Word: planed
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...computer industry, which evolved from the Army's need to improve its ballistics calculations. He and Branson have 100 engineers looking at new technology for both orbital and suborbital flights as well as lunar flybys in a "glass bubble." On Necker, the two men pored over ideas for a plane that would fly orbitally, cutting flying time between New York City and London to 20 min. once in orbit...
...good 60% larger than my drone-class cubicle at the office. The amenities kit rivaled a department-store cosmetics counter and contained not the usual pair of amorphous tube socks, but ones with heels. From one of my four windows, Maserati champagne cocktail in hand, I spotted an easyJet plane, its 34 rows brimming with my people: coach folk. But today I had traded my peanuts for canapés. All 48 seats on this 757 built for 220 passengers were front-of-the-bus as Flight 3 flew from London's close-in Stansted to New York City's J.F.K...
That's why the big carriers are not going to take the front-of-the-plane challenge lying down. As part of an 18-month rollout, BA will spend $190 million on improvements to its Club World product and its "2.0" plan for flat beds, which BA originated in 2000. "We far outdeliver any one of these start-ups because we cover the bases," says Woody Harford, BA's senior vice president of sales and marketing for North America. BA and American regard their worldwide networks and frequent-flyer miles as key retention devices. "If you don't invest...
...rolls up his sleeves, raises $55 million in capital and takes flight with 100 business-class seats on a 767 just eight months later; most start-ups take two years. Hunt expects to break even in six to eight months and will soon add a second and a third plane. Silverjet looks to be going the way of Hunt's six previous start-ups in the technology and travel industries. Its stock ($3.08) is already trading at twice what investors expected, he says...
...flight on Silverjet had a few firsts: my first time passing through security and boarding a plane in seven minutes; the first women-only loo in the troposphere (the result of a heartfelt suggestion from a woman at Heathrow); the first carbon-neutral airline, which takes up to $23 from round-trip fares to fund projects that neutralize carbon emissions...