Alain Juillet, President of the business intelligence academy and a former senior official with France's intelligence services. On the sidelines of the Paris air show, a controversy has emerged after a group of conservative lawmakers asked that the carrier Air France buy Airbuses rather than Boeing Boeings for a multi-billion euro contract to purchase around 100 planes.
European aircraft manufacturing giant Airbus racked up 730 orders for jets at the Paris Air Show it announced Thursday. The orders are worth 72 billion dollars, making it the best week of sales in aviation history.
Airbus and Israel Aerospace Industries' first joint defence enterprise will seek to develop a cheaper and simpler airborne surveillance and interception system, after a prototype has been displayed at the Paris Air Show.
Business is booming for the aviation industry. At the height of the financial crisis, orders for new planes dropped sharply at the world's two biggest manufacturers, Airbus and Boeing. But two years later, both they and their smaller rivals are seeing a revival in their fortunes, as airline bosses go shopping at the Paris Air Show.
Senior figures in the French military ask how long France can keep up the fight in Libya. Also, aviation high-flyers head to the Paris Air Show to prove they’re back in business after a bumpy ride in recent years. Finally, a real life murder mystery that gripped France 20 years ago is made into a film.
Airbus' military division and the state-run Israel Aerospace Industries said Tuesday they will jointly develop an early warning plane, which hovers and warns of approaching enemy planes, then sends planes to intercept.
France welcomed progress in talks with the United Arab Emirates on a multi-billion-dollar deal for the sale of 60 Rafale fighter jets after the Emirati military gave France the specifications it needs for the combat planes.
Etihad Airways is one of the most dynamic airline companies that has managed to defy the current world economic crisis. At the Paris International Air Show, Raphael Kahane met the man at the helm of the company, James Hogan.
The Paris Air Show may have provided temporary relief from the crisis, but it is still a far cry from the boom year of 2007. Fred George, Aviation Week specialist, gives his take on this year's Paris gathering and the state of the industry.
