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High prices--along with some serious attention to expenses--also help drive profitability. Thanks in part to low labor expenses and the efficiencies of flying a relatively new fleet of planes, it costs Emirates only 8.5˘ to carry one passenger one mile (the cost per available seat mile, or CASM, a common industry measurement), which is better than most of its competitors' rates and rivals that of legendary cost king Southwest Airlines (which has a CASM of 6.5˘, excluding fuel). Emirates' operating margins--13% in 2004-- not only are much better than those of comparable airlines Singapore...
...High prices?along with some serious attention to expenses?also help drive profitability. Thanks in part to low labor expenses and the efficiencies of flying a relatively new fleet of planes, it costs Emirates only 8.5? to carry one passenger one mile (the cost per available seat mile, or CASM, a common industry measurement), which is better than most of its competitors' rates and rivals that of legendary cost king Southwest Airlines (which has a CASM of 6.5?, excluding fuel). Emirates' operating margins?13% in 2004?not only are much better than those of comparable airlines Singapore...
...wartime that included a permanent fleet of airborne intensive-care units (ICUs). Although the plan was expensive, the commanders believed it was the surest way to save lives. "Before that, the traditional way was to keep casualties on the ground until they were stable," says Holcomb. By then, many were dead. Today, the Air Force has about 110 active-duty ccatt teams, many of which have logged tens of thousands of kilometers shuttling between Baghdad and Landstuhl. The aircraft are fitted with the same kind of sophisticated medical equipment that would be found in any high-tech...
Harvard finished fourth in a 14-team field at the Navy Spring Women’s regatta, an intersectional fleet racing regatta drawing competitive teams from the length of the East Coast, Ann Arbor, and Berkeley. Sailing at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., the Crimson matched Flying Junior and 420-class dinghies with eight of the top 10 and 11 of the top 15 teams in the country...
...decision will be made in time for the meat of the team’s season. Harvard will see serious intersectional competition at Truxton Umstead, a fleet racing regatta at Navy March 19-20 and at Tufts’ Friis Trophy Team Race April...