Airbus to cut 5,000 jobs, contractors 5,000: sources
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Airbus plans to cut 5,000 jobs and  axe another 5,000 filled by contractors, bringing total job  cuts in its plants to 10,000 while limiting the impact on its  own workforce, industry sources said on Tuesday.
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Airbus' major restructuring strategy includes 10,000 job cuts, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said Tuesday, adding that his government will oppose any cutbacks in the form of layoffs.Comment
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Paris - French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin on Tuesday confirmed plans to cut 10,000 jobs at European aircraft manufacturer Airbus, French broadcaster RTL reported.Comment
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Airbus confirmed Wednesday that it will cut 10,000 jobs across its European operations as it struggled against a weak dollar and costly delays to its flagship A30 superjumbo.Comment
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Troubled European plane manufacturer Airbus could cut up to 12,000 jobs in a long-awaited restructuring plan to be announced Tuesday, the French business press said.
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German car maker BMW is set to eliminate "several thousand" jobs next year as part of a cost-cutting plan, a spokesman for the group told AFP on Friday.
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Italy's flagship air carrier Alitalia plans to cut 5,000 jobs as part of restructuring efforts aimed at averting collapse, news reports and an industry source say.
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European jet maker Airbus revealed plans on Wednesday to axe 10,000 jobs, nearly a fifth of its workforce, as part of a radical cost-cutting scheme to lift the company out of a financial crisis.Comment
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European jet maker Airbus said Wednesday it would axe 10,000 of its 56,000 workforce as part of a cost cutting operation to lift it out of a financial crisis.
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Airbus was at the center of mounting industrial tensions Tuesday as the European aircraft maker prepared to unveil a long-awaited restructuring program likely to include thousands of job cuts and the sale of ...Comment
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The European aerospace group EADS, parent of crisis-hit Airbus, could announce next week the disposal of four factories in France, matching cutbacks in Germany.
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The government and trade union officials voiced disappointment at the decision by European aircraft maker Airbus on Wednesday to slash 1,600 jobs over the next four years.
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TOULOUSE, France  - 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 archrival Boeing Co.
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Airbus parent EADS said Wednesday it has chosen three European companies as preferred bidders for six manufacturing sites it is selling in a major restructuring plan.
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TOULOUSE, France  - Troubled planemaker Airbus confirmed 10,000 job cuts and announced plans to sell all or part of six factories on Wednesday, as workers protested and politicians hailed a hard-fought compromise.
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Planemaker Airbus denies claims it plans to outsource up to 50% of the work on its new A350 mid-sized aircraft.
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Planemaker Airbus will announce on  Wednesday plans to axe 10,000 jobs in four European countries,  but will force contractors to share the pain of cuts which  could provoke labor unrest, industry sources said.