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...bases. Since Malta is no longer strategically vital, London is willing to pay an additional $11.7 million and no more. To underscore British determination, Whitehall last week flew in a party of expert "dismantlers" to knock down its facilities. Evacuation began of 4,994 British dependents aboard R.A.F. VC-10s at Luqa Airport...
...much as 4,000 miles and thus encroach even further on the 747 markets. (Not to be outdone, Boeing designers are also applying the "stretch" principle to the 747; one plane on their drawing boards would carry 1,000 passengers.) McDonnell Douglas currently has firm orders for 127 DC-10s, which cost about $20 million each, including spare parts...
...planes to make money on them. Lockheed reports 103 firm orders and 75 options for the TriStar so far, but its two biggest customers-TWA and Eastern-have been making arrangements to buy an almost identical plane, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. The first DC-10s were delivered last week, and they are scheduled to go into service with American and United in mid-August. At best, Lockheed's Tri-Star will not start carrying passengers until next April...
...Corp. While those two lines were awarded the profitable high-density routes, Eagle got hand-me-downs; it was authorized to fly to such secondary tourist centers as Rimini and Gerona. The government really plucked Eagle's feathers when it decided to ferry troops overseas aboard R.A.F. VC-10s instead of Eagle planes. Finally, when BOAC complained that Eagle was trying to turn a low-rate, special-tour authorization to the Caribbean into a regular run, the licensing board revoked Eagle's authorization to fly there. It thereby wiped away $5,000,000 in annual revenues...
Price also seemed to be the key reason behind the choice of engines for United's DC-10s. All the planes to be built by Lockheed will be powered by British Rolls-Royce turbines. United, however, opted for General Electric's CF6/36 turbofan at slightly over $2 million per plane, putting the U.S. enginemaker a bit below Rolls. It is a price that may well move American to choose G.E. engines...