Word: 747s
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...latest example of perestroika, a new airline called ASDA is being formed to compete with Aeroflot. Staffed by Soviet air force veterans and disgruntled Aeroflot pilots, the carrier will fly rented Boeing 747s on long- haul routes connecting such far-flung points as Kiev, Kamchatka, Moscow and Minsk. A straight-faced Soviet news report promised that the new airline will raise the level of passenger service. Travelers can only hope...
Cash-strapped Pan Am, by contrast, cannot afford to purchase new jets. ! Instead, the airline is overhauling its 35 747s. But keeping older planes in good running order is also costly. Pan Am spends an average $815 in maintenance costs for every hour that a plane is carrying passengers, vs. $377 for Delta, which has a newer fleet and advanced maintenance equipment. Some experts and airline employees have contended that cash-strapped airlines will be tempted to skimp on maintenance. But when the FAA conducted an intensive probe of one such carrier, Eastern, no serious faults were found...
...first, investigators believed the disaster might have been caused by massive structural failure. Though Boeing 747s are among the sturdiest passenger planes in the world, a Japan Air Lines 747 crashed on a domestic flight in 1985 after a rear bulkhead ruptured as the result of a faulty repair job, killing 520 of the 524 aboard. But one important difference between the Japan Air Lines crash and the Pan Am tragedy was that the pilot of the Japanese plane was able to talk to ground control for half an hour as he tried unsuccessfully to land his mortally wounded craft...
...gifts. Not included in those totals are the Secret Service operations, the limousines run by the Army, the White House "airline" of Marine helicopters and Air Force One plus backup. The Huey helicopters will soon be replaced by a faster, sleeker model. The Boeing 707s will be upgraded to 747s for the staggering price of $391 million. Aloft, Bush may be safer and more comfortable than in his White House living room...
...reeling from a spate of bad publicity. An Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 ripped open over - Hawaii last month, and several airlines have voiced concerns about quality control on production of the Seattle-based company's 747 and 767 models. ILFC ordered 78 737s, nine 757s, nine 767s and four 747s for $3.7 billion. Europe's Airbus, which has been making inroads in the U.S. market, expressed satisfaction with its $1.3 billion share of the ILFC contract. The only real loser was St. Louis-based McDonnell Douglas. It too bid for the order, but came away with nothing...