Sentence examples for substitute plane from inspiring English sources

In spring 1966, Trippe made an initial order of 25 aircraft, and on 22 January 1970 the first Pan Am scheduled flight, from New York to London, touched down – six hours late; the original aircraft had developed engine trouble and a substitute plane had had to be found.

The Japanese star is, however, a formidable competitor on firm ground, too, as he proved at Group One level over 11 furlongs last time, and having overcome his transport problems (a substitute plane had to be found for him after the first broke down on its way to Tokyo) this front-runner, who's won 11 of his 16 races at home, could be a serious danger to all.

The airline has used substitute planes or rebooked many of those travelers.

Japan Airlines also said on Friday that it had extended its cancellations to include its flights between Tokyo and Boston on Feb. 2 and 3. United Airlines, the only American carrier with 787s so far, has been able to maintain its flight schedule with substitute planes.

"United switched planes — and voila!" she wrote, "no Economy Plus on the substitute airplane.

Delta, while saying it will substitute smaller planes on some New York-to-Florida routes beginning in May, is in no hurry to offer comfort to JetBlue by disclosing its plans.

The development of smaller 100-seater regional jets, made by Brazil's Embraer or Canada's Bombardier, is allowing the American carriers to reshape their networks by substituting smaller planes where the traffic does not always justify using a Boeing 737.

Robert Poole, founder of the Reason Foundation and a frequent adviser to the U.S. government on transportation issues, says that, in New York, airlines have caused the delay problem by substituting smaller planes for larger ones.

ALTER a fashion note or two, replace the roof garden of the Pennsylvania Hotel with the MTV studios, substitute a 1999 plane trip for a 1929 arrival by boat, and you see that not much has really changed for an eager first-time visitor.

This would ensure that they do not forget this and substitute some inadequate plane that is unable to take everybody.

Both models use a unit cell and a generalized plane-strain approach in order to determine a substitute plate model.