Louis Gallois yesterday saluted the Pentagon’s decision to restart competition for the $ 35Bn contract to supply air refuelling tankers to the US Air Force
Louis Gallois yesterday saluted the Pentagon’s decision to restart competition for the $ 35Bn contract to supply air refuelling tankers to the US Air Force. He said EADS committed to supporting its partner Northrop Grumman’s efforts to answer the client’s needs. This decision is a blow at Airbus and the US Air Force, comments Aujourd’hui en France. (more…)
Airbus appointed new executives to oversee its A380 and A320 programmes.
Airbus appointed new executives to oversee its A380 and A320 programmes. Alain Flourens, 51, will run the A380 programme, thus succeeding Mario Heinen, who shifts to become executive vice-president (more…)
Air France-KLM expects to take delivery of its first Airbus A380 in the summer 2009
Air France-KLM expects to take delivery of its first Airbus A380 in the summer 2009. CEO Jean-Cyril Spinetta told the company’s shareholders that Air France-KLM should receive three Airbus A380s (more…)
Airbus and Boeing remain optimistic ahead of the Farnborough Air Show
Airbus and Boeing remain optimistic ahead of the Farnborough Air Show. In spite of the oil crisis hitting the airline sector, the civil aeronautics industry fares well, ensures Boeing. For its part, Airbus (more…)
EADS chief financial officer Hans-Peter Ring says the company maintains its target of a € 1.8Bn Ebit for fiscal 2008 for now
In an interview with Borsen-Zeitung, EADS chief financial officer Hans-Peter Ring says the company maintains its target of a € 1.8Bn Ebit for fiscal 2008 for now. Still, he acknowledges that (more…)
La Tribune reports that investors focus on more important problems than the US tanker affair
Speaking of EADS’s evolution on the stock market, La Tribune reports that investors focus on more important problems than the US tanker affair -among which the A400M and A380 programmes. (more…)
The delays to Boeing’s Airborne Early Warnings& Control (AEW&C) will result in a $ 250M exceptional charge
The delays to Boeing’s Airborne Early Warnings& Control (AEW&C) will result in a $ 250M exceptional charge in the group’s second-quarter accounts. Yet, Boeing confirms its 2008 forecasts (more…)
US regional carrier Frontier Airlines has received approval to defer the purchase of seven A318 and A319 planes
According to US bankruptcy court documents, US regional carrier Frontier Airlines has received approval to defer the purchase of seven A318 and A319 planes. The order –booked in 2000- was valued at more than $ 400M at list prices. Reuters (10/07)
Louis Gallois and other representatives of the European aerospace industry met ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet in Frankfurt.
Louis Gallois and other representatives of the European aerospace industry met ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet in Frankfurt. A spokesperson for the ECB said (more…)
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