As taxpayer-funded gambles go, there have been riskier ones than Quebec’s flyer on the Bombardier CSeries jet
Tag Archives: Airbus
The fuel-efficiant jet boom
As carriers park old fuel-guzzling jets, plane makers are battling to win sales and crush newcomers
REVIEW: China Airborne
Book by James Fallows
When is a winglet a sharklet?
A patent dispute between Airbus and a Boeing ally centers around a fuel-saving device
Cockpit crisis
In five years, over 50 commercial airplanes crashed in loss-of-control accidents. What’s going on?
This week’s travel news
The Airline Pricing Obstacle Course, Boeing & Airbus Hear Footsteps As Competition Looms, and Water & Lights Show Is Next Step In Making Disneyland Grand
Bombardier’s Big Gamble
Its new CSeries jet could launch it into the big leagues, or flop
Unbelievable
Six years later, Mulroney has yet to give us a convincing account of his deal with Schreiber. Can we really leave it at that?
Say anything
Is there anyone, anywhere, who will support even one line of what Brian Mulroney has told the Oliphant inquiry? Not only are there no supporting documents, no paper trail, no witnesses to corroborate any of the fantastic account he has given of his dealings with Karlheinz Schreiber — aside, that is, from Forgetful Fred Doucet, his faithful retainer and fellow recipient of Schreiber’s largesse — but on key points he is flatly contradicted by people in a position to know. Or indeed, by his own evidence.
Imagine his surprise
Mulroney’s apparent total naiveté about corrupt international business practices prior to “1996 or 1997” is hard to understand.