"We are also disappointed that the investment in
Filton is not going to be made directly by the company but through a risk-sharing partner, and we have some concerns around the future ownership.
There are fears that jobs could be affected at the main Airbus plants in Broughton, North Wales, and
Filton, Bristol.
Lord Drayson, the minister in charge of the UK's annual military equipment budget, is reported to have told EADS that it risks losing out on billions of pounds of contracts if it scraps plans to spend pounds 100m on an Airbus wing part plant in
Filton, near Bristol.
Tynedale's seventh International Schools Tournament attracted a quality entry and Bristol's
Filton College walked off with both trophies.
The improvements to
Filton Junction, north of Bristol, announced by the Strategic Rail Authority, involve doubling of a single track section used by trains between Bristol Temple Meads and South Wales and creating an extra platform at
Filton Abbey Wood station.
The number, together with a further 35 at the company's sister site in
Filton, Bristol, ranks the programme not only as the biggest engineering/manufacturing apprenticeship scheme in Wales, but also one of the largest in the UK.
Workers cheered as the giant 555-seater Airbus A380 superjumbo passed low over the company's plants at Broughton in North Wales and
Filton in Bristol before touching down at an enraptured Heathrow airport.
The design is currently being tested at the plant in
Filton, Bristol.
An Airbus spokesman said: "Inspired by the albatross seabird, Airbus engineers in
Filton UK have developed a remote-controlled aircraft demonstrator that has semi-aeroelastic hinged wing-tips.
The aerospace company is currently testing the design at its plant in
Filton in Bristol, and says it could reduce drag and load.