1.  British Aerospace is part of a European consortium that is to build the European plane, known as the FLA.

2.  David Venz, an Airbus spokesman, said the European plane maker is winning the competitions against Boeing because its planes have greater commonality, such as similar cockpits.

3.  Officials said they also began looking at possible sanctions like tariffs on European planes.

4.  Tenzing Communications, a Seattle company partly owned by the European plane maker Airbus, also provides a slower satellite-based service on a handful of airlines.

5.  The intention is to make a unified company of the European plane maker that could react better to the competition of Boeing.

6.  An Airbus spokeswoman said the European plane maker did not expect to book any more orders during the Paris show.

7.  In the past, the European plane maker has backed down because withdrawing parts and service for its own airplanes would put the flying public at risk.

8.  That margin began to shrink when companies like the European plane maker Airbus Industrie and state arms makers became tough competitors for international sales.

9.  Under tight security, Palestinian militants exiled by Israel left Cyprus on Wednesday aboard two European planes for six EU nations that have agreed to offer them temporary asylum.

10.  U.S. and European plane makers have been vying for that deal for several years.