// BEGIN editorial data
 var i = 0;
var biz_airbus_timeline_071003 = new Array();
biz_airbus_timeline_071003.ID = "biz_airbus_timeline_071003";
biz_airbus_timeline_071003.ID_WB = 21117768;
biz_airbus_timeline_071003.sPubDate = "10/3/2007 7:35:45 PM GMT";
biz_airbus_timeline_071003.navsectionID = "3032091"
biz_airbus_timeline_071003.appFmt = 2;
biz_airbus_timeline_071003.appWidth = 300;
biz_airbus_timeline_071003.appHeader = "TIMELINE | Airbus' problems";
biz_airbus_timeline_071003.appDeck = "A lengthy probe by French regulators suggests \"massive insider trading\" took place at Airbus parent EADS, judicial officials say. Here is a timeline charting problems at European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co. NV.";
biz_airbus_timeline_071003.appFooter = "Associated Press";
biz_airbus_timeline_071003.appNavStyle = 3;
biz_airbus_timeline_071003.appLayout = 1;
biz_airbus_timeline_071003.copyHeight = 300;
biz_airbus_timeline_071003.copyMargin = 9;
biz_airbus_timeline_071003[i++] = new Array("","January 2004","Airbus officially overtakes Boeing as the world's largest commercial jet maker, announcing it delivered 305 airplanes in 2003 to Boeing's 281.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
biz_airbus_timeline_071003[i++] = new Array("","April 27, 2005","On the day of its first test of the A380 superjumbo, Airbus announces a delay. Delivery to first customer Singapore Airlines is put back from March 2006 to the second half of the year.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
biz_airbus_timeline_071003[i++] = new Array("","June 7, 2005","EADS board discusses A380 problems and possible delays.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
biz_airbus_timeline_071003[i++] = new Array("","June 28, 2005","Noel Forgeard and Thomas Enders are named co-presidents of EADS.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
biz_airbus_timeline_071003[i++] = new Array("","Nov. 9-29, 2005","EADS executives sell shares.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
biz_airbus_timeline_071003[i++] = new Array("","March 8-24, 2006","EADS executives sell shares for 31-35 euros ($44-50). According to the French stock market regulator, executive committee members Francois Auque and Jean-Paul Gut, Forgeard and three of his children sold shares. According to an AMF statement, Forgeard exercised stock options for a total of 2.5 million euros ($3.54 million) before commission.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
biz_airbus_timeline_071003[i++] = new Array("","April 4, 2006","EADS shareholders Lagardere SCA and DaimlerChrysler AG announce the forward sale of 7.5 percent of each of their stakeholding — meaning the sale would take place in 2007 based on the 2006 share price.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
biz_airbus_timeline_071003[i++] = new Array("","June 13, 2006","EADS cuts its profit forecast and announces delays to the A380. EADS shares fall 26 percent.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
biz_airbus_timeline_071003[i++] = new Array("","June 16, 2006","AMF announces it has been investigating possible insider trading at EADS. Forgeard defends himself, saying he knew about production difficulties on the A380 in April, a month after he sold shares.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
biz_airbus_timeline_071003[i++] = new Array("","July 2, 2006","Forgeard quits as head of EADS.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
biz_airbus_timeline_071003[i++] = new Array("","Nov. 20, 2006","Paris prosecutors open an insider trading probe led by judges Philippe Courroye and Xaviere Simeoni.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
biz_airbus_timeline_071003[i++] = new Array("","July 16, 2007","Shareholders at Airbus' parent company agree to end the cumbersome dual management structure, naming Louis Gallois as EADS' sole CEO.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
biz_airbus_timeline_071003[i++] = new Array("","July 2007","Boeing unveils its hot-selling 787 Dreamliner.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
biz_airbus_timeline_071003[i++] = new Array("","Oct. 3, 2007","The preliminary AMF report on around 20 EADS executives finds \"massive insider trading\" and is sent to Simeoni, judicial officials say.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
	// END editorial data