Articles...
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 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....
Apr 23 2008
AIRBUS is increasing the selling price of its airliners from the beginning of May in response to the weakness of the US dollar and the rising cost of metals used to build the aircraft....
Mar 12 2008
AIRBUS suffered an operating loss of £670m last year – despite a record number of orders for its aircraft....
Mar 4 2008
SEVERAL hundred jobs could be created at the Airbus plant at Broughton, near Chester, after a massive deal to supply wings for US military refuelling aircraft....
Feb 20 2008
AMERICAN aircraft manufacturer Boeing is outpacing its European rival Airbus in the battle for Asian customers....
Feb 11 2008
MASSIVE growth in air travel over the next two decades is expected to drive billions of pounds worth of work in the direction of Airbus’s wingmaking plant near Chester....
Jan 16 2008
AEROSPACE workers are in line for a major boost if Airbus and an American partner company win a multi-billion pound US defence order....
