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[waldron] 13/7/2003 15:49

LONDON (AFX) - BAE Systems PLC is poised to clinch a 1 bln stg deal for the
supply of at least 30 Hawk jet trainers to the Royal Air Force, reported the
Sunday Telegraph newspaper without citing sources.
The highly controversial deal has been delayed because of wrangling within
the government over whether the contract should be put out to international
competition rather than being handed to BAE, said the paper.
The deal is expected to be announced before Parliament rises for the summer
break on Thursday. It will protect up to 2,000 jobs at the BAE plant at Brough,
Yorkshire, which is in the constituency of John Prescott, the deputy prime
minister, the paper added.
No one at BAE could immediately be reached for comment.
tf/jsa

[maywillow] 23/6/2003 20:44

Bombardier

[waldron] 15/6/2003 19:10

Bombardier,Bombardier and yet again Bombardier

[ariane] 11/6/2003 20:30

BAE jobs at risk

[waldron] 31/5/2003 05:27

Good Bye Concorde, and thank-you.

[maywillow] 28/5/2003 14:07

PARIS (AFX) - Groupe Air France said it will donate four if its five
Concorde supersonic planes to museums and expositions in Europe and the US.
Air France announced the retirement of its Concorde fleet in April, due to
the very high operating costs of the planes.
One model will be given to the French Air and Space Museum in Le Bourget,
north of Paris, while another will be donated to Airbus' Aeronautic center at
the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France.
The Technik Museum Speyer in Sinsheim, Germany will receive a Concorde, as
will the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Instition in
Washington, DC.
Air France's remaining Concorde will be displayed at the Charles de Gaulle
airport of Paris.
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[ariane] 27/5/2003 19:47

Bombardier: Forever popular

[maywillow] 26/5/2003 17:53

MANAMA (AFX) - Gulf Air is negotiating the purchase of regional jets for use
on its Gulf routes with Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer and Canada's
Bombardier Inc, the airline said.
President and chief executive James Hogan met with top Embraer executives
"to review opportunities for the introduction of regional jets into the
30-strong Gulf Air fleet, which currently comprises a mix of aircraft from
Boeing and (EADS unit) Airbus," a statement said.
"The flexibility offered by Embraer's smaller regional jets, which
accommodate between 70 and 100 passengers, will allow Gulf Air to operate higher
frequency services on its already strong intra-Gulf network," it added.
The PR chief of Gulf Air, owned by the governments of Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and
Oman, said the airline is in similar talks with Bombardier.
"We are still at the preliminary stage of negotiations, which have so far
focused on the type of aircraft, and leasing, maintenance and training terms,"
Ahmad al-Janahi said.
He did not say how many regional jets Gulf Air is considering buying, but
said the airline planned to double its fleet to 60 by 2009.
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mof/lg/dab/rf

[maywillow] 16/5/2003 23:42

VIENNA (AFX) - Austria's Defence Minister Guenther Platter today confirmed
an order for 18 Eurofighter Typhoon jets for 1.969 bln eur.
The Eurofighter -- a two-seater, two-engine fighter jet -- is being made by
a consortium composed of the European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co (EADS), BAE
Systems PLC and Alenia Aerospazio SpA.
rok/jkm/cmr

[maywillow] 12/5/2003 15:45

ARLINGTON, VA (AFX) - US Airways Group Inc said it has placed an order worth
4.3 bln usd for up to 550 regional jets from Bombardier Aerospace, a unit of
Bombardier Inc, and Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica (Embraer).
The order is a combination of 170 firm orders and an option to buy 380 more
from the two regional jet manufacturers.
Under the Bombardier agreement, US Airways has placed firm orders for 60 CRJ
Series 200, 50-seat single-class aircraft and 25 CRJ Series 700, 75-seat
dual-class aircraft.
US Airways has also placed firm orders for 85 Embraer 170, 70-seat, dual
class aircraft and has the option to convert the Embraer 170s to Embraer 175s
with 76 seats.
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bam/jsa

[maywillow] 04/5/2003 10:10

Good News Week

[maywillow] 30/4/2003 19:08

Is there a Charter in the House?

[maywillow] 24/4/2003 13:24

LONDON (AFX) - Rolls-Royce plc said it has won business potentially worth
500 mln usd to supply V2500 aero-engines for up to 115 Airbus aircraft ordered
by American airline JetBlue.
The engines will power additional Airbus A320 series twinjets for the
New York based, low-cost airline which will be delivered between 2004 and 2011.
Firm orders for 65 aircraft have been placed with an option on a further 50.
Mike Terrett, President of Civil Aerospace at Rolls-Royce, said: "The
V2500's links with JetBlue began four years ago and this repeat business is
testimony to the success of that partnership."
The V2500 engines are produced by International Aero Engines (IAE), a
multinational consortium comprising Rolls-Royce plc, Pratt & Whitney of the US,
the Japanese Aero Engines Corp and MTU Aero Engines of Germany.
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