Airbus to boost output as outlook brightens (Reuters)
30 Jul 2010 at 2:14am
Airbus parent EADS made sweeping increases in its financial forecasts on Thursday and pledged to increase jetliner production after a spate of new orders raised hopes of an end to a steep industry recession.
EADS raises outlook despite drop in Q2 profit (AP)
30 Jul 2010 at 12:48am
EADS NV, the parent company of plane-maker Airbus, on Friday raised its outlook for 2010 -- despite a 61 percent drop in second quarter earnings -- as a resurgence in commercial aviation boosted hopes that a painful two-year downturn is over.
Southwest Airlines orders 25 Boeing 737 jets (AP)
29 Jul 2010 at 3:19pm
Southwest Airlines Co. said Thursday it will take delivery of 25 Boeing 737-700 jets beginning next year to replace some of its older "classic" models of the same plane.
Boeing Completes Acquisition of Narus (PR Newswire)
29 Jul 2010 at 1:40pm
Boeing today announced it has completed its acquisition of Narus, a leading provider of real-time network traffic and analytics software used to protect against cyber attacks and persistent threats aimed at large Internet Protocol networks.
Heavy industry (at Financial Times)
29 Jul 2010 at 12:50pm
Whatever happened to the fabled double dip? The latest crop of quarterly earnings shows global industry in rude health. Germany's Siemens SI, heralding its "best result of all times" displayed an industrial order book up by almost a third.
