The new distributed model has had some problems, as the delays to the 787 show, but neither Boeing nor Airbus would dream of going back to the old way of making planes.
The missing link between EADS, which is better known for making planes, helicopters and aerospace systems, and Carpentier--who won a Lasker Prize last year for his work on prosthetic heart valves--is largely due to the late Jean-Luc Lagardere.
Louis is a city that works for Boeing, making fighter planes and smart bombs, and for Anheuser-Busch, making beer.
Growing up in Ohio, he began making model planes and by his early teens had amassed an extensive aviation library.
It was built for huge military planes, making it one of the longest on the island.
It will keep making payments on the planes it keeps flying, meaning those tranches could get their money back despite the bankruptcy.
He already owns 22 planes from the period, making his the largest privately owned golden age collection in the nation.
Because its routes are exclusively long-haul, Emirates has planes flying 18 hours a day, making them remarkably productive.
This indicates airlines have gotten more aggressive about making unsold seats available shortly before departure to make sure planes take off full.
Webster aims to get business travelers by making EasyJet the "quality" discounter, with new planes going to convenient airports on 30 routes.
And if deploying that higher-priced plane presents a more credible deterrent to potential aggressors that dissuades them from making war, then its cost advantage over less capable planes is incalculably great.
Without connecting traffic to keep planes full, a carrier has a tough go making a profit.
U.S.-based airlines have been rapidly equipping their planes with wireless broadband, but all forbid passengers from making cellphone calls inside the cabin due to etiquette concerns.
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At a time when cuts in defence spending are making life tough for suppliers of military aircraft, those who make commercial planes are working flat out to expand their factories.
That can be an effective means of making quick changes, even if it's not as cheap as sending planes overseas to be fixed, as JetBlue and others do.
That can be an effective means of making quick changes, even if it's not as cheap as sending planes overseas to be fixed, as JetBlue (nasdaq: JBLU - news - people ) and others do.
We were about to leap from 19, 500 feet, making one of the highest commercial sky-dives in the world that doesn't require customized planes and breathing equipment.
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