Word: lufthansa
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...greater access to British markets. At the same time, the German parliament's Transport Committee threatened to terminate its 1955 air treaty with the U.S. if the Americans did not open more airports to German airlines. The parliamentary salvo is seen as a pre-emptive strike in support of Lufthansa German Airlines' bid for the bankrupt U.S. carrier Continental Airlines...
...contrast to the U.S. fleet, many foreign carriers are flying newer planes. Some airlines can well afford the investment because they can charge regulated airfares, as in Europe, or because their business has been booming, as in Asia. Lufthansa's fleet averages 7.7 years old, Swissair's 8.5 years, KLM's 8.4 years and Singapore's 4.5 years...
There are travel agents who will argue that if such carriers as Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa, Air France and Swissair were allowed to fly the U.S. domestic routes, they could put a few of America's airlines out of business. Ask any world travelers about the difference in comfort and service and, particularly, the quality of food, and many would say there is no contest. U.S. carriers are notorious for serving meals that are poorly conceived, badly prepared and sometimes unhealthy. By contrast, the food on many non-U.S. carriers, even when catered by the very same firms, is generally...
BOEING. Nearly every day, a silvery aluminum-skinned Boeing airliner rolls out of one of the company's four giant hangars in suburban Seattle and is sprayed with the colors of its new owner: red and blue for American, yellow and blue for Lufthansa, emerald green for Aer Lingus. The world's largest aircraft manufacturer (a record $29 billion in orders this year, up from $20 billion in 1987) is stepping up production, from 25 jetliners a month...
Shawcross ferrets out a wealth of political, diplomatic and intelligence detail, as well as a fragrant cache of jet-set gossip. In his prime, the Shah had a special yen for Lufthansa hostesses but also entertained a variety of lovelies flown in from Mme. Claude's in Paris. His other tastes were rich, but, oddly, Iran's leading personage did not eat caviar...