Boeing Breaks Ground Figuratively in China, Literally in Everett as 787 Rate Hits 3.5
AIN Air Transport Perspective » March 12, 2012
An artist's rendering offers an impression of the scope of Boeing's plans for an "enhanced" Everett Delivery Center, scheduled for completion next year. (Image: Boeing)
March 12, 2012, 10:00 AM
A busy news cycle for Boeing climaxed last Tuesday with the company’s first so-called collaborative agreement with China’s Comac, under which the would-be rivals agreed to create an aviation energy conservation emissions reduction technology center in Beijing.
Funded by both companies, the Beijing center will support research projects to increase commercial aviation’s fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, under the terms of a contract signed during a ceremony in Beijing by Comac chairman Jin Zhuanglong, Comac president He Dongfeng and Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Jim Albaugh. The manufacturers also agreed to hold annual “leadership engagements” and exchange commercial aviation market forecasts.
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EU Emissions Trading Scheme Assailed at FAA Conference
Funded by both companies, the Beijing center will support research projects to increase commercial aviation’s fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, under the terms of a contract signed during a ceremony in Beijing by Comac chairman Jin Zhuanglong, Comac president He Dongfeng and Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Jim Albaugh. The manufacturers also agreed to hold annual “leadership engagements” and exchange commercial aviation market forecasts.
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EU Emissions Trading Scheme Assailed at FAA Conference
AIN Air Transport Perspective » March 12, 2012
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, speaking March 8 at the FAA Forecast Conference, warned of 'enforcement measures' against Europe. (Photo: Bill Carey)
March 12, 2012, 10:00 AM
Critics vented frustration with Europe’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) during the FAA Forecast Conference March 8 in Washington, D.C. Leading the chorus of criticism, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood hinted that the U.S. government is considering “enforcement measures” to counter the European Union regulation.
In opening remarks at the two-day event, LaHood described the ETS as “an irritation” and said he is working closely with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on a U.S. response. “To impose this kind of tax on airlines is just wrong,” said an animated LaHood. “It’s not the way that we’ve done business. It’s not the way that we’ve operated with our Open Skies agreement or anything else. ... There are some things we can do, and that’s what I’m going to be talking to Secretary Clinton about—some enforcement measures—and we’ll see where they take us.”
In opening remarks at the two-day event, LaHood described the ETS as “an irritation” and said he is working closely with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on a U.S. response. “To impose this kind of tax on airlines is just wrong,” said an animated LaHood. “It’s not the way that we’ve done business. It’s not the way that we’ve operated with our Open Skies agreement or anything else. ... There are some things we can do, and that’s what I’m going to be talking to Secretary Clinton about—some enforcement measures—and we’ll see where they take us.”
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