Sentence examples for jet fleets from inspiring English sources

Other boardrooms got the message: under political, public and shareholder pressure, corporate jet fleets have been shrinking and business flight activity is generally down.

Those soaring costs have driven home the need for more efficient jet fleets — particularly in the United States, where some airlines are still flying two-decade-old MD-80s and first-generation 737s.

Those results came a day after the parent of American Airlines, the AMR Corporation, and Delta Air Lines both reported losses topping $1 billion after writing down the value of their jet fleets.

Airlines like Southwest, JetBlue and AirTran have been able to offer cheap fares for years because of their lower operating costs, for reasons that include simpler jet fleets, work rules and less-sprawling route networks.

He said that having a carrier would not have made any difference to the current operation to rescue British nationals stranded in Libya and the country could not afford to keep both the Harrier and the Tornado jet fleets.

Another thing going for plane manufacturers is that jet fleets are becoming older.

In normal times, 12 percent of the worldwide private jet fleet is for sale.

The company says that Bombardier's Learjet, Challenger and Global airplanes comprise 30 percent of the Chinese business jet fleet.

The fund will also ask Chesapeake to reduce its capital expenditures and curtail use of its corporate jet fleet.

US Airways said that Midway, based in Raleigh, N.C., would operate as US Airways Express, flying a regional jet fleet starting in October.

The king owns a private jet, fleet of luxury cars and has a fortune estimated at about $100m£60m0m).