61. Delivery of new planes in coming years will continue to drive down the average age. 62. Customers pay the bulk of the money for a new plane after delivery. 63. DaimlerChrysler wanted to assemble the new plane in Hamburg. 64. Driving the program is the Marine Corps, which wants its own new plane not dependent on Navy carriers for takeoffs and landings. 65. Edwards said that the company would begin buying new planes and establishing more routes in March. 66. Even so, airlines are finding careless and shoddy workmanship on their new planes, according to the documents obtained by the Post-Intelligencer. 67. Every time a new plane leaves the hangar, Dunham heads out to the tarmac. 68. Everything from flashlights to wrenches and pliers have been found in the wings and flaps of new Boeing planes, he said. 69. Flush with cash after four years of robust profits, airlines have been buying new planes and seeking new routes to fly them. 70. General Electric Co. makes engines for the new plane. |