On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:33:17 +0200, "Frederic Bouvier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Jim Wilson wrote: > > Innis Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > Anyway if you have a look the 747 is painted in Pakistan Airlines > > > colors and the A320 in Air France colors.So southwest is not the > > > first. > > > > I was going to say that those aren't private carriers, but a couple > > years back it seems there was a news article about Air France > > planning to go semi-private. Still Southwest is the first private ..you mean Southwestern? The low price air line? I've got this _wild_ idea, they, RyanAir and possibly Norwegian(.no), in good anti-monopolist spirit, might enjoy giving _us_, exclusive sim rights. ;-) Imagine the press response _potential_. ;-) > > non-national livery and I think that might make a difference...don't > > know. > > Air France is a semi-private company where the French State hold 54.4% > of the shares. But it is quoted at Euronext stock exchange. > > There are rumours stating that the government want to sell some of > their share but they wait a market in better shape. ..that could take a while; any hot dog stand needs _substance_ to support its owners profitably, and back-tracking the last "pre-Enron" stock market hike, I'd _run_ 'till I see a drop to the hot dog stand kinda sanity. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
