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SULTAN OF BRUNEI Brother's $15 billion spree leads to auction of palatial trimmings. Airbus, anyone...
...posted losses last year of $307 million. Now Swissair is freed from that obligation, though it will contribute $227 million or 60% of a cash injection to keep the airline running, with the remainder paid by the Belgian government. In addition, Swissair will assume payment for nine narrow-bodied Airbus planes that Sabena had already ordered. Swissair said, with evident relief, it would be liable for no further funding of Sabena...
...Jefri has a thing for motor vehicles, it seems, many of which are up for auction. He?s accumulated innumerable cars (enough, it?s reported, to fill three parking lots), two Mercedes fire engines, one Comanche attack helicopter simulator, a Formula One car, and an Airbus A340...
...first thing you notice when getting on board is the new-car smell. "No wonder," says the flight attendant, hearing your remark. She points to a metal plaque on the doorway rim that says the Airbus A320 was delivered only a month ago. Then there are the blue potato chips from naturally blue potatoes. The free cable TV on your personal video screen. The leather seats. Flight attendants with a sense of fun about their jobs and a can-do pilot who informs over the p.a. system that yes, there's a major storm coming into the New York City...
...stay in the black. From its base in New York City, JetBlue currently flies to 14 destinations, including Oakland, Calif.; Denver; Orlando, Fla.; Seattle; and Salt Lake City, Utah. Last month the company became the most ambitious start-up in U.S. aviation history when it ordered 48 new Airbus 320 jetliners--valued at $2.5 billion--to go with the 68 planes on the way and 15 in service. That's just part of JetBlue's full-throttle flight plan. In August the carrier will open a second home base, in Long Beach, Calif...