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(www.flightglobal.com) Boeing has officially launched the package for 777-200/200ER/300 models (dubbed "Classics") with orders for 139 aircraft from "at least seven" carriers, including launch customers Air New Zealand, Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines. Boeing also confirms that Austrian Airlines, El Al and KLM have ordered upgrades for their 777 Classics.
The combined improvement is aimed at reducing annual fuel consumption per aircraft by as much as 454,000kg (one million lb), the company says. Such savings should reduce an airline's annual spending on fuel by $300,000 per aircraft, according to Boeing estimates. Drooping the 777's outboard ailerons on both wings generates a 0.4% fuel efficiency improvement. Another 0.4% improvement comes from installing the ram air system.
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(www.nypost.com) The pilot called him to the front and "advised the plaintiff that he would have to give his seat up" to the flight attendant, the suit says.
The pilot told him the "flight attendant wanted to be more comfortable and that the 'jump seat' was not comfortable for her."
A stunned Mutlu asked whether that meant he was supposed to sit in the jump seat for the rest of the five-hour flight, but the pilot told him that would be against regulations, Akin said.
The pilot told him to "hang out" in the bathroom," the suit says, adding the stewardess took Mutlu's seat, "closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.
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