Tim Hepher
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Maximum fine in Rio-Paris involuntary manslaughter trial represents a little over two minutes of pre-COVID civil revenues for Airbus or five minutes of pre-pandemic passenger revenues for airline parent Air France-KLM #AF447.
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More than 13 years after an Air France jet plunged into the Atlantic, killing all 228 people on board, the French carrier and planemaker Airbus go on trial in a Paris court next week with relatives...
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"It's really the whole ecosystem that is changing very, very fast" - as extreme weather persists across much of Europe and elsewhere @esa head @AschbacherJosef shares his thoughts on climate risks as measured from space
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The head of the European Space Agency (ESA) has warned economic damage from heatwaves and drought could dwarf Europe's energy crisis as he called for urgent action to tackle climate change.
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Reconciliation in the air? Shortly after 2012 Diamond Jubilee RAF baptised A400M Atlas after snubbing Airbus' nickname Grizzly Yesterday the transporter officially joined the Platinum flypast as Atlas…but apparently under the call sign Grizzly.
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Qatar Airways CEO says Airbus should admit to A350 surface flaws
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The head of Qatar Airways on Tuesday called on Airbus to admit that it had a problem with flaws on the surface of its A350 jets and ruled out buying freighter planes from the European company,...
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Many sharing Jean Pierson stories. "A man who made things happen and rarely took no for an answer," says Howard Wheeldon @AirSeaRescue. No official word from Airbus but John Leahy/Christian Scherer share some thoughts on the long-serving CEO: (updated).
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Jean Pierson, the "Bear of the Pyrenees" who propelled planemaker Airbus onto the global stage and began its transformation from a loose consortium into a European giant, has died, former colleagues...
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RT @MaxK_J: Sad news about JP. RIP. Had pleasure of attending his final of many entertaining press confs at Sing 98. When I popped back int….
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Airbus boss Jean Pierson took one look at the plans and exploded.
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The first shot to be fired at Europe's 21st century army plane came not from the barrel of a gun but a safety inspector's clipboard. In 2008, weeks after the first A400M troop transporter rolled off...
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When reporting on the turbulent development of Airbus A400M, I met Jean Pierson in an office on the Champs Elysee where the Bear of the Pyrenees stood up and mimed the shirt anecdote. Sad news about a major figure from Airbus early years
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Jean Pierson, the "Bear of the Pyrenees" who propelled planemaker Airbus onto the global stage and began its transformation from a loose consortium into a European giant, has died, former colleagues...
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United confirms order for 200 Boeing 737 MAX and 70 Airbus A321neo and calls it the biggest order by a single carrier in a decade (overlooking IndiGo's 300-plane order in 2019?).
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#UnitedAirlines closes in on $30 billion post-pandemic jet order #Boeing #Airbus - deal said to involve up to 200 MAX, 70 A321neo.
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That gratifying moment when you cover a conference only to discover public comments written up elsewhere as another brand's "interview".
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Just when you thought the WTO aircraft subsidy saga had run out of plot twists.
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Britain's decision to suspend tariffs on Boeing Co jets and other U.S. goods has stunned the planemaker's European rival, Airbus, and exposes a growing rift between the UK and Europe over aerospace...
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