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CONTENTS
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
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This week, we ask: Future of Virgin Galactic...
❑ Space tourism ❑ Satellite launcher
❑ Both ❑ No future
TOTAL
VOTES:
2,
Park the
concept
25%
22%
Wait for
demand
to rise
Launch
‘MoM’
product
53%
Last week, we asked: As it spars with Airbus over 757
replacement, will Boeing... You said:
Quantum Investment Bank
The biggest leasing deal in its history will see Saudia get
30 A320 and 20 A330-300 aircraft; value undisclosed
50
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A record number of passengers – 64.7m – helped Hong
Kong airport authority lift profits by 13.8% in 2014-
$1.46bn
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Two years of talks won El Al workers this salary increase –
and a bonus of up to 1% if the carrier makes a $30m profit
3%
THE WEEK IN NUMBERS
US Navy
IMAGE OF
THE WEEK
A Boeing F/A-18E Super
Hornet from the US Navy’s
VFA-195 fighter squadron – the
“Dambusters” – prepares to
land on the aircraft carrier USS
George Washington near Guam
on 8 June. The unit is operating
with the service’s fifth carrier
air wing, “supporting security
and stability in the Indo-Asia-
Pacific region”
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