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NEWS ABOUT: Paris Air Show

Paris Air Show stories: 8 news summaries

 Sex Would Lift 
 Flaccid Space 
 Travel: Expert 

Hanky panky, champagne would boost funding: historian

Jun 20, 09 6:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why should flight attendants have all the fun? A respected NASA historian is proposing that astronauts too should join the mile-high club, Bloomberg reports. “Sex in space, now there’s an experiment scientists certainly want to conduct,” James Hansen declared in a lecture at the 100th Paris Air... More »

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NASA • space • sex • Paris Air Show • astronauts • champagne



 Paris Air Show 
 Hits Turbulence 



Tragedy, economic losses hang over 100th show

Jun 15, 09 2:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clouds hang over the launch of the 100th anniversary Paris Air Show today as investigators continue to pore over the wreckage of Air France flight 447. Bad business news combines with the tragedy to make this year's event less than stellar. Russia's first post-Soviet jetliner is expected to upstage Western... More »

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Russia • air show • airline industry • Paris Air Show • plane crash • Air France

Singapore Airlines Sends Airbus Skyward

Huge order of planes puts Airbus ahead of rival Boeing

Jun 22, 07 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - With a $3.78 billion order from Singapore Airlines as the Paris Air Show wrapped up today, Airbus regained the lead over archrival Boeing, Bloomberg reports. The carrier ordered 20 new A350s from the world's largest maker of commericial aircraft, bringing the total of the company's record number of firm... More »

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Boeing • airline industry • Airbus • Paris Air Show • Boeing 787 Dreamliner • Singapore Airlines • Airbus A350

Airbus Soars
in Orders at  Air Show

With 600 orders for 2007, Airbus
overtakes rival Boeing's 510

Jun 22, 07 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Airbus tallied 425 orders at the Paris Air Show this year, helping to dispell its also-ran status in the aircraft industry in recent years. Qatar Airways, Emirates Airline, Air France-KLM, and Aeroflot all made significant commitments to Airbus aircraft. The company hopes its bulging order book will instill confidence in... More »

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Boeing • Airbus • Paris Air Show • Airbus A380

Boeing, Airbus Firefight at
Paris Air Show

Rivals for $40 billion
Air Force deal bring
out big guns

Jun 21, 07 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The battle between Boeing and Airbus soared to new levels of rancor this week at the Paris Air Show, where the companies are competing to supply the US Air Force with fuel tankers in a contract worth up to $40 billion. The open crossfire was unusual, the Wall Street  Journal... More »

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Boeing • Air Force • Airbus • Paris Air Show • Airbus A380 • Aircraft manufacturers • fuel tankers • rivalry • European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company • Northrop Grumman • Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Boeing Bags Another Big One

Jun 20, 07 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - International Lease Finance Corporation, the world’s #1 jet leasing company, ordered 52 787 Dreamliners, Boeing announced at the Paris Air Show.  This brings total orders for Boeing's new plane to 634 -- way ahead of rival Airbus' 127 orders for its A350XWB.  Both planes incorporate lightweight composites... More »

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flight • Boeing • Airbus • Paris Air Show • Boeing 787 Dreamliner • airline • airplane

Airbus, Boeing Cross Wings
at Air Show

Top aircraft manufacturers ride high
as industry rebounds

Jun 18, 07 10:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rival aircraft producers Airbus and Boeing landed a slew of new orders at a gigantic air show that began today outside Paris. The biennial air show, the largest in the world, takes place as the airline industry begins to turn around; after two years of losses, profits this year are... More »

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Boeing • airline industry • Airbus • Paris Air Show • GE • US Airways • Qatar • Airbus A380 • airplane

2007 Paris Air Show Is This Week

Jun 17, 07 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 99-year old Paris Air Show, the air industry's largest trade show, starts this week. Over the years every major flying machine, including the Space Shuttle, has appeared at the show. This year the battle for attention is between Airbus' double-decker  A380 (and its little sister the A350) and Boeing's... More »

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Boeing • airline industry • Airbus • Paris Air Show

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