Airbus will launch new aircraft program by early 2006: Forgeard
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Airbus will launch a new commercial aircraft program by early 2006 at the latest, once development spending for the new A380 superjumbo passenger jet begins to decline, chief executive Noel Forgeard said.
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NEW PLANE: Airbus gets the go-ahead from its owners to start taking orders for the A350, a new mid-sized passenger plane it hopes will be the nemesis of its rival Boeing&#39;s 7E7.
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An announcement of major investment centred on the Airbus factory in Flintshire is expected later.
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Mr Forgeard, current chief executive of Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer 80 per cent owned by EADS, will replace Philippe Camus as the French co-chief executive of EADS.
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Airbus, the European plane maker, said on Wednesday that it expected orders for new aircraft to halve to around 700 this year after a record order intake in 2007.
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EUROPEAN aircraft maker Airbus hopes to win up to 50 orders for its new wide-body A350 by next June. The 4 billion ($A7 billion) A350 -- a spin-off of the earlier A330 -- is Airbus&#39;s response to Boeing&#39;s first
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Airbus, reeling from a management shakeup that followed delays in its flagship superjumbo jet program, unveiled a long-awaited revamp of its mid-sized A350 on Monday.
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PARIS, Dec 10  - The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus is to launch a new plane, the A350, that will challenge the future Boeing fuel-efficient 7E7, Airbus owners EADS and BAE Systems announced Friday.
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European aircraft maker Airbus has said its estimate of world demand for airliners in the next 20 years had leapt by 31.2 percent in two years to 22,700, with the value of the global aircraft market expected to hit 2.6 trillion dollars by 2025.
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Airbus kicked off a 10 billion euro ($13.2 billion) plan Monday to build its A350 XWB wide-bodied jet, which is designed to compete with Boeing's successful 787 and boost the fortunes of the troubled European planemaker.
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PARIS  - The head of Airbus SAS accused rival Boeing Co. of leading a "campaign of untruths" against the European aircraft maker, and gave the clearest sign yet that Airbus plans to develop a new competitor to the Boeing 7E7.
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Airbus SAS plans to set up an engineering center in China next year to focus on new generation jets for the mainland&#39;s fast-growing aviation market, the French aircraft maker said Monday.
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The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus hopes to win 20 new orders from at least two new airlines for its A380 superjumbo this year, its commercial director has said.
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Airbus parent EADS  decided on  Friday to go ahead with a new mid-sized jetliner to strike back  at Boeing  in their fight for market share and restore  pride shattered by delays to its A380 superjumbo.
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The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus said it sees orders for 17,328 commercial airplanes between now and 2023, or 866 a year, with a total value of 1.9 trillion dollars (1.42 trillion euros).
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European aircraft maker Airbus aims to apply for loans worth up to one billion euros (1.24 billion dollars) from European states for its new A350 airplane program, chief executive Noel Forgeard was quoted as saying in the Financial Times.
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The announcement of its new mid-sized plane will heat up rivalry between Airbus and Boeing. The board of EADS, parent company of Airbus, is on Monday expected to approve plans for the long-awaited, $4bn-launch of a new mid-sized aircraft, the A350.