Sentence examples for jetliner from inspiring English sources

In January 2010, shortly after a man with ties to al-Awlaki attempted to bomb a civilian jetliner, a group of armed men snatched Mobley at gunpoint, shot him in the leg and detained him.

Boeing described it as the largest product launch "in commercial jetliner history".

Although many American airlines reacted enthusiastically to the planned Boeing jetliner, they will need to be convinced that it can fly at just under the speed of sound without consuming too much fuel.

The first commercial jetliner, the De Havilland Comet, was temporarily grounded after a series of fatal crashes following its entry into service in 1952.

In all, about 70% of the world's jetliner engines are made either by GE alone or by CFM International, GE's joint venture with Snecma of France.

As the paper rightly pointed out, the easyJet order for 120 Airbus A319 jets ensures that the European company's deliveries next year will, for the first time, outstrip those of Boeing, which has dominated the jetliner market for nearly 50 years.In the view of Martin Koehler, an aviation consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, this tips the balance in favour of Airbus more generally.

This pair look like leading the new competition in the full-size jetliner market.

In fact, it had been seven years since the last fatal crash of a full-size jetliner in the United States.

SINCE 1954, when the Boeing company unveiled the Dash-80 jet that evolved into the Boeing 707, every commercial jetliner the company has designed has been built in factories dotted around Seattle.

The figures bandied about are extraordinary: the installation of the interiors, at $15m to $30m for "a smaller jetliner", can "rival the cost of the aircraft themselves".

The jetliner, a Boeing 737 operated by the Colombian carrier Aires, shattered into three pieces on impact.