Yemenia 'may cancel Airbus order'

BBC ^ | 7/7/09 | staff

[Nachum]

The airline Yemenia has said it may reconsider an order for 10 Airbus A350s because it has received "no support" from the manufacturer.

Yemenia chairman Abdul Khaleq al-Qadi said Airbus had jumped to conclusions after the crash of a Yemenia plane off the Comoros Islands last week.

Without any proof, he said, Airbus had told the media the crash was the result of technical problems.

[pissant]

Buy Boeing, you darn Yemenis!

[End Times Sentinel]

And when the Yemenis say “Totally Unresponsive” what they mean is that Air Bus was unable to provide them with 10 Airbus A350s that were fifty years old and had wings that come off in mid flight.

[Joe Boucher]

Exactly.
Whatever Yemenia is,
Come on down. We’ll let ya kick the tires and then sell ya a flock of birds. No problem.
Step right this way.

What is Yemenia?

[pissant]

Yemen’s airline, I believe.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

The A350’s are not even in production yet... it is Airbuses newest ( Future ) airplane... A350XWB

[wolfpat]

The Comoran community in France held protests in both Paris and Marseille, saying that the 19-year-old aircraft had not been fit for service.

Boeing aircraft are just getting broken in at that age.

[bigbob]

If it ain’t a Boeing, I ain’t a going...

[norraad]

If one more of those giant Cracker Jacks toys goes down that company is toast.

[Joe Boucher]

Come on bigbob.
Ya chicken. Ya mean ya refuse to fly on Aerofloat or what ever sled the Russians are making? And those new French planes seem to do well if ya fly around thunderstorms.
Boeing?
huh,
What, just cause they work?

[Mogollon]

I flew on an Airbus 320 last weekend and survived.

I'm not going to let the secretary in my company make my travel arrangements again though.