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Luxury versus Luxury – Opposing Air Transportation Strategies
- July 23, 2010
- Posted by: Ted Bullen
- Category: News, Transportation
No CommentsOne is enormous, requiring airport renovation and runway lengthening to accommodate. The other is sleek, light-weight and easily able to access regional airports. The Airbus 380 claims 49 percent more room than a Boeing 747, with operating costs at around 15 to 20 percent lower per seat. The Airbus 380 claims lower emissions, less noise
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Aircraft Manufacturers’ “Airing” of Grievances May Soon End
- June 29, 2010
- Posted by: Ted Bullen
- Category: News, Transportation
Brussels-based Airbus, yesterday, called for talks between the European Union and the United states, in an effort to arbitrate an end to a protracted, and expensive, fight over subsidies to aircraft manufacturers. The World Trade Organization is ruling on two complaints, one for each side of the conflict: 1) The United States has claimed that
