Plane and the company name - Airbus mooted as name for BAE-EADS

"Airbus" has been proposed by EADS as a possible name for the new 38bn company to be formed by combining the Franco-German group with the UKs BAE Systems, in spite of concerns that this could inflame tensions with both the US and Britain.

The new name would replicate the title of EADS's flagship civil aerospace division based in France. Sensibilities on the UK side of the planned merger would be addressed by making London the headquarters of the new companys defence operation. These would be based mainly on the activities of BAE ... READ MORE