Word: 737s
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Boeing's top official for international development, Lawrence Clarkson, insists the company would have fewer jobs for Americans if it did not abide by China's demands: for example, in shifting half of the tail-section production for its 737s from Wichita, Kansas, to Xian. "If we hadn't moved work to China," Clarkson says, "we wouldn't have got orders." China is expected to spend $185 billion on commercial aircraft over the next 20 years...
...Northwest Airlines crash claimed 156 lives. The tragedy also involved a Boeing 737, the most common of all passenger jetliners. Moreover, there is an eerie resemblance between the September catastrophe and the March 1991 crash of United Airlines Flight 585 near Colorado Springs, Colorado. In both instances the 737s banked abruptly, rolled belly-up, then plummeted vertically. The cause of Flight 585's crash has never been established...
Southwest's formula is starkly simple: keep costs at rock-bottom. Using only fuel-thrifty 737s, it concentrates on flying large numbers of passengers on high-frequency, one-hour hops directly from city to city, rather than funneling them through the elaborate hub-and-spoke systems of its larger rivals. The lack of amenities enables it to offer bargain fares (average: $58) that undercut others and allow Southwest to quickly dominate most new routes it enters. Boasts CEO and co-founder Herb Kelleher: "We've created a solid niche -- our main competition is the automobile. We're taking people away...
...think you've got parking problems? Try finding a place to stash a 747. Airline bankruptcies and declining passenger traffic have created a tangle of unused jetliners that can't be stored in overcrowded airports. USAir, British Airways, Delta and other carriers have parked nearly 100 of their 767s, 737s, MD-80s and other jets out in the Southern California desert at Mojave Airport. Cost: about $200 a month...