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While American was ahead with the ads, most of the ten airlines that have ordered a total of 81 of the whalelike Boeings (at $20 million each) have expansive notions about how to compart them. Pan American is pondering whether to put a piano bar aboard. TWA is contemplating a cocktail lounge and a nursery for children. To make room for such amenities, the airlines will sacrifice payload. Though designed with a 490-seat capacity, the 747s due for delivery starting in 1969 will actually carry from 340 to 390 passengers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airlines: Jazz for the Jumbo Jets | 12/9/1966 | See Source »

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