Global News Alert.Nov 11, 2006 China Boosts Airbus Jan-Oct Orders To 508. A large order from China helped to double this year's tally of Airbus plane orders in October, bringing the number of jets sold since the start of 2006 to 508, the planemaker said on Thursday. China bought 150 single-aisle planes of the A320 family during a visit to Beijing by President Jacques Chirac last month -- part of a surge in narrow-body plane sales that also included a 65 plane order from US low-cost carrier A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (also known as a no-frills or discount carrier / airline) is an airline that offers generally low fares in exchange for eliminating many traditional passenger services. Skybus. Airbus had sold 226 planes in 2006 up to the end of September. Airbus also delivered 353 aircraft between January 1 and October 31, the EADS EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. EADS Expeditionary Air Defense System (USMC) EADS Extended Air Defense Systems EADS Environmental Assessment Data System EADS Echelons Above Division Study subsidiary said. Nov 10, 2006 Take Off, Light Up On Smokers' Airline. "We would like to remind passengers that smoking is permitted on this flight." It has been a long time since most European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. air travellers heard anything like this, but a German entrepreneur entrepreneur (än'trəprənûr`) [Fr.,=one who undertakes], person who assumes the organization, management, and risks of a business enterprise. has set up an airline that will give its customers the freedom to chain-smoke from take-off to landing. Alexander Schoppmann, the 55-year-old founder of Smoker's International Airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. -- Smintair -- said he got the idea for a smokers' haven in the heavens after he'd had enough of expensive non-smoking long-haul flights with poor service. Once Smintair flights begin in October 2007, smoking will be allowed in all 138 seats aboard a spacious Smintair Boeing 747. Normal airlines fit up to 559 passengers in a 747. Nov 8, 2006 Airbus, Air France Air France in full Compagnie Internationale Air France French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde Held Liable For 1992 Crash. A French court found Airbus and Air France liable on Tuesday for damages over a 1992 plane crash that killed 87 people near the eastern city of Strasbourg but cleared six people of criminal responsibility. The court ordered the companies to pay compensation to the relatives of those killed. The amount of damages, however, had yet to be determined, and Air France has already paid millions of euros in compensation. Nov 7, 2006 FedEx Ditches A380, Switches To Boeing. FedEx Express FedEx Express, based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, is the world's largest cargo airline. It is a subsidiary of the FedEx Corporation and delivers packages and freight to more than 220 countries each day[1]. said on Tuesday it would buy 15 Boeing 777 freighter aircraft and canceled its order of 10 A380-800F Airbus aircraft due to delays in delivery. FedEx said its agreement with Boeing also gives it options to purchase an additional 15 aircraft. It expects to take delivery of four of the 777 aircraft in 2009, eight in 2010 and the remaining three in 2011. Nov 7, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Nov 6, 2006 |
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