Tim Hepher
155 posts
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 reuters.com/business/aeros… #AF447
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Europe eyes Musk's SpaceX to bridge launch gap left by Russia tensions reuters.com/world/europe/e… #esa #spacex
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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 reuters.com/business/susta…
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Reconciliation in the air? Shortly after 2012 Diamond Jubilee RAF baptised A400M Atlas after snubbing Airbus' nickname Grizzly reut.rs/3NMejo6. 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 reuters.com/business/aeros…
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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: reut.rs/3mIzq02 (updated)
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Sad news about JP. RIP. Had pleasure of attending his final of many entertaining press confs at Sing 98. When I popped back into room to collect something, I found him sitting back in his chair, tie undone, dragging on a Gauloise! @timhepher (pic @Airbus)
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'Bear of the Pyrenees', former Airbus CEO Jean Pierson dies reuters.com/business/aeros…
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Airbus boss Jean Pierson took one look at the plans and exploded. reuters.com/article/us-air…
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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 reut.rs/3EERUo4
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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 reut.rs/3y1Mr7y #Boeing #Airbus - deal said to involve up to 200 MAX, 70 A321neo
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The $15 billion jet dilemma facing #Boeing’s CEO reuters.com/business/aeros…
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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. reuters.com/article/usa-tr…
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