How magnanimous of Virgin to do this! It's still very bad news for Airbus.
I'm interested to learn what this new 747-800 model is.....
1 posted on
10/26/2006 12:02:42 PM PDT by
SW6906
To: Paleo Conservative
2 posted on
10/26/2006 12:03:24 PM PDT by
SW6906
(6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
To: SW6906
3 posted on
10/26/2006 12:05:26 PM PDT by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: SW6906
Mr. Branson is having second thoughts about the Toulouse Goose, I'd say...
To: SW6906
As the former IMPOTUS said:
"You better put some ice on that..."
5 posted on
10/26/2006 12:06:52 PM PDT by
rlmorel
(Islamofacism: It is all fun and games until someone puts an eye out. Or chops off a head.)
To: SW6906
How magnanimous of Virgin to do this! It's still very bad news for Airbus. Do you think they would be able to get the A380 out by 2009?? How much will Boeing beat this??
6 posted on
10/26/2006 12:06:56 PM PDT by
sr4402
To: SW6906
"How magnanimous ..." Yeah, that and the fact that Singapore Airlines owns 49% of Virgin and Singapore Airlines is the prime beneficiary of the delay.
7 posted on
10/26/2006 12:07:25 PM PDT by
norton
To: SW6906
translated:
I'm going to let someone else try to fly those deathtraps first.
9 posted on
10/26/2006 12:08:06 PM PDT by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: SW6906; COEXERJ145; microgood; liberallarry; cmsgop; shaggy eel; RayChuang88; Larry Lucido; ...
I think the article is wrong about leases on 747-800's. They have 747-400's. No airline has ordered the 747-800I to launch that program, but there have been three 747-800I's sold as VIP jets.
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To: SW6906
(Forgot the graphic for Airbus...)
12 posted on
10/26/2006 12:09:19 PM PDT by
rlmorel
(Islamofacism: It is all fun and games until someone puts an eye out. Or chops off a head.)
To: SW6906
***The privately held airline said by then, the A380 will have proved its "innovative design" over several years in customer service.***
Translation: We're going to sit back and see if this lemon is really all that Airbus claims it is. If the program is still going in 2013 maybe we'll buy some.
13 posted on
10/26/2006 12:09:52 PM PDT by
Gamecock
(The GRPL: Because life is too short for bad Theology*)
To: SW6906
How magnanimous of Virgin to do this! It's still very bad news for Airbus. That's a LOT of deferred income for Airbus, and a lot of income right now for Boeing.
To: SW6906
I have this feeling that Virgin maybe wants to purchase 8-10 747-8I's before the end of this year.
To: SW6906
Hmm, I wasn't able to get to a press release on the Virgin site to see if they had any more info....
31 posted on
10/26/2006 2:04:19 PM PDT by
Ready4Freddy
("Everyone knows there's a difference between Muslims and terrorists. No one knows what it is, tho...)
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