Airbus CEO does not rule out dropping A350: FT
555235
The head of Airbus is not ruling out abandoning the Airbus A350 XWB project, a redesigned version of the planemaker's slow-selling mid-sized plane, because of the delays in the A380 superjumbo, the Financial Times reported.
602008
Aerospace group EADS has told its European works council that no definitive decisions have been taken yet on the troubled Airbus A380 superjumbo and mid-size A350 projects.
161706
Airbus is considering a transfer of A380 superjumbo production work to France from Germany and assembly of a planned A350 mid-sized jet could also be based at Toulouse, Chief Executive Christian Streiff said in an interview published Thursday.
146689
PARIS : European aircraft maker Airbus aims to apply for loans worth up to one billion euros (1.24 billion dollars) from European states for its new A350 airplane program, chief executive Noel Forgeard was quoted as saying in the Financial Times.
357501
Airbus warns it may be forced to make further cuts if the euro remains at record highs against the dollar.
55080
The Airbus A380 superjumbo is five tonnes overweight but this is less than one percent of its maximum weight and airlines are not worried, John Leahy, commercial director at Airbus, said on Tuesday.
90275
Job cuts at Airbus may be up for debate at a company board meeting, a union at the planemaker warns.
411285
Planemaker Airbus confirmed on Monday that its newly approved A350 XWB would be funded by a combination of internal and external market sources and did not rule out taking government development loans.
744328
Airbus Chief Executive Louis Gallois on Wednesday urged politicians not to interfere with the European aircraft maker's plans to cut 10,000 jobs and spin off or close six European plants.
669472
Defence and aerospace group BAE Systems declines to comment on a report that it may sell its 20% stake in Airbus later this week.
591201
Struggling European aircraft maker Airbus is now looking at brighter skies thanks to rapid strides in the application of a restructuring plan and a possible new order for its A350, the head of the company said.
659958
The co-chief executive of EADS, Noel Forgeard, said he has confidence in the head of the aircraft unit Airbus, while calling for a review of top executives&#039; roles at the two entities, according to an interview to appear in La Tribune newspaper.
251114
Defence and aerospace group BAE Systems declines to comment on a report that it will sell its 20% stake in Airbus later this week.
690526
The board of European aerospace group EADS is to meet this Friday to discuss the launch of the Airbus A350 passenger jet amid wrangling over the financing of the project.
91854
Airbus chief Louis Gallois hit back at unions fighting cutbacks, warning on Wednesday that the group had to slim down urgently because the star A380 superjumbo was guzzling cash.
268385
It is the twin-engine A350, not the delayed and much-publicized A380 superjumbo, that Airbus hopes will grab headlines at the Paris air show.
595388
EADS, the parent company of European aircraft maker Airbus, on Tuesday denied a French press report that its co-president Tom Enders was set to quit.