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Air India to Order 50 Planes Worth $6.9 Billion From Boeing
The New York Times ^ | April 27, 2005 | SARITHA RAI

Posted on 04/27/2005 3:34:57 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative

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To: Paleo Conservative
Why is there a photo of a Boeing 747 attached to an article about new orders for Boeing aircraft?

Order's for the 747 have virtually dried up over the past few years.

It's the 787 and 777 that have put Boeing back on top.

21 posted on 04/27/2005 7:08:00 PM PDT by Jorge
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It's the photo that ran with the article. Ask the New York Times.
22 posted on 04/27/2005 7:10:34 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
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To: Jorge

The Dreamliner's range, internal goodies, passenger friendlieness, and airport readieness, appear to be just the thing that these State owned airlines and airports appear to be looking for.

Airbus designed A380 in the nineties during an era of relatively cheap fuel. Dreamliner is being ORDERED during an era when China's appetite for petrol is driving up prices all along the spectrum of fuels, including jet fuel mixtures.

I suspect Airbus has gambled poorly, and we are seeing the results.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

23 posted on 04/27/2005 7:14:13 PM PDT by section9 (Major Motoko Kusanagi says, "Jesus is Coming. Everybody look busy...")
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To: Paleo Conservative
It's the photo that ran with the article. Ask the New York Times.

I KNOW it's the photo that ran with the article. (duh) I didn't expect you to speak for the NYT.

24 posted on 04/27/2005 8:51:33 PM PDT by Jorge
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To: section9
Airbus designed A380 in the nineties during an era of relatively cheap fuel. Dreamliner is being ORDERED during an era when China's appetite for petrol is driving up prices all along the spectrum of fuels, including jet fuel mixtures. I suspect Airbus has gambled poorly, and we are seeing the results.

Exactly.

25 posted on 04/27/2005 8:54:31 PM PDT by Jorge
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To: Paleo Conservative

Yeah, great news. Their planes will fly here, drop off their college grads, and fly away.
Meanwhile our college grads sit at home playing xbox games and quoting Satre.


26 posted on 04/27/2005 8:56:32 PM PDT by NormB (Yes, but watch your cookies!!)
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Apparently Air India just got a 747-400 second hand from Air Canada after a normally scheduled D check. I really have no idea why the New York Times ran that picture except that it is a Boeing aircraft with Air India's livery.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/826077/M/

27 posted on 04/27/2005 8:58:40 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
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I think thats a pic from Bombay Int Arport.

Great fun sitting on the Bom Airport tarmac watching the heavys T/O every 3-4 min.

~sigh


28 posted on 04/27/2005 11:28:39 PM PDT by ekidsohbelaas (Maa chod denge, ghar khod denge, bhund pe likh denge kranti... jai mithunda ki!)
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LOL.


29 posted on 04/28/2005 11:59:34 PM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear tipped ICBMs: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol.)
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