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The Airplane Wars

Boeing and Airbus are duking it out to dominate the skies

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  • June 2008

    • Fake Airline Has Philly Giggling

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 6, 08 7:44 PM CDT

      Fake Airline Has Philly Giggling

      An ad for "Derrie-Air" airlines made Philadelphia readers the butt of a publicity joke today, the AP reports. The owner of two newspapers and an ad agency revealed that the airline—which claimed to charge passengers by weight, and be carbon-neutral—was cooked up to prove the power of advertising. And it's generating online buzz aplenty, a media company says. More »

    • Airlines Mull Weighing Passengers

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Jun 3, 08 4:14 PM CDT

      Airlines Mull Weighing Passengers

      Desperate airliners are doing everything to cut fuel costs, scaling back on water and snacks—and adding a fee for overweight passengers could be next, analysts tell Bloomberg. "Nothing is beyond their imagination," one says of CEOs. "They have already begun to think exotically." Fuel costs, nearly triple since 2000, account for as much as 40% of operating expenses. More »

    • Boeing, Airbus Delays Aid Battered Carriers

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 2, 08 8:32 AM CDT

      Boeing, Airbus Delays Aid Battered Carriers

      Airlines battling rising fuel costs and weakening demand have become unexpected beneficiaries of production delays on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A380 jumbo jets, reports the Wall Street Journal . "For the industry, it's great,” says the chair of Air Canada’s parent company, "because it means less capacity." The carrier has 37 Dreamliners on order. More »

  • May 2008

    • Boeing 787s Scheduled to Land 2 Years Late

      newser  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  May 9, 08 7:02 PM CDT

      Boeing 787s Scheduled to Land 2 Years Late

      Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner is already 15 months late, but delivery delays will back up the fuel-efficient jets by about another year, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Lease Financial Corp., the main buyer of 787s, will take delivery of its 74 planes 27 months late, and observers expect Boeing to pay up to $4 billion in penalties to compensate irate buyers. More »

  • April 2008

    • American Gets Half of MD-80s Flying

      newser  |  Fort Worth Star-Telegram  |  Apr 11, 08 6:55 PM CDT

      American Gets Half of MD-80s Flying

      American Airlines flew about half of its MD-80s on schedule today but will ground another 200 for inspections tomorrow morning, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. Execs said that all planes should be back on track by tomorrow night. CEO Gerard Arpey accepted blame for the groundings that have canceled 3,000 flights, saying, "We were not in technical compliance, and that is our failure.” More »

    • Flight Chaos to Continue as FAA Gets Tough

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 10, 08 9:54 AM CDT

      Flight Chaos to Continue as FAA Gets Tough

      Air travelers should brace themselves for several more months of chaos: the wave of FAA audits that began March 30, producing more than 2,000 canceled flights this week, will continue through June 30. In an effort to toughen enforcement of safety standards, the agency has moved to relying less on data provided by the airline themselves and more on on-site inspections, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

    • Boeing Delays Dreamliner Rollout 6 More Months

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Apr 9, 08 10:13 AM CDT

      Boeing Delays Dreamliner Rollout 6 More Months

      Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner has been delayed for a third time—now it won't be delivered until the third quarter of 2009 due to parts shortages and manufacturing partners who've fallen behind schedule. The innovative, fuel-efficient plane was originally scheduled to be available next month, reports Bloomberg. More »

    • Boeing Expected to Delay Dreamliner 6 More Months

      newser  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Apr 8, 08 8:39 AM CDT

      Boeing Expected to Delay Dreamliner 6 More Months

      Boeing is expected to delay delivery of its 787 Dreamliner for a third time, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports, as the company continues to struggle with parts shortages, redesigns, and manufacturing partners falling behind schedule. Analysts expect at least another 6-month delay to be announced tomorrow, pushing back the new fuel-efficient airliner a total of 14 months from its original delivery date. More »

    • For Boeing, Warplanes Are Becoming History

      newser  |  Seattle Times  |  Apr 7, 08 3:34 PM CDT

      For Boeing, Warplanes Are Becoming History

      As Boeing makes fewer military aircraft and more hardware systems, its commercial and defense arms look increasingly like separate companies, the Seattle Times reports. "These are two legs walking in opposite directions," one analyst says. While airplanes continue to dominate its commercial side, the company, once a military-aircraft mainstay, now lacks a single prime contract for future warplanes. More »

  • March 2008

    • Boeing Moves to Speed 787 Production

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Mar 29, 08 1:12 PM CDT

      Boeing Moves to Speed 787 Production

      Seeking to stem mounting delays in the production of its breakthrough 787 jetliner, Boeing is getting more involved in the early steps of the assembly process, the Chicago Tribune reports. Boeing said yesterday it will buy out a partner's share of a South Carolina plant that assembles two rear sections of the Dreamliner's fuselage, allowing them to get the company's assembly line and 300 workers back on track. More »

    • Congress Will Nix Airbus Deal, Boeing Says

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 19, 08 6:44 AM CDT

      Congress Will Nix Airbus Deal, Boeing Says

      Boeing isn't taking its loss of a $35 billion military contract to Northrop Grumman and Airbus lying down, Reuters reports. A company vice president said he was "as confident as he could be" that Congress would overturn the Air Force's decision to buy refueling tankers from Boeing's European rival. The firm charges that the Air Force broke federal and military rules in the decision-making process and ended up choosing a riskier plane than Boeing was offering. More »

