What does service with a snarl get you? Fewer passengers, if
you're not careful.
That was the message American Airlines recently sent in a letter to
flight attendants, after conducting focus groups with some of the
company's top customers, according to the Dallas Morning News.
If the giant Airbus A380 were to fly from London to New York's
JFK tomorrow, it could pull up to one of only four gates on
landing. Now, the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey is spending
$179 million on infrastructure to make more gates available to the
behemoth.
Goodrich, Boeing/Wichita Selected As Final Vendors
Boeing this week completed its 7E7 Dreamliner partner team by
selecting its Wichita division to provide the all-new passenger
jet's pylons and Goodrich Corporation to provide the nacelles,
including the thrust reverser.
Just what IS it about Krispy Kreme doughnuts? Most of us will
admit to a deep and very personal love affair with the glazed
confections -- they're so easy on the taste buds but so cruel to
the waistline. Now, all that extra weight is posing a problem
aboard flights from the mainland to the islands.
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