Elegant Boeing 747: Beautiful, elegant “Queen of the Skies” launched Feb 1969. The 1st jumbo jet. Her classic design exudes sleek style, confidence, advanced technology & dolphin-nose friendliness. Poetry in flight. Flagship of the world’s airlines. Postage stamp famous. Commercial flight icon. Hollywood status. Flown over 120bn km and 5.9bn passengers. Now retiring from service. …
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Flight 25 Aug 1919: 1st international scheduled flight from Hounslow, London to Paris carrying 1 passenger, leather, grouse & Devon cream. 1976: 1st Concorde supersonic commercial flights with 100 passengers; British Airways to Bahrain & Air France to Rio. 2018: Global passengers 8.8bn, annual increase of 6%. By 2037, Asia’s passengers will exceed N. America…
No-frills airlines Grab cheap Europe flights before fares go up, up & away. 200 airlines operate. Top 6 have 43% of the market & profit $7 per passenger. US started no-frills, but has 1/2 as many airlines. Top 6 have 90% of market & double the profit, as foreigners can’t operate domestic flights. Mergers of…