EADS offers to split US tanker deal with Boeing
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PARIS The parent company of European aircraft maker Airbus has proposed splitting a contested US Air Force contract for refueling tankers with its rival, Chicago-based Boeing.
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Boeing would lose last year's deal to lease and sell aircraft refueling tankers to the Air Force, while a plan to close some bases would go forward under a nearly $450 billion defense bill moving toward approval in the House.
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WICHITA, Kan. -- The Boeing Co. has indicated it will announce the buyer of its commercial-airplane operations here around Thanksgiving, the plant&#39;s largest union told its members yesterday.
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The top trade officials from the United States and the European Union will discuss a row over state subsidies accorded US aircraft manufacturer Boeing and European rival Airbus at a meeting here October 18, a European Commission spokeswoman said.
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BRUSSELS - The United States is to press Europe to end subsidies to Airbus Industrie in talks on Thursday, but the EU says any such cuts must be matched by pledges to slash government help for US plane maker Boeing.
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The U.S. Air Force likely would seek to buy refueling planes from both Boeing Co.  and a rival transatlantic team led by Northrop Grumman Corp. , the top Air Force general said Wednesday.
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BAE Systems will agree to sell its 20 percent stake in Airbus to the Franco-German aerospace firm EADS for 1.9 billion pounds (2.8 billion euros, 3.6 billion dollars).
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European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co., the parent of aircraft maker Airbus SAS, has proposed splitting a contested US Air Force contract for refueling tankers with its rival
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European aviation giant EADS delivered its first helicopter to the US military under a two-billion-dollar contract that could be a stepping stone to a colossal deal for refuelling tankers.
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The announcement of its new mid-sized plane will heat up rivalry between Airbus and Boeing. The board of EADS, parent company of Airbus, is on Monday expected to approve plans for the long-awaited, $4bn-launch of a new mid-sized aircraft, the A350.
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British Airways handed US aerospace giant Boeing firm orders and options on Wednesday for aircraft worth 800 million pounds at list prices, in a blow to European rival Airbus.
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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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Europe's EADS   trumpeted a deal to sell three jet-refueling planes to Saudi  Arabia on Thursday while jockeying with Boeing  for a far  bigger prize, a U.S. Air Force tanker order worth $40 billion.
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A blockbuster merger to make Airbus parent EADS an even bigger threat to US archrival Boeing Co. would face opposition both internally
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US aerospace giant Boeing Co said yesterday it would aim to offer cheaper planes to low-cost airlines after losing a lucrative 40-jet contract with Malaysia&#39;s AirAsia to European rival Airbus.
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Boeing Co. BA.N on Friday said it  plans to end production of the 717 airliner and raised cost  estimates for a U.S. Air Force tanker program, resulting in  charges of $615 million, likely wiping out fourth-quarter  profit.
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Planemaker Boeing Co. expects Pentagon  budget cut proposals to hit its top defense programs, the head  of its military business said in a newspaper interview  published on Friday.