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May 20- The final countdown is under way to the maiden flight of the Airbus A350, Europe's answer to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. *First, engineers at Airbus headquarters near Toulouse in southern France will turn on the Auxiliary Power Unit, a small turbine engine under the tail, used for power on the ground.

DUBAI, May 6- Dubai airline Emirates plans to replace "a large chunk" of its Boeing 777 aircraft with a new model launched by the planemaker, Emirates' President Tim Clark said on Monday. Boeing announced earlier in May that it had begun selling an upgraded aircraft family code-named 777 X, launching a race against Airbus for sales of long-haul jets.

*Qatar Airways looking to buy 10-15 A330 jets- CEO. DUBAI, May 6- Qatar Airways is in talks with Airbus to buy up to 15 of the European planemaker's A330 passenger jets, a deal potentially worth $3.6 billion at list prices, citing production delays to Boeing's 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

*Qatar Airways looking to buy 10-15 A330 jets- CEO. DUBAI, May 6- Qatar Airways is in talks with Airbus to buy up to 15 of the European planemaker's A330 passenger jets, a deal potentially worth $3.6 billion at list prices, citing production delays to Boeing's 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

*Boeing may not outsource much work- Qatar Air CEO Baker. By Praveen Menon DUBAI, May 5- As they prepare to buy Boeing's. new 777 X jet, Gulf airline giants Emirates and Qatar Airways are warning that Boeing must avoid the mistakes of the 787 Dreamliner, which cost customers millions of dollars when its batteries failed.

*Boeing may not outsource much work- Qatar Air CEO Baker. *Boeing's cash exposure from 787 is tricky- Emirates' President Clark.

U.S. regulators formally lifted flight restrictions last week after Boeing redesigned the lithium-ion battery system that overheated on two 787 s in January, clearing the company to install the fix on the 50 jets delivered so far.

*Emirates chief says Boeing "ready to go" with revamped 777. PARIS/ DUBAI, April 24- Boeing looks ready to start offering its long-awaited next-generation mini-jumbo in weeks after pondering for months how to prevent a key part of the big-jet market slipping to rival Airbus.

TOKYO, March 20- Pressure grew on Wednesday for Boeing to compensate airlines in hard cash for disruption caused by the grounding of its 787 Dreamliner as two airlines manoeuvred for immediate help instead of future purchase discounts.

TOKYO, March 20- All Nippon Airways, the biggest customer for Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner, wants the planemaker to compensate it in cash, rather than discounts on future purchases, for losses racked up since the aircraft was grounded worldwide in mid-January, said a person familiar with ANA's intention.