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France to Open EADS Insider-Trading Trial

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:21:10 GMT

By David Gauthier-Villars And Nathalie Boschat PARIS–A week-long trial starting Monday in the alleged insider-trading case involving European Aerospace Defence & Space Co. could have deep repercussions at the parent company of plane maker Airbus as...
Source: Wall Street Journal

Rolls-Royce nets $2.3bn orders at Dubai Air Show

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:54:06 GMT

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has secured orders worth more than $2.3 billion during the Dubai Air Show.
Source: TradeArabia

No major delays in A380 deliveries to Emirates: Airbus

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:37:57 GMT

Emirates Business 24-7, 22 November 2009 A few days after Emirates' President Tim Clark said its Airbus A380 deliveries next year are due to be hit by another round of delays, Airbus' top executive said the delays will not be major.
Source: Zawya.com

Ricardo develops airplane taxi bot to reduce emissions, noise

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:54:01 GMT

It's certainly good to see some other wheeled vehicles doing their part for the environment, even if it is an airplane -- especially if it's an airplane.
Source: AutoblogGreen

The pocket bankers of Whitehall

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:51:15 GMT

One chapter of the report into the collapse of MG Rover published this year reads like an airport bookshop thriller.
Source: Times Online

United cleaning up act

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:53:47 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO - -- Ruehl Bulan perches on the left rear exit of a United Airlines jet and flings seat cushions, three at a time, into the chilly October night.
Source: Chicago Tribune

Air France flies its first Airbus A380 jumbo jet to New York

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:59:29 GMT

Air France's first Airbus A380 yesterday landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, the first regularly scheduled transatlantic flight to carry passengers on the double-decker aircraft.
Source: SABC News

Families await news on airbus

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:14:39 GMT

The families of the five New Zealanders who died when an Air New Zealand Airbus A320 crashed off the coast of France a year ago are still waiting to find out what went wrong.
Source: New Zealand Herald

Quoted in 'United to place new jet order by year's end, sources say'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:17:22 GMT

said in USA Today:

has narrowed its search to two groundbreaking airplanes: Boeing's 787 Dreamliner or Airbus' counterpart, the A350-XWB, sources told the Tribune. United is being furiously courted by both Chicago-based Boeing and France-based Airbus, sources said, even though the carrier's finances appeared shaky just months ago.

Quoted in 'United to place new jet order by year's end, sources say'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:17:22 GMT

said in USA Today:

has narrowed its search to two groundbreaking airplanes: Boeing's 787 Dreamliner or Airbus' counterpart, the A350-XWB, sources told the Tribune. United is being furiously courted by both Chicago-based Boeing and France-based Airbus, sources said, even though the carrier's finances appeared shaky just months ago.

Photo from AP Photo

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:53:56 GMT

Key defendant, former vice president at Airbus parent company EADS, Jean-Louis Gergorin, walks out of the Paris courthouse Monday Sept. 21, 2009 in Paris.

Photo from AP Photo

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:52:06 GMT

Key defendant, former vice president at Airbus parent company EADS, Jean-Louis Gergorin, right, walks out the Paris court after the first day of the trial in the saga known as the Clearstream affair, Monday Sept. 21, 2009.

Lufthansa Airbus wingstrike at Hamburg

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:41:20 GMT