Word: transport
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fresh-cut flower markets also depend on air transport of their products. In Colorado, where about 20% of the nation's carnations are grown, wholesalers initially feared that flight cancellations would leave tens of thousands of blooms wilting alongside the runway at Denver's Stapleton International Airport. In New York's bustling flower market, blooms arrive daily from as far away as California, South America and The Netherlands, and delivery delays can mean big losses. In fact, shipments arrived as expected in most markets around the country...
...important new industries get their products to market by air transport. Much of the 1.2 million lbs. of air-freight cargo shipped every day out of Boston's Logan International Airport consists of computers, semiconductors and other microelectronics equipment manufactured by high-technology firms in the Boston area. Last week those shipments were leaving as usual...
...American financial system still relies on air service, despite the great growth in electronic fund transfers, the method of automatically switching money from one bank to another via computer hookups. To receive payment on checks deposited by customers, banks must physically transport them to regional clearing centers that are operated by large banks and Federal Reserve branches. The funds can then be processed...
...nothing can replace the laborsaving, productivity-boosting powers of commercial air transport. Like a vast and intricate nervous system for the economy, air travel has stimulated business and fostered wealth wherever planes have flown. In the process, more and more businesses have come to depend on air transport as much as aviation has grown to rely on business. That mutual dependency has brought enormous benefit to Americans everywhere, and that should continue when air travel returns to normal...
After a week of efforts by the controllers to stop America's air-transport system, the industry continues to function with a smooth reliability that has surprised almost everyone...