EADS Board of Directors interrupts work on Power8
Amsterdam, 19 February 2007
Yesterday evening, February 18th, the EADS Board of Directors interrupted its work on Power8. The meeting will be resumed within the next days to find an agreement regarding the cross national sharing of the industrial workload related to the A350XWB. Consequently, the Airbus work council “ECA” meeting planned on February 20th has been postponed.
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