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<text id=89TT1124>
<title>
May 01, 1989: Business Notes:Aerospace
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
May 01, 1989 Abortion
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 59
Business Notes
AEROSPACE
A Fleet of Rent-a-Jets
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<p> As airlines scramble to expand their fleets and replace
aging jets, many have found that renting planes can be a better
deal than buying them. The chief beneficiary of the trend is GPA
Group of Shannon, Ireland, the world's largest jet-leasing
company. Last week GPA confirmed its dominance by ordering 308
new planes valued at $17 billion, the biggest such purchase in
history. Seattle's Boeing will supply 182 jets worth $9.4
billion, Europe's Airbus Industrie 54 for $4.3 billion, and St.
Louis-based McDonnell Douglas 72 for $3.1 billion.
</p>
<p> The huge deal brings GPA's total orders and options to 819
aircraft valued at $30 billion. The busy aircraft
manufacturers, whose backlogs are as long as five years, contend
that the GPA deal will not increase production delays.
</p>
</body></article>
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