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Tim Hepher

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Airlines and energy firms clash over green fuel supplies

Airlines and energy firms clashed over scarce availability of alternative fuels on Tuesday as carriers ended a three-day summit

Airlines and energy firms clash over green fuel supplies
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Boeing nearing deal with supplier Spirit Aero after months of talks, sources say

Boeing is nearing a deal to buy back Spirit AeroSystems after its former subsidiary made substantial progress in separate talks

Boeing nearing deal with supplier Spirit Aero after months of talks, sources say
Business|Technology

Aircraft lessor DAE sees China's COMAC breaking Airbus, Boeing duopoly

Chinese state-owned planemaker COMAC has the opportunity to break Airbus and Boeing's duopoly of the passenger jet market over the next decade, the chief

Aircraft lessor DAE sees China's COMAC breaking Airbus, Boeing duopoly
Business|Technology

Airbus builds new A320neo assembly line in historic hangar swap

Airbus has started building a new A320neo-family assembly line in Toulouse to replace an older and less efficient facility and help speed up production from next year.

Airbus builds new A320neo assembly line in historic hangar swap
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Airbus cuts key targets and takes hefty Space charge

Airbus softened key industrial and financial targets and took a hefty 900-million-euro ($965 million) charge for its troubled space activities as Europe's largest

Airbus cuts key targets and takes hefty Space charge
Business|Environment|Europe

Lufthansa to raise fares by up to 72 euros as environmental costs increase

Lufthansa will add an environmental charge of up to 72 euros ($77) to its fares, the airline group said on Tuesday, joining at least one

Lufthansa to raise fares by up to 72 euros as environmental costs increase
Business|Finance|Technology

Engine maker's Boeing dilemma seen weighing on Airbus output revision

Engine maker CFM's wariness to ramp up supplies significantly to Airbus at a time of stress for its other key customer Boeing was likely one factor in Airbus' move to

Engine maker's Boeing dilemma seen weighing on Airbus output revision
Asia|Business|Economy|Europe|News|Technology|US|World

Airbus frets over global trade tensions amid EU-China spat

Europe's Airbus on Wednesday highlighted the impact of growing trade tensions after Europe followed the United States in increasing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

Airbus frets over global trade tensions amid EU-China spat
Business|Technology|US

Boeing investigates quality problem on undelivered 787s, sources say

Boeing is investigating a new quality problem with its 787 Dreamliner after discovering that hundreds of

Boeing investigates quality problem on undelivered 787s, sources say
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Spirit Aero to be broken up as Boeing agrees to $4.7 billion stock deal

Boeing agreed to buy back Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion in stock and Airbus moved to take on the supplier's loss-making Europe-focused

Spirit Aero to be broken up as Boeing agrees to $4.7 billion stock deal
Business|Technology

Airbus deliveries rose 2% in first half, sources say

Airbus delivered a preliminary total of around 67 airplanes in June, bringing the total for the first half of the year to around 323 aircraft, up 2% from the same period

Airbus deliveries rose 2% in first half, sources say
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How jetmakers divided up struggling supplier Spirit AeroSystems

Hashed out in three-way talks between plane giants and one of their key suppliers, Boeing's $4.7 billion deal to buy back

How jetmakers divided up struggling supplier Spirit AeroSystems
Business|Europe|Travel

Air France-KLM CEO blasts main Paris airport over jet parking shortage

Air France-KLM's CEO has urged Aeroports de Paris to improve the French capital's Charles de Gaulle airport, saying a shortage of jetways has created a daily struggle

Air France-KLM CEO blasts main Paris airport over jet parking shortage
Business|Economy|Finance

Analysis-Boeing 737 MAX crisis adds to high demand for older planes

The second-hand market for airplanes is booming due to a chronic shortage that has persisted since the pandemic - and

Analysis-Boeing 737 MAX crisis adds to high demand for older planes
Business|Technology

Boeing one incident away from 737 production halt, lessor says

One of the aircraft industry's most influential leaders believes Boeing will face a heavier regulatory backlash if there are further production

Boeing one incident away from 737 production halt, lessor says
Business|News|Technology

Analysis-Boeing's latest MAX problem creates more headache for airlines

A cabin blowout at 16,000 feet and the grounding of more than 170 Boeing jets have rekindled frustration among airlines over

Analysis-Boeing's latest MAX problem creates more headache for airlines
Business|Technology|US

Boeing checks hit paperwork snag; US investigators search for missing part

Safety checks on some Boeing jets hit a snag over paperwork on Sunday, as U.S. authorities searched for a missing panel that blew off a

Boeing checks hit paperwork snag; US investigators search for missing part
Business|Technology

Alaska Airlines grounds Boeing 737 MAX 9 for checks after blowout

Alaska Airlines grounds Boeing 737 MAX 9 for checks after blowout
Business|Economy|Europe|Technology

Airbus on course for record jetliner orders in 2023, sources say

Airbus is on course to break aerospace order records in 2023 after a buying spree from European airlines and a brisk month so far in deliveries, industry sources said

Airbus on course for record jetliner orders in 2023, sources say
News|World

Dubai to showcase demand for jets under shadow of tensions

Dubai will stage its high-profile aerospace pageant next week against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

Dubai to showcase demand for jets under shadow of tensions
Business|Technology|US

Boeing in talks with US Defense Department on impact of guilty plea, source says

Boeing is in talks with the U.S.

Boeing in talks with US Defense Department on impact of guilty plea, source says
Europe|News|Science|Technology

Europe 'back in space' despite Ariane 6 debut glitch

Space bosses hailed Europe's return to space after the Ariane 6 rocket successfully carried out a series of trials in a debut flight on Tuesday, but

Europe 'back in space' despite Ariane 6 debut glitch
Business|Europe|Technology

Airbus and Thales explore tie-up of space activities, sources say

European aerospace groups Airbus and Thales are exploring a tie-up of some space activities as new competition disrupts the sector,

Airbus and Thales explore tie-up of space activities, sources say
Asia|Business|Economy|Technology|Travel

Airbus upgrades 20-year demand forecast led by wide-body jets

Airbus on Monday revised up its 20-year demand forecast for jetliners as many airlines modernise long-haul fleets and Asia's surging economies lock into air travel.

Airbus upgrades 20-year demand forecast led by wide-body jets
Business|Technology

Aerospace giants return to Farnborough hobbled by factory woes

A humbled aerospace industry holds its annual festival next week struggling to meet demand because of a crisis inside

Aerospace giants return to Farnborough hobbled by factory woes

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