Gee Whiz, Baha, Sounds like you have some sort of hidden agenda here! Fortunately, we haven't had any shooting in any Cumming Malls (oops, I forgot, we don't have any Malls), GM Workers don't live here, and I have seen any torturing lately in North Georgia, unless you count the miserable traffic around here as torture. Bryant Petitt Cumming, GA --- Bahadir Acuner <bahadiracuner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bryant, > You know what? US looks like a place you want to get > the hell out of there > these days.. Shooting in Tacoma Mall, 40000 GM > workers losing their jobs, a > government that practices and doesn't even deny > torture.... > > Emirates serves Dubai really well.. Dubai is an > awesome place to live, work, > do business in.. > > > > Baha > Fan of watching AC Milan live on Wednesday > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List > [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Bryant Petitt > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 5:21 PM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: SFGate: Emirates Airlines to Buy 42 > Boeing 777s > > ....Does this mean I might possibly use my CO FF > points on Emirates in the future in FC?..... I > certainly can't now. 42 777's! that is pretty > impressive. I didn't know that many people in the > Emirates flew enough to fill that many planes. > > But then again, if you live somewhere like Bahrain, > as > liberal as it is, you would want to get the Hell out > of there at every possible opportunity, for sure. > Margaritaville, it Ain't. > > Bryant Petitt > Cumming, GA > Fan of getting the hell out of Dodge (or Doha) as > the > case may be..... > > > --- Bill Hough <psa188@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > =20 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This article was sent to you by someone who found > it > > on SFGate. > > The original article can be found on SFGate.com > > here: > > > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/n/a/2005/11/20/financial/= > > f121516S36.DTL > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Monday, November 21, 2005 (AP) > > Emirates Airlines to Buy 42 Boeing 777s > > By LARA SUKHTIAN, Associated Press Writer > > > > > > (11-21) 01:17 PST DUBAI, United Arab Emirates > > (AP) -- > > > > Emirates Airlines has placed an order for 42 > > Boeing 777 jets worth $9.7 > > billion at list prices, the airlines' chairman > said > > Sunday, while China > > has signed a deal to buy 70 Boeing 737 airliners > > valued at $4 billion. > > Chinese airlines also will buy 80 more soon, the > > government said Sunday > > during a visit to Beijing by President Bush. > > > > Sheik Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum said the > > Emirates' aircraft - to = > > be > > powered by General Electric Co. GE-90 engines in a > > deal worth $2.5 billion > > - include 24 Boeing 777-300 ERs, plus 10 > > 777-200 LR Worldliners and > > eight 777 freighters. > > > > Emirates, which has a current fleet of 83 > planes, > > is scheduled to receive > > the first aircraft from the order in 2007, and has > > an option to buy 20 > > more 777s. > > > > The announcement was made at the annual Dubai > > Airshow, the largest > > regional aircraft exhibition. > > > > Emirates is already the largest customer for > > Airbus' huge double-decker > > A380, which made its maiden Mideast flight at the > > Dubai air show. > > > > The 777-200LR, which earlier this month broke > the > > world distance record > > for commercial airliners, will also allow Emirates > > to start nonstop > > flights to long-range destinations on the U.S. > West > > Coast and in South > > America, he said. The 777-200LR is the world's > > longest range commercial > > jetliner, able to travel more than 13,000 miles > > nonstop, according to > > Chicago-based Boeing Co. > > > > The deal boosts the airline's order book to > 132, > > with a total value of > > $37.4 billion. Emirates is awaiting delivery of 23 > > 777-300ERs, 45 A380s, > > 20 A340-600s and two Airbus A310Fs. > > > > Industry analysts had expected Emirates to > place > > orders with both Boeing > > and European rival Airbus Industries at the Dubai > > air show. > > > > In China, the Boeing 737 deal was announced by > > the official Xinhua News > > Agency as Bush met Sunday with Chinese President > Hu > > Jintao. > > > > Beijing often announces large purchases of > > American airliners in > > connection with visits by U.S. leaders in an > effort > > to mollify > > Washington's frustration at China's surging trade > > surplus. > > > > Xinhua gave only the catalog value of the > planes > > and didn't say what > > Chinese carriers would pay for them. Buyers > > typically negotiate hefty > > discounts on sizable orders. > > > > They are to be delivered between 2006 and 2008 > to > > Chinese carriers Air > > China, China Southern Airlines, China Eastern > > Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, > > Xiamen Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Hainan > Airlines > > and Shenzhen Airlines, > > according to Xinhua. > > > > It said the planes were being bought on behalf > of > > the airlines by a > > state-owned company that imports aircraft. That > > company "will soon sign > > another purchase agreement with Boeing for 80 more > > B737 aircraft," Xinhua > > said. > > > > Hu told Bush that China would take steps to > > reduce its trade surplus with > > the United States but didn't discuss specific > > measures. China's trade > > surplus with the United States hit a record $162 > > billion in 2004 and is > > expected to pass $200 billion this year. > > > > Boeing says it expects Chinese carriers to buy > > more than 2,600 new > > aircraft worth $213 billion over the next two > > decades as the country's > > economy grows and more people travel. > > > > Kuwait-based Jazeera Airways also announced > > Sunday that it agreed to buy > > six Airbus A320s, bringing the total number of > that > > aircraft type in its > > fleet to 10. The low-budget, no-frills carrier > > expects to take receipt of > > the new planes sometime between 2007 and 2010. No > > value for the order was > > given. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------= > > -- > > Copyright 2005 AP > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > __________________________________ Yahoo! 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