July 2, 2006

Europe and the world

Taxi! For Nöel Forgeard

by Alex Harrowell

Well, it looks like one of the questions from this post may have been answered indirectly. It now matters little whether or not the Clearstream affair is ever cleared up, as some of the people most responsible for it have anyway been disgraced. Since the last post, the only real news on the Clearstream story [...]

December 5, 2005

Europe and the world

Airbus May Build Factory In China

by Edward Hugh

This is news. Bloomberg covers the story. China apparently may need 1,790 planes new planes by 2023 Airbus estimate, and it makes sense to, well, make them in China.
Toulouse-based Airbus, which is trailing Boeing in new orders this year, may win an order for as many as 150 planes valued at $9 billion, said people [...]

October 17, 2005

Political issues

This Just Looks Bad

by Doug Merrill

Is the new double-decker Airbus vulnerable to sudden drops in cabin pressure? That’s the kind of problem suspected in this summer’s crash of a Helios Airways plane that killed all 121 people on board.
The former chief engineer for the company that designed the microchips controlling the motors that runs the pressure valves thinks so. The [...]

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