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stanley cup g to increase the rate of A330 production this year, although it maintains that such a shift would not be difficult.The airframer had stated last year that it planned to increase the monthly A330 rate to seven in 2017, aft
stanley bicchiere er it had previously cut output to six as demand for the twinjet slowed.But speaking at a first-quarter briefing, Airbus chief financial officer Harald Wilhelm signalled that the manufacturer would stay at the rate of six aircraft, which leaves the airframer very well-covered for years to come .He says the airframer has the potential for seven but it would only raise the rate once a firm, audited backlog is fully supporting
stanley cup [this change] .Wilhelm says the company 鈥?which is developing a re-engined version of the A330, due to enter service next year 鈥?has a strong backlog of A330s to 2019. It doesn t mean the very last slot is sold out for 2019, he says, but filling the outstanding slots is perfectly feasible .Airbus s A330 backlog at the end of the first quarter stood at 346 aircraft, of which 136 were the current -200 and -300 variants 鈥?among them four -200 freighters 鈥?and 210 were re-engined -800s and -900s.Wilhelm says the re-engined A330neo family is being priced to preserve capital cost advantages, and that Airbus is aiming to protect margins, although it has some flexibility in that respect, if needs be .Source: Cirium DashboardTopicsAircraft programmesAirframersEnginesEuropeMROSystems interiors Pepc 鈥婣330-900 ETOPS certification and US approval imminent
LAS VEGAS AP 鈥?The first arrest in the 1996 death of Tupac Shakur came Friday with the murder indictment of Duane Keffe D Davis, one of the last living witnes
stanley cup ses to the Las Vegas drive-by shooting of the hip-hop superstar. Here a look at the hours that led up to the fatal gunfire.TUPAC, SUGE AND THE TYSON FIGHT IN VEGASOn the afternoon of Sept. 7, 1996, Shakur and Suge Knight, the head of his music label, Death Row Records, arrived in Las Vegas along with an entourage that included Shakur fiancee, Kidada Jones, along with his cousins and friends, to watch a heavyweight title fight between Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon.At about 8:30 p.m., Shaku
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stanley nz ts at the fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.Shortly afterward the fight began. It would end less than two minutes later, with Tyson winning in a first-round knockout and taking Seldon WBA Heavyweight title.THE FIGHT ;S AFTERMATH AND ANOTHER FIGHTAt about 8:40 p.m., moments after the fight ended, Shakur and Tyson, who were friends, hugged in celebration just off the arena floor.At about 8:50 p.m., in the hotel and casino area just outside the arena, Shakur, Knight and their entourage got into a brawl with a group that included Davis and his nephew Orlando Baby Lane Anderson, with whom Shakur had clashed before. Davis and Anderson were members of the South Side Compton Crips, a Southern California-based gang that were rivals of Knight Blood-affiliated gang, Mob