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British Airways Pilot Averted Worse Crash, Study Says (Update2)
February 9, 2010 12:27 EST -- A British Airways Plc jet that crash-
landed at London’s Heathrow airport with 152 people on board in
2008 avoided a more serious accident after the pilot executed a
last-minute maneuver to clear antennas fringing the runway.
‘Invincible’ High-Speed Trains Steal China Southern’s Customers
February 9, 2010 12:00 EST -- China Southern Airlines Co., the
nation’s largest carrier, and Air China Ltd. are slashing prices
to compete with the country’s new high-speed trains in a battle
that Europe’s airlines have largely already ceded.
Koito Plunges on 150,000 Airbus, Boeing Seat Repairs (Update3)
February 9, 2010 04:33 EST -- Koito Industries Ltd., the Japanese
supplier of seats used in Airbus SAS and Boeing Co. planes,
plunged a record 33 percent after saying it will repair about
150,000 seats because of falsified safety data.
Boeing’s Biggest 747 Begins Flight Testing Program (Update3)
February 8, 2010 21:41 EST -- Boeing Co.’s 747-8, the biggest jumbo
jet it’s ever built, flew for the first time today, joining the
composite-plastic 787 Dreamliner in delayed flight-test programs
the company now aims to complete by the end of the year.
Airbus Banned From Using Koito Plane Seats After Safety Alert
February 8, 2010 12:49 EST -- Airbus SAS has been banned since
September by European aerospace safety authorities from
delivering commercial aircraft with seats made by a Japanese
contractor embroiled in a probe of unauthorized design changes.
Air France, BA May Lag Behind Asia in Raising Prices (Update1)
February 8, 2010 10:35 EST -- Air France-KLM Group, British Airways
Plc and other European carriers are likely to lag behind their
Asian counterparts in increasing ticket prices this year, the
International Air Transport Association said today.
Airbus May Be Offered 3.5 Billion Euros Toward A400M Overruns
February 8, 2010 06:13 EST -- Airbus SAS stands to be offered as
much as 3.5 billion euros ($4.8 billion) in additional financial
support from the governments that ordered the A400M military
plane as they seek to keep the delayed program alive.
Koito to Fix 150,000 Plane Seats on Falsified Data (Update2)
February 8, 2010 05:40 EST -- Koito Industries Ltd. will fix about
150,000 passenger seats in some 1,000 commercial airliners after
saying that it falsified test results and made unauthorized
design changes.
Areva, Axa, Dexia, EDF, Maurel & Prom: French Equity Preview
February 8, 2010 02:30 EST -- The following is a list of companies
whose shares may have unusual price changes in Paris. Stock
symbols are in parentheses after company names. Share prices are
from the last close.
EADS Could Get 1.5 Billion Euros in A400M Loans, Echos Says
February 8, 2010 02:14 EST -- The French, German and Spanish
governments have agreed “in principle” to grant European
Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. loans of 1 billion to 1.5
billion euros ($1.4 billion to $2 billion) for the development
of the A400M military transport plane, Les Echos reported,
without saying where it got the information.
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