11. Soon Thailand also demanded Amraams as a sweetener for buying American jets. 12. The airline is to buy five jets, aiming to make its schedule more flexible by offering more frequent flights, particularly to Europe. 13. The agreement gives American flexibility to buy the jets at a set price when they are needed, rather than a more rigid delivery schedule. 14. The decision by British Airways to finally break away from buying its jets only from Boeing is no surprise. 15. The new way of buying passenger jets is a departure from the rigid delivery schedules that have characterized typical airplane deals in the past. 16. They allege Simmons used the trusts to dodge taxes, buy a jet, jewelry and a California resort home, and make illegal political contributions. 17. Until last year, when he bought a jet, Gates flew economy class. 18. Prior to Adisai buying the jet, Thaksin had planned to buy a private jet, but he was overruled by his company executives. 19. Plovajko told the CTK news agency that the airline will fly its current aircraft more often instead of buying new jets. 20. Both planemakers also got more potential new business as customers from the United States, Latin America and Europe took out options to buy additional jets. |