Word: airbuses
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Some people read tea-leaves; I read aircraft. Looking out from the passenger lounge in Amman, Jordan, I see that we'll be flying into Baghdad on an Airbus A320. For an old Iraq hand, that's a sign that Iraqi capital is safer than it has been in years...
...manufacturing giant is crying foul after it lost a $35 billion U.S. Air Force contract to a consortium including the European parent company of Airbus. Boeing has filed a formal protest with the government, saying the selection process was "seriously flawed...
...real problem on the Boeing side of the argument is that no one protested Airbus' role as one of two contenders for the contract when everyone thought Boeing had the deal sewn up. In other words, they liked the appearance of competition, but not its reality...
...debate has shifted not only from national security to jobs, but to politics as well. That's because Senator John McCain, the presumptive G.O.P. presidential nominee, fought against an earlier Boeing tanker pact, which was found to be tainted - and therefore required the new bidding process won by the Airbus-led team. "I've always felt that the best thing to do is to create the best weapons system we can at minimum cost to taxpayers," McCain said after the announcement. But presaging the fall campaign - where a shaky U.S. economy will be front and center - both Democratic contenders have...
...prize market, of course, remains commercial aviation. On Wednesday, Toyota announced it may soon develop a new generation of fuel-efficient passenger airplanes. If Boeing's boosters get their way, the company can grow fat and lazy at the Pentagon trough, while innovations and breakthroughs come from companies like Airbus - and ultimately, perhaps, Toyota - fighting for every sale...