11. As air travel dropped, airlines turned to Boeing and said they would need far fewer new planes. 12. As a result, many industry analysts said they believed airlines would over time end up paying slightly more for new planes. 13. Atlantic Southeast Airlines is buying a new plane to take it farther and faster into the future. 14. Because it was a new plane in its first winter of service, the incident set off alarm bells. 15. Because of the industry downturn, Boeing and Airbus are under pressure from airlines to offer substantial discounts on new planes. 16. Boeing has all but abandoned efforts on the new planes, at least in the near future. 17. Boeing and McDonnell Douglas have also been seeking to team up with the Chinese to build a new plane. 18. Boeing is helping arrange free delivery aboard a new plane headed for Europe, Long said. 19. Boeing said it will work with a group of Russian design companies to determine whether a new regional plane built in Russia would be viable. 20. Boeing last year selected General Electric as exclusive supplier of the powerful engines that will be needed for the new planes. |