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19/02/2007
Airbus partners wrangle over cuts
Airbus partners are not expected to announce agreement on a restructuring programme as an overhaul of its business.
Amid partner disagreement, the restructuring proposals have been put on hold despite costly overruns on new aircraft.
EADS, the Airbus parent company, wants to trim costs by 5bn euros by 2010 in a bid to recoup losses and increase productivity.
Airbus, which has plants in the UK, France, Germany and Spain, currently employs around 57,000, and is reported to be considering axing 12,000 jobs.
Airbus, unable to reach agreement on a consensus between the partners on the division of the contracts for the new aircraft, will be holding further meetings on the issue.
(SP/KMcA)
Amid partner disagreement, the restructuring proposals have been put on hold despite costly overruns on new aircraft.
EADS, the Airbus parent company, wants to trim costs by 5bn euros by 2010 in a bid to recoup losses and increase productivity.
Airbus, which has plants in the UK, France, Germany and Spain, currently employs around 57,000, and is reported to be considering axing 12,000 jobs.
Airbus, unable to reach agreement on a consensus between the partners on the division of the contracts for the new aircraft, will be holding further meetings on the issue.
(SP/KMcA)
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A proposal to maintain one airworthy Concorde for flypasts and airshows has been scrapped by BA following a feasibility study. The technical feasibility study, headed by Captain Mike Bannister, Concorde chief pilot, has concluded that it not possible to keep one of the supersonic airliners in an airworthy condition.
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Hewitt praises British firms behind Airbus A380
Trade and Industry Secretary, Patricia Hewitt, has praised the four hundred British manufacturing firms who helped to deliver the world's biggest civil aircraft, which has been unveiled in France. The building of the Airbus A380 was the largest civil aviation project in the world.
Hewitt praises British firms behind Airbus A380
Trade and Industry Secretary, Patricia Hewitt, has praised the four hundred British manufacturing firms who helped to deliver the world's biggest civil aircraft, which has been unveiled in France. The building of the Airbus A380 was the largest civil aviation project in the world.
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