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Doug McVitie, Founder & Chief Consultant, Arran AerospaceDoug McVitie

Founder & Chief Consultant
Arran Aerospace
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Doug McVitie is the Founder and Chief Consultant at Arran Aerospace, a firm providing consulting services in the aerospace and defense industry. Prior, Mr. McVitie was Director of Sales Intelligence at Airbus in Toulouse, France. He has spent 30 years...

Craig Cates

Consultant
CRAIG CATES
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Craig Cates is an independent consultant in the airlines and aerospace industry. Prior, Mr. Cates was General Manager of Supply Chain at Delta Airlines. He oversaw a supply chain budget of $500M and was responsible for sourcing raw materials, finished...

Richard Aboulafia, Vice President, Analysis, TEAL GROUP CORPORATIONRichard Aboulafia

Vice President, Analysis
TEAL GROUP CORPORATION
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Richard Aboulafia is the Vice President of Analysis at Teal Group, a firm providing consulting services in the aerospace industry. Mr. Aboulafia is responsible for managing a team of experts who forecast aerospace markets including engines, electronics,...

Gerard Buhrer

Owner
Spectrum International Sourcing
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Gerard Buhrer is Owner of Spectrum International Sourcing, an independent consultancy firm providing consultancy services for the manufacturing of aerospace engine parts. Mr. Buhrer has more than 38 years of experience in providing technical assistance...

David Jarach, Managing Partner, Diciottofebbraio SrlDavid Jarach

Managing Partner
Diciottofebbraio Srl
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David Jarach, PhD, is a Managing Partner at Diciottofebbraio, a leading all-aviation Milan based top advisory firm which directly covers the EMEA arena and US. Dr. Jarach has significant decades-old experience in advising and working in close contact...

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Well, the WTO Ruled in Favor of Boeing, But Bloomberg's Take Was Surprising

September 12, 2009

Boeing, U.S. Seen Winning WTO Case on European Aid to Airbus | www.bloomberg.com

So this story is already a week old, but crucially only three weeks into the one-month appeal time. EADS has already made the tactical error of calling this (interim) result "Only Part One", when it simply can't be -- the two cases are separate and so can't be interdependent..So what does EADS do? Appeal and underline its "Part Two" gambit or just totally ignore the reality of the huge anti-European findings and instead focus on the baloney of trying to "talk it out"? Talk, remember, is cheap.

A Frenchman's Word is His Bind

September 5, 2009

US lawmaker says WTO ruling faults Airbus subsidies | us.mg2.mail.yahoo.com

1) EADS chief confident ahead of WTO ruling

"Sauve Qui Peut!" Udvar-Hazy's on a Mission

September 4, 2009

Airbus May Produce Two Versions of Future A320, Tribune Says | www.bloomberg.com

There have been thousands more stupid stories written about Airbus than there were episodes of "Here''s Lucy!" (144), but at least the latter were funny. However, this outwardly dumb idea has some merit despite its "Loony Tunes" provenance (Udvar-Hazy). Interesting too that Bloomberg's aerospace reporting is sharpening up after their Paris Air Show fiascoes.

Spirit's Turner Opens the Door for Slight 737 Reduction in 2010

September 3, 2009

Spirit Chief Executive: Production Cuts Could Be On The Way | www.kake.com

Does this apple taste better than that orange? If we temporarily lower production rates by a couple of aircraft a month on our narrowbodies (not the 30% the original Mini-Me Udvar-Hazy advocated), will it matter? Will the apple taster better than the orange?

Honey, Those Bad Airline Guys Shrunk the A380 Orderbook, Again

September 3, 2009

Singapore Airlines delays A380 deliveries | www.google.com

What do Air France-KLM, British Airways, China Southern, Kingfisher, Lufthansa, Qantas, Singapore Airways, Thai Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways all have in common? Simple. All nine airlines -- 66% of the entire airline customer backlog -- has ripped up their A380 delivery contracts and told Airbus to go think again. And people thought the Eiffel Tower was a bad joke?

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