Sonic Cruiser Will be Good for Aviation, Says Airbus, Reports AirlineMonitorWeekly.com.Business Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2002 The chairman of Airbus North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. says that Boeing's proposed Sonic Cruiser will be good for aviation, but that it will not compete with Airbus's A380. Rather, the two aircraft will be complementary. That's unusual for one manufacturer to say about another's plane. But that's what Alan McArtor, chairman of Airbus North America, had to say about the proposed Sonic Cruiser by Boeing. AirlineMonitorWeekly.com, the on-line Internet magazine Internet Magazine was a monthly print title launched in October 1994 by the UK publishing house, Emap. Its last issue, number 119, was published in July 2004. History , reports the McArtor remarks in the latest of a series of interviews with the top executives in commercial aviation. This new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. publication is the only magazine that regularly provides interview with aviation's top leaders. AirlineMonitorWeekly.com has brought the reader interviews with the chief executive officers of American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the , Southwest Airlines This article is about the American airline. For the former Japanese airline, see Japan Transocean Air. For the British airline, see Air Southwest. Southwest Airlines Co. , Atlas Air Atlas Air is an American cargo airline based in Purchase, New York, United States. It operates scheduled freight flights on an ACMI contract basis for some of the world's leading airlines, flying to 101 cities in 46 countries. cargo, Continental Airlines, and now Airbus North America. Here are this week's stories in AirlineMonitorWeekly.com: -- Airbus's McArtor Says A380, Boeing's Sonic Cruiser Offer Complementary, not Competitive Service -- Virgin Confirms Airbus Order -- bmibaby Not A Competitive Response, Says Airline -- Go Eyes Airbus and Boeing -- UK ATC Denies Funding Crisis -- Airborne Making A Comeback, Company Says -- Atlas Air Says First Half of 2002 Will Be 'Difficult' -- FedEx Continues to Downsize -- UPS Readies Asian Hub -- LanChile Cargo Is Bigger Than You Think -- Airplanes Trust Portfolio Value Declines Again -- Boeing Capital Faces Billions in Customer Financing Needs AirlineMonitorWeekly.com is published every Tuesday and provides news, analysis, interviews and commentary about the world's commercial aviation market. The AirlineMonitorWeekly.com writers are among the most experienced in covering the airline industry in the world. The subscription price is only $200 a year. www.AirlineMonitorWeekly.com The Airline Monitor magazine is a leading industry source for forecasting airline and commercial aircraft market trends. It is published 10 times a year by Edmund S. Greenslet, designed to provide subscribers with a timely flow of airline traffic and financial data and includes world commercial jet aircraft and engine delivery forecasts looking out 25 years. www.AirlineMonitor.com Airline Capital Associates is a consulting and financial advisory firm specializing in the commercial airline, aerospace and transportation-related industries, with a special niche in the airline and airport support service businesses. ACA ACA - Application Control Architecture recently added an Emerging Market Practice. ACA is affiliated with The Airline Monitor and provides administrative and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for AirlineMonitorWeekly.com. www.AirlineCapital.com |
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