[lowbuck]

Now we get to see what kind of "creative financing" the European pols cook up to try and get Airbag back in the game.

[bill1952]

And how that continues to pass WTO scrutiny...

[norton]

Interesting how after all the hype about getting away from government ownership the French government wants to increase it's stake while BAE has dumped it and Daimler wants to reduce shares.

Of course, in euro eyes there's no subsidy or unfair advantage involved...

[avacado]

That Airbus has more humps than a mutated camel! Who on Earth wants to fly in one of those contraptions?

[Yo-Yo]

The A350XWB is to compete against both the 777 and 787. Yes, the fuselage of the XWB is wider than the 787, but it is almost a foot narrower than the 777.

Good luck with that, Airbus.

[Unmarked Package]

As of today, I believe Boeing has 455 orders for the 787 and Airbus has a letter of intent from China for 20 A350XWB planes. The A350XWB will be available in 2012, four years after the first scheduled 787 delivery. It appears to me that Airbus and the socialist European nations have a rather odd definition of "competing with Boeing".

[Paleo Conservative]

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[HamiltonJay]

The 380 penis envy plane has cost Airbus very very dearly... it will be at least 10-20 years before they fully recover from putting so much effort and resources into that beast, while letting the 350 project fall by the wayside.

Fixing the 350 should have been moved to #1 priority by the company long ago.. but the 380, and all the geopolitcal penis envy wrapped up in it, kept them distracted.