Word: airlinese
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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By the millions, however, Americans were still saying no to the calls for conservation. Only a minority of people switched to public transportation, and that may be temporary. Large cities reported slightly more passengers on buses and subways. Reservations increased by 16% on airlines and by 40% on Amtrak'...
Egypt was also suspended from the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries and will thus lose its shares in three inter-Arab companies with a total capital of $2.8 billion. Although it did not specify exactly when the decision would take effect, the Arab Civil Aviation Council voted to close...
Meanwhile, the machinists' strike prompted other airlines to put on extra flights to accommodate some of the 130,000 passengers carried daily by United. The machinists' pact is supposed to be exempt from the guidelines if it stays within the bounds of the contract that the machinists signed...
Only 65 Airbuses are in service, but the consortium has 177 firm orders and 93 options from 21 airlines. It also has strong prospects for further buys from carriers that are not now customers, including Air Afrique, Britain's Laker Airways and Japan's domestic TOA. Lathiè...
Popular with passengers and highly reliable, the A300s are also the most fuel-efficient commercial jets now flying, a result of their advanced engines and a "supercritical" wing that cuts aerodynamic drag. Airbus has also benefited from a fundamental change in world aircraft-sales patterns. U.S. airlines, which not long...