Airbus exceeds cost-cutting targets: newspaper
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The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has largely surpassed its 2007 cost-cutting target and could end the year with savings of as much as 400 million euros (587 million dollars), the newspaper Les Echos reported Friday.
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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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A raft of orders at the Paris Air Show this week has boosted Airbus's fortunes and handed back the European plane maker the lead in overall airplane sales bookings for 2007 from rival Boeing Co. -- at least so far.
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Airbus expects to propose a competitor to  Boeing Co.'s planned 7E7 wide-body jetliner to its shareholders  in coming weeks, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday,  quoting people familiar with its plans.
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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  European politicians hailed a hard-fought compromise.
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French Economy Minister Thierry Breton defended on Sunday the massive restructuring programme at Franco-German aircraft maker Airbus, saying the cuts were needed in order to compete with US rival Boeing.
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European aircraft manufacturer Airbus is sure to attain 300 million euros (400 million dollars) in savings this year from its Power8 restructuring program, chief executive Louis Gallois said ahead of the Paris Air Show.
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Airbus has won an order worth $6.9  billion from leasing company AWAS Ltd for as many as 100  planes, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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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 unveils its flagship A380 on Tuesday, the plane on which the company is betting its newfound status as the world's leading jet maker as well as the 10 billion (US$13 billion) cost of developing the ...
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Airbus, the European airliner maker caught in a five-month crisis over restructuring and cutbacks, faced a watershed on Wednesday with the announcement of the plan to make huge cost savings and reorganise the business.
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The cost of developing Airbus's new A380 super-jumbo will be much higher than planned, but the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) still hopes to meet or exceed its earnings forecasts this year.
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The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus took aim at rival Boeing with an announcement that it will go ahead and build the long-range, medium-size A350 to do battle with Boeing's 7E7 Dreamliner.
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AIRBUS is poised to thrash archrival Boeing this year in the cut-throat battle to supply the world&#39;s airlines with commercial jets, the European manufacturer&#39;s parent company said today.
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European aircraft maker Airbus has said its estimate of world demand for airliners in the next 20 years had leapt by 31.2 percent in two years to 22,700, with the value of the global aircraft market expected to hit 2.6 trillion dollars by 2025.
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Planemaker Airbus said on Friday it had  raised its expected deliveries target for 2004 to as many as  320 planes and might tap up to 1 billion euros ($1.24 billion)  in controversial government loans to build a new model.
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European plane maker Airbus has booked more orders this year than US rival Boeing, figures showed Monday, a sign that demand remains strong for the group&#39;s aircraft despite recent production and design problems.