So the orders announced today should help restore some measure of pride at the European consortium.

Airbus, a European consortium, said it won orders for 326 aircraft worth $23.6 billion last year.

The European consortium did not appear to us to be particularly cohesive in their aims and objectives.

He was charged with stealing the designs from a European consortium where he worked.

Airbus, the four-nation European consortium, said it had $4 billion in commitments for the plane.

The failure ended a string of 27 straight successful rocket launchings by the European consortium.

That company, a European consortium, is expected to pass Boeing for the first time in 2004 to become the world's biggest commercial aircraft maker.

Russian officials and representatives of the European consortium carrying out the operation were hesitant to give a precise deadline.

Airbus, a European consortium, is a major rival of Boeing.

For Boeing, the stakes are higher than ever in its jousting with the 21-year-old European consortium.