TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Aerospace and transportation highlights to 15:40 BST

TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Aerospace and transportation highlights to 15:40 BST

	Published : Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:57 By : Agencies Print this Story

2007-04-10 15:35:26

Shanghai GM sees sales up more than 20 pct in 2007, rolls out new Buick

BEIJING (AFX) - General Motors Corp joint venture Shanghai GM expects to see

sales climb more than 20 pct this year, Shanghai GM executive vice president

Chris Gubbey said.

2007-04-10 12:44:56

CAF, Isolux team up to bid for Sao Paulo railway project - sources

MADRID (Thomson Financial) - Isolux Corsan SA and Construcciones y

Auxiliares FFCC SA have teamed up to present a bid by the end of April for a

contract to build a train link in Brazil between the center of Sao Paulo and the

airport, sources close to the deal told Thomson Financial News.

2007-04-10 12:27:58

China Xiamen Airlines mulls purchase of Boeing 737s - report

BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Xiamen Airlines is mulling a plan to buy 60 Boeing

737-800 aircraft by 2013, the China News Service reported, citing an

unidentified corporate insider.

2007-04-10 12:22:21

China March auto sales up 17.03 pct at record high of 847,200 units - Xinhua

BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Total auto sales in China rose 17.03 pct year-on-year

to a record high of 847,200 units in March, the Xinhua news agency reported

citing a semi-official industry association.

2007-04-10 11:03:30

EADS to let shareholders decide on div at May 4 AGM

PARIS (Thomson Financial) - EADS will let shareholders decide at the May 4

AGM whether or not a dividend should be paid for last year, after the board

failed to agree on the issue, according to a document to be sent to shareholders

ahead of the AGM and obtained by Agence France-Presse.

2007-04-10 09:11:16

BMW Group March unit sales 141,568, down 1.9 pct yr-on-yr

MUNICH (Thomson Financial) - Bayerische Motoren Werke AG said group sales in

March totalled 141,568 units, down 1.9 pct from the same month last year.