Word: airlinese
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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My jaw fell open when I saw that the first-class fare from New York to London was $1,312. I found it hard to believe that the airlines have the audacity to charge such fares. Then I had to laugh at the fools who would pay such a price...
Dayan jetted into Chicago's O'Hare Airport aboard a chartered jet (a United Airlines 727) and was whisked off in a black Continental limousine to the nearby Hyatt Regency-O'Hare. There he addressed a hastily assembled luncheon attended by about 300 U.J.A. leaders, some from...
That $1.25 billion sale would represent an enormous victory for Airbus Industrie, a French-German-Spanish company that is now struggling to keep production lines open and sell enough planes to break even. No European-made passenger jets have been bought by U.S. carriers since the 1960s, when American Airlines...
Eastern hopes that the Airbus will prove as popular with passengers in America as it has proved in Europe. There, the plane's eight-abreast coach seating and smooth ride have given it the nickname "the poor man's 747." Before buying it, however, Eastern wants to be...
Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed, which have long considered the U.S. plane market their own, have reacted to this new European threat by bad-mouthing the Airbus as ill suited to the needs of U.S. airlines. Despite its size, the Airbus is basically a medium-range jet, and American planemakers...