Friday, December 18, 2009

PImail (Boeing/Aerospace) for 12/18/2009

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Boeing/Aerospace

Analyst: Boeing will offer "launch customer" tanker pricing
A change in Boeing leadership means the company offer lower prices in its next U.S. Air Force aerial refueling tanker bid than it did in the previous competition, analyst Scott Hamilton wrote Friday.

Airline revenues drop for 13th consecutive month
Airline passenger revenue fell 7 percent in November from a year earlier, the Air Transport Association of America reported Friday.

Ryanair ends negotiations with Boeing
A week after talks between Ruanair and Boeing over a new 737 order reportedly broke down, the carrier's chief executive said Friday that negotiations were over.

Alaska Airlines workers approve one deal, reject another
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines' 625 ramp service and stores agents represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers have ratified a two-year contract extension, but its 2,800 clerical, office and passenger service employees represented by the same union rejected an identical offer, the carrier announced Thursday.

Did Boeing or the machinists squander an opportunity?
Boeing squandered a chance to redefine its relationship with its main union by rejecting its offer of a long-term no-strike deal, an academic wrote in The Seattle Times Thursday.

Boeing backers report tanker request changes will be minor
A day after a meeting with defense officials gave supporters of a Northrop Grumman-EADS aerial refueling tanker hope that the Pentagon might revise the draft tanker proposal, Boeing backers report that changes will be minor.

 

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