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Flying Constellations and DC-7's brought from Lufthansa, the aircrews change registration numbers on the otherwise unmarked planes from American to Mauretanian as the circumstances require. "We carry our registration in a can of paint," McGuire says, stirring it up with a free hand...
Flying Constellations and DC-7's brought from Lufthansa, the aircrews change registration numbers on the otherwise unmarked planes from American to Mauretanian as the circumstances require. "We carry our registration in a can of paint," McGuire says, stirring it up with a free hand...
...effort to build good will with potential American passengers, West Germany's Lufthansa airline last week pledged to do its bit to combat the U.S. balance of payments problem. "Effective immediately," the airline announced, "Lufthansa will keep all dollar revenues in the U.S.A...
...policy, described in full-page newspaper advertisements in the U.S., would affect "every cent of every dollar in revenue earned by Lufthansa in the U.S." Pledging that "all such revenues will be used exclusively for expenditures in the U.S.," Lufthansa went on to make it clear that most of the money would go for additions to me airline's intercontinental fleet, which consists entirely of U.S.-made Boeing aircraft. "Lufthansa," concluded the airline's advertisement, "has spent more than $550 million on American-built aircraft alone-and has already contracted for future delivery of over $130 million...
...Like Lufthansa, other foreign airlines are also taking pains to publicize their expenditures in the U.S. Spain's Iberia Air Lines, for example, has run U.S. newspaper ads that ask: "We buy your planes. Shouldn't you fly ours?" And this week Italy's Alitalia plans a similar ad, pointing out that its aircraft purchases and operating expenses in the U.S. will amount to some $1 billion...