Word: airlinese
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sir: We are indeed disgusted at the greedy, irresponsible airlines that lure American young people abroad with no thought of where they will go or where they will stay when they arrive. Unless these kids can contribute to foreign economies instead of creating vagrancy problems, they should stay home. You...
If the TriStar died for lack of funds, not only would Lockheed lose the money that it had already spent on the plane, but subcontractors, airlines and banks would stand to lose up to $1 billion that they had invested in the project. If that happened, said Lockheed Chairman Daniel...
It was the 15th skyjacking attempt on scheduled U.S: airlines this year.* Only this time the destination seemed reminiscent of the 1969 skyjacking in which Raphael Minichiello, a U.S. Marine, commandeered an airliner for a 17-hour odyssey to Rome. Minichiello was released from an Italian jail last spring after...
* The 16th followed the next day, when a National Airlines DC-8 carrying 83 passengers and crew was skyjacked to Havana. A stewardess and one passenger were slightly wounded when the skyjacker's gun went off.
Even in less troubled times, Pakistanis were prone to observe that the only bonds between the diverse and distant wings of their Moslem nation were the Islamic faith and Pakistan International Airlines. Sharing neither borders nor cultures, separated by 1,100 miles of Indian territory (see map), Pakistan is an...