New plaything for billionaires : a $180million corporate jet

Filed under Playthings
May 22, 2007 10:33 am

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The idea that the latest Airbus super-Jumbo, which does not enter airline service until this autumn, will become a billionaire’s plaything seems extraordinary. But by Airbus calculations, there are about 20 Boeing 747 jumbos in private use around the world, and maybe a quarter of the owners will replace them with the bigger Airbus rival.

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http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=plaything+of+billionaires&aje=true&id=070522000675

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