1.   Earlier, Kok said he wanted Daimler-Benz to contribute more to a rescue package for the aircraft maker.

2.   The aircraft maker had warned Wall Street earlier this week that it expected the loss because of production problems.

3.   The new centre will enable the German aircraft makers to focus on a local German-run operation.

4.   American aircraft makers Boeing Co. and McDonnell-Douglas Inc. will be among the U.S. companies looking for larger sales to China.

5.   Among those who stand to lose valuable business opportunities are Boeing Co., the aircraft maker, and Motorola Inc. and Honeywell Inc., the electronic manufacturers.

6.   An Ping, an Airbus spokeswoman in Beijing, said the European aircraft maker is not deterred by the latest orders for Boeing.

7.   And European aircraft makers have suffered from an unfavorable exchange pattern with the dollar, which is the international currency of aviation.

8.   And all three major aircraft makers are coming home with billions of dollars worth of jetliner orders.

9.   And some observers say Samsung could seek to better its position on that point by buying the big Dutch aircraft maker Fokker.

10.   Besides Alcatel and Lagardere, Dassault Aviation SA and Aerospatiale, two French aircraft makers that are about to merge, have been named potential buyers of Thomson.