Hello, I'm a newbie! I am Nina Margaretha, 19 years old, a French/German student living on the Southwest coast of Finland (Northern Europe) in Turku/Åbo. I live in this 26m2 apartment since I moved on my own in Aug08. It is on the 4th floor of an 80-year-old building that is a mix of National Roman...

Filed under: Business, Asia, Emirates, Airlines, News When your reputation is so bad that you have to make a bet that you'll meet production targets, as Airbus President Tom Enders did, you need to realize that your victory would be break-even for anyone else. The man with the poor track record scor...

by Vailancio Rodrigues and the Smashing Magazine editorial team Aerial photography offers a drastically different perspective than the one you get from shooting on the ground. It includes photographs taken from aircraft, helicopters, balloons, rockets, kites, skydives, etc. It can be a rewarding, ch...

I forbindelse med de tre største salg af Gripen-fly til kunder uden for produktionslandet Sverige, er der hver gang i kølvandet på handlerne opstået mistanke om bestikkelse. I Ungarn, Tjekkiet og senest Sydafrika. I alle tre sager er Storbritanniens største våbenproducent, BAE Systems, involve...

The European Union is miles ahead of the United States in making airlines pay for their pollution, proposing all sorts of taxes, fees and a carbon trading scheme to curb emissions. Airbus and the European carriers absolutely hate it and haven't been afraid to say so. Their objections have largely be...

Filed under: Airlines A few years ago, Etihad Airways was an upstart. Sure, it has grown at least 40% each year since its 2003 birth, but that trend can't be sustained with the economy the way it is now. Right? The Abu Dhabi-based carrier is adding destinations to its roster rapidly. New routes incl...

Dense fog hangs inside and outside the Frankfurt airport, a hazy waypoint on the road to Poznan. As the most dedicated climate policy watchers all know, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is currently in its 14th session in Poznan, Poland. For the last week, senior climate pol...

It weighs 86g, has just four buttons and is no bigger than a mobile phone. And under a deal secured between the German tabloid Bild and the discount supermarket Lidl, the simple-to-use digital camera is available while stocks last for just £61. If the editor of Bild has his way, the Creative V...

I'm grateful to Michael Signer, David Schorr and Charles Kupchan for their comments on The American Way of Strategy . Charles has long argued for a concert of power approach, even when that was unpopular during the heyday of American triumphalism a few years back. And in his forthcoming book Demagog...

August Jackson left a great comment on the earlier post on Airbus's internal presentation on Boeings challenges with the 787 and I think it's worth posting his comment separately here: This is an interesting development, and it will indeed be very interesting to see how this plays out. As an...