Word: airlinese
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That point was illustrated when a National Airlines 727 braked to a halt at Miami Airport while taxiing for takeoff to Washington. The captain told four men in the first-class compartment that they would have to either surrender their hand luggage or get off the plane. The reason: their...
The two burly men in the first-class cabin of the Air Algérie 727 appeared distinctly relieved as the plane settled down at Paris' Orly Airport and a large Citroën drove up on the tarmac, followed by another car full of police. Each of the...
Some years ago, airlines discovered a new way to bore passengers and lose money besides: they began distributing free in-flight magazines filled largely by predictable articles about the glories of resorts along the airlines' routes. They succeeded neither in interesting readers nor in luring many advertisers. Now, however...
The success is not the work directly of American Airlines but of a father-son team that runs Caldwell Communications Inc., which publishes The American Way. John Caldwell, 55, and John Jr., 29, formed their company in 1967 as an ad agency, and went after the account of American Airlines...
Under the law, members of clubs, unions or comparable "affinity groups" are allowed to travel on charter flights, which cost half or less of the price of fares on scheduled airlines. Many consolidators form fraudulent clubs, advertise illegally for members, and enroll people who have nothing in common except a...