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2007-02-06 Europe

Berlin Talks Tough On Planned Airbus Cuts

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Posted by Steve White 2007-02-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Barbara Scolaut, pass the Lo-Carbon Gourmet Popcorn, please.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-02-06 00:30|| 2007-02-06 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Poor Airbus - the red-headed stepchild of the skies. Are these folks trying to build airplanes or is Airbus simply a giant make-work project to create euro-jobs?

Posted by SteveS 2007-02-06 00:58|| 2007-02-06 00:58|| Front Page Top

#3 SteveS, you already know the answer.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-02-06 01:02|| 2007-02-06 01:02|| Front Page Top

#4 George Will warned the A380 brouhahaha might cause a split between the Euros.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-02-06 01:26|| 2007-02-06 01:26|| Front Page Top

#5 <MrBurns>
Excellent!
</MrBurns>

Posted by Tony (UK) 2007-02-06 03:02|| 2007-02-06 03:02|| Front Page Top

#6 And yesterday UPS announced it was buying 12 Boeing 767 Freighters. Did not say it was due to Airbust's incompetence, but UPS is the last confirmed order for the A380 Freighter, since Fedex already bailed.
Another plus for this is that it allows Boeing to keep the 767 line open for awhile until the USAF tanker contract is awarded.Airbust / Northrop-Grummand have already whined that they may not even bid if the requirements language is not to their liking. They were successful in getting anything that even remotely sounded like anti-EU stricken from earlier drafts, but if the requiremetns would feasibly allow Boeing to bid a 777 tanker they would most likely stick around, but a 767 sized aircraft only is probably a non starter. They are basing their bid on the A340 4-engined dinosaur.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-02-06 14:57|| 2007-02-06 14:57|| Front Page Top

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