Airbus rivals await takeoff at Paris Air Show
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After European plane maker Airbus stole the limelight on the first day of the Paris Air Show, rival manufacturers are looking to make their marks during the remainder of the week-long event.
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European planemaker Airbus  landed $17 billion in orders from Qatar Airways at the start of  the Paris air show on Monday including a new order for three  A380 superjumbos.
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Airbus cast aside worries about the future of two of its new aircraft and broke records at the 47th Paris Air Show with a haul of 728 orders, allowing it to nose past its arch-rival the US planemaker Boeing.
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Pending job cuts at Airbus are expected to top the agenda at a meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Jacques Chirac in Germany on Friday.Comment
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An Airbus A380 super-jumbo takes off from southern France on its first test flight with passengers, as 474 of the firm's staff fill the seats.
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The Airbus super-jumbo A380 is to be officially presented on January 18 at Blagnac airport near Toulouse, about two months before its maiden flight, chief executive Noel Forgeard said Tuesday.
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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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Circling fighter jets were just a sideshow Monday to the blitz of new orders for Airbus on the first day of the Paris Air Show, as the European plane maker scrambled to repair its battered image.
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AIRBUS is close to ending the increasingly fevered speculation over whether it will launch a new aircraft in direct competition to the new Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner.
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French President Jacques Chirac's trip this week to Beijing will bring into sharp focus the battle between the world's biggest aircraft makers, Europe's Airbus and Boeing of the United States, for the prized ...
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Airbus and parent aerospace group EADS were in the eye of a breaking storm of union defiance and stock market doubts over cutbacks on Monday, a day before a strike in French factories.
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Airbus unveiled its A380 superjumbo in a glitzy ceremony at which the leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Spain hailed Europe's victory over the United States as the new king of the commercial skies.
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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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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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German and French employees of Airbus take to the streets in response to fears of potential cutbacks at the planemaker.
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PARIS/TOULOUSE, France  - Airbus is eager to  produce a rival to Boeing Co.'s new 7E7 passenger jet and hopes  to make an announcement by the end of the year, the European  planemaker said on Tuesday.
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Airbus unveiled the world's biggest passenger jet in a glitzy ceremony at which the leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Spain hailed Europe's victory over the United States as the new king of the commercial skies.