The phrase "amount of aircraft" is not correct in standard English; it should be "number of aircraft." You can use it when referring to a countable quantity of aircraft, typically in contexts related to aviation or military.
Example: "The air force has increased the number of aircraft in its fleet to enhance its operational capabilities."
Alternatives: "quantity of aircraft" or "total of aircraft."
But insiders in Brussels say that the sheer variety of complex issues still to be agreed – and the amount of aircraft manufacturing countries involved, from Brazil and Ukraine to India and China – make like-for-like comparisons unwise, and stringency factors of '10' impossible.
I mean, look at the amount of aircraft.
The news got worse as time went on, and by June 2006 the amount of aircraft to be supplied in 2009 had fallen from 120 to nearly half that figure.
Accordingly, the United States accepted shortcomings in the armor for their s, South Dakota-class, and s in favor of additional speed, which enabled these battleship classes to steam at a comparable speed with the Essex-class and provide the carriers with the maximum amount of anti-aircraft protection.
Jane Vogt, former chair of Dormansland Parish Council in Surrey, said: "There's a certain amount of concentration of aircraft already and that in itself raises several questions, the impact on health, the moral issue and the environmental impact.
Accidents have in particular been connected to the amount of time the aircraft spends taking off and landing, which are the most critical phases in flight., approximately 110 aircraft have been damaged beyond repair since the type entered service in 1985, the first accident having occurred in March that year.
In Wednesday's article Low-fuell flights put lives at risk", we reported that Ryanair 'restricted the amount of fuel [their aircraft carry] to the legal minimum'.
Page A10 MACHINE'S ROLL IN WAR ON TERROR The amount of remotely piloted aircraft in Iraq and Afghanistan has more than doubled since last year, and the Air Force has promised that 25 of these craft will be in the air around the clock.
The airline estimates that its costs are 20 percent to 30 percent lower than its rivals', thanks to the outsourcing of tasks like maintenance and catering; its choice of smaller, less-congested airports; and efforts to minimize the amount of time its aircraft are idle on the ground.
A significant finding was that Africa has a high rate of accidents/incidents relative to the amount of traffic and aircraft movements.
Aircraft operators are continually striving to reduce both the amount and the cost of aircraft maintenance.
