Company Watch - Airbus.For more company news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Airbus' plans for the A350 long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. aircraft will be much clearer in time for the start of the Farnborough Air Show The Farnborough International Airshow is a seven-day international trade fair for the aerospace business which is held biennially in England. The airshow is organised by Farnborough International Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of British aerospace industry's body the Society in July. Transport ministers of the four countries involved with Airbus will decide before July 17 on any loans for the A350. Ministers are currently discussing the project and will meet imminently to consider a major revamp of the project. This follows calls for changes from potential customers who say that the aircraft is not competitive with Boeing's all new 787. Qatar Airways is apparently poised to rethink a [pounds sterling]5.3bn deal to buy 60 A350s from Airbus. http://www.airbus.com May 26, 2006 NYT NYT New York Times NYT National Youth Theatre (UK) NYT New York Transit (New York, USA) NYT New York Tribune standing-room only story was wrong. A New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times story about Airbus pitching a standing section on commercial jetliners was wrong, the New York Times public editor Byron Calame writes. In fact, Airbus decided against the idea in 2004. Calame said editors found the story fascinating and "were caught with their skepticism down." May 23, 2006 Indian Airlines signed an MOU (Minutes Of Usage) A metric used to compute billing and/or statistics for telephone calls or other network use. with India's ICICI Bank for funding of the pre-delivery payments required for aircraft acquisition. Indian finalized a $2 billion deal for 43 A320 family aircraft in February. Funding will come from a syndicated external commercial borrowing of $152 million spread from June 2006 to January 2010. The airline said the Indian government is not a guarantor and that it would be working with European Export Credit Agencies Export Credit Agency An agency established by a country to finance its nation's goods, investment, and services, often offers political risk insurance. to acquire long-term funds with ICICI's assistance. May 24, 2006 |
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