Boeing is playing down expectations of massive orders in Farnborough, but eyes will be on briefings by the new Airbus and Boeing top management.
France voted on Sunday in the first round of an election tipped to give the left control of Parliament.
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/ 13 November 2010
Airbus has warned airlines and investors of possible delivery setbacks for the world’s largest airliner in the wake of the A380 engine blowout.
Large Boeing jets and short-haul plane orders from Airbus look set to dominate the opening of the Farnborough Airshow on Monday.
Search crews on Saturday retrieved the first bodies from a Air France flight in the Atlantic, and said faulty speed readings had been found.
The aviation industry flaunted a green agenda under tightened security amid fears of environmentalist protests at an air show on Wednesday.
An order for up to 100 planes from Etihad Airways to be split between Airbus and Boeing looks set to dominate the opening of the Farnborough air show.
French regulator AMF said on Tuesday it had found evidence of insider trading at Airbus parent EADS surrounding delays to its A380 superjumbo and that it would inform Paris prosecutors. It also alleged the company had misled financial markets by failing to meet standards on the publication of information.
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/ 16 January 2008
Airbus confirmed 2007 as a record year for planemakers on Wednesday by posting orders for 1 341 aircraft while boosting cost savings aimed at catching arch-rival Boeing, which took top spot with 1 413 orders and has suffered less from a weakened dollar than Airbus.
French newspapers mined the Watergate archive to describe the political ramifications of a share trading scandal enveloping Airbus parent Eads on Thursday, posing questions about ”Who knew what, and when?” Coverage of suspicions of ”massive” insider trading focused on the risk of instability at Europe’s largest aerospace and defence group.