    • McCain Sucked Into Boeing Battle

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 12, 08 4:30 AM CDT

      McCain Sucked Into Boeing Battle

      John McCain is being dragged into the feud between Boeing and the Air Force, reports AP . A firm headed by McCain's campaign finance chairman, Tom Loeffler, was paid $220,000 to lobby on behalf of the Airbus, the successful European rival to Boeing's 767 fuel tanker. McCain had helped block an earlier, flawed Boeing contract for the tanker, and sent letters to the Pentagon in 2006 urging them to change bidding procedures that Airbus said were anticompetitive. More »

    • Boeing to Appeal $40B Contract

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 10, 08 8:09 PM CDT

      Boeing to Appeal $40B Contract

      Boeing vowed today to appeal a controversial $40 billion contract to build refueling tankers for the Air Force, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Our team has taken a very close look at the tanker decision and found serious flaws in the process," Boeing CEO Jim McNerney said. The Air Force awarded the contract to Northrop Grumman and Airbus, which ruffled US feathers by planning to build its tankers in France. More »

    • Airbus Was Intrepid, Boeing Arrogant on Tanker

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Mar 10, 08 1:20 PM CDT

      Airbus Was Intrepid, Boeing Arrogant on Tanker

      Airbus won the Air Force's $35 billion contract for aerial refueling aircraft not only with a more competitive tanker, the New York Times reports, but by competing more aggressively. The French company, partnered with Northrup Grumman, built on spec a new plane-to-plane fuel boom and demonstrated it, while Boeing promised one but didn't build a prototype. Boeing offered an initial delivery of 19 planes by 2013, compared to Airbus’ offer of 49. More »

    • Boeing Doesn't Deserve Military Monopoly

      newser  |  Time  |  Mar 9, 08 9:45 AM CDT

      Boeing Doesn't Deserve Military Monopoly

      There’s fury on Capitol Hill (and the campaign trail) over a $40 billion Air Force contract going to a European team, Mark Thompson notes in Time , but it’s entirely appropriate for the military to get the best technology it can. Indeed, anger over the snub to Boeing shows lawmakers at their worst, worrying about hometown pork instead of defense needs. More »

    • Stunned Boeing Presses USAF to Explain Choice

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Mar 4, 08 2:20 PM CST

      Stunned Boeing Presses USAF to Explain Choice

      Boeing is calling for an “immediate debriefing” on the Air Force's choice of a foreign company to build its fuel tankers, Bloomberg reports. The selection of Airbus and Northrop Grumman is to be the subject of a scheduled March 12 meeting, but Boeing says that isn’t protocol. “We would expect this briefing to occur within days, not weeks, of the announcement,” said a company rep. More »

    • US, Euro Alliance Landed Air Force Deal for Airbus

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 3, 08 4:00 AM CST

      US, Euro Alliance Landed Air Force Deal for Airbus

      Years of careful strategy and an alliance between executives was the key to Airbus nailing a $40 billion deal to build Air Force planes, reports the Wall Street Journal . The Pentagon’s decision last week is “a transformational shift in the way weapons systems are acquired. It’s an acknowledgment that globalization is real," said Ralph Crosby Jr., the top US executive for Airbus parent EADS. More »

    • Boeing Stunned, Angry Over Bid

      newser  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Mar 1, 08 7:08 PM CST

      Boeing Stunned, Angry Over Bid

      From lawmakers to Boeing workers, Washington state is outraged today that the Air Force handed a $35 billion contract to foreign firm Airbus and Northrop Grumman, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. One worker called it "a sad day for Boeing," and a senior senator  blasted the Air Force for planning to "put an American sticker on a plane and call it American." Boeing and lawmakers are each considering formal complaints. More »

  • February 2008

    • Air Force Picks Foreign Bid to Build Tankers

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 29, 08 9:49 PM CST

      Air Force Picks Foreign Bid to Build Tankers

      The Air Force shocked observers yesterday by handing a $40 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers to a foreign company, the Los Angeles Times reports. Northrop Grumman and Airbus—which plan to build the 179 tankers in France—beat out Washington state's Boeing. Outraged lawmakers from Washington state called the move “a blow to the American aerospace industry," the New York Times reports. More »

    • Dreamliner Delays May Drive JAL Away

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Feb 22, 08 7:23 PM CST

      Dreamliner Delays May Drive JAL Away

      Japan Airlines may abandon its plan to stock up on Boeing Dreamliners because of tie-ups in production of the new 787, Reuters reports. The carrier, a loyal Boeing customer, planned to buy 55 Dreamliners, but the delivery date has slipped again, to early 2009. Now JAL is checking out the Airbus A350 XWB, which would allow it to offset fuel costs by flying more midsize planes. More »

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Boeing Co.
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Major U.S. firm that is the world's largest aerospace company and foremost maker of commercial jet transports. It was founded by William E. Boeing (1881–1956) in 1916 (as Aero Products Company). In the late 1920s it became part of United Aircraft and Transport Corp., but it reemerged as an ...

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Airbus S.A.S.
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European aircraft manufacturer that is the world's second largest maker of commercial aircraft (after Boeing Co.). It is co-owned by the German-French-Spanish European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), with an 80% interest, and Britain's BAE Systems, with 20%. Airbus was formed as a ...

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