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...kind of plane and treats his customers as if they actually matter. Before the first reservation was taken, Neeleman got more financing than any other start-up had ever seen, $128 million from the likes of George Soros and Chase Capital. Then he bought a handful of factory-fresh Airbus 320s, outfitted them with cushy leather seats and put a satellite TV at every...
...crash of an Airbus A320 off the coast of Bahrain and of the Concorde [BUSINESS, Aug. 28]: Aircraft designers have always linked airplane reliability with passenger safety. Why don't we separate the two and concentrate more on passenger safety? We need some sort of solution that could save lives in at least 10% of total-failure cases. In many instances, there have been a few precious minutes available during which the doomed passengers could have reacted and attempted to save themselves. Fastening seat belts is just not enough. WAHEED QUADER Ibadan, Nigeria...
...concerns, I will miss it [BUSINESS, Aug. 28]. What is on the horizon to take its place? There is no other passenger aircraft to equal the Concorde's elegant union of power and grace. The stylistically repetitive banality of modern passenger aircraft is a disappointment. Almost every Boeing and Airbus looks the same. Come on, Boeing, you have the talent to design something better. With your next aircraft, take our breath away. G. STUART EWY Los Angeles...
Marty, 54, was a 32-year Air France veteran who had flown the Boeing 747 and the airline's Airbus planes before entering the company's elite corps of Concorde pilots last year. As a pilot, recalls Bouvier-Muller, Marty was "extremely conscientious. If he lost control of his plane, it's because it couldn't be controlled. He was not one to give up even in the toughest situations. He had a stronger survival instinct than most people--perhaps because of his sporting activities...
This dramatic recovery comes against the backdrop of some very real international attainments. France is the world's fifth biggest economy; the No. 4 exporter; and a world leader in transportation (the TGV bullet train), aerospace (Airbus and the Ariane rocket, produced in France with European partners), telecommunications (mobile phones and wireless technology) and civil engineering (the dazzling new Normandy Bridge and the Franco-British Channel Tunnel). With assets like these, the country is well placed to benefit from the cyclical upturn lifting all European economies. Meanwhile, aggressive French firms are making their mark abroad. Vivendi last month announced...