy Boeing 777s and 787s.…
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RyanAir discloses size of Boeing discount
The Irish discount carrier says it’s paying $51 million apiece for the 70 737-800s it ordered from Boeing…
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Hardball in Kansas
… and we’re not talking about the Royals. Boeing executives are leaning on the unions representing workers in…
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Report: Airbus to lose more than $8 billion on A380
Airbus is selling its super-jumbo for between $130 million and $145 million apiece, a team headed by a…
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Career changes
The Long Beach Press-Telegram looks at the changes manufacturing workers — including those being laid off from Boeing…
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747 Advanced? Maybe not, says British Airways chief
BA CEO Rod Eddington downplays suggestions his airline will be a launch customer for Boeing’s proposed 747 Advanced,…
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Jet Wars: Episode XXII — After the Deadline
So last week’s deadline for a US-EU agreement on aerospace subsidies has passed. Now what? Here’s some news…
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Labor trouble for Airbus parent company
Workers at a Scottish plant belonging to BAE Systems, which owns 20 percent of Airbus, have rejected a…
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Boeing brings out the big guns to win India deal
If Boeing finally does land the long-debated 50-jet deal with India, the company may have the Bush administration…
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Air Canada is shopping for widebodies
That’s what its CEO told the Wall Street Journal anyway. If you’re a Journal subscriber, you can look…
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Airbus has applied for A350 launch aid
That’s what British Prime Minister Tony Blair said, according to the Western Mail newspaper in Wales:
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Four different looks at Boeing’s fight for sales
The big story in aviation today: Boeing’s back. Four major news organizations have stories on the topic today.
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A call for off-sets from India
The Times of India says that nation’s government should demand that Boeing buy parts from local manufacturers in…
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777-300ER could damage French airports?
Hmm … that’s what the French say anyway. Not that their government has any interest in keeping Air…
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Look for 747 Advanced launch orders at Paris
That’s what The Economic Times of India reports. In a story that doesn’t identify sources (or the writer),…
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Jet Wars: Episode XXI — No Will, No Way
Former U.S. trade chief Robert Zoellick, speaking in Estonia Monday, echoed much of what U.S. Sen. Patty Murray…
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Russian contributions to the 787
Financial Times in London, it appears, is doing a big series on Boeing. The first installment looks at…
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Jet Wars: Episode XX — … and Statistics
European Union trade negotiator Peter Mandelson says Washington state taxpayers are providing $4.2 billion worth of “subsidies for…
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Boeing pitches jets in Malaysia
Right now, the talk is of 737s, but there are 787s on the table too, it seems: