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Post by walker on Sept 20, 2004 5:04:33 GMT -5
Friday , September 17, 2004
The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus is eager to launch a new
commercial aircraft by early 2006 at the latest. Its Chief Executive
Office, Noel Forgeard, has spoken about a commercial plan in the countdown
to a possible launch by late 2004 or early 2005. The group is presently
consulting American airlines about the type of project involved. A source
in the air industry says the plane is a spin-off of the current Airbus A330
and will position itself, under the code name A350, to compete with the
giant American Boeing 7E7. The plan is to have the new aircraft operating
by 2008, the year when the Boeing 7E7 is scheduled to start commercial
flights. Airbus has not confirmed this option.
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Post by walker on Sept 20, 2004 5:05:28 GMT -5
Madrid, Sep 16, 2004
The alliance between Spain's Iberia Airlines and British
Airways, approved at the end of last year by the European Commission, will
go into effect in November.
Iberia Managing Director Angel Mullor said Thursday that the alliance
entailed a process of integration of the airlines' sales networks in Europe
and Latin America.
It also includes melding of the work force and market
distribution, and establishing joint accounts, "steps which are part of the
initial agreement and for which we have requested authorization from
Brussels."
"It's a gradual process of integration," Mullor told reporters
during the unveiling of Iberia's new flights to Central America. "After
that, it's possible that a percentage of shares change hands," but not
"immediately."
"The least important issue for us is whether the percentage of
shares owned by either company is higher or lower," Mullor said, adding
that "we're not going to start building the house from the roof down."
According to the executive, Iberia does not need to shed assets,
since its accounts "are completely in shape ... and we're no longer in the
same situation as British ... but we'll have to continue implementing
cost-cutting measures" as a result of "competition from low-cost airlines."
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Post by walker on Sept 20, 2004 5:06:27 GMT -5
Friday , September 17, 2004
Chairman Rod Eddington has indicated that British Airways is not
interested in its troubled Italian counterpart Alitalia, but is not ruling
out a bid for the Spanish airline Iberia. BA currently controls almost 10%
of Iberia. "We have always clearly states that we regard Iberia as a key
element in our European projects", Rod Eddington told a press conference on
September 8, called in the aftermath of the announcement by the British
carrier that it would be selling its interest in the Australian airline
Qantas Airways. A British Airways/Iberia merger would place the two
companies on virtually an equal footing with the Air France/KLM alliance in
terms of turnover.
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Post by flybywire Women on Sept 20, 2004 9:09:26 GMT -5
Australija proizvodnju zraènih tankera povjerila Airbusu
18.04.2004 | 21:19
Australsko Kraljevsko zrakoplovstvo odabralo je Airbus A330 umjesto Boeinga 767 za svoju flotu od pet zrakoplova tankera koji druge avione opskrbljuju gorivom u letu. Ugovor je vrijedan 1,5 milijardi dolara.
piše Hrvoje Mateljiæ<br>
Odluka Australije drugi je ovogodišnji poraz Boeinga od EADS-a (European Aeronautic Defence & Space) na tržištu zraènih tankera. Veæina je te vrste aviona u zrakoplovnim flotama svjetskih vojski marke Boeing. Amerièki proizvoðaè prije dvije godine dobio je ugovore o isporuci novih zraènih tankera Italiji i Japanu te važan ugovor o leasingu i prodaji 100 zrakoplova tankera amerièkoj vojsci.
No otad je Boeing napustila poslovna sreæa. Poèetkom ove godine britansko je Kraljevsko zrakoplovstvo (RAF) odluèilo naruèiti od Airbusa zraène tankere vrijedne 16 milijardi eura. Ugovor s Australijom, iako vrijednosno malen, bio je važan jer je jedan od posljednjih za sljedeæih nekoliko godina. Od veæih narudžaba ostaje još Francuska, koja æe, meðutim, kao dio konzorcija EADS vjerojatno preferirati europskoga proizvoðaèa.
Najveæi udarac Boeingu ipak je bilo nedavno zamrzavanje Pentagonove narudžbe zbog optužbi o korupciji. Kongresna istraga pokrenuta prošle godine otkrila je da je Michael Sears, Boeingov financijski direktor, ponudio posao u kompaniji pomoænici ministra obrane zaduženoj za nabavu u amerièkom zrakoplovstvu Darleen Druyun. Ona ga je prihvatila nakon što je odigrala važnu ulogu u dodjeljivanju 23 milijarde dolara vrijednog ugovora o leasingu i prodaji 100 zraènih tankera zrakoplovstvu. Nakon pokretanja istrage Boeing je otpustio oboje, a ured revizije Pentagona zamrznuo je izvršenje ugovora do završetka istrage. Prošloga je tjedna ured preporuèio da se ugovor mora znatno izmijeniti ako se želi nastaviti njegova primjena, a neki kongresnici traže ponovno raspisivanje natjeèaja.
Direktor Boeingova odjela za vojno zrakoplovstvo George Müllner smatra da je istraga oko ugovora s Pentagonom kriva i za gubitak australskog posla jer zbog odgode proizvodnje 100 tankera za SAD Boeing nije mogao ponuditi Australcima veæe beneficije. Australski je ministar obrane, pak, izjavio da æe Airbus A330 bolje poslužiti kao višenamjenski zrakoplov nego 767.
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