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Sep 30 2008
ORDERS for new Airbus planes could take a dip next year as airlines face bankruptcy or struggle to raise new capital, a senior executive has admitted....
Sep 20 2008
AUSTRALIAN airline Qantas took delivery of its first Airbus A380 yesterday....
Aug 27 2008
CHESTER building firm Rok has been awarded a £2.5m contract by planemaker Airbus in Broughton to extend two buildings at the huge plant....
Jul 31 2008
LATE deliveries of Airbus’ flagship A380 superjumbo have cost the company more than £500m in compensation payouts to airlines, it was revealed yesterday....
Jul 18 2008
AIRBUS has secured orders for 256 aircraft at an international air show – helping to guarantee work for employees at its wings factory on Deeside for years to come....
Jul 15 2008
IT WAS honours evens on the day between Airbus and its American rival Boeing at the opening of the international air show at Farnborough as Middle East airlines announced massive orders of the companies’ jets....
Jul 11 2008
AIRBUS wing makers at Broughton, near Chester, fear they may lose a contract to help build an £18bn fleet of airborne refuelling tankers for the US Air Force....
May 30 2008
AIRLINES may throttle back on orders for Airbus’s A380 superjumbo as rising fuel costs and an economic slowdown dent demand for travel....
May 28 2008
AIRBUS faces “risks” in the development and stepped-up production of two new aircraft, including the A380 superjumbo, the wings for which are made near Chester, says a company boss....
May 21 2008
AIRCRAFT maker Airbus says it has signed deals worth a total of about £870m with two customers for its corporate jet liners to be part-built on Deeside....
