He goes up to the jet-bridge and stands at the open door of the plane, greeting customers and calling out the name of his intended catch.

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The intended market is city pairs (like Seattle-Paris) big enough to support nonstop service with a smallish jet but not big enough to fill a giant long-distance plane like the Boeing 747 or upcoming Airbus A380.

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And the fireman never responded, but the guy in front of us said that if it had been a passenger plane" -- meaning a full-size jet like the one that had, in fact, crashed into the building -- "we'd all be down.

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Singapore Airlines said it will buy 30 Boeing 787-10X aircraft, the third variant of the plane maker's newest and most technologically advanced passenger jet, subject to Boeing formally launching the model.

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