Word: airlinese
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When a DC-10 falls out of a clear blue sky and kills 275 people, as American Flight 191 did in Chicago last May, there is no doubt that the victims' families will be financially compensated for their loss. The multimillion-dollar question is how much. By last week...
Insurers for the airlines are understandably eager to head off the lawyers by getting to the next of kin first and offering them a quick settlement. A week after the Flight 191 crash, the insurer for American Airlines sent a three-page letter to the relatives of all the passengers...
Pan American World Airways took another step last week toward achieving its long cherished dream of acquiring U.S. domestic routes to tie in with its far-flung foreign network. It disclosed that after a stock-buying spree early last week, it now owns 4,398,500 shares, or 51.4%, of...
The 707 jetliner, owned by Global International Airlines of Kansas City, had been hired for $89,000 by a Belgian company called Young Air Cargo. The plane left Beirut for Costa Rica supposedly carrying 60,000 Ibs. of medical supplies. The 707's pilot, Paul Marable, 58, thought it...
It is indeed rare for a father to give his blessings to three suitors in quest of his daughter's hand. But last week the Civil Aeronautics Board granted tentative approval for either Pan American or gutsy little Texas International Airlines to acquire Miami-based National Airlines.