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Airbus Company Says Airbus 330 Revamp Would Not Impact Profit Goals
Airbus Company will not allow a proposed revamp of the A330 to blow it off target in delivering profit improvements, the chief executive of parent Airbus Group said. Europe’s largest aerospace player will stick to ...
NTSB Wants More Boeing 787 Battery Tests
The US NTSB on Thursday called for lithium-ion batteries on Boeing 787 Dreamliners to undergo more testing to ensure they are safe. The National Transportation Safety Board urged the Federal Aviation Administration to de...
Boeing Wants To Look Like Apple
Boeing chief executive Jim McNerney said the company wanted to be more like Apple in the way it innovates, rather than doing a “moon shot” development every 25 years. Speaking in Seattle at an annual conferen...
Emirates Airlines Could Buy More A380’s If Airbus Upgrades
Emirates would be interested in buying more A380s if Airbus brought a revamped version of the superjumbo onto the market, much like it has done with the A320neo. Airbus chief executive Fabrice Bregier said on Monday that...
Inmarsat To Publish Boeing 777 MH370’s Final Flight Data
British satellite company Inmarsat said it will release all the data it used to determine the final path of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to help reassure relatives that authorities are searching in the right lo...
Airbus Chief Says Airbus A380 To Match Boeing 777X
Airbus will keep evolving the design of its A380 superjumbo in response to Boeing’s 777X, which has been bolstered by “unacceptable” Washington state subsidies, Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier said on Monday. Speak...
