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Europe Insight (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
As if Airbus and Boeing didn’t have enough to worry about already, the looming debt crisis in Dubai has cast a shadow over a backlog of aircraft orders, worth more than $60 billion, from Dubai, Inc. The biggest – but by no means the only – example is Emirates, Dubai’s government-controlled carrier. It has more than $30 billion worth of planes on order from Airbus, including...
James Wallace on Aerospace (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Following up on last week's report that United Airlines was close to choosing the Boeing 787 Dreamliner or Airbus 350 XWB for its first aircraft order in more than a decade, Innovation Analysis Group hosted a podcast Monday to delve deeper into the decision.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Airline expects to pick between A350-XWB, 787 by end of the year United Airlines is close to placing its first aircraft order in more than a decade and has narrowed its search to two groundbreaking airplanes: Boeing's 787 Dreamliner or Airbus' counterpart, the A350-XWB, sources told the Tribune.
James Wallace on Aerospace (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
United Airlines is close to choosing the Boeing 787 Dreamliner or Airbus 350 XWB for its first aircraft order in more than a decade, the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday.
Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
United Airlines is close to placing its first aircraft order in more than a decade and has narrowed its search to two ground-breaking airplanes: Boeing's 787 Dreamliner or Airbus's counterpart, the A350-XWB, sources told the Tribune. United is being furiously courted by both Chicago -based Boeing Co. and France-based Airbus SAS, sources said, even though the carrier's finances appeared shaky just...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
United Airlines is close to placing its first aircraft order in more than a decade and has narrowed its search to two ground-breaking airplanes: Boeing's 787 Dreamliner or Airbus's counterpart, the A350-XWB, sources told the Tribune.
Airline News & Opinions (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Author: AV8NLVR The national airline of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Airlines took delivery of 12 Airbus A350 which thus increased its fleet. Hence Ethiopian Airlines brand new aircrafts, the 12 Airbus A350 will make available comfort on board of all its flights which its passengers will profit from. Furthermore the Ethiopia based airline, Ethiopian Airlines has also taken delivery [...]
AvStop.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
As an active participant in the 2009 Dubai Air Show, Airbus aircraft manufacturer announced commitments across its broad product range covering a total of 33 aircraft, valued at over US$5.3 billion. These commitments include firm orders for 15 aircraft worth more than US$3.6 billion, plus memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreements for a further 18 aircraft totaling around $1.7 billion. The highlights...
Money & Company (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Airbus expects the A350 XWB to have its first flight in early 2012. Credit: Airbus European aerospace giant Airbus announced at Los Angeles City Hall today that it awarded a $10-million contract to a Harbor City company to manufacture lipskins...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Airbus today announced it has awarded the contract for the manufacturing of high tech inlet lipskins for the A350 XWB to the California-based McStarlite Company, the world’s leading producer of aircraft engine nacelle lipskins. Lipskins, also known as engine nacelle leading edges, are the “donut” shape front part of an airplane engine. This contract confirms...
Aerospace Online News (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Airbus today announced it has awarded the contract for the manufacturing of high tech inlet lipskins for the A350 XWB to the California-based McStarlite Company, the world's leading producer of aircraft engine nacelle lipskins
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) announced that Airbus SAS and its partners Aerolia SA, Premium Aerotec GmbH and Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. have selected the company to produce composite structures and tooling for its next-generation A350 XWB (Xtra Wide Body) aircraft. Total expected revenues for ATK amount to approximately $1B. Combined with the previous...
France24 (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
British plane engine maker Rolls-Royce said Monday it had secured orders worth two billion dollars (1.33 billion euros) from Air China and Ethiopian Airlines. Air China is spending 1.5 billion dollars for Trent 700 engines for its 20 A330 long-haul jets. Ethiopian Airlines is spending 480 million dollars on Trent XWB for Airbus A350 planes on order, the company said.
Arts Alerts (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
News Alert 16 November 2009 Company: Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (RBS:LSE) Frequency: Immediately November 16, 4:35am Leasing: Wheels come off an engine of growth When Steven Udvar-Hazy implored Airbus to tweak the design of its A350 aircraft, the aerospace giant heeded his advice. And after Mr Hazy publicly scolded Boeing last year for one of a number of costly delays to its 787 Dreamliner programme,...
IOL (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Ethiopian Airlines and Airbus have signed an agreement for an order of 12 long-range A350 aircraft valued at around $3-billion.
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