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Airbus sales are taking off as airlines recover

2009-11-19T08:25:50Z

Airbus reckons it is on target to sell 300 planes this year despite the collapse in confidence of airlines during the recession

Boeing set to win loan case

2009-09-03T06:30:52Z

Boeing was today tipped for victory over claims that European governments illegally subsidised rival Airbus with $15 billion of loans

MoD in �200m blunder over DIY software for Chinooks

2009-08-25T09:57:14Z

Military chiefs were accused of a �200million blunder by trying to design software for Chinook helicopters

Four more US soldiers die in Nato's worst Afghan year

2009-08-25T14:16:49Z

Blow to Boeing from Qantas cancellation

2009-06-26T08:33:34Z

Boeing's new Dreamliner aeroplane project suffered another massive blow as Qantas cancelled and deferred orders for 30 new planes

Gordon has got private jet bug

2009-05-12T08:40:41Z

Air Partner, the listed aircraft-charter company that has hitherto been famous for supply the Boeing jetliners to transport guests of Sir Philip Green to his various Indian Ocean parties, has signed up two new clients: Gordon Brown and David Miliband

Altimeter blamed for Schiphol crash

2009-03-05T11:04:46Z

A false reading from a faulty altimeter contributed to the crash near Amsterdam's Schiphol airport last week that killed nine people, investigators said

Airline slump clips Rolls-Royce's wings

2009-02-12T09:01:56Z

Engineering: The biggest airline industry slump in history is set to hit profits at Rolls-Royce

Cold winds of recession blow along Broadway

2009-02-06T10:58:56Z

New York's theatre district is struggling as the city is hit by turmoil on Wall Street, with the curtain coming down on 14 shows since Christmas, including the Monty Python show Spamalot

US economy shrinks 3.8% in cutbacks

2009-01-30T14:41:30Z

Economics: The US economy collapsed at the end of last year, shrinking at its fastest pace since 1982

AIG seeks �7.8bn in aircraft leasing sale

2009-01-06T12:18:22Z

Transport: The airline leasing company that oils the wheels of the global aviation industry is up for sale in an increasingly desperate attempt by its parent AIG to raise up to $10 billion

Yet more delays for Boeing Dreamliner

2008-12-05T10:31:15Z

Aviation: Boeing is facing further delays in the launch of its 787 Dreamliner in the wake of a bruising strike and problems with parts for the aircraft

Kevin Spacey speaks of pride at turning round the Old Vic

2008-11-24T09:35:14Z

Kevin Spacey spoke with pride about his success in transforming the Old Vic as the Evening Standard celebrated the best of London theatre

Daldry's Billy Elliot opens in New York

2008-11-13T09:09:31Z

Three years after it conquered the West End, Sir Elton John's stage musical version of Billy Elliot is opening on Broadway

Now Brown is haunted by 'boom and bust'

2008-10-27T11:55:16Z

Gordon Brown has always been good at hocus-pocus when it came to growth numbers

Talks fail over strike at Boeing

2008-10-14T08:32:59Z

Boeing has failed to reach agreement with its striking machinists who threaten to delay the launch date of the company's 787 Dreamliner, its answer to arch-rival Airbus' A380

Jobs warning to Boeing strikers

2008-10-09T09:18:49Z

Aviation: Striking Boeing workers have been told they could bring the aircraft giant to its knees and see themselves laid off in their thousands

Strike at Boeing delays 787 debut

2008-10-02T11:34:35Z

Aviation: Boeing has raised doubts that the first flight of its 787 Dreamliner will take place as planned this year because of a machinists' strike

Obama 'might favour' Boeing over Airbus

2008-09-11T09:27:41Z

Engineering: Analysts are trying to second-guess US presidential candidates' positions on the disputed US Air Force tanker deal

All Bob's Women isn't so fun

2008-06-24T23:00:00Z

The actors, miked to within an inch of their lives, bellow out every number as if mistaking decibels for depth in All Bob's Women.

So macho...Harry Potter's all grown-up with stubble on his face

2008-06-16T11:04:48Z

His boyish charms as the world’s most famous wizard have won him legions of female admirers, but Daniel Radcliffe’s seems keen to ditch those youthful looks and adopt a more manly appearance.

'Fuel freeze' likely cause of Heathrow plane crash

2008-05-13T10:12:05Z

The British Airways plane that crash landed at Heathrow may have suffered from "fuel freeze" caused by cold weather

US tanker deal row escalates

2008-03-20T08:41:20Z

Defence giant Northrop Grumman has heightened the war of words with Boeing over a controversial air-tanker contract from the US Air Force

Hairspray collects record award nominations

2008-02-07T08:27:31Z

West End hit Hairspray has received a record 11 nominations at the Laurence Olivier Awards.

Acting trio to present our theatre awards

2007-11-23T10:28:46Z

Actors Simon Russell Beale, Dame Eileen Atkins and Sophie Okonedo will hand out prizes at the 2007 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

Joan of Arc fights Billie

2007-11-07T09:44:26Z

Anne-Marie Duff is shortlisted in the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for her impassioned Joan of Arc against Billie Piper's stage debut in Treats.

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007: the longlist

2007-10-31T10:50:28Z

A dazzling year of performances on the London stage will be honoured at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007. Here, for the first time, is the longlist.

Noisy Stanza

2007-07-17T23:00:00Z

Stanza replaces what was the restaurant Teatro, and some of what head chef Stuart Tattersall cooks comes off triumphantly

Plenty of airsmiles as Boeing takes comic flight

2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

Boeing Boeing is a traditional French farce based on bad-luck and unreliable aircraft. Nicholas de Jongh could not remember a West End evening of such sheer, silly, comic pleasure.

Flighty farce touches down again

2007-01-08T15:10:35Z

French Sixties farce Boeing-Boeing, about love at an airport, is back in the West End with Tamzin Outhwaite and Green Wing's Michelle Gomez.