1.   Delta acquired some Airbus planes when it bought European routes from Pan American World Airways, though it sold those jets soon afterward to simplify its fleet.

2.   Despite the alphabet-soup name, it represents a simpler approach to designing, building and selling Boeing jets.

3.   He personally helped Boeing sell jets to Saudi Arabia and get Washington apples into the Japanese market.

4.   In particular, the U.S. feared Moldova, strapped for the cash, would sell the jets to Iran.

5.   Selling fighter jets to Indonesia before Suharto institutes serious political reforms would seem a blanket U.S. endorsement of an autocratic and corrupt government.

6.   Taxis replaced limos, and company jets were sold.

7.   The corporate jet was sold.

8.   United first announced its intention to operate and sell private jets in May.

9.   Airbus has fought for years to sell its jets to British Airways, but failed as the big British carrier stuck with Seattle-based Boeing.

10.   It sold corporate jets, cut executive pay, and closed offices in New York and Los Angeles.