Thursday July 24, 2008
Latest Columns 
Coconuts, pond scum: How green is your tarmac?
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Online Edition: Monday, July 21, 2008 07:53 AM
The aerospace industry wants you to know it is going green
Coconuts, pond scum: How green is your tarmac?
Published: Monday, July 21, 2008 12:00 AM Page B1
The message painted in green on the eight-storey-high tailfin of the Airbus A380 - ''A better environment inside and out'' - could be seen from just about anywhere at the Farnborough air show, near London, last week. The aviation industry wants you to know it's cleaning up its act.
Hot week for Bombardier takes sudden cool turn
Published: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 12:00 AM Page B1
Pierre Beaudoin's week started with a bang but may end with a whimper.On Sunday, the day before the start of the week-long Farnborough air show, the chief executive officer of Bombardier Inc. announced that Deutsche Lufthansa AG had agreed to buy as many as 60 of the C Series jets. The deal allowed the Montreal company to commit to a $3.3-billion (U.S.) research, development and production plan.
Hot week for Bombardier takes sudden cool turn
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Online Edition: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 08:53 PM
After big announcement Sunday, Bombardier was unable to announce more orders, in spite of analysts' predictions that the C Series would be a big seller
Giants of the air search for size that fits
Published: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 12:00 AM Page B3
Is big or small best? That's the question that hangs over this week's splashy announcement by Bombardier Inc. that it is graduating from making business and regional jets to building passenger aircraft that will go up against global giants Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS.
Boeing in no rush to compete with Bombardier
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Online Edition: Monday, July 14, 2008 09:54 AM
Market for Canadian company's new C-Series small passenger jet has limited appeal for U.S. aviation giant
Canadian hopes, global risks
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Online Edition: Monday, July 14, 2008 02:42 AM
For years, Montreal's Bombardier Inc. has dreamed of making a long-range jet – now, its new fuel-efficient aircraft comes as airlines are reeling under massive fuel bills and rivals may lobby for trade disputes
Beaudoin's big, bold bet
Published: Monday, July 14, 2008 12:00 AM Page B1
Four years ago Bombardier Inc. was in crisis. It had ousted hired-gun chief executive officer Paul Tellier, the shares were burning on the tarmac, assets were being unloaded in a frantic attempt to raise capital and the short-sellers gleefully predicted - hoped - Quebec's proudest company would flirt with bankruptcy as regional jet orders fell.
Rio Tinto tries to sidestep elephant in the room
Published: Monday, July 14, 2008 12:00 AM Page B1
Companies with investments in Zimbabwe are going through an awkward PR exercise. They can't deny they have operations in the newest pariah state, brought to you by the human-rights-shredding election of president and chief thug Robert Mugabe. But they sure don't want to advertise it.
Canadian hopes, global risks
Published: Monday, July 14, 2008 12:00 AM Page A1
The federal government is risking a trade war with the U.S. and Europe - and accusations of cynical flip-flop on the home front - over its pledged $350-million loan to Bombardier Inc. to build a new fuel-efficient jet in a plant near Montreal.
