EADS Shares Sink on Airbus A380 Delay
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EADS shares fell sharply Wednesday as investment banks slashed their ratings on the stock after the parent company of planemaker Airbus extended to two years the production delay for its superjumbo A380 jet.Comment
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MUNICH, Germany  - European aircraft maker Airbus   EAD.PA said a newspaper report that it was set to announce   fresh delays to deliveries of its A380 super jumbo was   speculation and that checks into the issue were not yet over.
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Fitch Ratings on Friday downgraded the European aerospace giant EADS, the parent group of planemaker Airbus, due to "pressure" on its earnings margins and cash flow generation.
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Airbus parent EADS EAD.PA announced   further delays in A380 deliveries on Thursday, but said it was   too early to gauge the delivery schedule or any financial   impact from the latest setbacks to the superjumbo.
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European aerospace group EADS has postponed until next week a board meeting on the future of the Airbus A350 XWB passenger jet programme, key shareholder Lagardere said.
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Top managers at Airbus parent company EADS knew of delays in aircraft production when they sold their stock options in March, shortly before Airbus shares crashed on a shock announcement, a French daily alleged Tuesday.
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Airbus revealed new delays for its   troubled A380 superjumbo jet on Thursday, blaming a repeat of   wiring installation problems which have already pushed the   programme a year behind schedule and hit future profits.
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European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has delayed announcing details of its long-awaited rescue plan, pointing to renewed strains between Germany and France over where cuts will fall.
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Airbus parent EADS  on Monday  postponed a major restructuring announcement planned for  Tuesday, saying its European political backers could not agree  on how to share out construction of its future A350 aircraft.
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Airbus parent EADS  decided on  Friday to go ahead with a new mid-sized jetliner to strike back  at Boeing  in their fight for market share and restore  pride shattered by delays to its A380 superjumbo.
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Despite record deliveries, Airbus posts a hefty loss for 2006, dragging down parent firm EADS.
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German-US auto giant DaimlerChrysler has agreed to reduce its stake in European aeropace giant EADS to 15 percent from 22.5 percent, ensuring a balance between French and German shareholders.
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European aerospace giant EADS has warned that the A380 superjumbo project, run by its Airbus division, is running heavily over budget.
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European aircraft maker Airbus is   expected to announce further delays in the deliveries of its   A380 superjumbo planes in the next few days, French newspaper   Les Echos reported on Wednesday without citing sources.
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Airbus parent EADS said Tuesday that the flagship A380 superjumbo jet will be delayed for another year and Virgin Atlantic and Emirates &#151; the plane's biggest customer &#151; hinted that the new setbacks could lead to order cancelations.
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BAE Systems advised its shareholders to sell the British defence group's 20 percent stake in Airbus to the Franco-German aerospace firm EADS for 2.75 billion euros (3.5 billion dollars).
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FRANKFURT, Sept 25 (Reuters ) - U.S. planemaker Boeing does   not expect to make order gains for its aircraft as a direct   result of delays to the A380 superjumbo being built by European   rival Airbus, a Boeing official said on Monday.