[Arkie2]

Looks like Airbus has run aground. Boeing is going to embarras them in their own backyard at the Paris Airshow. Ain't it sweet!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Suggest they park the 380 next to the Spruce Goose.

[SIDENET]

In regards to the A380:

[LenS]

I can't help but wonder if the recent spate of Boeing sales are being driven by the Airbus jet that lost it's tail fin over the Caribbean. The French can bribe local airline executives and their supervising politicians -- but no bribe is big enough if the product is going to crash. A tank that breaks down is not a big problem since most of them outside the US/UK/Australia are ever going to be used. A passenger jet liner that breaks down in air is going to publicly kill the passengers and the owning airline's reputation.

[Walkingfeather]

What is amazing was the media tsunami that happened a few months ago with this plane. It was 380 this ... air bus that... now you look below the surface and there is a stench of death...

[SamAdams76]

Boeing has made huge stides in efficiency recently, outsourcing much of their engineering and manufacturing work to Russia, Japan and India. Where a few years ago it would take Boeing 22 days to build a typical commercial jetliner, that should come down to just 3 days in the near future due to "just-in-time" deliveries throughout their entire supply chain.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

... French Rafale, the Swedish Gripen and the British-German-Spanish-Italian Typhoon Eurofighter.

Each probably about as effective as a pop gun in the hands of a Quaker.

[USNBandit]

Airbus has asked the British government for a subsidy of almost $700 million to make the A350 wings in Wales

I read a figure almost twice that from European papers with a total launch aid request of $4bln.

[longtermmemmory]

...with a global recovery of the industry well under way.

In response to the statement that there is a recovery going on: Hitlary will go into hiding (again), Democrats will scream "lies! lies! lies!", Trent Lott will immediatly broker a deal to say it is only 1/2 of a recovery, and the EU will pass a good news tax.

[jimbo123]

Mon Dieu!