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[jaws6] 07/9/2012 15:56

last SNR was here in this report without names

[smarm] 07/9/2012 15:53

Quiet bunch!

S

[bradjeff] 28/8/2012 14:29

Friendly bunch!

[bradjeff] 22/8/2012 11:58

Yes, me too pls - what's the rumour?

[smarm] 21/8/2012 19:14

What's the boeing rumour please?

[cfb2] 21/8/2012 12:37

Yes I heard the Boeing rumour but it must be false as there were director dealings on 7th August that would be illegal.

CFB

[honiton] 21/8/2012 11:52

Boeing rumour. We'll see.

[jaws6] 20/8/2012 16:09

new high today too

[broadwood] 20/8/2012 16:08

Nice bump up.

[broadwood] 17/8/2012 22:44

Ehiopian Airlines received Africa's first Boeing (NYSE: BA - news) 787 Dreamliner on Friday, making Ethiopia the only country aside from Japan (EUREX: FMJP.EX - news) to operate the innovative aircraft.

"As a continent this shows how much we are making progress as Africans... competing on the global stage and changing our image," Ethiopian Airline CEO Tewolde Gebremariam told reporters at Addis Ababa's Bole International Airport.

The plane arrived from Dulles airport in Washington, DC, home to the largest Ethiopian diaspora population globally.

State-owned Ethiopian Airlines -- Africa's fastest growing carrier -- has purchased ten 787 Dreamliners from Boeing. Each has an official list price of some $207 million, although airlines rarely pay such figures, especially for bulk orders.

It is expected to operate the aircraft on routes throughout Africa and Europe (Chicago Options: ^REURUSD - news) , including Accra, Lagos, Rome and London.

Tewolde said the delivery of the Dreamliner, dubbed "Africa First," is an achievement for all of the continent.

The aircraft is constructed with lightweight carbon, as opposed to heavy aluminium found on other planes, consuming 20 percent less fuel.

Transport Minister Deriba Kuma said the delivery of the 787 was especially notable given the financially strained climate.

"This achievement of Ethiopian Airlines is all the more remarkable given the very bad global context for the airline industry," he said.

Despite the fanfare at the landing ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said the country expects greater achievements from the airline in the future.

"My people and my government are expecting to see Ethiopian Airlines as one of the best airlines in the world, not only in Africa," said Hailemariam, who is also Foreign Minister

[mazarin] 07/8/2012 10:07

Extract of upbeat outlook at Meggitt (MGGT) as expressed today in their Company statement concerning near future of world's aerospace industry:

".....Suppliers to the civil aerospace sector have been boosted by order book growth at Airbus and Boeing, who expect combined deliveries for 2012 to be well ahead of last year.

The world's top two planemakers are ramping up output and are targeting more than 1,100 deliveries this year, in response to growing demand from airlines for new fuel-efficient planes......."

[broadwood] 30/7/2012 08:43

Jefferies International Senior PLC 30/07/12 07:40 Retains Buy Buy 0 222.00 223.00

[sawadee3] 27/7/2012 09:38

broadwood, i'm just following your principle of good quality stock picking. Best of luck :-)

[broadwood] 25/7/2012 15:29

Saw - Doing nicely today aren't we. Well timed.

[sawadee3] 25/7/2012 14:58

Happy days for thee and me Mr broadwood :-)

[sawadee3] 25/7/2012 09:28

Not the day the shorters had hoped for, even banks are blue :-)

[sawadee3] 24/7/2012 10:14

Took the opportunity to buy a few while on special offer. Happy to be onboard with you Mr broadwood :-)

[ferries5] 23/7/2012 14:11

Three buy recommendations.

[1nf3rn0] 23/7/2012 11:02

Took advantage of the pullback to dip a toe in here. Been on my watchlist for a while, but was just waiting the right price.

Agree with mazarin, good results in a struggling economy.

[mazarin] 23/7/2012 08:46

It's a pity that SNR happens to be reporting on a day when the wider market is 'spooked' yet again over Eurozone worries about Greeece and Spain's debt crisis. Even so, today's half yearly results do provide an 'encouraging outlook' with the Company reporting 20% increase in adjusted profit before tax and announcing an increased Interim Dividend (as proposed at 1.38p) as well as also reporting an 18% decrease in net debt.

In my view these have got to be considered very good results in the current grim economic climate?

[broadwood] 23/7/2012 07:07

Fairly confident statement in the present environment.

[rhatton] 19/7/2012 17:52

Yeah moving in the right direction however I wonder if they will be suffering from reduced demand i relation to what Cummins reported earlier this month?

[mazarin] 19/7/2012 09:19

Looking a bit quiet here lately and note a few more 'clicks up' in right direction (£1.80 at present and rising steadily), hopefully a sign of things to come. 6 month's Trading results due 23/07/12

[rhatton] 13/7/2012 17:19

Ok thanks for that. What is the weighting in the business between aerospace and the above? 60 / 40? Looking forward to what the interims say......or not, depending.